One True Hero

Everything in One True Hero has been done before – and much, much better – and you’d be wise to play one of the games it’s borrowing instead.

One True Hero is a 3D platformer that draws inspiration from some of the genre's biggest names. Yet and despite its intuitive gameplay and well written humour, One True Hero doesn't live up to its peers. The choice of art style, while not wrong per se, is affected by too many issues that draw the player's attention away, and the experience ends up suffering from too many bugs that turn what could have been an enjoyable game into something frustrating. One True Hero could very well benefit from an update aimed at correcting its flaws.

One True Hero feels a bit like a game in very early-access. There is the potential here for a very good game, but it is buried beneath so many issues that it's difficult to see through the haze. When One True Hero works, I generally enjoy it, but there are just so many issues to push through. Its writing is genuinely endearing, its characters are lively and animated, and even as you moon jump high above the playable areas, it maintains solid frame rate and resolution. With some aggressive patches there may be something here, but it isn’t quite there yet.