Review Dungeon Lords: The trashing continues

Tags: Dungeon Lords; Heuristic Park Inc.

More Dungeon Lords reviews are in. Surprisingly, most people think it sucks ass. Oh, well...
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<blockquote><a href=http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=25864>Worthplaying review - 6.4/10</a>:
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Well, now for the drawbacks: there are parts of Dungeon Lords that just feel unfinished. Right out of the gate, character creation is extremely limited. In the manual, it shows ways to change the face, skin color, hair style, and hair color of your character. None of these even show up in the game, and they weren't addressed in the first patch, either. Another omission is that of the game's automap, and trust me, you need one. Many dungeons and some towns are fairly confusing, with some areas looking just like others. Being able to check where you have been in order to figure what area still
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<a href=http://www.pcgameworld.com/review.php/id/592/Dungeon_Lords/>PC Gameworld review - 40/100</a>:
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Glitches, bugs, missing features and horrible gameplay are all a part of Dungeon Lords. Avoid this one at all costs.
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I have seen and played both the good and bad RPG's over my years but I have never played anything as unfinished and buggy as Dungeon Lords. Most of the features that have been promised are missing and the features that are there work very poorly. It's a huge disappointment for fans that are craving a fun role-playing game because if it wouldn't have been rushed it could have been a good game. Instead what we get is a mess that is riddled with thousands of bugs, a flawed combat system, long load times, poor performance, and brain dead AI.
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<a href=http://www.gamerswanted.com/platform/PC/4237/reviews/18581/>Gamers Wanted review - 6.2/10</a>:
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The biggest problem with Dungeon Lords is that a lot of the game feels unfinished. Sure, the action is pretty faced paced, and full of clicky death goodness, but beyond that, the game has little else to offer.
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Getting lost becomes a motif in the game, as does a lack of somewhat fundamental features, such as an automap, or a few other elements that are hinted at, but for some reason never work.
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<a href=http://etoychest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1617&Itemid=42>eToychest review - 69/100</a>:
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Not to say the fighting isn't fun. Sure, it's mindless and manic, but it can prove enjoyable at times. The problem is that this is not a fighting game where combat can carry the burden of the experience. This is a role-playing game, and sadly the actual adventure – which is supposed to serve as the canvas upon which all this blood is spilt - simply isn't very interesting. This is a long, convoluted adventure that drags the player along kicking and screaming with empty promises rather than entices them with engaging gameplay. However, the reality is that many players will spend a hefty portion of the game wandering blindly in the wilderness, and even more will lack the fortitude to put up with Dungeon Lord's thin plot and overly verbose NPCs for the long haul. Those players who do stick around won't be doing so for the presentation, as Dungeon Lords shows the scars of a game that has been in development for a long while. Many of the environments and characters look painfully under-detailed, with washed out colors and poor designs being their most notable features</blockquote>Nothing left to say, so I'll throw in another quote by the venerable DW Bradley:
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<blockquote>As you might imagine, during the past several decades my approach to creating leading edge RPG and my computer game design philosophy has evolved quite a bit, and Dungeon Lords is a quantum leap, the crowning achievement of a lifetime's worth of experience to create a new class of RPG that really takes you there</blockquote>
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ROFL that quote. Poor Bradley, misunderstood genius that he is.

 

And another review if someone cares or still has doubts:
http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=559

 

Priceless!

 

Ouch... in this a bad game of Daikatana proportions? A little while ago I downloaded a demo for DK, just to see if it really was that bad. It was. I don't think I'm going to make the same mistake twice and download this demo.

 

You shut up. Daikatana rocked.

 

Goddammit Butters.

 

I have absolutely no doubt this game sucks more than anything. But even more disturbing is how in spite of the what the reviewer writes, the fanboi, blowjob, pansy review sites refuse to give a fitting score. This coaster managed to get ratings above 50% and 6 out of 10 stars. Say what you want about Computer Gaming World, but at least they had the balls to call that piece of shit Ultima Online out for what it was (like one out of five stars-- no other magazine dared criticize EA/Origin at the time).

And by the way, what the fuck is "clicky death goodness?" Is this supposed to be a redeeming quality? I don't ever want to hear that phrase again.

 

Well, most asskissing review websites give 60% if the game CD runs or something (see RPGDot)

ALso, even if this game was bug free and came with all features, it would still be a piece of shit.

The combat in the game is awful and so is the character system.

 

it must be dissapointing to see your entire life's work amount to a stinking pile of ABSOLUTE SHIT

DW Bradley needs to have his "big shot" reputation officially revoked

 

LOL

Well, at any rate, Daikatana was less buggy and more finished than DL is.
I know people like to put Daikatana in the "nothing could be worse" category, but believe me, there is!

Part of the problem with Daikatana was that the huge tidal wave of hype did not match what ended up to be an ordinary game. The problem with DL is that, even though people had low expectations, it ended up being much much lower than that (and feels only about 50% complete).

No comparison really.

 

If it had been released on time, I swear to you all, it would've rocked so fucking hard.

 

I can think of a few free games that are a fuckload better than this heap.

 

Yeah, me too.
Rock-paper-scissors is one of them.

 

Since when the Codex start taking review scores from others sites as 'Official Law'. Bunch of moronic hypcirtes. I see though... As long as said reviews agree with you then they're cool. Morons.

 

learn how to spell basic words like "hypocrites" before you call other people morons

 

Fixed.

 

Let's face it people: Hating on Volourn's spelling mistakes is worse than just beating a dead horse, it's beating off a dead horse.

 

I'd say its akin to skullfucking a dead horse.

 

While beating it off and having the farmer rim you.

 

WORST REVIEW YET:

From ActionTrip : 10%

http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/dungeonlords.phtml

Now, thats bad...

Edit: mind you, the reviewer appears to have a lack of even rudimentary RT gaming skills (I didn't find combat quite that hard), but still...

 

Hehe... that dude seems to suck ass at gaming...
But still... he has a point...
It's teh sux0rz!!11!

 

i like a good skullfuck every now and then - horse skulls are nice coz they accommodate my throbbing member more easily

 

Yes, I totally agree! Morons cannot play this great game! They are whining because of the frustration. They were waiting for a new screensaver/movie watching game but they have got a fighting game instead.