Second, the writing, both in terms of original scenarios and Atlus's localization, is rife with humor at the genre's expense, as well as references to, among others, Demon's Souls, Ys, and even The Goonies. The fact that the game expects you to look ridiculous immediately obviates any drama you could reasonably expect.
For one thing, you can select your character from a group including a little tank, a dog, Santa Claus, and the President from an obscure Xbox game - or you can make your own in the character editor. The game does away with any pretense that the story matters right away. Honestly, it isn't important why you're walking from dungeon to dungeon. %Gallery-70578% 3D Dot Game Heroes puts you in the role of a hero saving the kingdom of Dotnia from some threat by gathering some orbs from dungeons or something. Or, rather, it's a parody of the Zelda series executed so perfectly that it is itself an excellent Zelda game. It's essentially the lost NES Zelda game.
Even the spells are winkingly based on graphical effects like shaders and parallax maps. This style is overlaid with insane visual effects, like an exaggerated depth of field that makes everything look miniature, and surreal, sparkling water. The studio pulled this impressive feat off by designing a world composed of giant cubes, essentially 3D versions of 8-bit sprites.
But somehow, the developer managed to pull it off 3D Dot Game Heroes is a faithful, expertly crafted reproduction of NES-era gameplay that happens to highlight spectacular visual effects in a logical way. Silicon Studio set out to make a game primarily as a means of showing off its graphical effect middleware - and then chose a retro-style action RPG as that showcase.
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