Clicker Heroes

Clicker Heroes is a clicker game developed by Playsaurus and first published in 2014 for the browser and in 2015 for mobile devices. Clicker Heroes is a free-to-play game with an optional small payment option .

Game principle and technology

One opponent is shown to the player at a time. Clicking it will inflict damage to it until its health drops below zero and it dies. The opponent does not fight back; the game blog Boobs and Bullets therefore called the process "dead batting". Once an enemy dies, they drop some gold that can be used to buy heroes and upgrade them. Once a hero has been purchased, the damage done by the player to opponents increases. Heroes automatically attack opponents, so that the player does not have to do anything and can watch the heroes play.

After a certain number of killed opponents, the player moves up one zone . At the end of every fifth zone, a boss awaits the player who must be killed within 30 seconds; in case of failure, the player must start the zone again. There are a total of 3600 zones. The goal is to get a currency called "Hero Souls", which is needed to buy powerful heroes called "Ancients". From zone 105 the bosses have a 25% chance of being “Primal Bosses”. That means: When they die, they drop “Hero Souls”. There is a guaranteed “primal boss” in every hundredth zone. In addition, the player receives a "Hero Soul" for every 2,000th hero level. The received "Hero Souls" are not immediately available. The player must buy the hero "Amenhotep" and his ability "Ascension". By using this ability, the game resets and you have to start again from zone 1. By resetting you get the collected "Hero Souls". The ancients, which are a kind of statues that can be bought through them, are permanently within a "transcendence". Buying these statues makes the game a little easier and so the player reaches a higher zone before he has to "ascend" the game again. As soon as you have collected enough “Hero Souls” you can “transcend”. The game resets itself completely; you also lose your statues, but you gain access to the “outsiders”, who greatly increase the power of the statues.

With the help of the alternative currency "Rubies", which the player can purchase in a shop, he can buy additional content in the game. These range from visual changes to the heroes without affecting the game, to temporarily available abilities and additional heroes. The additional content can simplify the game, but is not a prerequisite for achieving the goal of the game.

Production notes

In August 2014 the game was published on Kongregate and in September 2014 on Armor Games . It is the second game in the history of the clicker game genre after AdVenture Capitalist , which appeared in May 2014 . It was published on the Steam distribution platform in May 2015 . It was launched for Android and IOS in August 2015. Version 1.0 was released in June 2016. In March 2017, Clicker Heroes was the first clicker game to be released worldwide for game consoles . The sequel Clicker Heroes 2 was released in July 2018 .

reception

Clicker Heroes received mixed to positive reviews. The GameRankings review database aggregates 3 reviews to a mean value of 70%. The US magazine Kotaku described the game as the “perfect distraction in the office” and an “immensely compact productivity killer”. Rock, Paper, Shotgun praised the visual and acoustic presentation of the game and recognized the potential for addiction for certain types of players who find it appealing to find an optimal strategy for rapid advancement in the game. For himself, however, editor Graham Smith judged that Clicker Heroes appeals to the same urges as Diablo , but has been reduced by all decisive factors such as research and fighting. Thus, when playing, it only offers the illusion of achieving something and, in sum, is “totally soulless”. The Gamezebo portal , which specializes in games for mobile devices , has shown that Clicker Heroes has a medium game depth within the Clicker Game genre. Although it is more complex than it initially appears, it can not keep up with modern clicker games that have properties known from role-playing games such as character development or quests . The magazine assessed that, within the limits of the genre, it was fun to beat up the big and colorful opponents in Clicker Heroes .

In May 2015, Clicker Heroes reached # 4 on Steam's top per-game list, ahead of Grand Theft Auto V , which was released a month earlier for PC .

Web links

Official website
Clicker Heroes at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b BoobsandBullets.com: Review: Clicker Heroes - The stupidest game in the world. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .

↑ Eurogamer.net: Going up? The mindless pleasures of Clicker Heroes. Retrieved May 21, 2015, August 31, 2017 (UK English).

↑ Kotaku.com: Clicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam. Retrieved August 11, 2018 .

↑ ^a ^b GameRankings.com: Clicker Heroes. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .

↑ Kotaku.com: Clicker Heroes Is Super Popular On Steam ... For Some Reason. Retrieved August 11, 2018 .

↑ RockPaperShotgun.com: I Have Played Clicker Heroes For 106 Hours And Counting. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .

↑ Gamezebo.com: Clicker Heroes Review: Tap That. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .

↑ SteamPowered.com: Steam & Game Stats ( Memento from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[BB-1] BoobsandBullets.com: Review: Clicker Heroes - The stupidest game in the world. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .