Golden Dungeons

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Golden Dungeons is a single player action game. It was developed by GD Studio and was released on March 3, 2018. It received negative reviews from players.

"Golden Dungeons" is a challenging platformer game where you must navigate through treacherous caves to escape. With over 25 levels, hardcore gameplay, and hidden bonus levels, it offers more than three hours of gameplay and a true test of your skills, reaction time, and adaptability. The game features simple controls and pleasant music, making it an immersive and enjoyable experience.

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Audience ScoreBased on 43 reviews

gameplay5 negative mentions

The graphics are decent and have a unique style that some players appreciate.
The game offers a challenge that can be enjoyable for those who like difficult platformers.
Players can earn achievements quickly, which can be a motivating factor for some.

The gameplay is plagued by unresponsive controls and frustrating mechanics, making it tedious rather than challenging.
Level design is poor, with many platforms collapsing too quickly and hitboxes that feel inconsistent.
The audio is repetitive and can become annoying, detracting from the overall experience.

gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay has been widely criticized for its poor design, with many levels feeling randomly constructed rather than thoughtfully designed, leading to frustrating experiences. Players report significant input lag and broken mechanics that detract from enjoyment, resulting in a game that is often deemed unbalanced and lacking in quality. Overall, the gameplay is seen as a major flaw, with many reviewers labeling it as one of the worst experiences on the platform.
- “Many objects just seem to have been randomly placed to fill the level instead of well thought out to consider the gameplay experience.”
- “In the description, the developer claims there's more than three hours of gameplay, which is technically correct as certain levels will literally take over an hour to complete, but the game itself can be fully completed in under half an hour if skilled and, more importantly, lucky enough.”
- “The kick in the balls, however, was the poor mechanics and programming that went into this game.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics have received largely negative feedback, with many users criticizing the lazy retro pixel art style and inconsistent quality between character sprites and environmental textures. While some noted that the game displays well in UHD fullscreen and features smooth animations, the overall aesthetic is deemed unappealing and repetitive.
- “The graphics are extremely lazy retro pixel graphics, but perhaps the only thing going for this game is that they display properly in UHD fullscreen.”
- “The graphics are okay, I guess, with smooth animation.”
- “It reminds me a little of the old Jungle Hunt game with just how annoyingly difficult it is combined with the character graphics.”
- “Bad graphics, bad soundtrack, bad level design, bad mechanics, and bad balancing.”
- “The graphics are extremely lazy retro pixel graphics, but, perhaps the only thing going for this game, display properly in UHD fullscreen.”
- “Art style is terrible, repetitive bricks and a bizarre 8-bit character sprite next to 16-bit textures for the environment.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has been widely criticized for being repetitive and unappealing, with many users describing it as "shitty" and a significant detractor from the overall experience. The soundtrack's lack of variety contributes to a sense of boredom, making it feel outdated and poorly integrated into the gameplay. Overall, the musical aspect is seen as a major flaw, detracting from the game's potential enjoyment.
- “This game is the worst because it's impossible to play; the music is sick, and everything in this game is trash.”
- “The game plays like an old-fashioned arcade platformer, and it could be nice as it is, but it's boring (and the soundtrack really is so repetitive... like 15 seconds repeated throughout the whole game).”
- “The music was bad and repetitive.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is widely criticized for its lack of substance, with many players noting that it feels non-existent or poorly developed. Comparisons to more engaging narratives, such as "Twilight," highlight the game's failure to deliver a compelling storyline, leading to a perception that it prioritizes difficulty over narrative depth.
- “The game relies on cheap 'difficulty' rather than any kind of story or player narrative.”
- “Twilight was a better love story than this.”
- “What story?”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding in "Golden Dungeons" to be tedious and frustrating, often requiring excessive time investment and potentially the use of macros to manage the repetitive tasks. While some acknowledge it as a grindy experience, the overall sentiment leans towards it being more annoying than challenging.
- “You'll need a second life, maybe some macros, and a will to live for grinding.”
- “Golden Dungeons is a 2D platform sidescroller that's challenging, but not in a difficult way; rather, it's tedious and really, really annoying.”
- “It's a little grindy.”