I love Role-Playing Games (RPGs). They are deeply involving and keep you engrossed in stories that satisfy your desire for sci-fi or fantasy fiction.
Developer: Hisanori Hiraoka
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 5
Dreeps is meant to be a role-playing game that literally plays itself while you go on about your day. It stars a little robot boy that walks through various settings during your waking hours. While you’re working, jogging, and eating sandwiches, your robot pal is wandering the woods, fighting monsters, talking to the people he meets, and gaining experience points.
In time, the robot boy runs out of stamina. Ideally you’re supposed to put him to bed before you tuck in for the night. Then you both wake up with the game’s alarm. You resume your desk job, and robot boy resumes fighting and traveling. Spoiler: you have the raw deal in this relationship.
It’s largely hands-off but there are small moments of interactivity, like setting your alarm or tapping the robot boy to get him back into action after a rough fight. Still, Dreeps‘ “Look but don’t touch” design is its greatest weakness, because it shows off a world that should exist.
The robot boy himself is adorable. The world he walks through is populated by robots and techno-vermin. He travels through ruins, woods, and dragon-shaped buildings. You can’t directly partake of any of it. You can’t even hear the conversations he has with his creator, or the characters he meets on the road. Oh gosh. Why? Can’t we at least customize the robot boy’s attire? Please?
For now, Dreeps is the world’s most charming digital alarm clock. With more and more passive apps like David O’Reilly’s MTN hitting the mainstream, it’s understandable why we’re expected to be mere observers in this little robot boy’s life. It hardly seems fair, though. We deserve to meet him, and he deserves to meet us.
Maybe someday.
Developer: Hisanori Hiraoka
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 5
Concept
The idea behind this game is that the protagonist will play through the game by himself. You won’t do anything except set an alarm each night and turn it off each morning. The robot-boy will traverse dangerous landscapes, fight enemy bosses, gain experience, and level up throughout the day. You can check in with him to see how he is doing, or simply leave him to do his business without you.
Dreeps is a victim of its own charm. This largely hands-off “alarm playing game” will undoubtedly leave you stabbing the screen with your finger while crying, “Oh my God, oh my God – why aren’t you a full-fledged adventure? Why?”Dreeps is meant to be a role-playing game that literally plays itself while you go on about your day. It stars a little robot boy that walks through various settings during your waking hours. While you’re working, jogging, and eating sandwiches, your robot pal is wandering the woods, fighting monsters, talking to the people he meets, and gaining experience points.
It’s largely hands-off but there are small moments of interactivity, like setting your alarm or tapping the robot boy to get him back into action after a rough fight. Still, Dreeps‘ “Look but don’t touch” design is its greatest weakness, because it shows off a world that should exist.
The robot boy himself is adorable. The world he walks through is populated by robots and techno-vermin. He travels through ruins, woods, and dragon-shaped buildings. You can’t directly partake of any of it. You can’t even hear the conversations he has with his creator, or the characters he meets on the road. Oh gosh. Why? Can’t we at least customize the robot boy’s attire? Please?For now, Dreeps is the world’s most charming digital alarm clock. With more and more passive apps like David O’Reilly’s MTN hitting the mainstream, it’s understandable why we’re expected to be mere observers in this little robot boy’s life. It hardly seems fair, though. We deserve to meet him, and he deserves to meet us.
Maybe someday.
Conclusion
I found this game to be truly endearing. If you enjoy RPGs, you should get this game. It’s like having a living piece of RPG artwork right on your iPhone. It is definitely worth the price for fans of the genre. Download it in the App Store today.
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