Next Up Hero

Next Up Hero
Next Up Hero
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Next Up Hero is an

Early Access on January 18, 2018, with a full release on June 28, 2018 alongside the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.^[1]^[2] It was released for Nintendo Switch

on August 16, 2018.

Gameplay

Next Up Hero is an action dungeon crawl game video game featuring a cast of eclectic heroes with special abilities who will all take turns trying to conquer tough monsters. Death results in the next hero being able to resurrect their fallen brethren as an AI companion, called an "Echo," to do battle alongside them.[3]

Development

The game was developed in Unity. Digital Continue was founded by 5th Cell alumnus, Joe Tringali and describes Next Up Hero as an “asynchronous co-op, 2D/3D orthographic projection with isometric angle twin-stick arcade game played on server-hosted sessions".^[4]

Next Up Hero was announced at

Austin, TX on July 14, 2017.^[5]

A closed beta was available until January 10, 2018 on Steam for Windows. The game launched in Early Access on January 11, 2018 on Steam for Windows.[6]

Reception

Next Up Hero received generally mixed reviews from critics.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Push Square gave the game 6 stars out of 10, writing, "Online-only play taints Next Up Hero and obviously puts off potential players, but this bright and colourful world can be enjoyable at times. Repetitive gameplay prevents the release from becoming a standout indie title, but it may have enough charm to entice a few aspiring heroes for at least a few hours."^[8]

References

^ "Next Up Hero". IGN. IGN.
^ Glagowski, Peter (7 July 2017). "Next Up Hero will have you die, die my darling!". Destructoid. Destructoid. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ Glagowski, Peter (7 July 2017). "Next Up Hero will have you die, die my darling!". Destructoid. Destructoid. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "Next Up Hero Coming to PS4 in Early 2018". PlayStation Blog. 7 July 2017.
^ "Next Up Hero! A New Community Continue Game". TheWeeklySpoon.com. Mase Shaw. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "Free games: Grab one of 20,000 Steam keys for Next up Hero, a new community-driven RPG!". 4 January 2018.
^
Nintendo Life
. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^
Push Square
. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[1] "Next Up Hero". IGN. IGN.

[2] Glagowski, Peter (7 July 2017). "Next Up Hero will have you die, die my darling!". Destructoid. Destructoid. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[3] Glagowski, Peter (7 July 2017). "Next Up Hero will have you die, die my darling!". Destructoid. Destructoid. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[4] "Next Up Hero Coming to PS4 in Early 2018". PlayStation Blog. 7 July 2017.

[5] "Next Up Hero! A New Community Continue Game". TheWeeklySpoon.com. Mase Shaw. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[6] "Free games: Grab one of 20,000 Steam keys for Next up Hero, a new community-driven RPG!". 4 January 2018.

[NLife-7] 
Nintendo Life
. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[PSQ-8] 
Push Square
. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[9] "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[10] "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[11] "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[12] "Next Up Hero". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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