Recent reviews by Softis

This is not a good game on so many levels.

I am going to compare this to Dungeon keeper 2 becase I think that a moden game should atleast try to surpass it.

The possibility to go above ground is refreshing but from there it gets extremly flat. The maps miss proper design and consist more of random stacks of units placed instead of that you acctually assult a human fortress or other locations. From watching the trailer I had high hopes for this game but allready after 3 hours I gave up on this.

compared to DK2:
+ You can replace walls which is something that was not possible in DK2
- Funnier rooms and more gameplay mechanics in DK2. creatures integrating with different rooms.
-Most creatures are just upgrades and not original creatures. DK2 had a much better feel of originality and speciality to each creature.
- just pooooooorly made in everything from sound to design and gameplay.
-No open spaces underground. just dirt everywhere. Almost nothing happends while exploring.
-What was that campaing (cancer)?


long version:

-The sound for combat animations is sometimes missing or non existing.
-The controls and menus are not as easy to use as you would think and there is no way to summon your creaters for most of the game except to open a seperate menu and click on each one. You can also not rotate the view.
-The dungeon part of the map is inhabited by different creatures but after awhile you feel no kind of excitment for encountering them. there is no excitment to dig further and discover things on the map like it was in DK2 where there could be outposts and hugh lava seas. Here everything is just stone.
-There is a major flaw in the game mechanic which is hard to describe but for resources they kinda stop mattering quite soon in the begining since you will get more gold than you can spend quite fast without any problems. The rooms therefore feels unaccomplished and you just build them for the sake of it.
-Don't get me started on the campaing. The dialogs and the world is so poorly done that you can hardly see that they are trying to be funny.

Don't let the graphic discourage you or do. It's not for everyone.
Since there is no tutorials or anything I recommend watching some beginers videos to understand the game mechanics. You will have a great time in the begining but during mid and late game I felt that it panned out and it more felt like spawning reinforcements was the only thing you did.