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    Default 30: Half-Minute Hero for PSP...Opinions?

    Just picked this up today. Imagine an RPG mixed with WarioWare Microgames. An Evil Lord has discovered a destruction spell that - once cast - will destroy the world in 30 seconds! You must stop him in that time. If you do, you have problems because he shared the spell with 100 OTHER Evil Lords who are also lining up to cast the spell.

    There are four different RPG "games" in the package:

    Hero 30 - Plays like an overhead RPG where you cross the overland screen, fighting monsters and visiting villages for supplies, while trying to reach the castle and the evil lord within.

    Evil Lord 30 - This is an overhead strategy game where you summon your monsters to go into battle for you.

    Princess 30 - An RPG shooter where your archer and her soldiers must fight their way...yadda yadda...

    Knight 30 - You play a knight on an endless "escort the noble" mission across the lands, defending her from... You get the idea.

    The game is designed to look and play like an 8-bit NES RPG...only 1,000 times more frantic. It takes a bit to get used to the controls (RPGs are usually a bit more slow and methodical) since the action is insanely fast. But it's well designed and a hoot to play. And there are more than 100 levels to the entire game (I'm guessing 25 missions for each "character") and the box says there is more than 20 hours worth of play here.
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    I'm enjoying this game so far. Im about halfway through Hero 30. I've always enjoyed RPGs but often haven't had the time to play through them so I think this game has a fantastic premise. It pulls it of well too. I read reviews in which Princess 30 was said to be boring but i completed that mode and had a blast. I've only play 30 seconds of Evil Lord 30 yet so no real impression there.

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    Picked it up on a whim over the weekend, and I absolutely love it.

    Not very far in yet but I can see this one being a huge time-sink for me when I'm away from my consoles.
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    I picked this up too and ABSOLUTELY love it. I'm 4 or 5 sections into Hero mode and a couple into Princess mode. It's fun as hell, hilarious, and just plain good.
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    I'm *way* late to the game (it's been four months since release!), but I really, really like it. So far I've only touched the Hero 30 mode, but I love what I've seen so far.

    That first time through i was like "what the heck is going on" - the pace is *incredible*. But it fits within the concept of the game itself and by the 2nd or 3rd go through I felt like I totally got the hang of it.

    I feel like if it was a DS game this thread would be massive, but as a PSP game there's just not enough of us to keep it afloat!
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    It's a fun game but people keep saying its an RPG when most of the game is not even based on any RPG. Evil Lord 30 is an RTS and Princess 30 is a shooter.

    The only thing I don't like right now is Knight 30 is locked and you can only play it if you progress fairly far into the other three games. For me, Evil Lord 30 is extremely challenging and I'm stuck only a couple of levels after the Time Goddess first appears so I'm just stuck in general because Knight 30 is locked.

    Love the music and the dialog is hilarious.
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    I think it's an awesome game. I've only played Hero 30 though. I'm at the end of another game on my PSP and have wanted to finish that off before putting a lot of time into another game.
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