Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers[a] is a video game developed by Vanpool and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan in April 2018, with English releases in North America, Europe, and Australia the following month, with the North American version being limited as digital-only.[1] A sequel to Dillon's Rolling Western, it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world and features Dillon, an anthropomorphicarmadillo who must defend frontier villages from walking rock-like monsters. The player is included in the game's cast as their Mii avatar in the form of an "Amiimal" with added animal features from various species. It received mixed reviews from critics, who most greatly criticized its repetitiveness.
The game has a darker setting compared to its predecessors, changing its world to be post-apocalyptic. From their home base in The City, Dillon and a band of mercenaries help defend smaller towns and other locations from the Grock invasion.[2]
Gameplay
The game is a combination of tower defense and action elements.[2] The player must defend against walking rock monsters called Grocks. Mercenaries and the player's avatar use guns to fight the monsters from towers while the player controls Dillon and dashes around the map to fight the monsters one on one.[2]
The Grocks have several stages in their invasion process - once they finish attacking on land, their mothership transforms them into vehicles that race around the roadways of the map. In the third phase, the Grocks become superpowered and charge directly at the base.[2]
Development
The game's setting was changed away from Western-themed to post-apocalyptic because it was seen as more of a familiar setting to modern audiences.[3] Its producer, Kensuke Tanabe, said it drew inspiration from Mad Max and was originally only going to be a racing game, but the old gameplay was later combined with the new.[3]
Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers received an aggregate score of 69/100 on Metacritic.[1] Neal Ronaghan of Nintendo World Report rated the game 8.5/10, saying that while the game was greatly improved from its predecessors, its pace was overly slow.[4] CJ Andriessen of Destructoid rated it 75/100, calling it a "solid adventure through and through", but criticizing the existence of a game-breaking bug on release. He also stated that the process of mission preparation was "arduous" and the game's economy "baffling".[2] Daniel Starkey of GameSpot rated the game 6/10, saying that while it was "action-packed", the controls were "perplexing" and the combat and day-night cycle were repetitive. He stated that "it's a competent and fun little outing that's almost perfectly suited for kids".[5]
Notes
^Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers (ザ・デッドヒートブレイカーズ, Za Deddo Hīto Bureikāzu, "The Dead Heat Breakers")
References
^ ab"Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers". Metacritic. from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^ abcde"Review: Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers". Destructoid. from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^ abTotilo, Stephen (18 July 2018). "The Makers Of Nintendo's Latest Hidden Gem Worry People Missed It". Kotaku. from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^"Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers Review - Review". Nintendo World Report. from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^Starkey, Daniel (2018-06-02). "Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers Review: Running On Fumes". GameSpot. from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
August 23, 2023
dillon, dead, heat, breakers, video, game, developed, vanpool, published, nintendo, nintendo, released, japan, april, 2018, with, english, releases, north, america, europe, australia, following, month, with, north, american, version, being, limited, digital, o. Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers a is a video game developed by Vanpool and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS It was released in Japan in April 2018 with English releases in North America Europe and Australia the following month with the North American version being limited as digital only 1 A sequel to Dillon s Rolling Western it takes place in a post apocalyptic world and features Dillon an anthropomorphic armadillo who must defend frontier villages from walking rock like monsters The player is included in the game s cast as their Mii avatar in the form of an Amiimal with added animal features from various species It received mixed reviews from critics who most greatly criticized its repetitiveness Dillon s Dead Heat BreakersDeveloper s VanpoolPublisher s NintendoDirector s Jun TsudaProducer s Kensuke TanabeDesigner s Jun TaniguchiKota IkarashiProgrammer s Yohei FukudaArtist s Shinji UsuiShingo KabayaComposer s Kiyoshi HazemotoSeriesDillonPlatform s Nintendo 3DSReleaseJP April 26 2018NA May 24 2018EU May 25 2018AU May 26 2018Genre s Action tower defenseMode s Single player Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Development 4 Reception 5 Notes 6 ReferencesPlot EditThe game has a darker setting compared to its predecessors changing its world to be post apocalyptic From their home base in The City Dillon and a band of mercenaries help defend smaller towns and other locations from the Grock invasion 2 Gameplay EditThe game is a combination of tower defense and action elements 2 The player must defend against walking rock monsters called Grocks Mercenaries and the player s avatar use guns to fight the monsters from towers while the player controls Dillon and dashes around the map to fight the monsters one on one 2 The Grocks have several stages in their invasion process once they finish attacking on land their mothership transforms them into vehicles that race around the roadways of the map In the third phase the Grocks become superpowered and charge directly at the base 2 Development EditThe game s setting was changed away from Western themed to post apocalyptic because it was seen as more of a familiar setting to modern audiences 3 Its producer Kensuke Tanabe said it drew inspiration from Mad Max and was originally only going to be a racing game but the old gameplay was later combined with the new 3 Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic69 100Review scoresPublicationScoreDestructoid75 100GameSpot6 10Nintendo World Report8 5 10Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers received an aggregate score of 69 100 on Metacritic 1 Neal Ronaghan of Nintendo World Report rated the game 8 5 10 saying that while the game was greatly improved from its predecessors its pace was overly slow 4 CJ Andriessen of Destructoid rated it 75 100 calling it a solid adventure through and through but criticizing the existence of a game breaking bug on release He also stated that the process of mission preparation was arduous and the game s economy baffling 2 Daniel Starkey of GameSpot rated the game 6 10 saying that while it was action packed the controls were perplexing and the combat and day night cycle were repetitive He stated that it s a competent and fun little outing that s almost perfectly suited for kids 5 Notes Edit Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers ザ デッドヒートブレイカーズ Za Deddo Hito Bureikazu The Dead Heat Breakers References Edit a b Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers Metacritic Archived from the original on 2019 09 28 Retrieved 2019 06 28 a b c d e Review Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers Destructoid Archived from the original on 2019 02 01 Retrieved 2019 06 28 a b Totilo Stephen 18 July 2018 The Makers Of Nintendo s Latest Hidden Gem Worry People Missed It Kotaku Archived from the original on 2019 07 14 Retrieved 2019 06 28 Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers Review Review Nintendo World Report Archived from the original on 2019 02 01 Retrieved 2019 06 28 Starkey Daniel 2018 06 02 Dillon s Dead Heat Breakers Review Running On Fumes GameSpot Archived from the original on 2019 02 01 Retrieved 2019 06 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dillon 27s Dead Heat Breakers amp oldid 1154749716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
