Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

 Xbox Series X
User Score
4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 47
  3. Negative: 24 out of 47
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  1. Borjatxo
    Jun 23, 2021
    6
    El juego tiene buenas ideas pero falta pulir mucho en cuanto a la fluidez y jugabilidad. Solventable con un buen parche
  2. Nitaro
    Jun 24, 2021
    5
    Absolutely mediocre in every department. **** graphics, **** story and copy paste gameplay of every other mmo. Just play vermintide games instead
  3. 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
  4. Joaotmdj
    Jul 9, 2021
    7
    First of all, this game isn't as horrible as people are saying, and I really think there's an exaggeration on their part. So let's comment by topic:

    Gameplay: Initially I had thought of robotic gameplay but as I played I changed my mind, the gameplay is quite fun if you play correctly, the objective is to try to make as many combos as possible and with varied moves, if you just keep    First of all, this game isn't as horrible as people are saying, and I really think there's an exaggeration on their part. So let's comment by topic:

    Gameplay: Initially I had thought of robotic gameplay but as I played I changed my mind, the gameplay is quite fun if you play correctly, the objective is to try to make as many combos as possible and with varied moves, if you just keep pressing them buttons the game will obviously be boring

    Graphics: Initially I found the graphics mediocre (my problem is more with Kelvin's camp that the first time I saw him I thought it was bad but now I think it's ok) but as I went looking at the scenarios I started to find them even beautiful.

    Soundtrack:
    It's not a big highlight but the music that plays in the camp is good and so is the mission ending menu.

    History:
    It's fun, nothing grand, and you could say she's good.

    Loot:
    I found the loots ugly (but I was even able to create some visually beautiful sets for Catti-Brie), but the stats are interesting.

    IA:
    Here is one of the main problems of the game, the IA ​​is very bad and makes some bosses very easy to defeat (the way I found to "get around" the problem is to throw myself in the middle of enemies, like I played with Catti -Brie so if I wanted I could kill all the enemies from afar and they wouldn't react but as for the bosses there's nothing to do, I think the worst of them are the "ice giants" who are very dumb lol

    Besides the IA ​​there is also the issue of FPS drop, in the beginning they occurred more often, I don't know if they were specific phases or if they fixed it a little but these drops improve although still had some phases at the end with considerable drops. That said my verdict is that it's a fun game, I played it via the gamepass so maybe that will influence my grade but I would give it a 7~7.5, maybe even 8 and yes if you have the gamepass it's worth at least trying.    … Expand

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#77 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2021
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#32 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2021

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. XGN
    Jul 29, 2021
    60
    Dark Alliance can lean on an enormous amount of lore. Many locations, friends, and enemies make an appearance. the level design is pretty good and challenges to explore. However, the game is held back by bugs and battles that just do not work. The game has huge potential but sadly falls short in execution.
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  2. Generación Xbox
    Jul 6, 2021
    63
    Good ideas that are clouded by serious failures in essential aspects.
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  3. XboxAddict
    Jul 6, 2021
    72
    I can’t give a full recommendation if you plan on playing solo, but with a few friends Dark Alliance is a much richer and better experience, even with its current shortcomings. D&D fans should have enough here that will appease while casuals can still enjoy an entertaining dungeon crawler with some buddies, a perfect fit to try out with Game Pass as long as your group can agree which characters to play as beforehand.
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