Review of Dungeons

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[Smokaz]

http://www.dungeons-game.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOBVg2awB0&feature=related

I had high hopes for this game. I've now played it. Here's a short review I have written:

My review. Be advised that I compare this game to dungeon keeper I and dungeon keeper 2. I am aware that it has been posted that this was not what the developers set out to remake. I'm also uninformed whether or not the company was actually able to develop using what Bullfrog left them or if they were barred. The lack of the word "keeper" and the lack of "Horny" makes me think that in a debate of copyrights this company lost out. Perhaps EA is the one that sits with the rights to the mythos, I do not know.

Compared to DK/DKII, which frankly I believe a lot of people expected to see from this game, there are some things that detracts from the experience:

- No true creature management, you can suggest actions for your "imps", otherwise your creatures are either confined to staring blindly out in the air at your dungeon heart or wait like leached puddles around their pentagram
- While the "Avatar of the Dungeon Heart" adds something completely new to the genre, at best this feels like a chore. The dungeon master himself is the army while the heroes and the creatures are just resources towards ending the map. He can take on a party of heroes on his own while basic creatures like the vampire bat die in groups of five to one hero
- No micro of your dungeon dwellers: no slapping, no feeding, no assigning lairs where they do not fight each other
- No converting enemy heroes
- The animals have no personality, demon bats, skeletons and wererats: they prefer nothing, they despise nothing. They are generic and flat.
- The Prestige system makes me puke. For at least two levels that I have played this system has literally REPLACED real content. There's no objective or story, just place enough lamps in your dungeon, the champion of the land approaches to steal all your lamps.

I could go on, but it's too painful to continue. My heart was BROKEN by this game. My cheesedoodle constipated blood veins boiled with closet rage when I realized what deformed offspring one of gaming's two greatest and perhaps also most under appreciated titles had spawned. Nevermind DKI and DKII. Think of Bullfrog's LEGACY. They gave us Syndicate, and syndicate wars. Theme park etc. They were innovative and great. They had humour, much like Sierra (creators of the Larry Laffer series)

So my edict is as follows: don't buy. If you can aquire it for free or for a low price later, feel free to do so. But it's not something that will stick in your mind. They had dungeon keeper to learn from and they ended up taking the Dung' from the Dungeon keeper. The new stuff they added is bad enough on it's own, but it's the stuff they left out that rendered this title without depth or value.

RIP DKI DKII you have not been replaced.

PS: Germans made this game. Big surprise. I hope their company goes bankrupt and that BD and aloha has shares in it and end up on the street

*back to vacation*

[EIRRMod]

/cry

[Demon767]

i loved syndicate

[sheffer]

its a pity.
Try Evil Genius to heal the wound.

[smurfORnot]

http://www.cyberlore.com/majesty/

http://www.majesty2.com/


not DK,but a game I rly enjoyed,,worth to take a look
you dont control your heroes,but can research upgrades which they can buy,and give them rewards to complete tasks,and depending on theyr class,they act like that. You manage your little kingdom,try it,you wont be dissapointed if u like this kind of games

[Smokaz]

its a pity.
Try Evil Genius to heal the wound.

I've played this. It was good. It had a lot of flavour too it. Sadly the "world missions" ended up being too little to keep you motivated.

good game though

[TheIcelandicManiac]

this is sad news indeed.

[Spartan_Marine88]

http://www.cyberlore.com/majesty/

http://www.majesty2.com/


not DK,but a game I rly enjoyed,,worth to take a look
you dont control your heroes,but can research upgrades which they can buy,and give them rewards to complete tasks,and depending on theyr class,they act like that. You manage your little kingdom,try it,you wont be dissapointed if u like this kind of games

Majesty one was alot better

[smurfORnot]

yes it was,it brings nostalgy back in me when I remembre it 

[BigDick]

i remember DK2 its was a really nice game with much humor

to bad this remake sucks so hard

thanks for the warn not to buy it

[Demon767]

i never played DK2. im downloading now

[Grundwaffe]

Always is a bitch when your a fan to a game and either they assign a other team than the original such as Silent Hill for an example, or they just make it for the cash and make the game with cheap story and design,

[Spartan_Marine88]

Well once again we can blame EA for ruining gaming, as they bought Bullfrog and cancelled DK3

[FailHammer]

Im pouring out for my homies. Thanks smokaz. Gaming rarely makes me sad except when I think of what could have been with the DK series. Definately my favorite game of all time. Fuck.

[Crono]

Guys, go over to keeperklan and download some stuff they made, like the remake of DK1.  works on modern systems.  Also, DK2 works, and anyone up for a game let me know, we can use tunngle.  While dungeons sux, there is hope in the future, oh and just forget that EA made a new game, only released in china, DK online, its an abomination.