In „You Are Not The Hero" steuern Spieler Petula, eine ganz normale junge Frau, die inmitten des Chaos landet, als Helden ihr Dorf plündern, um Vorräte zu ergattern. Nachdem sie ihr Amulett an sich nehmen, stellt sie sich ihnen und jagt es ihnen hinterher. Dieser 2D Action Platform RPG verzichtet auf klassische Kämpfe und setzt stattdessen voll auf RPG-Elemente wie das Durchsuchen von Häusern, das Öffnen von Schubladen, das Knacken von Schlössern und das Plündern alltäglicher Orte.
NPCs ärgern sich über die Folgen heldenhafter Taten - etwa wenn freigelassene Erdmännchen nach dem Fall der Banditen die Farmen verwüsten. Als unbeteiligte Zivilistin zwischen Helden und Schurken navigieren Spieler durch eine Welt, in der Diebstahl zum Alltag gehört, und tragen die Konsequenzen. Indie-RPG- und Adventure-Fans, die unheldenhaften Gameplay und ausgereifteres Item-Management suchen, entdecken hier einen frischen Ansatz.
When was the last time you played a game, any game really, where you walked into someone's home, nonchalantly opened drawers, cabinets, picked locks, upturned a bed and talked to the freaking homeowner in hopes of finding something you could loot? Oh, right before this game? Yeah I thought so. Aside from more humble games like Skyrim, where you had to steal items instead of taking them, every game that has item management lets you play the bad guy without being the bad guy.
Let me tell you something: NPCs hate your guts, they just can't say it to your face! Just cleared a forest of roving bandits? Well they were the only ones keeping a population of meerkats in check. The local farms can't keep them at bay and you've just triggered the worst national food shortage in the past decade. Good job, hero! I think it's time for some payback.
You Are Not The Hero is a 2D Action Platform RPG that ditches the battle system to focus on richer RPG gameplay elements. Instead of playing a traditional hero that saves the world, you're playing a bystander swept into the affairs of heroes and villains alike.
You play as Petula, an unemployed, emotionally charged, ill-tempered, otherwise average young woman. With the royal army hot on their heels, the heroes have made their way to your village where they begin scavenging for supplies in everyone's homes. After you confront them for stealing your pendant, they rush off to continue their quest, giving you a quest of your own to retrieve it.
