Dolmen

A third-person action-RPG from Massive Work Studio, Dolmen mixes a futuristic science-fiction world with Lovecraftian horror.

- Mike Crewe

Publisher: Massive Work Studio, Prime Matter

Developer: Massive Work Studio

Genre: Action, Adventure

Release Date: Out Now

Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X|S

With A a heavy influence from titles such as DARK SOULS, the premise alone makes it sound like a game worth checking out, but how is it as an overall package? Let's take a look!

Set in a time when humans have colonised planets across the galaxy, Dolmen takes place on a planet known as Revion Prime, where a mining station suffers a catastrophe after an interdimensional rift opens up, flooding the area with all sorts of hostile alien creatures. Knowing very little about what has happened, the Zoan Corporation hires you to investigate and contain the problem, as well as salvaging samples of the "Dolmen Crystal", which enables interactions between different dimensions.

It's an interesting enough premise, with further exposition given via text logs and the occasional cutscene. However, it didn't grip me in a way that I just had to know what would happen next, and whilst I enjoyed the setting, I was disinterested with the narrative.