Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot Reviews

I didn't really vibe with the game all too much, as much as i really wanted to

To be honest: At first it was a really fun game. But the grind gets really annoying. After 30 minutes in a session you have the small progress. At second. The randomness in the game is insane. I play for 15 minutes and I have to upgrades at all. What the f***? But so far I can not recomment this game!

Textbook Dopamine-Generator. There is no "gameplay". you fast forward the actual "game" to get back into the menu as soon as possible. Life and Loveless AI generated narratives in textboxes trying to justify game-mechanics during the tutorial. what good is meta-progression when there is no meta-game, just an accumulation of Dopamine-Addiction-Triggers? Dude: Its sprites bouncing off of each other. Screw the weight mechanic. Wheres the diversity? (in gameplay! not ideological diversity) Besides: I don't even know what my dwarves are running towards... or are they running from something? their dwindling justification of existence maybe? I'd love to see you build a actual game around your mechanics. There is substance there but until then: REFUND

I love this game, it has a great concept. To me, endless mode was way too hard (to try yet). Normal mode gets repetitive but only after like 20 hours. Progress is a bit slow but Im still enjoying.

First of all: If you want to enjoy this game you have to like the style. Since you won't be doing anything once the "action" starts and you'll be stuck watching the pixel dwarves slaughter hordes of green skins (either on up to 4x speed or normal tempo if you want to enjoy the music longer) you have to enjoy the visuals in front of you. Can't really say more about that. Just have to like it. Although I would argue that the rest of the game can make you ignore that (should it be against your taste). You can also look at your phone will the combat runs (early this is fine, later you might wanna keep an eye on your team to see where problems arise AND to click that retreat button if your troop fails). The game is a management game. You manage your band of dwarves in terms of weapons, stat gains, levels (via the tavern), their position, their formation, their overall strat by deciding how many tanks, mages, supporters, thieves, etc. you have in your team of 10 merry dwarves. Additionally, you will have to hire your dwarfes (of which there are different "types", i.e. recruits, slightly better recruits, and veterans) and you will have to both purchase and craft their gear. You have a shop for both that you can reroll and improve by spending earned gold. In terms of crafting there is simple "upgrading" by combining the same stuff to get a higher stage but some items will yield a new one despite using the same item because there are recipes. Then there is a skill tree for meta progression and to unlock specialised professions like the Paladin or Warlock. Overall the game is great for the price point and I would have been willing to pay more (because I am a fan of the genre). I paid 10,34 euros and given that thats the price of about 2 bratwursts and a small drink I really can't complain. I highly recommend it to fans of the genre and recommend it to those who might want to step a foot into this type of game. I also recommend joining the discord if you do purchase the game, it exists.

The game starts out rather slow and nearly boring BUT it gets better after unlocking some new stuff Could use some improved new player guidance though

Can't say anything about late-game, but what I saw a couple of hours in is really good. The general feeling is relaxing/easy-going/fast-paced. Could be more polished at times, but overall highly recommended. Good: - Setting - art-style - 'fast' feeling Bad: - UI is clunky (stuff like having to go to the forge to disassemble) - mechanics are somewhat nebulous - soundtrack, while very fitting, is repetitive

The game needs serious work. There's no balance. Only one build works everything else is pointless. The "upgrade" screen is a complete mess and nothing is explained anywhere. It's like somebody had a cool idea for a game, but no real thought into actually how to make it happen

I might have missed this or the instruction was unclear, but it would be nice if you could combine specific items in the forge to make weapon or armor you desire. Because item variety in early game at this current state is very lacking which limits certain build/team composition I want to make, completely giving me no incentive to play any different when starting over, given the difficulty spike with no real end goal. Additionally, the absurdity of rune tree progress is adding insult to injury. It was fun in the first few hours, but unfortunately I won't be seeing myself replaying this game. Hopefully the build variety will improve, but also effective, in the future as I'm happily looking forward to it.

I love the gameplay its addicting, fun, complex but not too complex But pls add Support for Steam Deck. I would love to play with the joysticks and not only touchpad and touch