The 8-bit days are well behind us but this generation, we’ve already seen a lot of “retro-chic” productions, including Atlus’ recent 3D Dot Game Heroes.
While the latter is more of a homage to old-school Zelda adventures, NIS America’s Cladun: This is an RPG is similar in nature: it’s a game that pokes fun at itself (and the role-playing genre) and really embraces the quirky charm that veteran gamers well remember.
"The PSP recently celebrated its 8th birthday. To honor the occasion, I’m paying tribute to the 8 best games in three different categories. So let’s get rolling with 8 for 8: Best of the PSP, starting with the system’s most awesome original IPs." -Hindman of PSLS
Pata pata pata pon
That still gets stuck in my head whenever I think about it.
Some good PSP nostalgia. People might not realize that it was the starting point for some pretty cool series.
For those of us who grew up in the Super Nintendo and Sega genesis era, we have a soft spot for old school games, the ones that remind us of our childhood and give us that old timey feel. Sometimes those games are still great and fun to this day, others usually are not. Cladun X2 is a game that gives us that old game feel while making us feel like it’s something new. It’s a refreshing take on top down RPG’s that shouldn’t be over looked.
The Scoop: 8-Bit graphics and music meets modern dungeon crawling for the casual crowd in NIS’s downloadable title for the Sony PlayStation Portable.
