Impressed by early journey video video games, Dungeons of Dreadrock sends you – a lone little one – right into a 100-floor dungeon that requires you to combat off monsters and clear up puzzles to defeat the Lifeless King.
You start the sport on the mouth of the dungeon on a grim winter night till the urge to go inside after your ‘Chosen’ brother will get too sturdy. In your group, a boy is chosen every year to kill the Lifeless King, however none have ever returned. You’re taking it upon your self to assist your brother in his quest.
Dungeons of Dreadrock is a superbly designed sport. It mixed fluid animation and a clean artwork model with the grid structure of early dungeon-crawler puzzle video games. At first, I assumed the dearth of a diagonal step would get annoying, but it surely components into sufficient of the puzzles you face to justify the choice.
Every ground incorporates numerous traps and enemies it’s a must to circumvent to succeed in the stairway to the subsequent stage. There are additionally levers to tug, buttons to push, stones to throw and objects to hold with you that inject a stage of creativity into the sport.
The puzzles are usually constructed of straightforward elements, mixed in a approach that creates a very enjoyable sequence. They’re not so tough that you simply’ll get overwhelmed, however they’re difficult sufficient to interact your artistic pondering. I like that among the puzzles require you to return to earlier flooring to gather objects or have an enemy chase you to the subsequent stage as a way to progress.
If any of the puzzles show too tough, an non-compulsory trace will seem after a short while. These fluctuate in usefulness. They at all times embody the identical info, no matter whether or not you’ve already figured it out. Some hints really feel like they’re merely telling you what to do, whereas others are extra cryptic. General, although, it’s good to have them there.
In your journey, you study issues about your village, its relationship with the Lifeless King and the position of the boys who went out to kill him and by no means returned. The story beats aren’t essentially the most unique I’ve ever learn, however I recognize them lending the journey some stakes.
Clearly quite a lot of effort has gone into Dungeons of Dreadrock. There are some little particulars which are enjoyable to note, such because the bloody footprints you allow behind you in case you stroll by way of a defeated enemy. Every little thing about it’s effectively put collectively. The story is coherent and fascinating, the puzzles are enjoyable, and the 100 ranges get you an honest quantity of gameplay on your cash.