Dungeons 2

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7.2

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  1. JinShepard
    Jun 6, 2015
    5
    This game is not worth 40 euros, period.

    I finished the game in 8 hours, the campaign, and that was being sluggish and doing things outside what I should be doing. I can easily finish it within 5 hours and that is far to little for this kind of price tag, considering you can get a lot better games for half this price. The gameplay itself feels very sluggish and siroopie, its slow,    This game is not worth 40 euros, period.

    I finished the game in 8 hours, the campaign, and that was being sluggish and doing things outside what I should be doing.
    I can easily finish it within 5 hours and that is far to little for this kind of price tag, considering you can get a lot better games for half this price.

    The gameplay itself feels very sluggish and siroopie, its slow, and just feels like its been slowed down to extend the lifetime of the game, which I guess should be considered a pro or you would finish it within 2-3hours..
    The UI is to big, more then half the screen is cluttered. The 'mouse' (hand) of evil is to large, often clicking on this that are small is a nightmare.

    You have spells ,traps, minions, the dungeon and the overworld where you can play with.
    Now the dungeon itself is okay, I found that to be okay of Dungeons 1 as well, but the overwold, its the RTS kind of gameplay there and because its so slow you're just waiting more then doing something. It just doesn't work imo.
    You have spells, that I barely ever used, this is because probably since the game is ridicules easy, even on impossible. I Cast maybe 1-5 spells per game/map. And always the same for that matter.
    Same goes for traps in the dungeon, you only need about 5 to counter everything the AI will trow at you, not particular interesting..
    The minions you can summon all have their purpose, but in the end, my armies consist of the same units every time because its just cooky cutter, x beats y, have a mix, you always win against the AI.

    Then the two most irritating things about the game... the performance and the narrator thinking he is funny.
    The performance is horrible, considering the game already is slow, having 10-50 fps dipping like mad everytime is just wierd. There aren't many creatures on the maps to even consider this kind of performance. To make it worse, my fps didnt change from a R9 280x and a ATI 5870....

    The narrator is just annoying, the jokes (and story) are about Game of Thrones, Supernatural, World of Warcraft etc and it gets old fast because it gets predictable. I even turned him off at some points because it was to painful.

    Wish I could be more positive but I cannot, good for 10-15 but no way anything higher with the lack of content and issues.    … Expand
  2. Frozenbyte
    Apr 28, 2015
    7
    Great game, but has some serious optimization issues... it was using my 970 gtx for 8-15% at max and fps was arround 25 when a lot of things were happening at the same time.
  3. Skilled
    Apr 28, 2015
    7
    Dungeons 2 has a few unique RTS elements, but is the gameplay balanced and engaging? Let's find out in the Dungeons 2 review.

    Dungeons 2 is both a macro and micro management real time strategy game. You start off in the underworld, building up your dungeon. You mine for gold and expansion as you actually carve out the rooms of the dungeon. In most RTS games you are using up real    Dungeons 2 has a few unique RTS elements, but is the gameplay balanced and engaging? Let's find out in the Dungeons 2 review.

    Dungeons 2 is both a macro and micro management real time strategy game. You start off in the underworld, building up your dungeon. You mine for gold and expansion as you actually carve out the rooms of the dungeon. In most RTS games you are using up real estate on land with your buildings. In Dungeons 2, you're excavating and the remaining space becomes your building or production facility. So you can use a lot of ingenuity when it comes to base building. The game kind of balances between a god game and an RTS as units tend to control themselves, you just put them where you want them to be. As you build up combat units you can put them into the overworld. In the overworld, the game plays more like a traditional RTS game. You'll be raiding enemy bases and following along with missions. There's not that much diversity with the units, each one has a benefit to both the overworld and underworld, but none of them significantly change the balance between you and your enemy.

    Dungeons 2 has a very detailed fantasy setting. From the voice acting to the art style and characters, the game is very charming. A rare experience, you get to be the bad guy in this game. You are the ulimate evil leading orcs from the underworld into the world to dominate the land. The narrator is very tongue in cheek and always has witty sayings. It definitely makes you smile and want to keep playing. As you take over parts of the overworld the environment changes and becomes corrupt and decrepit. Even when you forget to follow an objective or lose a crucial unit, the game just laughs at you and encourages you to carry on. Let's not forget, the primary resource for your minions is beer. The fantasy setting and presentation style is one of the highlights of playing Dungeons 2.

    The campaign mode is fairly short with only 11 missions in the game, but later missions should take you a while to complete. I wouldn't count on playing multiplayer for too long, because there aren't a ton of people on there. It doesn't even make it on Steam's top multiplayer games list.

    Dungeons 2 does have a lot of technical and logistic flaws that prevent the game from being above average. The game is not very intuitive. Certain instructions or mechanics in the game are just not easy to perform or figure out. Micro management in the overworld is missing some control details. It's not easy to select and manipulate individual units for spells or micro movement. In the underworld, it's difficult to select buildings and there's so many different types of selections between units and buildings that it's difficult to know where you are or where you need to go for an upgrade. Furthermore moving units between the overworld and the underworld gets confusing because they must enter through a portal. You also have 2 minimaps to watch and occasionally during the campaign your units will even enter a third unmapped area. All of these negative aspects can make the game cumbersome to play.

    Dungeons 2 does have a lot of charm in the campaign mode and the underworld vs overworld setting is a unique approach to real time strategy. The game retails at $40 which is more than I would expect to pay for this game. If you are a hardcore RTS fan or you want to try something a little different, you may want to give Dungeons 2 a playthrough. Dungeons 2 receives a score of 70 for it's presentation and new gameplay elements.    … Expand
  4. Miraun
    Apr 27, 2015
    7
    Well this is a very good step foward if we compare it to the previous dungeons. The new management system is similar to the dungeon keeper one, but it introduces some new (and fun) mechanics that make this game stand by itselfs. Campaign is kinda short (about 12 hours to complete), and there are a little amount of maps for skirmish or multiplayer (only 3 for playing solo for example). TheWell this is a very good step foward if we compare it to the previous dungeons. The new management system is similar to the dungeon keeper one, but it introduces some new (and fun) mechanics that make this game stand by itselfs. Campaign is kinda short (about 12 hours to complete), and there are a little amount of maps for skirmish or multiplayer (only 3 for playing solo for example). The concern is that also there is no bots, so the game faces a pretty huge lack on content in this regard... at least for now.

    The graphics are pretty, one of the best in the dungeon management pc games, cartoonish yet stilish. Bad thing is that every creature is just a clone (there's no individual variation for example) but they are overall nice and with good personality.

    Now we'll get where it hurts. The main flaw i see to this game (and i hope it is fixed fast) is the AI.At this moment, the AI is dumb when he's auto-controlling your creatures. For example, ranged creatures tend to go to melee range and get slaughtered. Other example: one creature has a CC channeled spell and a heal, yet in combat it will prioritice CC over healing -even if you just don't want it to be that way.

    The overworld part is pretty good. A little bit like Warcraft 3 but with worse control over the units , tho developers said that this were going to get addressed.

    In general, i'd say that this game can be good. Really good. At this moment it has flaws, but the mechanics behind the whole concept are brilliant and hopefully, patches will keep roling and fixing the only thing that make this game unperfect.    … Expand
  5. mijxero
    Jun 29, 2015
    6
    First I have to admit I never played Dungeon Keeper. I have to say I like the style and even the comedy aspects of this game. My biggest problem is it switches from a strategy game to a dungeon sim. I think it was difficult to switch back and forth and other than literally picking up your troops and dropping them near attackers they won't do many things you need and you have no directFirst I have to admit I never played Dungeon Keeper. I have to say I like the style and even the comedy aspects of this game. My biggest problem is it switches from a strategy game to a dungeon sim. I think it was difficult to switch back and forth and other than literally picking up your troops and dropping them near attackers they won't do many things you need and you have no direct control while in your dungeon. I found this frustrating, but it is a design decision that didn't appeal to me, but wasn't broken or buggy.… Expand
  6. SrMoure
    May 10, 2015
    7
    It's an original game, it blends dungeon design with warcraft type very well. Game is very entertaining, but it seems unfinished on the technical side. For example to send the orcs outside the dungeon I needed to press many times on the dungeon door until I got the exact point. Same to grab stuff with the hand. It becomes annoying after some time. The worst part is path finding. I have allIt's an original game, it blends dungeon design with warcraft type very well. Game is very entertaining, but it seems unfinished on the technical side. For example to send the orcs outside the dungeon I needed to press many times on the dungeon door until I got the exact point. Same to grab stuff with the hand. It becomes annoying after some time. The worst part is path finding. I have all my minions running towards a wall when they should be mining. Patch resolved pathfinding so now the game is playable . Still crashes now and then and auto save is hit or miss. Upgrading from 6 to 7… Expand
  7. Laer
    May 15, 2017
    7
    La primavera toca las cálidas llanuras nuevamente, posando sus suaves rayos sobre las delicadas flores y acariciandolas dulcemente con ligeras brisas mientras los unicornios pastan a sus anchas. Los reinos de la tierra media... quiero decir de este mundo de fantasía nada inspirado en otros como WoW, SDLA, entre otros... están en paz desde hace mucho tiempo. Pero Sauron, digo... el que noLa primavera toca las cálidas llanuras nuevamente, posando sus suaves rayos sobre las delicadas flores y acariciandolas dulcemente con ligeras brisas mientras los unicornios pastan a sus anchas. Los reinos de la tierra media... quiero decir de este mundo de fantasía nada inspirado en otros como WoW, SDLA, entre otros... están en paz desde hace mucho tiempo. Pero Sauron, digo... el que no quiere ser nombrado... mierda, el Mal Absoluto, ha llegado para acabar con toda la asquerosa bonanza instaurada desde hace mucho en la región.

    En resumidas cuentas, esta es la historia de Dungeons 2, donde manejaremos en esta ocasión al mal para destruir el bien haya donde enviamos a nuestra horda compuesta por orcos, trolls, Nagas y Duendes. Su manera cómica de romper la cuarta pared, introduciendo un montón de coñás y guiños referentes principalmente a sagas de fantasía, son simplemente divertidisimas.

    Referente a la jugabilidad tiene dos apartados a simple vista, un """Tower Defender""", el cual será una mazmorra donde extraer recursos, reclutar unidades, entrenarlas, investigar mejoras... todo ello ampliando cual Gnomoria (lógicamente, obviando las diferencias). Los enemigos pueden llegar desde distintas entradas, y les podremos hacer caminos con trampas (de aquí lo de Tower Defender).
    Si utilizamos las entradas, nuestras tropas irán al mundo exterior, donde las manejaremos cual RTS.
    Pero tiene un fallo destacable, y es que las investigaciones, mejoras y demás tardan demasiado en hacerse, siendo que para conseguir todo/lo indispensable en una partida, vas a tardar bastante, alargando una partida más allá de la hora. Un claro ejemplo de esto son las dos últimas misiones, durando alrededor de dos horas cada una. Como dato, la campaña dura 10 horas más o menos.

    Aplaudir el doblaje al Español, me parece maravilloso y muy necesario para un juego que depende tanto de una buena narración.

    Lo único que me da pena es no haberlo conocido antes, pues, al igual que muchos otros, acabo de conocer esta saga por que HumbleBundle la ha regalado (imagino que para promocionar el próximo lanzamiento de la tercer parte).

    Por aquí han captado a un futuro comprador. No hace falta decir que recomiendo el juego sin dudarlo, ya no solo para los amantes de la estrategia, sino también para aquellos de la fantasía por todos los guiños presentes.    … Expand
  8. NightGeisha
    Jan 2, 2019
    7
    Dungeons 2 is a very enjoyable game. A story is neither rich nor extensive but the game has a simple formula to hold us for countless hours.

    I highlight the narrator who is phenomenal. It's extremely funny and entertaining, he turns out to be something I we're always expecting waiting for another crazy comment he has to make. The game itself is not graphically phenomenal, but I enjoy    Dungeons 2 is a very enjoyable game. A story is neither rich nor extensive but the game has a simple formula to hold us for countless hours.

    I highlight the narrator who is phenomenal. It's extremely funny and entertaining, he turns out to be something I we're always expecting waiting for another crazy comment he has to make.

    The game itself is not graphically phenomenal, but I enjoy is "cartoonish" style. The game mechanics are simple and somewhat repetitive, with little diversity of different creatures. But overall is a fun game and I fully recommend it.

    Here is small YouTube vide with the first minutes of the gameplay if you wanna check it out: https://youtu.be/ajC97RECSkA    … Expand

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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. PCWorld
    Jan 20, 2016
    70
    Dungeons 2 is neither a great RTS nor a great Dungeon Keeper game. It’s just “pretty good” at both.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 8, 2015
    60
    An attempt to resurrect the old classic succeeds in capturing its atmosphere. The game is ruined unfortunately by its poor strategic part and (sometimes) an embarrassing humor. [Issue#253]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Jul 4, 2015
    70
    Finally, a successor to Dungeon Keeper 2 that is actually fun to play.
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