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Posted on: October 10, 2025

Darcin

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Gry: Opinie: 39

Not great.

I recently ran through Dungeon Keeper again, including a bunch of bonus levels. I figured this would be worth a go too. Well, it's disappointing. Oh, not just for the mechanics, but by the level design. There's impenetrable rock everywhere, preventing a square or rectangular room bigger than 3x5, and even 3x5 was rare. Gold deposits look like they were deployed with a shotgun, just spattered and preventing typical doorways. There's pre-dug winding "halls" everywhere. If you remember the dread of "you tunneled into a new area" from Dungeon Keeper, you get that pretty much constantly here. Fortified dungeon walls are not only destroyable/mineable by imps, they provide surprisingly little protection. It's less than thirty seconds for an imp to get through. This prevents the whole 'maze of traps' setup from DK. Traps are attackable and destroyable, and they are frequently. Further, they don't seem to do much damage. Surprise attacks... So, I imagine this dev team developed some of those extra DK levels. You know the ones: everything's going swimmingly. Then, suddenly, fifty enemies show up out of nowhere. A map designer somewhere slaps their knees, has a good chuckle at your expense, and says how you were supposed to "just know" that was going to happen. Welp, in the second level that happens. They start early here. You're doing great with your eight minions and a door opens... I admit I didn't count, but I'd say twenty mobs came through that door, all higher level, and that's on top of the five I was already fighting. Give me a break. That's some junk for a bonus level or much later, not level two when folks are still learning the ropes. It's not awful, but this is not good either. A really missed opportunity.

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Posted on: December 14, 2020

Solscar

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Gry: 425 Opinie: 6

More than an keeper could dare to hope!

This game flew under my radar for a long time, but I'm glad to say that it exceeds all expectations. Dungeon Keeper 3 was never released by bullfrog, but I'm happy to say that these guys have it well in hand

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Posted on: July 6, 2025

Montanagirl

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Gry: 64 Opinie: 2

Dungeon Keeper with modern flaws

I should have done some research beforehand and asked for a refund. I was absolutely prepared to expierence a straightforward Dungeon Keeper clone which it seems to be and thats totally fine. The problem is that its also designed like a F2P mobile game. The main menue is cluttered with social media and buy this, buy that, "look here, gimme engagement" and the first game mode I wanted to dive into already tries to lowkey fomo me into buying a dlc really bad. Literally before I actually start the game once, it tries to milk me. Not with a new feature mind you. With a game mode that is absolutely barebones and was simply a basic part of the original game. Its also as I said obviously designed with a manipulative marketing intend to make me spend a little more right away. Thats just horrible behavior even for a innovatively designed new piece of vidya. This however is a simple Dungeon Keeper clone. They took an almost two decades old game, scratched the label off, spray painted it just to sell the pieces individually. So there is no extras in development aside from marketing which as a customer is the last thing I care about. I do my best to ignore it and maybe get insulted when I look at the price tag out of sale. And even during one this was not worth it. Apart from that the art direction is sadly fitting the FTP mobile game vibe and the optimization is horrible, even in 2025. You can get the full original games this was based on completely add free and without chinese mobile game bloat or predatory business practices right from the scrapbook of an EA suit for five bucks each or less during sales, so I'd strongly recommend you get that first and only come back if you really, really want more.

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Posted on: June 22, 2017

derAua

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Gry: 344 Opinie: 5

Fun, adds much needed gameplay improvements

The comparison to the dungeon keeper series is inevitable. I must say not adding to the hype of the "spiritual successor" this game is fun, plain and simple. It fixes some of the more annoying problems the dungeon keeper series had - like adding a "peace list" where certain creatures can be dropped in and won't respond to the rally command - adding lists of creatures which you can specifically order to certain points on the map. Order you magicians behind your close combat units. No need to drop your units and watch out for what you are doing. On top of that - my biggest concern - the creatures are unique and have a certain "cool" factor that I do not miss my creatures from the dk series. Another great feature are the "creatures". One can build a lair which only unintelligent creatures will use. This lair has it's own portal which means you are independent of finding portals to a certain degree. I thourougly enjoyed the gameplay. In dk 2 I had the problem that the levels became very tedious after a while. Too much repetitive gameplay, too few creatures in a level- fixed by the aforementioned creatures lair and the fact that you can now see how many creatures are attracted to your dungeon on a per room basis. This is absolutely great. Also you can select which creatures you want to receive. No more DK 1/2 problem of having to throw away a dozen of flys because they kept comming and you needed something else. This reduces micromanagement a lot. Don't like your dungeon? Rebuild walls at a small cost in Mana. DK1 had it all big levels, unique creatures, a large enough creature pool per level. In DK 2 The magic system was changed by adding mana which was a very good move but the pool of creatures was too small which meant - attract creatures - advance a little - lose a lot of creatures - repeat. This is fixed. No repetitiveness. Enough gold and magic to create gold from the beginning. You will never run out of gold in the levels but the mechanic isn't overpowered either. And an integrated map editor lets you build your own levels. Something I always enjoy in games. In conclusion: I cannot stress enough how much improved the gameplay is over DK2 - something I miss very much in most modern games is good gameplay. The newly added features make all the difference, I loved both dk 1 and dk 2 but never finished dk 2 because of a lack of control and the repetitiveness of the gameplay. I am not very far into the campaign of War for the Overworld but I can already tell that this is a very different and fun experience for me. And I will finish this one. So much improvement. I like i alot better. Thank you!

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Posted on: December 17, 2022

Woodentusk

Gry: Opinie: 4

A worthy spiritual successor

So few remakes do justice to their sources. This game is a worthy continuation to the Dungeon Keeper series, despite several differences. This game is closer to DK2 than the original. There are a couple of new room types, one mourned absence (the casino - burn, baby, burn!). The units, though mostly renamed, are basically corresponding to those in the main series. But the key thing is, the game feels like DK2 despite the changes. The majordomo has the same voice actor and the same dry wit. That's what gets me the most: this game has the same humour as the original. If you enjoyed DK and DK2, you'll find more of the same here. I'd particularly recommend the My Pet Dungeon DLC. "One of your minions does a great impression of you. He can even do the ears!"

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