One corridor ahead may lead to a slim cavern that requires you to inch your way slowly past massive pits. As caverns get deeper and darker, you’ll need to carefully plan your way through multiple pathways. In Airoheart, you’ll need to rely on your wits in multiple regards. The strength of early Zelda was always in its twisting stages the puzzling ways you could conquer dungeons by discovering and utilising new items, and weapons, or finding obscured clues along the way. The bare-bones story feels throwaway, but it eventually gives way to a variety of clever dungeons that make up the bulk of gameplay and keep the action moving. There are vague allusions in the plot to a lost brother in the family, and plenty of generational battles behind the scenes – but this story serves more as set dressing a tightrope to hold together the disparate parts of the adventure, and send Airoheart on a journey through various darkened dungeons in search of mythical stones. In your quest through the game’s conflict-riddled lands, you play as Airoheart, a young and confident warrior who joins a group known as the Elmer, who are in a factional war with the Bretons. The dungeons will also be very familiar to those who’ve played classic Zelda, with similar tricks and challenges for finding your way through the world. The music is as delicate and light-hearted as Zelda‘s too, with a sparkling charm that follows you on your journey. The pixel art is chunky and detailed, as in those early Zelda adventures. Screenshot: GamesHubĭescribed as a love letter to the 16-bit era, Airoheart takes major cues from classic Zelda games in almost every aspect of its design. But not everything is idyllic in the game’s fantasy world of Engard – and like Hyrule before it, the lands are filled with danger and malice. The 1990s was a pioneering era for video games a time rife with mechanical innovation and great stories that still resonate today – to the point where modern developers are still following in the footsteps of this era, using the classics as touchpoints for new inspirations.Īiroheart, a new adventure created by Australian studio Pixel Heart is a game that attempts to bottle the charm of this period, carving out a homage to the classic Legend of Zelda games of the 1990s, with traditional 16-bit-style gameplay aided by a perfectly nostalgic soundtrack of twinkling, fairytale tunes.
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