The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave

Grab a surfboard

by Mike Rose 5/12/2012

All it takes is something as simple as a name, an icon, or a description to put someone off playing a perfectly good video game.

Take The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, for example. The name is a long string of apparently unconnected words, while the game's characters look rather uninspired.

And yet this 3DS downloadable title turns out to be a perfectly playable and enjoyable dungeon-crawler, with some nice ideas thrown into the mix. It just needs a catchier name.

Awesome wave

The Denpa Men, a funny little race of people, have washed up on various shores, and they need your help to fend off the King of Evil. ...

Don't be put off by The Denpa Men's silly name - this is a great dungeon-crawler with some carefully considered ideas packed in

RATINGS
Audio/visual: 7
Gameplay: 8
Value: 8
Innovation: 8
Overall: 8