Dungeon Souls PC
Action roguelike dungeon crawler game produced by two small teams - Lamina Studios and Mike Studios.
Dungeon Souls Release Date PC
02December2016
02December2016
Steam
developer: Lamina Studios publisher: Black Shell Media
game language: English
Dungeon Souls is an arcade action-adventure game developed in the convention of a roguelike dungeon crawler. The title was developed by two independent studios - Lamina Studios and Mike Studios. The publisher was Black Shell Media, which has worked on a number of other indie projects.
Mechanics
Gameplay in Dungeon Souls was inspired by projects such as Nuclear Throne and Risk of Rain. At the beginning of the game, the players choose one of the difficulty levels and a character. Several of them have been prepared - there is an archer, a barbarian, a magician and a few others. Each of them has unique weapons, and specializes in dfifferent style of combat, ranged, melee, etc. Not all heroes are available at the start, because some of them have to be unlocked during the game.
Our goal is to complete subsequent levels, in which we have to unlock a special portal and escape from the Redeemer. The problem is that each approach to the game looks different due to randomly generated rooms and different types of enemies. As a result, we never really know what is waiting for us, so we die very often during our adventure. Over time we learn the behavior of individual opponents and get to know more and more about the mechanics that govern the combat. Moreover, the devs do not leave our protege at the mercy of fate.
During the exploration, we find or buy various items. These can be, for example, special shoes, increasing the speed of movement of the character. In other cases, we get an item that enables us to inflict more damage or a healing potion, etc. In total, we can find more than fifty such items. Apart from them we also gain experience points, which we can spend on improving heroes' statics (better accuracy, stamina, etc.). Of course, as it happens in a roguelike, after a death we lose practically everything and we have to start over again.
Technical aspects
Dungeon Souls is an indie game, and due to their small budget, developers of such games often use the so-called pixel art, a graphic style imitating old video games. The same applies in this case. The title has its own charm but also does not stand out when it comes to visuals.
Last updated on 22 September 2017
Game mode: single player
Age restrictions Dungeon Souls: Good for all ages.