Dungeons of Dredmor Reviews

It appears like a couple more publications have managed to review Gaslamp Games’ Dungeons of Dredmor in between the indie developer commendable patching work, and we round up their – rather positive – critiques for your perusal.

eGamer awards the title a “Perfect” verdict.

Now you may be thinking: (Why on earth would I play a game like this? It sounds random, rather repetitive and painful.)

At first I too thought the same thing. However, after playing Dungeons of Dredmor for the first five minutes and being killed by one of the weakest critters in the game, I was hooked; a vendetta against all diggles had begun! I have died multiple (too many) times trying to get a little further down into the randomly generated dungeons of Dredmor to eviscerate every diggle. Granted each death is frustrating but with each death you got a little further, so you roll another character and try again. Masochism and vengeance are great motivators and with each play through the great humor of the game is revealed to you. As you journey further down into the crypt more outrageous critters, ridiculous items and preposterous spells and traps are unveiled as well.

Frictionless Insight, 4.5/5.

Past the jokes, there’s still a splendid adventure available every time you load up Dungeons of Dredmor. The randomization of dungeon elements and items could work a bit better, and the skills are hardly balanced, but that’s not really the point. There is an incredible depth of game for a bargain-basement price. Dungeons of Dredmor is easy to pick up and play, even for just a moment, and even easier on the wallet to purchase.