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Dungeon Rats - first impressions and general feedback

Goral

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There's no teleporting but there are some shortcuts
(elevators, drawbridges)
Does it feature rape?
During my whole playthrough I remember 2 females only (in a male prison) so you can imagine the rest yourself.
 

Whisper

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Vince was kind enough to give me access to Dungeon Rats ver. 0.9.0+ and for the last couple of days I've been playing Dungeon Rats as much as I could. After about 30 hours I've finished my first run on default difficulty (Murderous Psychopath) with an 8 Charisma guy which allows for a 4 men team (in my case: Marcus, Ismail and Roxana).

You finished on hardest difficulty in just around 30 hours? Either game is too easy or too short?
 

Vault Dweller

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30 hours means about 30 min per fight, which is a lot. I'm sure Goral can beat it in 10-15 hours on his next playthrough now that he's familiar with it.
 

Goral

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As it turns out, playing solo was easier, I was surprised. At the end I've become a demi-god, I felt much more powerful than in AoD with Power Armour. I've had 7 STR (started with 4), 10 Perception, 10 CON, 10 DEX, 4 INT and 2 CHA, alchemy, crafting, swords, crossbows, critical strike maxed + tons of the rest SP invested in synergies. Plus I was regenerating and had meteor gear
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. Iron man is an entirely different beast, 2 fights in particular could be very problematic (and they are near the end).
30 hours means about 30 min per fight, which is a lot. I'm sure Goral can beat it in 10-15 hours on his next playthrough now that he's familiar with it.
Took me about 13 hours, although discounting alt+tabbing it would be more like 12. But I've spent at least 2 hours going back and forth to my stash (I accidentally told my porter to fuck off). I would play more but in Poland we have All Saints' Day tomorrow and I have some stuff to do.
 

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As it turns out, playing solo was easier, I was surprised. At the end I've become a demi-god, I felt much more powerful than in AoD with Power Armour. I've had 7 STR (started with 4), 10 Perception, 10 CON, 10 DEX, 4 INT and 2 CHA, alchemy, crafting, swords, crossbows, critical strike maxed + tons of the rest SP invested in synergies. Plus I was regenerating and had meteor gear
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. Iron man is an entirely different beast, 2 fights in particular could be very problematic (and they are near the end).

Sweet. I guess I'll solo. Never liked sharing SP anyways.
 

Goral

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It's definitely worth the money, I already have 44 hours in and will have at least twice as much. I want to finish the game in iron man mode, create a charisma 10 guy (might be harder than CHA 8) and try different builds competing with such monsters like Eyestabber, Kirinyale, NaVil and others. I've played only two times so far and I'm not bored but I'm an AoD fan so I'm not sure how the rest will perceive this game. If you fancy dungeon crawler games or enjoy tactical games (like Desperados or Jagged Alliance) you will definitely enjoy it.

Despite receiving the key from Vince it's a day one purchase for me on Steam and GOG.
 

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nah fuck that, lol.. Someone give me 13 hours of free time? And never mind the game. Who's feeding you people? :)
 

Darth Roxor

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my collected impressions so far:

ant whacking simulator 2016 is p fun

also VD, I would suggest putting up a "Do you really want to dismiss dudeguy, y/n?" screen after clicking a character portrait in the charsheet manager.
 

Darth Roxor

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Another thing I would suggest: tying dude selection everywhere (on map, in inventory, etc) to hotkeys.
 

HoboForEternity

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
how hard it is compared to AoD anyway?

i mean there's no arts and civil skills to get in the way in this one, and in AoD so far, playing exclusively combat build is pretty easy. AoD is most tricky to figure out hybrid build (like my previous failed archer in the tips and trick topic). if the hardest difficulty is equal to AoD base game, i expect some AoD experts won't have too much trouble in this one.

(i don't really consider myself an expert too though. furthers i've killed is around the malaria achievement. haven't tried getting the 200+ kills / run achievement)

maybe the combat design and encounter is bigger this time around?
 

Vault Dweller

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Not after Goral going all natural born killer on me and beating the game on Hard twice like it was nothing. Working on a balance fix.
 

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