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The Dungeon Crawler thread.
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ReyBrujo
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lol, I still got to play both DD, bought them and played maybe one battle of the second one, then decided to get the first one and start from scratch but haven't had the time to spend in them (I remember having also bought a DD clone I think but with vampyres which I can't remember right now but again played like one battle and dropped it because the font was very small).
I dig both styles, I don't really mind anime nor comic nor real-life characters in games but I understand not everyone likes all of them.
I dig both styles, I don't really mind anime nor comic nor real-life characters in games but I understand not everyone likes all of them.
Herbspiceguy
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While browsing through upcoming releases, I randomly stumbled upon a dungeon crawler based on the best boomer shooter:
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Looks cool. At first sight I thought it was yet another retro FPS but nope, store says it's a "survival horror dungeon crawler". Looks cool!
ReyBrujo
Member
Showing a few of the dungeon crawlers I bought this month. I've already finished two scenarios of Wizardry: The Five Ordeals, was waiting for an ESRB release but since it doesn't seem there will be one and the Japanese copy was running low everywhere I decided to pick one with the sticker from CDJapan. Next is "The Quintessential Princesses: Fantasy, the Abyss, and the Magic Academy". Never played any of the Quintessential Quintuplets but when I saw they had a classic first person dungeon crawler picked it up. Not expecting much, so anything near average should suffice.
Bottom left is "Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don't Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King". Just like with Wizardry I already finished this one, it has a western release but the cover is kind of too simple so I went with the Japanese one. Game is pretty blobber, no random encounters since you can see the enemies but they have a level cap per scenario which I'm never fond of (disliked that so much in Tactics Ogre Reborn that I didn't bother with the post-game content). However it has autowalk, 6-member teams and you can reset your skill points without having to give up experience or levels (as in Etrian Odyssey).
Last two I haven't played at all: "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering of Adventurers!" (again, never bought anything from KonoSuba but can't say no to a dungeon crawler) and Tokyo Clampool which being published by Eastasiasoft is probably more ecchi than what I go for. I just hope it's not as ecchi as Moero Crystal H which was a good dungeon crawler but the rubbing minigames were nonsense.
Bottom left is "Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don't Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King". Just like with Wizardry I already finished this one, it has a western release but the cover is kind of too simple so I went with the Japanese one. Game is pretty blobber, no random encounters since you can see the enemies but they have a level cap per scenario which I'm never fond of (disliked that so much in Tactics Ogre Reborn that I didn't bother with the post-game content). However it has autowalk, 6-member teams and you can reset your skill points without having to give up experience or levels (as in Etrian Odyssey).
Last two I haven't played at all: "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering of Adventurers!" (again, never bought anything from KonoSuba but can't say no to a dungeon crawler) and Tokyo Clampool which being published by Eastasiasoft is probably more ecchi than what I go for. I just hope it's not as ecchi as Moero Crystal H which was a good dungeon crawler but the rubbing minigames were nonsense.
WhamBamThankYouMaam
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This looks pretty damn sweet.
My only question is if the soundtrack works well with that kind of gameplay. Easily solved regardless. Will get this.
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ReyBrujo
Member
The lads and lassies over at Nippon Ichi Software are currently working on their version of Darkest Dungeon. But unlike Darkest Dungeon, NIS' take on that type of game doesn't look like shit:
Nippon Ichi Software announces dungeon crawler RPG Curse Warrior for PS5, PS4, and Switch
Publisher Nippon Ichi Software and developer guruguru have officially announced Curse Warrior, a dungeon crawler RPG previously teased under the project name Curse. It will launch for PlayStation 5…www.gematsu.com
Right now it's only announced for PS4, PS5 and Switch and only for Japan. But knowing NIS, an English version will follow, as will a PC port.
12 seconds of the battle system.
Hudo
Member
Thank you for this! Looks actually a bit like your standard "4-dudes-in-a-row" combat system but viewed from the side and with a faster pacing. Looks like it could be cool.
SomeNorseGuy
Gold Member
Don't know what to make of this tbh.
Nippon usually has some interesting gameplay design. But it seems like they're mostly supporting/publishing this one.
GuruGuru seems to be the main developer and from what I gather their last/first game was Undying Moon:
So who knows how this will turn out. But judging by Undying Moon, it will at least have gorgeous art.
Plague Doctor
Member
I like Aqua Walrus. Good breakdowns.
ReyBrujo
Member
Demon Kill Demon Yomi 1984, the new dungeon crawler by Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi's maker Experience is releasing on May 28 for Switch.
Looks like it's time for me to play Undernauts.
Looks like it's time for me to play Undernauts.
This thread is great, and I actually joined neogaf because of it! Thanks for a lot of great tips, some of which have added to my collection. 
I've been playing dungeon crawlers since the Amiga-days. I was a huge fan of Dungeon Master, and later I played (and loved) Eye of the Beholder I and II a lot, both on Amiga and MSDOS.
I guess some may consider these a bit far fetched, but I'm a bit surprised they haven't been mentioned in this thread (at least I haven't seen them), as they are (imho) genre defining games:
Zork I
Zork is text based, but I think it can be considered a dungeon crawler. If you have doubts, take a look at some of the great maps
And if you haven't played any IF-games (Interactive Fiction, i.e. text based), I strongly recommend trying it. Try Frotz (available for most OS), and try some of the many free games. IFWiki is one good place to start
Daggerfall was one of the first "open world" games, and really change the perspective of what was possible for a game. God knows I spent many hours on that. It's not a 100% dungeon crawler, but there are "instances" of dungeons, with a great turnbased system. Love it!
I've been playing dungeon crawlers since the Amiga-days. I was a huge fan of Dungeon Master, and later I played (and loved) Eye of the Beholder I and II a lot, both on Amiga and MSDOS.
I guess some may consider these a bit far fetched, but I'm a bit surprised they haven't been mentioned in this thread (at least I haven't seen them), as they are (imho) genre defining games:
Zork I
Zork is text based, but I think it can be considered a dungeon crawler. If you have doubts, take a look at some of the great maps
And if you haven't played any IF-games (Interactive Fiction, i.e. text based), I strongly recommend trying it. Try Frotz (available for most OS), and try some of the many free games. IFWiki is one good place to start
Daggerfall was one of the first "open world" games, and really change the perspective of what was possible for a game. God knows I spent many hours on that. It's not a 100% dungeon crawler, but there are "instances" of dungeons, with a great turnbased system. Love it!
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