HIGH Brilliant illustrations, solid writing, great music.
LOW Poor AI/pathfinding, uneven balance, large armies are awkward to control.
WTF It’s 2020 – why are we still putting stealth missions into RTS games?
HIGH Getting a massive power-up card just as I engage with the boss.
LOW Enemy abilities that can lock my entire hand.
WTF The Toybox Arsenal!
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Dungeon of the Endless, available on Switch, PS4, XBO and PC, developed by Amplitude Studios and published by Merge Games.
HIGH Putting down a horde of 500+ zombies.
LOW Losing over four hours of work because players can’t save.
WTF Flamethrowers are necessary, but you might be too into fire, dude.
HIGH Finishing off a tank with a manually-thrown grenade.
LOW The whole desert map, really.
WTF How weirdly deadly medics are.
HIGH Commanding mobs of a hundred or more feels badass.
LOW The last few fights really soured the joy of the mid-game.
WTF What’s with the cutscene resolution?
HIGH Successfully flanking siege engines with massive monstrosities is a hoot.
LOW The loading times add up over the length of a standard campaign.
WTF Lizards riding dinosaurs.
HIGH Watching my group of long range artillery effortlessly wipe out a tank army.
LOW The randomness of the outcomes.
WTF This game is dying for an online multiplayer mode.
HIGH Fantastic premise, fantastic art.
LOW The difficulty curve spikes midway and the game doesn’t teach enough.
WTF They… They really ate him?
HIGH What happens to the Bandit King at the end of his boss fight.
LOW It’s over already?
WTF The Bandit King’s introduction.
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