Destructoid: "Regardless of whatever technical and aesthetic issues there may be, Half-Minute Hero is still a fantastic and unique game worth experiencing if you haven't had the chance already. For those looking to take it for a second spin, however, just be warned that there's not a whole lot of worthwhile content to pull you in unless you missed out on the modes omitted from the Xbox 360 release."
This week’s issue of Indie Arcade features a voxel-based FPS, an Escher-esque puzzle game, Ninjas, and the fastest RPG you’ll ever play.
GamingLives reviews the game with the long name, Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy.
"There’s something very comfortable about a decent RPG; several elements are invariably laced through the genre that makes settling into a new game something easy and familiar. You might be setting out on a new adventure, but the core will always be the same. Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy (try saying that ten times fast!) plays on this familiarity to create something that’s new and interesting, while still maintaining the core that makes it unmistakeably an RPG."
Gamer Euphoria staff member Sean C writes:
''Half Minute Hero is certainly a strange beast; while the concepts it puts forward simply shouldn’t work and the framework it provides just shouldn’t draw you in, there is an inherent charm to everything it does and is simply unflinching in its resolve to win you over with solid mechanics and gloriously infuriating time balancing that will elate you upon your success.''
