Thank you to the people at Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios for the Press Preview Event, where they showed off their upcoming Real Time Strategy Game Dungeons 4.
The Ultimate Evil is back in new form in Dungeons 4. Dungeons 4 is bigger, better, and more beautiful than ever before and is available from November 9th on Xbox, PC, PlayStation and Game Pass Day one.
Dungeons isn’t a series I’ve played before, I ventured into the Dungeons Universe as a complete newbie and felt that I was able to play Dungeons 4 with little knowledge of the previous games. The campaign starts with lots of funny quips here and there referencing today’s pop culture, memes and instantly gives you the feeling that this game is going to be funny and not take itself too seriously. You are the evil side; taking control of Thalyas armies to defeat her goodie-two-shoes stepbrother Tristan, usually, I play as the good guy in video games but I liked how Thalya wanted to shut Tristan up with his massive “I am the hero worship me” attitude. The tutorial guides you through the first few levels in the campaign teaching you the RTS mechanics and dungeon mechanics. The tutorial is easy to understand especially if you just want to play something that doesn’t overcomplicate things, Brain fog can be a real problem in physical and mental health issues and I found that Dungeons 4 really gave such simple instructions that I could follow with no issue.
Brain fog can be a real problem in physical and mental health issues and I found that Dungeons 4 really gave such simple instructions that I could follow with no issue.
The dungeon building is really enjoyable, I formed my little evil lair and built an army to destroy the land of all things good. I quite like how the game visually and audibly transitions the good parts of the world into evil as I tear down each of the village hero camps, forts and defences, it really is enjoyable to turn it all into a burning hellscape with electric guitars slowly taking over the fan fair medieval styled music that plagues the good lands.
The campaign offers 20 missions, lets you play out the story and offers many new mechanics as you go. You’ll be in control of your neutral faction with your snotlings that do all the work, and then get the choice of 3 other factions, the horde, the demons and the undead each of them has unique abilities, dungeon rooms and functions. All of the factions have skill trees to upgrade them with all sorts of new skills along the way including spells you can use to your advantage. I especially enjoyed being the demons and using portals to keep funnelling more and more into the good lands. These units will also level up through research that is used to unlock new factions, enemies, rooms and tools for the ultimate evil takeover.
Building your dungeon is key in Dungeons 4 to controlling the battlefield and ultimately winning the game. To do this you will have to build treasure rooms that store your gold, faction rooms to build an army, feeding rooms to keep your army fed and much more to make sure your dungeon is defended and your army is powerful. I had quite a good time laying down traps for the dwarves that I discovered building their own dungeons, you will have to defend yourself from these dwarves and destroy their base to stop them in their tracks, otherwise, they will destroy you instead. The dungeon building has quite a bit of customisation so you can create it to your liking, I probably spent way too much time digging out new rooms but it was all really enjoyable, just don’t slap the snotlings too many times, they have feelings too!
Graphically the game looks and performs wonderfully, it gives me really polished World of Warcraft graphic vibes and sticks to the theme so perfectly. On my PC it ran perfectly smooth with no hitches, it’s a game that doesn’t demand too much from your PC and will run nicely on consoles once released. As mentioned earlier, the transition between the good lands and evil lands is really entertaining each enemy outpost you take out will change the lands as you progress including changing the music from a medieval fan fair, into a more metal and menacing-sounding riff which I couldn’t get enough of. I didn’t run into many bugs either in my playthrough, it was an impressive preview build that looked and sounded really good.
Overall I really enjoyed my time with Dungeons 4 it was a great experience that I was grateful to have attended. The game is enjoyable and easy to pick up and learning the dungeon building was the highlight I enjoyed the many options you could take in the playthrough once tutorials had finished, I especially loved the Undead Faction and pitting them against the good guys! If you’re interested in Dungeons 4 you can follow the link HERE onto the Steam Page and give it a wishlist!
The Ultimate Evil is back in new form in Dungeons 4. Dungeons 4 is bigger, better, and more beautiful than ever before and is available from November 9th on Xbox, PC, PlayStation and Game Pass Day one.
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