Loop Hero
Developer Four Quarters Publisher Devolver Digital Format PC Release Out now
Most of the imagined adventures we go on these days are lavish affairs, cast against the backdrops of vast, detailed open worlds. Loop Hero rejects that, taking the generic elements of a fantasy RPG and paring it all back. It’s an exercise in how little is needed to take your brain on a fantastical journey.
Graphically, it seems, that’s not much at all. Each level begins as a simple circuit, a looping path of tiles surrounded by featureless black. Heroes and monsters are realised as tiny monochromatic clusters of pixels. Combat is a relative feast for the eyes, with i6bit-style sprites cycling through the same
