A lazy journalist would call this Hearthstone meets Yahtzee, and just as a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day, sometimes lazy journalist comparisons are bang on. Dicey Dungeons rolls you a few dice, presents you with cards which harness those dice in damage-dealing or character-buffing fashion, then pits you against a series of opponents in a dungeon-crawling RPG setting. It feels like playing a CCG while wearing X-ray specs.
Because while the roguelikes and card games that Dicey Dungeons is referencing with its visuals and mechanics would hide away their RNG elements, Terry Cavanagh’s new game puts it under a spotlight. Quite literally. The setup is that of a gameshow, so while you’re fighting sneezy hedgehogs and sharply dressed hammerhead sharks there’s a studio audience gasping and cheering over it all. They ooh and aah when you open chests in its simple dungeon maps. There’s even a wheel of fortune. Those disparate elements – rolling dice, D&D-inspired questing, and the gameshows of yesteryear – shouldn’t gel together, but somehow it all feels like the most natural thing in the world while you’re playing.
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BITING BACK
The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS
SMOKE ALARM
THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash
MECH ME OVER
Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR
"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"
PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon
"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"
Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS
THE IMMORTAL LOCK
A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.
NEW MANOEUVRES
Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house
OVERWATCH 2
Save me space girl.
REET GOOD TIME
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE
How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?