Basic Info:
-Made by:Bullfrog Entertainment (Peter Molyneux ^^)
-Published by:Electronic Arts
-Genre:Real Time Strategy(with RPG and FPS elements)
-Release Date:July, 1997.
Review:
Game Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N5ODEGR1KQ
Intro:There are 2 words, in which I could sum this review up:
Peter Molyneux.
You might ask why? He's one of the greatest game designers ever, and when there is a game that he designed, that's got to be a good game.
Dungeon Keeper is one of the very few games that allow you to be evil. And by evil i don't mean a criminal or an assassin but "Da Lord of a friggin' Dungeon"!
For it's time this was a very unique and addiciting game, today it might seem "old" too many, but just give it a try, you'll have loads of fun!
Story and Plot:Well, there's not really much story, apart from you being a Dungeon Keeper. Your main goal in the missions, is to destroy the very irritating do-gooders(mostly humans) and other Dungeon Keepers. This adds a nice variety to the game, and in later levels you'll be fighting both of them at the same time.
Graphics:For the time the graphics we're average, but it's a 3D enviorment with 2D monsters. It works quite well tough, and the camera is very flexible.
Sound & Music: There isin't much music in the game, but the sound is good.
Gameplay: By now, you probably think this is gonna be an average game. But no! The gameplay is the best part of the game! It's so good i don't know where too start! At the start of the game you get a Dungeon Heart and some imps. The Dungeon Heart is the essence of life in your dungeon, if it's destroyed you die, and your monsters are banished to the realm of darkness. Imps are the main workers of the dungeon. They dig tunnels, make rooms(paving the floor, and building stone walls), and collect gold and "stunned" enemies.(Who you can put in prison then torture them).
Unlike in other RTS games, you create rooms instead of buildings. The bigger, the better. Rooms range from treasure rooms to living quaters, from libraries to temples. And like in the UFO and Master of Orion games, there's a research system, which allows you to gain access to spells, new rooms, all from your library. There other rooms as well such as the workshop, in which you create traps, doors, etc.. In the temple you can sacrifice creatures, gold, and small chickens for various outcomes. Another interesting thing is that your dungeon is very "realistic". By realistic I mean it's kind of alive. Creatures go to eat, do their jobs, fight enemies(altough not as effectively as with your help). And even have fights between eachother like normal humans: spiders hate flies, witches hate vampires etc.
A really cool feature is the ability too control monsters. This means that you zoom into their point of view(like an FPS), use their abillities and make them a more effective fighter.
And here comes the most unique feature in the hole game. Your hand! No seriously this is so funny and useful in the same time! It's useful because you can pickup your monsters with your "hand" and drag them to a specific room or into combat, you can also carry gold to your treasure room and chickens too your minions, or too in the middle of the combat. It's funny because right-click does a slap. Yes that's right!Don't like a monster?Think your imps are slow? Or do you have a bad guy in your dungeon? Slap him! This hurts but makes your creatures more effective, and is pure fun.
Overall:Dungeon Keeper is a unique, fun and addicting game. Besides, in how many games can you play as an Evil Lord?
Easter eggs:
Birthday Wish
Play the game on May 3rd (or set your computer clock to May 3rd). Skip the opening cinematic and a screen will come up that wishes Simon Carter a happy birthday.
Developer Greetings
Hold the left shift button and type "FECKOFF" or "SKEKSIS" and you will get a message from the developers untill you release the shift button
Game Outro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2moM8i2Mo
5/5 Stars
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