Review: One Way Heroics Plus (Nintendo Switch)

Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

Pros:

• Pixel art graphics.
• 419mb download size.
• Extras-adventure journal (look at previous runs), full stats breakdown by mode, and watch replays.
• Character creator-name, class (swordmaster or Knight initially), male/female, and perks. Pick 3 of 7 perks that adjust your stats.
• Dimensions (game worlds)-random new one, manually type a name in, five preset dimensions with a brief description of them.
• Two difficulties modifiers-Walk in the park or afternoon stroll. It relates to when and how often the demon Lord appears.
• Every setting every option has a small descriptive text.
• Fast loading times.
• Roguelike RPG gameplay.
• The level will be constantly moving from left to right and you must outrun it.
• Text pop up for pickups.
• The on-screen button layout is shown.
• All new characters.
• Damage and health numbers pop on screen.
• Can replay previous dimensions you created.
• Progress is based on distance.
• Earn Hero points from playing and use these points at the game over to buy new character classes/new perks or increase dimensional vault (items you carry over from a run).
• Can watch and/or save run replays.
• New NPC and I believe it is over 200!
• Advice corner will show on run over the screen and help you with improving.
• Retro feel to it all very SNES era vibes.
• Pause screen has full inventory management, call on the fairy for help, stats, weights, run stats.
• Big open levels that have optional paths.
• Revamped UI.
• Nice border art that changes, the game is not full screen.
• Very 90s RPG sounding soundtrack.
• Every time you attack or move it counts as a turn, you have a turn counter but you can refresh it with pickups.
• Eight-way directions.
• Combat is a simple press attack and auto defend, cast spells.
• Items to pick up everywhere.
• The map is shown on screen.
• Meet NPC and get new powers or find shops and quests.
• On-screen progress updates.
• Can bring up and use a grid system.
• Can see enemy health bars.
• Pick items that need to be identified.
• Can get quite addictive.
• Endless replayability.
• The game world plays out on a map that looks like the map screens you would get on older Final Fantasy games or Link to the Past.

Cons:

• Really small text.
• Not full screen.
• No touchscreen support.
• Can’t change the background image.
• A lot to take in.
• Takes a while to get going.
• Difficulty spikes.
• Not the best of tutorials.