Dungelot: Shattered Lands Reviews

Dungelot: Shattered Lands is boring.. It could be a very good game if only developer polished mechanics bit more. At current stage first impression is good, then it all falls apart. Game mechanics are "borrowed" from Runestone Keeper, but are changed in a way that everything is rather far too easy. This causes you to feel sleepy and not engaged. You just click those tiles without much thinking. For instance, encountering archers is meaningless because most of the time you carry ranged weapons or spells so they pose no threat to you. Handling your inventory is terrible. Items are auto-collected and you can't drop nor swap them which causes your bag to get full. If your bag is full and you hold two ingredients of same kind you won't be able to craft anything because doing so requires free slot. During crafting you are forced to watch rather annoying repeating animation which blocks you from taking other actions until it is finished. Overall, you will switch focus from enemies to fighting your bag and quickly finishing levels which inevitably will lead to realization how boring the game is. I like graphics, I like sounds, I like humor, I like story. But shortcomings in difficulty and item management forced me to dislike this otherwise good game. I want to like this game, but I can't. Price is low and fair. If you want to try it or play just for couple of hours then it might make sense to buy it - I did in fact enjoyed first hours with this game.