The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 15 out of 65
  3. Negative: 4 out of 65

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  1. Mandulum
    Oct 28, 2022
    8
    Quite a well rounded game. Enjoyable story with good humor, decent (though slow) level progression, and best of all fun, turn-based tactical RPG combat!

    Date Completed: 2022-10-28
    Playtime: 33h
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: Yup
  2. AcerolaOrion
    Oct 14, 2020
    7
    Game is reasonably bug free as of October 2020. (3rd patch or something)

    Solid turn based crpg with an emphasis on combat and nicely voice-acted silly dialogue. Both of which are executed expertly and represent the main selling point of the game.

    The UI on PC could be better but other than that its quite good for an indie crpg.
  3. Arkane7
    May 8, 2022
    9
    This is one of the funniest games you will ever play. The dialog is hilarious with pretty decent voice overs. Great writing and characters. Its not a serious game but you will definitely enjoy this RPG. Graphics and animations are very well done and the turned based combat is fairly engaging. Level progression is also a nice touch with lots of customization for you characters. I just wishThis is one of the funniest games you will ever play. The dialog is hilarious with pretty decent voice overs. Great writing and characters. Its not a serious game but you will definitely enjoy this RPG. Graphics and animations are very well done and the turned based combat is fairly engaging. Level progression is also a nice touch with lots of customization for you characters. I just wish you could rename them. This is definitely a game you need to try out for the comedy value alone.… Expand
  4. Fido7up
    Aug 30, 2022
    8
    The game story telling is nice , the narrative is great. I enjoyed playing the game. Just don’t buy it on Nintendo switch and get it on pc. It’s very light probably any laptop can run it better than the switch. Switch port in optimized. The pc version of the game is well made. I enjoy the game and find it very funny. It’s basically turn based rpg that is funny.
  5. Energize
    May 10, 2022
    10
    It has everything you may want from a tactical turn-based RPG: from elaborate tactical battle with honest random to completely unique "classes" of playable characters each with their own skills and abilities. Full of razor-sharp satire, amazing voiceover, beautiful graphics, and innumerable little details that will make you smile, this masterpiece is one of the most accomplished gamesIt has everything you may want from a tactical turn-based RPG: from elaborate tactical battle with honest random to completely unique "classes" of playable characters each with their own skills and abilities. Full of razor-sharp satire, amazing voiceover, beautiful graphics, and innumerable little details that will make you smile, this masterpiece is one of the most accomplished games ever. The developers have put a lot of love into their baby.… Expand
  6. Eroniz
    Sep 19, 2020
    9
    the game is excellent as tactical RPG
    The unique talent tree of your 8 characters
    varied statistics the combat states ( burn / freez etc... ) management of injuries and weakening a system of counter-destinonne difficulty there is challenge good soundtrack Various Area to Explore with enigma , secrets passages And the Top : the game is very funny , the quests and the    the game is excellent as tactical RPG
    The unique talent tree of your 8 characters
    varied statistics
    the combat states ( burn / freez etc... )
    management of injuries and weakening
    a system of counter-destinonne difficulty there is challenge

    good soundtrack

    Various Area to Explore with enigma , secrets passages

    And the Top : the game is very funny , the quests and the protagonists always put jokes    … Expand
  7. ClemVKG
    Sep 20, 2020
    10
    No bugs, nice nelevl design, good depth for the fight system, and of course, the legendary Naheulbeuk universe, deveopped 20 years by Pen of Chaos.
    Artistic direction is really nice, same for musics and dialogue. The story is hilarious and compelling, the jokes are good, and there are hundreds of small references to loveraft, tolkien, and other famous fantasy/fiction master piece.
    Dont    No bugs, nice nelevl design, good depth for the fight system, and of course, the legendary Naheulbeuk universe, deveopped 20 years by Pen of Chaos.
    Artistic direction is really nice, same for musics and dialogue. The story is hilarious and compelling, the jokes are good, and there are hundreds of small references to loveraft, tolkien, and other famous fantasy/fiction master piece.

    Dont let yourself get scared of by a few bad reviews from people with a toaster for a computer. The game runs fine, and better than the average release this days. The couple of "professional" critic that have review this game to give it average grades are often offended by the humour this game has. You probably know how it is in 2020, people will get offended for no reason.

    Keep in mind that this game is a great work, made by a small team of pasionate nerds and role play gamer over the course of quite a few years. It aint, perfect, but its damn refreshing. Dont hasitate two second to get it.    … Expand
  8. icacic
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Yep great game.
    Funny RPG game with good characters and excelent turn based tactics.
  9. i-SkUNk
    Sep 26, 2020
    9
    Excellent jeu.
    N'écoutez pas les critiques négatives, elles ne sont pas justifiées.
  10. diegobuenor
    Sep 25, 2020
    10
    excellent tactical RPG i dont undestartand why so low score to this game....
  11. Aegishjalmur
    Sep 21, 2020
    10
    SI vous n'êtes pas francophone, vous allez avoir du mal à apprécier ce jeu dans son entièreté.
    C'est du Naheulbeuk, rien de plus rien de moins et c'est un tactical tout à fait bon. A déguster avec envie et en connaisseur.
  12. Dubeau
    Dec 16, 2021
    8
    This is a nice tactical RPG. The story is really interesting and the dialogues are very funny. I enjoyed all the banters from the characters. The combat is turn based tactical which slow the game quite a bit. Yet there is a lot of small strategies involved. The combat difficulty is high in my book, so I began to enjoy the combat only at easy. Because otherwise, they get very long. A lot ofThis is a nice tactical RPG. The story is really interesting and the dialogues are very funny. I enjoyed all the banters from the characters. The combat is turn based tactical which slow the game quite a bit. Yet there is a lot of small strategies involved. The combat difficulty is high in my book, so I began to enjoy the combat only at easy. Because otherwise, they get very long. A lot of quests and some puzzles, even riddles at times. The music is good. The controller is good for moving and interacting with the world, but it's pretty awkward in combat and the inventory window. Those on PC should use the keyboard mouse in those areas. I give it 82%. Truly fun RPG that lasted around 24 hours (not counting the DLC)… Expand
  13. airmil
    Apr 29, 2021
    9
    Nice an polished game. The story and dialogues are funny. If it had a bit more diversity in combat it would be amazing.
  14. Sepherim
    Jul 2, 2021
    6
    The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk es un juego que está bien, pero con luces y sombras fuertes. La primera sombra está en la historia y es que, en general, no solo no es una buena historia sino que no consiguió hacerme reír en ningún momento; alguna sonrisilla puntual en algún comentario si, pero nada realmente hilarante, por ser todo demasiado obvio y previsible. El humor, sin duda, es algo muyThe Dungeon of Naheulbeuk es un juego que está bien, pero con luces y sombras fuertes. La primera sombra está en la historia y es que, en general, no solo no es una buena historia sino que no consiguió hacerme reír en ningún momento; alguna sonrisilla puntual en algún comentario si, pero nada realmente hilarante, por ser todo demasiado obvio y previsible. El humor, sin duda, es algo muy subjetivo. Pero lo que sí que funciona muy bien es el sistema de combate, donde las acciones con los distintos personajes, las configuraciones del entorno y la variedad de enemigos hacen que los combates sean realmente interesantes. Unido esto a un sistema de progresión de personajes que se nota su impacto en la partida, hace que la jugabilidad esté muy bien. Aunque, eso si, de rol tiene poco, es casi más un juego de estrategia por turnos a lo XCOM que realmente un juego de rol, ya que apenas hay decisiones que tomar ni personajes que interpretar.

    El apartado técnico es otra de las fuertes sombras. Gráficamente es un juego, en el mejor de los casos, discreto. Y lo mismo se puede decir del sonido. El verdadero problema está en la optimización del juego, que da problemas de VSync en monitores de alto refresco (hay que desactivarlo) que llevan a sobrecalentar el ordenador y reiniciarlo si juegas demasiado tiempo seguido; y como eso, en general, todo el apartado técnico del juego funciona menos fluido y bien de lo que uno podría esperar de un juego con este aspecto, con unos tiempos de carga algo más largos de lo esperado y una tasa de FPS menor de la que debería tener.

    Por todo ello, Dungeon of Naheulbeuk es un juego con luces y sombras fuertes en ambas direcciones. A mi me ha entretenido más que frustrado, así que lo recomiendo, pero sin duda dista mucho de ser un juego perfecto. Un 6.    … Expand
  15. emkkla
    Feb 14, 2022
    10
    One of the most underrated games ever.
    Some people don't get the humor and find the dwarf annoying, well, that's why he was born.
    And he ate all his Chiantos before joining the game...
    I spent more than 30 hours on it, and I enjoyed every part of it.
    I wish they make a VR mode for it, that would be amazing.
  16. fcrloch
    Nov 3, 2020
    8
    Très bonne réalisation. Graphisme, sound design, dialogue… vraiment bien travaillé.
    La direction artistique est bien sympa, la touche bande dessiné est plaisante.
    Je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'il soit si étoffé, je n'en suis qu'a la moitié et pour le moment je passe un très bon moment. Il n’est pas parfait. Manque de combat (pas de random), trop de dialogue par moment mais après    Très bonne réalisation. Graphisme, sound design, dialogue… vraiment bien travaillé.
    La direction artistique est bien sympa, la touche bande dessiné est plaisante.

    Je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'il soit si étoffé, je n'en suis qu'a la moitié et pour le moment je passe un très bon moment.

    Il n’est pas parfait.
    Manque de combat (pas de random), trop de dialogue par moment mais après ceci est je pense un équilibre fragile sur le pex (lvl 10 max) étalé sur 9 chapitres (si je ne me trompe pas) la durée de vie, l’histoire etc… Cela semble, comme j’ai pût le voir dire, un peu trop scripté, pas assez d’aléatoire (voir pas du tout jusqu’au 5eme chapitre où j’en suis rendu) sur la présence de mob…
    En même temps ce n’ai pas non plus un Final Fantasy, Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age etc… faut pas déconner non plus ;p

    C'est un excellent jeu tiré de la saga audio le Donjon de Naheulbeuk. (Pour ce qui n’était pas au courant)
    En effet, ce jeu est basé sur l'excellente Saga éponyme créé par John Lang Alias "Pen Of Chaos"
    [link omitted per site rules]
    L'univers créé par John Lang et tout simplement fabuleux pour ceux qui aime les jeux de rôles (que ce soit plateaux ou jeu vidéo) et l’humour au 2ème degré !

    Peut-être que mon avis ne peut pas être considéré comme objectif du fait que cette saga a longtemps tourné sur mes enceintes pendant mes longues heures de travail. (et c’est toujours le cas)
    L'univers est bien entendu à prendre au 2ème degré, la saga audio est une parodie de jeux de rôle, et ce jeu ne démordra pas à la règle et c’est tant mieux, c’est ce que les fans attendaient et c’est ce qu’ils nous ont donnés avec ce jeu.

    A mon goût les notes négatives ne reflètent en rien la qualité du jeu.
    (Bon après ce que je pense des notes est une autre histoire ^^)
    Il n’y a cas voir les mauvaises critiques sont principalement centré sur « l’humour » présent dans le jeu, Ils n’ont donc rien compris…
    C’est « Le Donjon de Naheulbeuk » point barre ! ^^
    Alors après… Si vous aimez les rpg, l’humour nain et que vous n’aimez pas les elfes… ce jeu est pour vous !

    Bastooooon !!!    … Expand
  17. kaczan3
    Feb 19, 2022
    5
    The game is OK, but the English voice acting is cringy, especially from Felicia Day, the fake gamer girl who in the past said she was almost 'abused" because some guys in GamerGate T-shirt walked past her on the street without even looking at her.
  18. LackOfGravitas
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    I started it without any expectations and knowing very little about the source material and so far I've been mesmerized. I'm some 40 hours in and I hope there's lots more to come. The combat system I like the most, when you're able ti to setup combos it's very satisfying. The game does many things in its own way - see the Randomia bar - but they seem to all work together very well.. II started it without any expectations and knowing very little about the source material and so far I've been mesmerized. I'm some 40 hours in and I hope there's lots more to come. The combat system I like the most, when you're able ti to setup combos it's very satisfying. The game does many things in its own way - see the Randomia bar - but they seem to all work together very well.. I recommend playing it to any rpg fan.… Expand
  19. Mizuiro
    Sep 19, 2020
    5
    Dissapointed. What a pity of game. It has GREAT graphics, good animations, good history.. BUT..

    And it is a BIG BUT.. Gameplay is so frustrating. Lets go point by point: 1-Combats are SCRIPTED!!! , no matters how many times you reload a savegame the same conclusion is gonna happen ( if the computer has decided this turn your character is gonna have a critical failure, that will    Dissapointed. What a pity of game. It has GREAT graphics, good animations, good history.. BUT..

    And it is a BIG BUT.. Gameplay is so frustrating. Lets go point by point:

    1-Combats are SCRIPTED!!! , no matters how many times you reload a savegame the same conclusion is gonna happen ( if the computer has decided this turn your character is gonna have a critical failure, that will happens ALWAYS) so whats the point on save in the middle of combats?

    2-Combats take years! And specially this turn base combat feels old and clunky. Jesuchrist I don't want to micromanage and select the direction the character is gonna face, make that automatic to the best option.

    3-Enemies do so much damage that it is annoying. Even a little goblin can do 20 or more damage per turn to your armoured tanks. Team characters are all time dying because of the poor balance of the enemies. And I'm playing in "Normal" difficulty.. lucky of me that I didn't select the Hard one.

    4-Movement in the normal map is also annoying, camera controls and UI too.

    5-Loading times are.. veeeery long. So this makes combats even more annoying when you have to reload a lot because of the unfair computer.

    6-Loot is poor. A sword cant be used for other sword wielding chars just because isn't made for you.

    7-Chars has healing skills that can use inside combat for free but they cant use it outside combat because of .. poor gameplay design. So you have to waste potions if you want to heal outside combat even if u have a f****ng cleric in your team

    So basically.. a beautiful game that you don't want to play because is clunky in mechanics.    … Expand
  20. LeonFerox
    Sep 24, 2020
    0
    Very nice sense of humour. Stereotypic races shown very funny. Often I laughed out loud. Especially from Dwarf voiceover. "Dont stand so close to meh". Warhammer and russian references could be seen and I like it too.
    Very nice anf funny RPG game.
  21. leyt1125
    Jan 25, 2021
    10
    Excellent game. Nice ballance. I finished it in Nightmare difficulty and it was fun, fair fights on nightmare and cool character progression, nice jokes. Strongly recomended for any party RPG lover
  22. Frankie321
    Jun 26, 2022
    10
    The comedy tone is fun, but don't let that fool you into thinking it won't have challenging combat, because it does. I just finished a battle where I was so much in flow, there was so much to keep in mind, that I lost track of time as I just had to finish that battle. There were so many enemy that I thought there was no way I could win, but I did. Perfect.
  23. Zakis1991
    Oct 7, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Спойлер!
    В прологе группу приключенцев настигает проглятие, варвар узнает ,что они прокляты в 5 главе)) Куча юмора и стёба над играми, куча отсылок. Единствннпя игра где читаешь историю шмоток))    … Expand
  24. co3676
    Apr 13, 2023
    6
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 15, 2022
    80
    Packed with humour, laughs and pop culture references sprinkled on top with some RPG elements. The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk is a very specific game for a very specific audience, but it can easily surprise even the most generic players.
  2. GamingTrend
    Aug 23, 2021
    55
    Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos has a lot of obstacles in its way from becoming a solid gem worth your time. The first few hours are a bit of a drag to get through since the majority of this time you’ll spend either hating the dialogue or hating the difficulty from the (more predetermined than random) RNG that this game employs. Trudge through this and you’ll find that the learning curve gets easier, the writing simmers down a bit, but the difficulty still remains the same.
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  3. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    75
    For a game that mocks RPG clichés and pelts you with endless stream of hit-or-miss jokes and cultural references, The Dungeon of Nabe… Nehu… Neul… goddamit… The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk is surprisingly solid in terms of gameplay mechanics and features genuinely fun tactical combat. [12/2020, p.68]
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