Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics[a] is a role-playing video game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, released in Japan on July 30, 2015. It is a spin-off of the Mystery Dungeon series, and is based on the indie game One Way Heroics.
| Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics | |
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 English cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Spike Chunsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Spike Chunsoft |
| Director(s) | Kazuhiko Ogawa |
| Producer(s) | Yusuke Katagata |
| Artist(s) | Mogeo Fuji |
| Writer(s) | Nobuyasu Motoki |
| Composer(s) | Katsumi Yokokawa |
| Series | Mystery Dungeon |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | PlayStation 4, PS VitaMicrosoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
editLike previous Mystery Dungeon titles, Fushigi no Chronicle is a turn-based role-playing game in which players explore randomly-generated dungeons, but with every turn that passes, the screen will scroll as the game world slowly gets swallowed up by a light.[1][2]
Development
editThe game's producers, Yuichiro Saito and Yoshinori Terasawa, found out about the game One Way Heroics at the Japanese indie game developer gathering BitSummit; they were intrigued by the idea of combining roguelike gameplay with forced scrolling, and found the game fun to play. At first they considered porting the game to consoles, but as the original version of the game was available to play for free, they instead thought of ways to expand and improve on it; eventually they asked the developer of One Way Heroics for permission to develop a new game from scratch, with One Way Heroics as the foundation.[1]
The game was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita by Spike Chunsoft on July 30, 2015, in Japan.[3] To promote it, character classes based on the Spike Chunsoft game series Danganronpa and Shiren the Wanderer were included in the game.[4]
Limited Run Games released physical editions of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions in the West in September 2016, limited to 5,000 copies for each of the platforms.[5]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 68/100[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Famitsu | 30/40 (7, 8, 8, 7)[7] |
The game was met by "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregator Metacritic.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ Known in Japan as Fushigi no Chronicle: Furikaerimasen Katsu Madewa (不思議のクロニクル 振リ返リマセン勝ツマデハ, lit. "Mystery Chronicle: I Won't Look Back Until I Win").
References
edit- ^ a b James, Thomas (March 23, 2015). "Fushigi no Chronicle announced for PS4, PS Vita". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
- ^ "Mystery Dungeon Series Gets A New "Forced Side-Scroller" Spinoff Title". Siliconera. March 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
- ^ "Mystery Dungeon Series' Side-Scroller Spinoff To Release In Japan This July". Siliconera. April 21, 2015. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ "Mystery Chronicle has Danganronpa and Shiren the Wanderer collaborations". Gematsu. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ "Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics Receiving a Limited Run Games Release". Siliconera. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ^ a b "Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics for PlayStation Vita Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ^ Romano, Sal (2015-07-21). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1390". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
External links
edit- Official Japanese website (in Japanese)