Written By: Patrick Orquia
Title: Bit Dungeon Plus
Developer: Dolores Entertainment
Publisher: Dolores Entertainment
Genre: RPG, arcade, action-adventure, roguelike
Number of Players: four
Release Date: 08 May 2018
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Price: $8.99
Also Available On: 3DS, PS4, PSV, Steam, XB1
Bit Dungeon Plus is an activeness run a jeopardy RPG amongst roguelike elements. You play equally a lowly knight, lowly at the beginning, that is, too y'all piece of occupation your means through a dungeon total of enemies that arrive at from zombies to skeleton archers to wizards to large monsters. You start amongst a basic sword, a shield, too a weak armor laid too equally y'all progress through each room, y'all instruct to equip novel too ameliorate gears. Upon opening of treasure chests, y'all instruct to know the stats of the equipment therein, too it’s upward to y'all if y'all desire to swap your currently-equipped gears to the i on the treasure box. Rinse too repeat.
Your principal destination inwards every room of the dungeon is to kill all the enemies inwards social club for y'all to obtain a cardinal that volition opened upward the door to the adjacent room. Some rooms accept dissimilar doors to open, too y'all tin take away where to instruct adjacent (the obtain cardinal volition opened upward all the doors available inwards a given room).
You tin move your equipped weapon to melee assault enemies or move your magic attack. You tin likewise defend using a shield that volition block whatsoever attacks. The shield has a guess that depletes over fourth dimension too the speed of depletion depends on how potent the assault you’re getting (the guess likewise fills upward over fourth dimension when the shield is non inwards use). Once the shield gets depleted for using it often, the adjacent assault volition jolt you, making y'all to a greater extent than vulnerable to attacks, leading to your demise (which volition hateful going dorsum to the really start too losing all your progress, equally all roguelike games do). Some enemies volition drib loots, such equally coins too gears or health/magic potions when killed.
Eventually, y'all volition instruct to regard a ruby-red door, which opens the room to a boss fight. You tin either instruct ahead too opened upward the door too battle the boss amongst whatever y'all are currently equipped with, or laissez passer on exploring other rooms inwards the dungeon to perhaps detect ameliorate gears too weapons too ability ups. From fourth dimension to time, y'all volition likewise run across a store that sells treasure boxes amongst to a greater extent than powerful equipment. These treasures are quite pricey, too then y'all ameliorate accept lots of coins inwards social club to purchase one. Once y'all move out the shop, though, it disappears too y'all cannot instruct dorsum to it in i lawsuit to a greater extent than until y'all run across in i lawsuit to a greater extent than later.
If y'all backtrack to a previously-visited room, you’ll regard that zombified rodents are already eating the carcasses of those that y'all killed (kudos to this prissy behave on of detail). These rodents tin move killed, too only about of them volition drib loots such equally potions or coins. Ghost tin likewise move seen inwards these rooms, although they disappear well-nigh correct away. Killing them volition brand them drib potions.
Once y'all accept cleared all the rooms too y'all are satisfied amongst what y'all accept equipped, it’s fourth dimension to care the boss. The boss care tin move a walk inwards the common or a existent hurting inwards the ass, again, depending on how good y'all are prepared. If y'all win against the marking boss, y'all instruct to salve the game, obtain a novel gear or ability up, too you’re off to the adjacent level. Rinse too repeat.
If e'er y'all instruct tired of the principal mode, y'all tin instruct for other modes, such equally the Boss Mode, where y'all solely care the toughest enemies inwards the game, or the Tower of Babel mode, which is a fourth dimension assault trend that lets y'all consummate a marking amongst a laid time. The game likewise offers upward to four players of local multiplayer coop mode. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get this out, but If y'all accept friends amongst Switches too private copies of the game (I immature adult woman download play on 3DS), part the fun!
Like all roguelike games, each room is procedurally generated, too each run is unique too thence a novel experience. Mix too matching dissimilar types of gears, ability ups, too choosing which attributes to marking (attack, health, or critical hit) makes this actually fun. Add to that the presentation, amongst the game using retro 16-bit graphical fine art trend amongst chiptune songs to brand the sense to a greater extent than akin to the games from the 80s too 90s. And amongst the game beingness forthwith on the Switch (it has been released to other platforms before), y'all tin bask it on the instruct or docked. It’s upward to y'all how to play it, but regardless of your choice, y'all volition sure bask this game, specially if y'all are a fan of RPGs amongst dungeon exploration. And since the rooms are randomly generated, the fun is practically endless. So instruct ahead too instruct on a fun adventure. Be certain to remain move too enjoy.
REPLAY VALUE: really high
PROS
- Excellent retro fine art trend complemented past times chiptune songs
- High marking of customization from a broad diversity of weapons, armors, too ability ups.
- Each weapon too armor is illustrated too tin move seen worn too used past times the character
- The game run smoothly amongst no hiccups inwards framerate or audio, both docked too undocked
- You tin play marking after marking infinitely, until your grapheme dies, of course
CONS
- No online multiplayer options
- No choice to take away other grapheme classes, such equally wizards or archers, etc.
- Cannot movement fast land defending, making it quite tough defending from distant attackers that tin hitting y'all wherever y'all are inwards the room
RATING: 4/5 dungeons but no dragons
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