Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 124 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 124
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 124
  3. Negative: 88 out of 124

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  1. AJCk19
    Sep 4, 2023
    4
    Could have been better than Baldur's Gate 3. But online is dead and buggy, and there is deep customization.
  2. KinimodYunmi
    Mar 11, 2023
    3
    Der Delay von Aktionen ist so groß, dass ein vernünftiges Springen, so wie Ausweichen nicht möglich ist.
    Das Sammeln von Gegenständen, das Ausrüsten von Gegenständen ist ebenfalls eine ganze Sekunde verzögert.
    Die Angriffe treffen meiner Meinung teilweise direkt, ich bin mir da aber nicht sicher, da das gesamte Spiel einen Delay hat. So ist das Spiel nicht spielbar! Es ist eine    Der Delay von Aktionen ist so groß, dass ein vernünftiges Springen, so wie Ausweichen nicht möglich ist.
    Das Sammeln von Gegenständen, das Ausrüsten von Gegenständen ist ebenfalls eine ganze Sekunde verzögert.
    Die Angriffe treffen meiner Meinung teilweise direkt, ich bin mir da aber nicht sicher, da das gesamte Spiel einen Delay hat.

    So ist das Spiel nicht spielbar!
    Es ist eine Frechheit ein Spiel in diesem Stand zu releasen!    … Expand
  3. HindemithX
    Jun 14, 2022
    1
    Единицу тут можно поставить только за фентези сеттинг, дальше игру оценить невозможно, потому что уже на старте просто хочется её поскорее закрыть, забыть и удалить. Просто не понял как в это играть.
  4. ChampionofDeaTH
    Oct 25, 2021
    3
    худшая херня даже и 30 минут не смогли поиграть , полный провал я считаю это так
  5. Ordnik
    Oct 25, 2021
    0
    Terrible PC Port, camera and character controls are hard to handle because of the port. Animations are bugged, unfinished. Feels like an indie game.
  6. krabulut
    Oct 19, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. mükemmel bişi böyle birşey olabilir mi yaaa neyini beğenmediniz amk oyna geç… Expand
  7. DwydeShrude
    Oct 16, 2021
    3
    Old casual here. I'm not a major D&D afficianado but I love the theme. I saw Dark Alliance on Game Pass and gave it a shot. I wish I'd have read the reviews first because y'all are right. Everything is laggy - even offline solo play. The story has some potential from the intro scenes, but that is not developed during gameplay. I gave up and uninstalled the game after a few hours ofOld casual here. I'm not a major D&D afficianado but I love the theme. I saw Dark Alliance on Game Pass and gave it a shot. I wish I'd have read the reviews first because y'all are right. Everything is laggy - even offline solo play. The story has some potential from the intro scenes, but that is not developed during gameplay. I gave up and uninstalled the game after a few hours of play. I'd rather go another round with Witcher 3 or Diablo 3 again than keep on playing this.… Expand
  8. Lord_Narcess
    Sep 17, 2021
    1
    TL;DR Go play Warhammer: Virmintide 2, its less buggy. Voice acting of the characters is the only redeeming quality.

    The hype for this game had me sooo ready for a great experience. Aaand....what a let down. While the games vocal acting is amazing it game mechanic is a glorified Warhammer: Vermintide. If that is not bad enough the story line is pathetic at best. Lastly it is buggy    TL;DR Go play Warhammer: Virmintide 2, its less buggy. Voice acting of the characters is the only redeeming quality.

    The hype for this game had me sooo ready for a great experience. Aaand....what a let down. While the games vocal acting is amazing it game mechanic is a glorified Warhammer: Vermintide. If that is not bad enough the story line is pathetic at best. Lastly it is buggy as a meth-house. From character drift, hit box drift, clipping...etc. Now I may be poopie because I had such high hopes, but this was just a massive let down.    … Expand
  9. Strat77X
    Sep 15, 2021
    0
    An awful mess of a game. Can't join a party online- character is taken already error message. Cartoonish graphics that are 20 years or more behind the times. Unplayable difficulty solo. Very low budget effort.
  10. MagmaFang9465
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    Why only up to five at a party? Why such a big amount of bugs? Why is the combat so poorly optimized? Models and environment may be decent, but I would rather play 5e than this waste of a game. (In fact, I do play 5e with my IRL friends.)
  11. zNeverSleeping
    Jul 28, 2021
    3
    O jogo tinha potencial, mas a impressão que temos é que estamos jogando uma closed alpha, porque falta conteúdo, as missões são repetitivas, não há desafios - NPC burros e bosses inexplicavelmente preguiçosos; fora a quantidade insana de bugs que realmente atrapalham a experiência ou até mesmo impossibilitam a mesma.
  12. UOuSyron
    Jul 15, 2021
    0
    **** this game **** this game **** this game **** this game **** this game **** this game **** this game **** this game
  13. samhell80
    Jul 12, 2021
    2
    I was really keen on liking this game. It should be much much better. The basic set up of hack and slash and bite size segments seemed really good to play online with my brother. I was hoping it'd be like a 2021 version of Gauntlet or Golden Axe kind of thing. Unfortunately, the game is basically broken. Biggest issues are:

    - The online matchmaking is broken. There is no way to join a    I was really keen on liking this game. It should be much much better. The basic set up of hack and slash and bite size segments seemed really good to play online with my brother. I was hoping it'd be like a 2021 version of Gauntlet or Golden Axe kind of thing. Unfortunately, the game is basically broken. Biggest issues are:

    - The online matchmaking is broken. There is no way to join a friends game or invite a friend within the game itself. You have to use the byzantine PS4 friends menu to do it. And even then it only works some of the time. For every 20 minutes we've spent playing we've spent 10 trying to connect and rebooting the game.
    - When online matchmaking works and you are able to complete a mission. 8 times out of 10 the party is disbanded and everyone is kicked out of the game causing you to go through the same broken process again.
    - Combat is button mashy in the worse way. Hit boxes make no sense and are inconsistent and there is no way to time anything because there is severe input lag. You can't interrupt an action nor can you interrupt enemies animations...but they can interrupt yours.
    - Lock on is terrible, it works most of the time but in the middle of a battle sometimes you can't switch enemy targets and others you'll random be targeting a barrel in the background. When you are locked on and you try to dodge, the way the camera works, you just roll in a circle around your locked on target. Oh and you can't change or deactivate lock on during an animation from a previous button press. So lets say you've tried to do an over long animated attack but need to retreat you have to 1) Press button to attack 2) wait for animation to complete 3) click button to deactivate lock on 3) retreat...if you push the deactivate while the animation is still going it won't register.
    - The AI is awful enemies won't engage at a distance so you can just snipe everything if you really want to and they will never even turn to face you

    There's the possibility of a decent game here but these issues should have been fixed long before this game was ever released    … Expand
  14. PenisPickles69
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    Wow... You know how everybody used to say Balan Wonderworld was the worst game of 2021 so far? Well I can honestly say this game is even worse than Balan Wonderworld in literally every way!
    The only positive thing about this game, is the good-looking cinematic cutscenes filled with weird but amusing dances, but Balan Wonderworld does even that better than this sorry pathetic excuse for a    Wow... You know how everybody used to say Balan Wonderworld was the worst game of 2021 so far? Well I can honestly say this game is even worse than Balan Wonderworld in literally every way!
    The only positive thing about this game, is the good-looking cinematic cutscenes filled with weird but amusing dances, but Balan Wonderworld does even that better than this sorry pathetic excuse for a D&D game!

    Back in the day, before video games were a thing, everybody used to play Dungeons & Dragons passionately the same way gamers do with video games today, and back then all you had was a set of dice, a few plastic figures and a piece of cardboard. Video games were meant to be the future of fantasy role playing games, but in this case, D&D Dark Alliance was a STEP BACK in evolution! You're far better off playing real D&D with dice, plastic and cardboard! If there ever existed a D&D Tiger handheld game, I bet even that would be better than D&D Dark Alliance.    … Expand
  15. BigEggsKitchen
    Jun 24, 2021
    8
    The hate for this game is uncalled for. I feel bad for the developers. I’m about 6 hours in and it’s a blast
  16. Judge_Binary
    Jul 8, 2021
    5
    This is one of the few games recently that I've felt so 'meh' about.
    Parts of D&D: Dark Alliance feel okay, and others are severely lacking.
    For a hack-and-clash game the combat is... passable. It felt fine early on, then felt a lot better when I opened up more moves and made very effective use of the stamina/parry system, but then it really started to become tedious. To the point that    This is one of the few games recently that I've felt so 'meh' about.
    Parts of D&D: Dark Alliance feel okay, and others are severely lacking.

    For a hack-and-clash game the combat is... passable. It felt fine early on, then felt a lot better when I opened up more moves and made very effective use of the stamina/parry system, but then it really started to become tedious. To the point that my friend and I just ran past enemies in the last couple levels because we really couldn't be bothered.

    The 'RPG' system is incredibly shallow. Stats mean very little, set bonuses are completely unbalanced, and there is very little combo or skill variety if you wish to be effective. There is also no incentive to grind for loot, which is unfortunate in a lotter hack-and-slash game. There is no end-game content upon defeating the final boss. So any better loot is just used to kill the final boss faster, which was already a simple task.

    There were a few bugs encountered here and there, the worst offender being a bug that would not send a player back to camp or progress their mission, which resulted in losing their loot and having to redo the same mission to progress the story.

    All-in-all Dark Alliance is what I would classify as incredibly 'meh.' The dull combat, little incentive to grind for loot, and shallow RPG mechanics make for an experience that, while fun early, becomes dull at a rapid pace.

    If you can get it on sale for pretty cheap with a friend or two, it might be good for some giggles.    … Expand
  17. BaconMage
    Jul 5, 2021
    2
    The actions are super clunky, the movements are robotic, and the graphics look like it was made for Xbox360. I struggle to call this a $10 game.
  18. Jaytown
    Jul 5, 2021
    0
    Corrsplay ps4 ps5 as stated in april by the producers, is a big fat lie! Doesnt work
  19. Zuensmoker
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    Saying in April 2021 crossgen ps4-ps5 is fully supported only to discover on Juni 22 on release ps4-ps5 crossplay is not there and added later.
    Tried emailing when, nobody knows
  20. churros
    Jul 3, 2021
    6
    Pros:
    + beautiful scenarios
    + interesting world
    + classes feel different

    Cons:
    - sluggish combat
    - unbalanced
    - input lag on consoles
    - boring characters and story
    - bad z-targeting
    - bad stamina-based combat
    - bugs
    - grindy
  21. Herb285
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    It's so so so bad in every way. Just don't waste your money. .
  22. Nidgey
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    DO NOT BE FOOLED BY POSITIVE REVIEWS. It's laggy, sluggish controls, camera angles are horrendous, bland throughout the whole game and I honestly don't recommend anyone buying it or even download it from Game Pass. Not worth your time, if I were a DnD fan I would most certainly feel like its a slap in the face.
  23. Andrudis
    Jul 2, 2021
    2
    I can only recommend to stay away from this crap. This game is an insult to D&D fans and not worth time
  24. Nightrnner
    Jul 2, 2021
    8
    Fantastic co-op ARPG! My friends and I have been waiting for a game like this to play together for years. Bugs? Yes. For us older gamers bugs have always been a part of the gaming experience. Unless they make the game unplayable/ beatable... no harm, no foul. Not sure why new video games being made today have to be the answer to world hunger to get decent reviews. Even the so calledFantastic co-op ARPG! My friends and I have been waiting for a game like this to play together for years. Bugs? Yes. For us older gamers bugs have always been a part of the gaming experience. Unless they make the game unplayable/ beatable... no harm, no foul. Not sure why new video games being made today have to be the answer to world hunger to get decent reviews. Even the so called professional game reviewers out there sound like they just need a hug to get over their nerd rage. This game brings me back to the good to Gauntlet64 days (bugs-a-plenty) ! Hope the developers can see past all the BS reviews and make tons more content for this game!… Expand
  25. Spellgazer
    Jul 1, 2021
    0
    This game is only good for the garbage, sorry but don't bother to buy, watch some online reviews instead.
  26. KepasaAmigo
    Jul 1, 2021
    8
    For me this game is solid 8 out of 10. It's fun. Not so hard compared to dark souls. With a friend can be really enjoyed. Many bosses. Not much missions but u get it on game pass. Maybe after a year or two it will get better with some end game content
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  27. SirTain
    Jul 1, 2021
    0
    It's not really fun, and it's not a Dark Alliance game. It's basically a less good Vermintide with more RPG elements.
  28. Vantastic
    Jul 1, 2021
    10
    It needs work, it's not a ten. But it sure as hell isn't anything less than 6: so my 10 is to balance out the review bombs.

    There's a learning curve and patches needed, but it's fun and isn't that what counts at the end? It's got good bones, need polish.
  29. jimmate
    Jun 30, 2021
    0
    absolutely awful, i'll give it a 1 for its setting as that's the only thing it gets right, the places you go are all pretty good looking and the setting is good, but everything else in the game is just straight up bad.. the AI is the worst i've seen in a long time, the combat feels floaty and attacks dont seem to have much impact, in a hack and slash game the combat really needs to beabsolutely awful, i'll give it a 1 for its setting as that's the only thing it gets right, the places you go are all pretty good looking and the setting is good, but everything else in the game is just straight up bad.. the AI is the worst i've seen in a long time, the combat feels floaty and attacks dont seem to have much impact, in a hack and slash game the combat really needs to be nailed and sadly this is nowhere near up to scratch. playing single player the game is awfully balanced, even playing a difficulty down from recommended power level the bosses still 1 shot you, and are absolute SPONGES, literally taking HUNDREDS of attacks to take them down. i'm a huge dark souls / bloodborne / sekiro fan and have platinumed all of them, it's not a case of "git gud", it's a case of awful balancing, if you're giving players an option to play solo, atleast add scaling for solo.… Expand
  30. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 30, 2021
    7
    Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance
    a Mind of its own
    Dark Alliance is an 8 hour long 3rdperson dungeon crawler that can be layed both solo as well as online with up to 4 players, hre you choose one of 4 classes that can be changed in between every mission… youll be running through thse dungeons, taking down enmies, and every once in a while you will gt the coice, set up camp here and    Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance
    a Mind of its own
    Dark Alliance is an 8 hour long 3rdperson dungeon crawler that can be layed both solo as well as online with up to 4 players, hre you choose one of 4 classes that can be changed in between every mission… youll be running through thse dungeons, taking down enmies, and every once in a while you will gt the coice, set up camp here and regain all ehalth and consumables… and if you die this will be your spawn point, butif you decline to set up camp, the rarity of the loot in this dungeon increases… really having you carfully test your skill and confidence… I played with the more quick bladed assassin as well as the archer, going back and forth each mission so that I didn’t get bred of this game, and I feel this is the best way to play through dark alliance because pof how repettitve it ultimately is, from start to finish its all the same, do this 15- 20 minute long mission, finding chests, defeating enemies if you so choose, to get tp that levels boss and take it down… I was havig an absolte blast most of the time… there are definitely some challenging momnts here, especially from a ouple of its bosses.. and by I couple, I literally mean a couple as for the most part, the ai in dark alliance is awful, they aren’t alive ready foraction, they stand there, waiting to be triggered, which can lead to tons of lack luster fights.. even some bosses will just stand there to die, putting up no fight playing solo… gameplay wise though the combat can be thrilling with each charater feeling vastly different, but my biggest announce with the gameplay is that at least on the playstation 5, the game seemed to have a mind of its own, input combat commands by itself when id try to run or even mid battle… at the nd of each mission youll be given your loot and this is another issue I have with this game.. the loot is just awful here.. ypou don’t get a feeling of what cool item did I escape with, all of it is lack luster and lame, really killing incentive to explore, I was just rushing through these dungeons slaying these brain dead bosses, with only 2 or 3 really fighting back and giving me a challenge…
    Overall, I enjoyed Dark alliance, is it game of the year contender? Not even close, but its nowhere near as bad as most are making it seem, its worth running through and playing by yourself or with friends, but there sadly is no life, in the form of content or loot to keep you playing beyond the final boss…
    I give Dungeons and Dragons Dark alliance
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 37
  3. Negative: 13 out of 37
  1. Riot Pixels
    Sep 12, 2021
    33
    You know that a cooperative game is stillborn when you spend several minutes looking for random players to team up with even on a launch week. Probably because it’s one of the worst D&D games in ages.
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  2. CD-Action
    Sep 1, 2021
    60
    Dark Alliance is a disappointingly run-of-the-mill action RPG whose most distinctive features are bugs and connection issues. Solid combat and levelling systems are not enough to outweigh repetitive, boring environments and the lack of decent endgame content. [09/2021, p.44]
  3. Malditos Nerds
    Jul 22, 2021
    30
    Dungeons & Dragons Dark Alliance is a blemish on a franchise that is always fondly remembered by its fan base. None of its features is up to the series and doesn't even allow us to fulfill the role-playing fantasies that Dungeons & Dragons has given us for so many decades.
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