![]() There is an ability tree in "Eureka" points, but the only way you get points is through completing a fight. There is no progression in the traditional sense. | Caty McCarthy/USG, Game Freakįor instance, unlike most RPGs, there are no items. The town has a pleasant Ni No Kuni-esque feel. And counter to the usual quiet of small town life, its combat is feverishly complicated. You see the same couple character model repeats as townspeople everywhere and do occasional side quests, but nothing ever amounts to anything. The compactness of its world is an interesting conceit, only the small town barely feels lived in. The story, and writing in turn, is bland and forgettable. What Little Town Hero lacks is a sense of adventure. That's where the Pokemon similarities, and really anything pleasant about the game, end though. The monster, character, and town design is consistently adorable and stand as a reminder of Game Freak's knack for memorable art direction. In Little Town Hero, you play as the red-headed Axe, and like Game Freak's other major RPG series, you're frequently doing battle with your rival. It instantly reminds me of Level-5's PlayStation 2 JRPGs, games that thrived in what I consider to be an oft-forgotten golden era for the genre. Little Town Hero, on paper, is utterly charming. But unlike Axe, I didn't discover a mysterious stone that gave me the power to fight giant threatening monsters through card-combat. Like Axe, I too wanted to break out of my small town. Life was uncomplicated then still young and naive. ![]() We'd run around doing mischief, like how Axe tries to sneak into the town's shiny castle in the opening moments of Little Town Hero. There was a quaint main street, locals I knew only from how often I'd run into them, and childhood friends. I grew up in a small town not unlike Axe's. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. ![]() This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
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