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Devious Dungeon

Developer: Ratalaika Games

Publisher: Ratalaika Games

Platformer
Arcade
Role-Playing
Action
Budget
  • Price: $7.99
  • Release Date: Mar 30, 2018
  • Number of Players: 1
  • Last on Sale: Mar 14, 2024 [$3.19]
  • Lowest Historic Price: $1.99
  • ESRB Rating: T [Teen]
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Reviews:
  • Each time you begin you’ll have the option to start at any of the stages that correspond to a caravan you’ve visited, just consider them to be checkpoints in that regard. Depending on your skill level and how you want to play you may find starting from the beginning to be more your style, you may want to go right back to where you left off, or you may want to move back a little to give yourself a buffer. All of these strategies have their merits and it will probably boil down to your skill level. Going easy will lead to longer sessions but be warned that you’ll accumulate both money and experience more slowly, going tough may kill you quicker but it also means you’ll be getting more money and will level up more quickly per enemy you kill. Once you get to the boss battles you’ll then either be able to get through them pretty quickly or you may need to grind for experience and money to gear yourself up better to improve your odds. There’s no getting around the fact that both visually and in terms of play this is a pretty basic game that isn’t pushing the Switch hardware in the least. That said, it is also a game that’s easy to kick around with in quick breaks, putting it down and picking up for a few satisfying minutes at a time. Its challenge scales very fairly since you never lose progress, so even less experienced gamers can make their way through just about anything if they persist long enough. I’d say about my only major disappointment is the mapping of the buttons, and the fact that you can’t remap them to something else, just the jump and attack feel like they’re in the wrong place for me. There’s no getting away from the fact that Devious Dungeon is a mobile port. However, this is also a case where a relatively simple game that played well there plays even better on Switch. Physical controls work far better than the virtual on-screen variety and though there’s not a ton of complexity in the gameplay it can still be quite satisfying. If you’re out for something that’s relatively cheap, plays well, and is satisfying you can do far worse than Devious Dungeon.


    Justin Nation, Score:
    Nindie Choice! [8.0]
2024

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