DOLMEN

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  • Summary: Cosmic Horror and Sci-Fi are two ways to talk about Dolmen. It is a third person action game with RPG elements but with a lovecraftian plot that calls players to find what's behind the darkest secret of the universe! A forgotten planet called Revion Prime will be the place where the actionCosmic Horror and Sci-Fi are two ways to talk about Dolmen. It is a third person action game with RPG elements but with a lovecraftian plot that calls players to find what's behind the darkest secret of the universe! A forgotten planet called Revion Prime will be the place where the action takes part. And it won't be easy: Adaptation and exploration will be your main weapons as you craft new items and equipments from your enemies' carcasses! Every step can be your last one!

    Use your experience points to improve yourself and face what no human has ever faced. After all, quoting David Hume: "The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster." Maybe he was right Or not.    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. CGMagazine
    May 19, 2022
    75
    Dolmen is a massive achievement on a small Indie team of 30 developers and is a solid recommendation to those familiar with FromSoftware’s titles but shouldn’t be recommended to the more casual gamer.
  2. GamingTrend
    Aug 12, 2022
    70
    Dolmen provides fans of SciFi and Souls games with another daunting adventure full of defeat and satisfaction. The game isn’t without faults, having a few bugs as well as some inconsistencies with some combat mechanics, but the team at Massive Work Studio have laid a solid foundation. The game provides just enough reward to make the challenge worth it.
  3. Generación Xbox
    May 19, 2022
    69
    Dolmen is a good game and has fun without any doubt, but it does not raise passions like the «souls-like» that it is.
  4. ZTGD
    Jun 8, 2022
    55
    Dolmen just feels like scraps when a four course meal is literally right there. It was a bad time to release a game of this type when it falls so short of the mark set by the best in the genre and even falls below the current imitators. I am all for expanding on a game idea, but there has to be something there to make it feel special and unique and Dolmen just doesn’t have anything setting it apart on any level.
  5. Xbox Tavern
    Jun 27, 2022
    53
    Sadly, whilst Dolmen is a game that may have been well suited 10 or 15 years ago, with a ton of souls-likes already out there such as The Surge, Hellpoint, Mortal Shell, Nioh, and so on, there is a lot to achieve if you want to make it as a memorable experience in the action RPG genre, and Dolmen doesn’t stand up there with the cream of the crop already available.
  6. XboxAddict
    May 31, 2022
    50
    For those that truly enjoy Souls games, even budget titles, Dolmen should give you a good twenty or so hours of content to get through, but at its current high price I can only suggest waiting for a massive sale for the rest of everyone else curious. While I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as say Hellpoint, I have to commend their bravery releasing this so shortly after Elden Ring. There’s some good ideas here, and with some more polish and refining I probably would have enjoyed my time with Dolmen much more than I did, but as it stands now I simply wanted it to end.
  7. XboxEra
    May 26, 2022
    40
    Dolmen wants to put its mark in the Action RPG genre with a potentially intriguing Space/Horror tale that never really goes to space, and isn’t at all scary. It never feels good to play, broke on me constantly, and was an ugly maze of bland/blocky corridors.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. Yonass
    Jun 1, 2022
    10
    Best sci-fi action RPG that I've ever have played so far. It could be the best game with low budget ever made.
  2. Rickezaum
    May 22, 2022
    10
    great game, dynamic combat... I think those who don't like it because they didn't learn.
  4. XboxBRGuy
    May 24, 2022
    10
    Loved the game and made all the achievements, I really think you guys should play this game with the heart, not with the hate.
  5. pizzastation
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    This is a Great Cheap Animation Game
    I didn't feel like I gave an attack
    MultiPlay is BROKEN.I couldn't get the item twice and Locked out    This is a Great Cheap Animation Game
    I didn't feel like I gave an attack
    MultiPlay is BROKEN.I couldn't get the item twice and Locked out BOSS AREA
    THIS IS NOT EA GAMES.Think about it, PLEASE!
    Even if the bug is fixed after a few weeks, it doesn't make sense because it's already done
    They done super massive work.nice    … Expand
  6. Broyax
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    C’est une soulerie qui soûle mais ici en version indé à la petite semaine : les graphismes sont limités mais surtout extrêmement génériquesC’est une soulerie qui soûle mais ici en version indé à la petite semaine : les graphismes sont limités mais surtout extrêmement génériques comme peut en témoigner cet univers de SF de pacotille à tendance bêtement horrifique. La direction artistique est au mieux banale et au pire incroyablement ennuyeuse.

    Cette soulerie n’a que sa difficulté (très élevée comme le veut le genre des souleries) pour elle et de fait son caractère très punitif, et cela implique un étonnant temps de chargement quand on meurt… y compris sur Series X ! Pas de carte pour s’orienter en tout cas et des mécaniques de jeu qui rajoutent à la lourdeur de l’ensemble, déjà bien lourdingue.

    Comme la gestion de l’énergie en plus de l’endurance, énergie qui concerne les armes à distance, énergie qui peut servir de bouclier ou vous soigner et fait office de munitions… dont on manque alors très fréquemment. M’enfin bref, c’est vraiment casse-burnes et quitte à copier les souleries, il suffisait de copier et puis c’est tout, pas de nous soûler… encore plus !    … Expand
  7. Emeraldirish
    Mar 7, 2023
    0
    Literally the worst game I have ever played, played from start to finish trying so hard to find some piece of enjoyment, some redeemingLiterally the worst game I have ever played, played from start to finish trying so hard to find some piece of enjoyment, some redeeming quality for this and there is nothing there. Just a broken, boring, wholly unimaginative experience. 0/10… Expand

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#71 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022