3D Dot Game Heroes, an action-adventure outing from Silicon Studio and FromSoftware in Japan, harks back to the days of 2D gaming but uses the PS3's 3D current-gen graphics to immerse the gamer.
The task in hand is to free the Dotnia Kingdom from the evil endeavours of the Dark Bishop Fuelle. The Bishop has retrieved six orbs of a magical variety, thus bringing doom, gloom and various shades of unpleasantness to the population. The orbs were initially stolen by Dark King Onyx, by the way, before he was condemned to imprisonment. The gamer plays the role of the hero.
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