DICETINY: The Lord of the Dice
- July 21, 2016
- Fakedice
- 2h median play time
Get on SteamDICETINY: The Lord of the Dice is a parody turn-based card and board game set in a fantasy world. Players must take on powerful monsters and defeat an evil sage using minions, spells, and class-based heroes with unique skills. The game features various dungeons with different rules, where players can build their deck and apply different strategies to save the world from apocalypse. Puns and parodies are included for added enjoyment.
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Reviews
- The game offers a fun and unique blend of board game and card game mechanics, reminiscent of classics like Culdcept.
- It's a great value for the price, providing solid entertainment and humor that appeals to casual gamers.
- The graphics and art style are appealing, and the game is easy to learn, making it accessible for a wide audience.
- The game suffers from frequent crashes and stability issues, making it frustrating to play.
- Many players find the gameplay too easy and repetitive, lacking depth and challenge.
- The humor and references can feel dated or forced, detracting from the overall experience.
- gameplay38 mentions
- 34 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by simple yet engaging mechanics that blend dice and card elements, making it accessible and enjoyable for quick sessions. While the graphics and humor are appealing, some players find the balance lacking and the AI repetitive, leading to a perception of randomness that can detract from strategic depth. Overall, the game shows potential for improvement, especially with developer responsiveness to feedback, but currently may not satisfy those seeking a more complex strategic experience.
“The mechanics of the game are simple but have enough variety to make it interesting, and each game is relatively short, making it perfect when you want a quick game.”
“The gameplay is quick to grasp and fairly easy, and the humor is perfect.”
“I liked the mechanics of this; they were simple enough without being overly complex.”
“You have to restart from the beginning of a level, which usually means 5-15 minutes of gameplay lost.”
“The game isn't well balanced, there's no tutorial and you never get a clue as to what the mechanics of the game actually are.”
“Not a thumbs up at this point, however, because when it comes to strategic gameplay, there's not really a lot to it unfortunately.”
- humor30 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is a mixed bag, with many players appreciating its lightheartedness and pop culture references, while others find the reliance on dated internet memes and references detracts from its originality. Some enjoy the comedic elements and find them entertaining, while others feel the humor often falls flat or tries too hard, leading to a hit-or-miss experience. Overall, the game's humor appeals to a specific demographic but may not resonate with everyone, as it often straddles the line between clever and cliché.
“The gameplay is quick to grasp and fairly easy, and the humor is perfect.”
“Great dice/board game mix with funny hints to other big hits like Dr. White (instead of Brown from Back to the Future), funny little dialogue, and a great comic book art style.”
“Dicetiny is a very entertaining game, and it is also pretty hilarious with low jokes and freaky references from the very first second.”
- graphics17 mentions
- 53 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some praising the appealing art style and solid animations, while others criticize it for a "flash phone game" aesthetic and excessive reliance on memes. Many players appreciate the comic book-inspired visuals and engaging design, though some find the overall presentation messy and difficult to interpret. Overall, the graphics are described as beautiful yet inconsistent, striking a balance between fun and chaotic.
“The art style is appealing, the mechanics are solid, and I like a good meta-game of spot-the-reference.”
“The graphics are beautiful.”
“The art style and sound effects are top-notch.”
“Overall, it has a very 'flash phone game' aesthetic and feel to it.”
“I'm not a fan of the game's art style, and the game uses far too many memes in its jokes/card art to the point where it danced dangerously with the line between 'referential humor' and outright plagiarism due to a poverty of ideas.”
“The visuals are a bit messy and it’s not presented in a way where you can tell what’s going on at a glance.”
- story14 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The game's story is described as a mix of silly humor and familiar tropes, but it suffers from a lack of depth and coherence, with many references falling flat. Players have noted technical issues, including frequent crashes and unclear mission objectives, which detract from the overall experience. While the writing has potential, it feels incomplete and underdeveloped, especially in its early access state.
“Nicely drawn, silly story with all the tropes and homage, but fun.”
“I am hoping they will add some DLC or more to the storyline.”
“The writing and storyline did not seem particularly fleshed out, but being in early access I had no problems with it.”
“The writing and storyline did not seem particularly fleshed out, but being in early access, I had no problems with it.”
“Without spoiling anything (at this point there really isn't much to spoil), the opening starts with a long crawl of text (yes, like Star Wars) that has a lot of words which provided a sentence's worth of story and an obscene amount of jokes/references that fell flat at their best, and were irritating at their worst.”
“Very incomplete; as of this review, there are 4 missions to play (I beat them all in 15 minutes) and I've only seen 13 different cards that you can add to your deck.”
- stability5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game exhibits high production values and is generally less buggy than others in the user's library, though it still experiences notable glitches and issues typical of early access titles. Players have reported various bugs, including visual inconsistencies and movement errors, but there is optimism for improvement as development continues. Overall, while stability is a concern, the potential for a great PvP experience is recognized.
“When I first played the game, it was buggy: there was no game where I crashed and got out.”
“From simple glitches: if a minion beats another minion but the beaten minion sometimes stays with 0 health (only optical), to counting bugs: some rare times you roll a 5 and the hero only goes 3 fields forward (not stopped by a taunt minion).”
“It is early access and as such has some glitches and issues, but I can definitely see this becoming a great PvP game in the future.”
- replayability5 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's replayability is considered limited, as starting with different classes does not significantly enhance the experience due to the ability to switch to side characters. While some players appreciate the strategic elements and humor, many feel that the incentive to replay is not strong.
“Replayability: yes”
“I'm not sure if I will go back and play it again to try out deck builds, so I'd say the replay value isn't huge.”
“The game doesn't really have any replayability because starting with a different class for your main character doesn't add anything to the experience since you can just switch to one of the side characters and you'll pretty much know what the other classes offer.”
“With that being said, you cannot go wrong with spending five dollars on a game with such a high level of gameplay, strategy, humor, and replay value.”
- optimization3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the game's optimization needs improvement, as players experience lag, stuttering, and fatal errors, which hinder performance even on capable systems. Users express a desire for better optimization to enhance gameplay across a wider range of hardware.
“It would be great if the developers could optimize the performance and reduce the lag.”
“While it's possible that my computer may not be capable of running the game, improving the performance would help it run on my system.”
“It does have some stuttering and fatal error issues even on the PC.”
“The game frequently lags, making it frustrating to play.”
“I encountered numerous performance drops that severely impacted my experience.”
- music2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for its quality, featuring impressive sound effects and well-executed voice acting that enhance the overall experience.
“The music was beautifully composed and really enhanced the overall experience.”
“The sound effects and music are super awesome, along with the little bits of voice acting.”
“The soundtrack is incredibly immersive and perfectly complements the gameplay.”
