Posted on: December 12, 2019
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Was expecting more after Grimrock
Druidstone is a mix of Magicka’s cheeky 21st century humor in a fantasy setting, runaway Diablo storytelling, Into the Breach tactical maneuvering, and grinding missions for stars like Kingdom Rush. While the game has merits, I suggest playing the others over Druidstone. The game gets 3 stars because the missions offered many narrow escapes and challenging tactics to complete them on the first try on normal difficulty with all bonus objectives. Druidstone creates this by providing skills with limited uses, that you need to use, but also need to conserve to remain standing long enough to complete all objectives. The hard difficulty is interesting when you know the level/monster layout, as these are fixed. Unfortunately, Druidstone has two major problems: 1. Bad sound, 2. Terrible AI. I turned off the music after a few missions. It was simply too grand, too overwhelming, too annoying. Once the music was gone, there was hardly any sound left. Cut scenes are mute, and battle sounds consist of a few copy-pastes from Grimrock. Speaking of Grimrock, the devs former game, Druidstone is clearly made with the same engine but from a bird’s eye perspective… and zero improvements. Where a mindless attacking enemy would do in Grimrock, it becomes foolish when AI behavior is presented in a tactical game without fog of war. Enemies not barred by a closed door come in straight lines. Even rats and mindless skeletons charge in from 5 rooms away. Once in range they attack, immediately. Even when they are able to come one step closer and wrack havoc or keep a narrow path open by doing so, they simply stop and attack. Once the path is closed, the next enemy turns around and tries a lengthier route. You can even save a nearly dying warrior by placing a full health archer next to it, forcing enemies to hit the “weaker” character. A tactical game without music that can last for hours and a stupid AI? I fear for Ctrl Alt Ninja's next game. It will not be an auto-buy for sure.
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