For a while, first person dungeon crawling was a dead genre, but Atlus gave it some life again when they released the Etrian Odyssey series. Despite the steep learning curve and excessive grinding, it ultimately succeeded due to its challenge along with its major emphasis on exploration and deep character customization. It was a series that lacked mainstream appeal, but provided enjoyment for the old-school RPG crowd. Recently, Altus released a PSP dungeon crawler, called Class of Heroes, in North America. As a genre that's known to be cruel, the developer (Zerodiv) took the liberty of making the genre more accessible by toning down the difficulty and streamlining a few mechanics. Class of Heroes may have made dungeon crawling more accessible, but it lacks the enjoyment other dungeon crawlers have.
"The London-based (the UK) indie games publisher PQube and Tokyo-based (Japan) video games publisher and developer Acquire, today announced with great delight and excitement that "Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition", is coming to PC (Steam) and consoles (PS5 and the Nintendo Switch) on April 26th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Atlus fans confined to Sony’s duo of handhelds shouldn’t feel slighted over this week’s generous eShop savings, as a mountain of sweet discounts have spilled over to the PSN store this week as well.
Agreed. 20 bucks can score you a few hundred hours of excellent gameplay with this deal.
If you're new to the series I'd start with Persona 2: Innocent Sin as it's a lot more polished and enjoyable than the original.
siliconera.com: Add ZeroDiv, makers of Class of Heroes and Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi, to the PlayStation Vita developer list. The Tokyo based developer is the developer of Holy Sorcery Story, a RPG from Compile Heart. Mota the character designer from 7th Dragon is the character designer for Holy Sorcery Story too.
