Sega Heroes

Sega Heroes
Developer(s)	Demiurge Studios
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Android, iOS
Release	November 14, 2018
Genre(s)	Puzzle, role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Sega Heroes: Puzzle RPG Quest (formerly known as Sega Legends) is a free-to-play puzzle video game developed by Demiurge Studios and published by Sega. It was released on November 14, 2018, and features several characters from many Sega franchises, including Phantasy Star, Jet Set Radio, Super Monkey Ball, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Altered Beast.

Sega Heroes received mixed reviews from critics, many praising the strategic gameplay but criticizing its difficulty and emphasis on microtransactions.^[1] The game was discontinued in May 2020 due to Demiurge Studios becoming independent from Sega.^[2][3]

Gameplay[]

Gameplay showing the player's heroes (left) fighting Dremagen's allies (right)

Sega Heroes is a "match 3" game, where the player must match three or more tiles or shapes of the same color to score points and defeat enemies on the field.^[4] There were five different colored tiles, and four of them that could control a character's actions and abilities. The player must select four characters of different colors (blue, green, red, and yellow)^[4] in order to battle enemies in an event. Depending on the color of the character, the tiles that are matched determine if a character attacks an opponent. If the player matches three or more tiles of the same color together, it results in the hero of that color gaining energy and attacking an enemy of choice. The tiles come in four separate colors (for each color-type); red, green, yellow, and blue, as well as purple for boost. Matching purple tiles together increase the multiplier, resulting in the selected heroes becoming stronger. Matching four tiles together creates a star tile, while matching six tiles together creates another type of Star tile that explodes a piece of the board and activates a different ability. The MAX ability triggers a character's special move.

Campaign and plot[]

Dremagen, styling herself as the "Master of a Thousand Dimensions", uses her power to take over the universes and timelines across time and space itself.^[4] Dremagen is able to clone any existing being at will, which she uses to her advantage by cloning heroes and villains she deems worthy to be part of her ultimate army. Amy Rose finds Ax Battler and asks for his help, though he refuses at first due to feeling too weak to take on Dremagen. Amy is able to convince Ax and the two decide to find Dremagen and defeat her before she takes over the whole universe.

Along the way, Amy and Ax recruit several others to their side, including Blaze Fielding, AiAi, Death Adder, Big the Cat, Beat, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ageha, Joe Musashi, Cream the Rabbit, and Wren. The heroes also discover that Doctor Eggman and his robots have chosen to ally with Dremagen, assisting in her universal conquest.^[4] The heroes eventually confront and defeat Dremagen, vanquishing her as she swears vengeance. When the world is not restored to normal, the heroes decide to remain allied and prepare for Dremagen's inevitable return.

Playable characters[]

The game features over 50 playable characters, all of which were categorized by color. A team must have included a character from each color; a red, green, blue, and yellow hero. Characters are also organized by rarity; common, rare, epic, legendary, and captain. Characters featured in the game originate from various Sega game franchises, including Jet Set Radio, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, Shenmue, Sonic the Hedgehog, Yakuza, Super Monkey Ball, ChuChu Rocket!, The House of the Dead, and others.

Reception[]

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The game received mixed reviews from critics, many praising the gameplay while criticizing its difficulty. Andrew Duncan for GameGrin gave the game a positive review, praising the character roster and unintrusive free-to-play mechanics.^[1] Similarly, Bengt Lemne of Game Reactor found the game "highly addictive" and felt that the game's need for microtransactions was more balanced than expected^[5] Tom Reinert of Galaxy of Geek was more critical, finding the gameplay bland and overly pressuring on players to make in-app purchases due to the slow the process of leveling up characters.^[6]

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External links[]

• Official website