Dice & Dungeons
- May 20, 2022
- Beni Games
Get on Steam"Dice & Dungeons" is a unique deck-building game where you build a dice deck to explore dungeons and battle enemies. With various dice, RPG elements, character classes, weapons, and items, the game provides a challenging and strategic experience. Each dungeon and its challenges are randomly generated, ensuring a fresh experience each time. Note that the game is not easy and requires a well-built dice deck and strategy to win.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers an interesting concept of a dice-based deckbuilder, allowing for some strategic decisions in building your dice pool.
- It can provide a few hours of entertainment, especially for fans of dice games.
- The low price point makes it accessible for players looking for a casual gaming experience.
- The gameplay is overly simplistic, with minimal decisions to make during combat, leading to repetitive and boring encounters.
- Combat can be excessively long and frustrating due to balance issues, particularly with powerful enemy abilities like invisibility and paralysis.
- The game suffers from poor presentation, including rough graphics and inadequate documentation, which can make it confusing to learn.
- gameplay8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay has been criticized for its execution, leading to prolonged and tedious combat that can make players feel like mere spectators. While the mechanics are simple, they often lack engagement and depth, with many abilities feeling ineffective and reliant on random dice-rolling, resulting in a dull experience. Overall, the potential of the gameplay concept is hindered by amateur presentation and repetitive mechanics.
“The gameplay is pretty simple, though it took me a few battles to really understand what was happening.”
“The actual gameplay is thus:”
“The problem comes in the execution, where you become a mere spectator. This might not be bad if the combats were fast, but the current mechanics lead to eternal combats, where you inevitably end up getting bored.”
“The potential of the concept is obscured by amateur presentation, resulting in dull, mind-numbing gameplay that essentially boils down to rolling random dice and pressing random things on the screen.”
“Abilities do not always seem useful based on the gameplay loop.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics in "Dice & Dungeons" are described as rough and inconsistent, with a low-budget feel that varies significantly between enemies. While some players found the simple visuals tolerable, others noted that the lack of cohesion and immersion could detract from the overall experience, making it a potential drawback for those who prioritize art style in games.
“While Dice & Dungeons is clearly a low-budget production, it hooked me and didn't let go until I'd completed all of the game's achievements.”
“I can sort of overlook that, but I thought I'd mention it because graphics and art style are important to some people and they might want to know about it.”
“It's not the most immersive thing if you've seen them before, not to mention the fact that they aren't the same art styles so there's not much consistency to the game's look.”
“When I run up against a monster with sneak, I am made to rage quit due to the inanity of the design. It's a nice idea, but between its very rough graphics, poor documentation, and terrible-but-too-common situations, I can't recommend it.”
“Graphics are very simple.”
“It's not the most immersive experience if you've seen them before, not to mention the fact that they aren't the same art styles, so there's not much consistency to the game's look.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is generally playable on the Steam Deck without requiring special workarounds, but players have noted that optimization issues persist, particularly with visibility of icons under the avatar, indicating room for improvement.
“The game is fully playable on my Steam Deck without needing any special workarounds, but there are some optimization issues for the Steam Deck.”
“Icons under the avatar are easier to see now, but they still require optimization.”
“I bought the game and played it on my Steam Deck, and while the game is fully playable without needing any special workarounds, there is an issue with optimization for the Steam Deck.”
“Icons under the avatar are not hard to see, but they still need optimization.”
