TouchArcade: The match-3 RPG genre is one that I love, but one that's getting to that point of over-saturation that whenever a new one comes out I find it hard to get excited for. It was for that reason that when Hero Emblems [$2.99] launched this week, I didn't give it more than a passing glance, as I figured "Oh it's just another one of those." However, the enthusiasm from players in our forums caused me to give Hero Emblems a more discerning look, and boy am I ever glad that I did. It's still early on, but at this point I feel like this is finally the match-3 RPG that I've been waiting for.
Heatpot Games made an incredibly difficult mobile RPG. But Hero Emblems was never really developed as a mobile game.
Taiwanese indie studio HeatPot Games has released its turn-based, tile-matching JRPG Hero Emblems on iOS. You can purchase it on the App Store during its launch period at the discounted price of $2.99 before it goes up to its full price of $3.99.
Hero Emblems puts you in charge of the four heroes that collectively make up the princess’s armed guard. You have to take them on a quest across the game’s adventure map to rescue the kidnapped princess, finding a rumored cure for the dying king along the way, and eventually taking on the source of all these mishaps, the God of Evil.
TouchArcade: As we mentioned in our Game of the Week post, there’s a certain amount of oversaturation that has hit the Match-3 genre on the App Store. Thus, the launch of Hero Emblems [$2.99] was met with some skepticism that it would be yet another Match-3 with nothing to differentiate itself. Thankfully that’s not the case with this gorgeous puzzler. Impressive strategic implications, beautiful visuals, and great RPG mechanics make this title worth checking out.
