Heroland

About

Heroland is a single-player, fantasy role-playing game with striking 16-bit era visuals. As a theme park guide, help tourists navigate perilous dungeons, customize their strategies, and summon monsters to aid in battle. When not adventuring, enjoy the theme park's attractions and uncover the island's dark secrets in this nostalgic RPG experience.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

63%

Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews

humor9 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The writing is engaging, clever, and filled with humor, making the game enjoyable for those who appreciate witty dialogue and references.
The art style is charming and colorful, contributing to a lighthearted atmosphere that fits the theme park setting.
The game offers a unique twist on RPG mechanics by allowing players to take on the role of a tour guide, providing a different experience compared to traditional RPGs.

Gameplay is overly simplistic and feels more like an idle game, with minimal player interaction during battles, leading to a lack of engagement.
The pacing is slow, with long loading times and excessive dialogue that can become tedious and disrupt the flow of play.
Many players feel misled by the marketing, expecting a traditional RPG experience, but instead find a game that lacks depth and meaningful gameplay.

story
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
65%
18%
The story of the game presents an intriguing premise involving a royal succession crisis and a theme park tied to real-life legends, but it suffers from excessive bloat due to numerous sidequests and a convoluted narrative structure. While some praise the writing for its humor and references, many players find the pacing slow and the exploration tedious, leading to a lack of engagement with the overall plot. Despite these criticisms, the game is described as lighthearted and charming, with a structure that allows players to revisit completed story segments at their leisure.
- “The actual plot of the game with a royal succession crisis, the theme park being founded on real-life legends and possibly being run by the dark lord himself, that's interesting enough.”
- “But whether it's side quests or main, whether it's dialogue or mission title, the 'wonderful writing full of intelligent humor and wit' that Ollie Reynolds of Nintendo Life calls it is just an endless barrage of references.”
- “Overall, Heroland is a lighthearted RPG that manages to be interesting in terms of story and gameplay.”
- “But even more bloated is the story.”
- “The game has horrible pacing, doing a 5-minute story introduction for an hour of tutorials.”
- “The bits between where you can 'explore' the island you're on are just selecting stuff in a menu and getting notifications that something is at a place, going to that place, and finding out that nothing was there; why did you go there? Just move on with the story.”
humor
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is widely praised for its clever writing and engaging characters, with many players finding it both funny and colorful. While some feel the humor can be overly forced at times, the mix of video game tropes and mature dialogue adds depth to the comedic experience, making it enjoyable for a variety of players. Overall, the game's humor is a standout feature that enhances its appeal.
- “As someone who usually despises idle games, monotonous RPGs, and grinding, the great writing, characters, and aesthetics were enough to make me love this funny little game.”
- “It's all about the characters, and it's funny as hell.”
- “Firstly, and probably most importantly for a genre that involves reading a lot of text, the writing is engaging, clever, and hilarious. There are plenty of jokes about video game tropes, as expected in a setting that's literally a theme park based on them, but it's not the only type of gag; if it were, the experience would probably have fallen flat.”
gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
22%
44%
33%
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with some players criticizing the mechanics for feeling disjointed, particularly the combination of idle and active turn-based elements. While battles are highlighted as the main interactive component, the overall experience is described as lighthearted and balanced, with easy-to-understand mechanics and no significant technical issues. However, long load times may detract from the experience for those seeking quick sessions.
- “Overall, Heroland is a lighthearted RPG that manages to be interesting in terms of story and gameplay.”
- “So far I've encountered no bugs, typos, or glitches, and the gameplay feels pretty balanced.”
- “This is not a good game if you are looking for action, drama, intrigue, fast-paced gameplay, or strategy.”
- “Gameplay: they really messed up on the game mechanics (like mashing an idler into an active turn-based RPG).”
- “Gameplay consists of story segments around the park, character and party management from the shops, and a somewhat hands-off active time battle system when you’re trekking through the dungeons.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some praising the adorable art style and nostalgic charm, while others criticize the lifelessness of the environments and repetitive music. Overall, the visuals are described as a blend of 2D and 3D styles, with a focus on collectables and character design that some find engaging, despite a lack of depth in the overall aesthetic.
- “The art style is adorable and there are tons of collectibles and furniture that you can collect to decorate your room.”
- “The graphics are nostalgic and charming, the music is catchy and upbeat, and the characters are well-written and lighthearted.”
- “This game desperately tries to sell itself as a charming indie game but there's not much charm to it; the art style is cute but the environment is lifeless vector art, the music is repetitive, and the dialogues are neither fun nor witty enough to be worth reading.”
- “The graphics are designed in a cross between 2D and 3D style.”
- “The graphics are nostalgic and charming, but they don't elevate the overall experience.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some praise its variety and fitting ambiance, noting that it enhances the settings with catchy and upbeat tunes, others find it repetitive and lacking charm. Overall, the audio quality is considered decent, but it may not be enough to elevate the overall experience for some players.
- “Between the tropical sounds on the island map and the subdued music of Lucky's home, it’s all done with a good choice of instruments and decent quality.”
- “The graphics are nostalgic and charming, the music is catchy and upbeat, and the characters are well-written and lighthearted.”
- “This game desperately tries to sell itself as a charming indie game but there's not much charm to it; the art style is cute but the environment is lifeless vector art, the music is repetitive and the dialogues are neither fun nor witty enough to be worth reading.”
- “It is serviceable as a mindless grind if you need something to do with your hands while listening to music and podcasts, but even then your time is better spent elsewhere.”
- “Audio is done pretty well, with its variety of music properly fitting with the settings and situations in the game.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
While the game's writing, characters, and aesthetics initially captivate players, the grinding aspect ultimately reveals itself as monotonous and repetitive, reminiscent of basic mobile RPGs. Players find themselves stuck in a cycle of grinding through claustrophobic maps, leading to a sense of emptiness and frustration despite occasional required input during battles.
- “It quickly wears off, only to leave something that is nothing but grinding through the absolute most basic RPG game you'd get on a mobile phone.”
- “And you have to grind to level on these claustrophobic little board game maps repeatedly, where the experience is extremely repetitive, giving that empty feeling you associate with grindy mobile games.”
- “Even if you overlevel while grinding, the balance almost requires you to make some input during a battle (or at some point in the dungeon).”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Overall, users report a high level of stability, noting the absence of bugs, typos, or glitches, and a well-balanced gameplay experience.