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Dungeons of Dredmor and Why You Should Play It

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Ghin United States2391 Posts July 12 2012 09:33 GMT #1 ._.)/") Dungeons of Dredmor is one of the best games I have ever played. I have spent at least 300 hours playing it, if Steam is to be believed. I don't regret it at all. It's a rogue-like, which means, if you happen to be unfamiliar or illiterate, basically a turn-based action-oriented role-playing door-smashing sort of thing. Essentially, you walk around a dungeon and beat mutant ducks to death with a club. entirety of game summed up in one picture What makes it different from other rogue-likes? IT HAS MOVING PICTURES. Also, it has a humorous fantasy theme and engaging gameplay. Every item, skill, and monster has some sort of silly description, so as you progress in the game, you get to see new jokes as well new areas and improve your character like in a typical game. challenge accepted Also it's $4.99 on Steam. The expansion pack is $0.99 and you should also get it because it has more areas and items and monsters and stuff. You didn't mention how absurdly difficult this game is. If you're a giant pussy, you probably won't enjoy this game. You are going to die. Probably in the first room, if its your first time playing. This is part of the fun. I recommend playing on Going Rogue difficulty with Permadeath enabled for the full experience. You will improve as you continue to play and learn what items do and various strategies. Holy crap this game is hard. How do survive the first room? I would recommend you try playing a Warrior type of character on your first few tries. The magic-type characters are much easier to die with on Floor 1. Take Maces, Master of Arms(very important) and Shield Bearer. Try to fight one monster at a time and not to walk over traps. Stay far away from Gargoyle Acid traps. A point or two in Burglary is very helpful and improves quality of life. Don't be afraid to use your consumable items. Well, be somewhat afraid. I can't get out of the first floor. Have you tried the stairs? Smithing is a great skill for the early levels because it lets you turn junk into gear, giving you a much better chance of wearing the right equipment. Level it up as quickly as possible to make powerful items early. Make a pair of Copper Boots and a Steel Cuirass as soon as you can. Steel is hard to find and best spent making the pieces to a Full Plate Mail. Alchemy is useful for making potions and gives helpful passive resistances for some annoying damage sources. Explore everywhere to get levels and more items. This is why Smithing is good I can't get past the second floor. The knockback/stun skills in Maces/Shield/Psionics are absurdly useful. While a monster is knocked back/stunned, you can use a turn to eat or drink without taking damage. You'll want a skill tree with a heal, I recommend Psionics. Watch out for the Monster Zoo. Tentacle Wand or some other aoe item can deal with a Monster Zoo rather quickly. The Copper Ring is great to wear up until you're done with Floor 3. I can't get past the third floor. Basically there are three types of things that will murder you: melee attacks, magic attacks, and traps. It's simple to explain how to avoid or mitigate melee attacks but much harder to actually do. You want to wear big enough armor to absorb the damage or a method of not getting hit. For magic attacks, its helpful to know the terrain and type of damage. You'll want a Ring of Ash or two on you for the remainder of the game. The magic missile spell is Aethereal and Blasting damage, so your armor will resist part of it. For traps, level 10 Trap Affinity lets you disarm every trap in the game. You can get this by simply taking Tinkering. I usually end up taking Burglary and Archaeology instead. A point or two of Acid Resistance goes a long way when dealing with Acid traps. My personal favorite tree. Seriously? You beat this game on Going Rogue? Several times. A successful build I would recommend: Maces, Master of Arms, Shield Bearer, Archaeology, Burglary, Assassination, Psionics. I haven't gotten past Floor 10 since Realm of the Diggle Gods though haha. Haven't really been playing all that much since then. Try the game out! Share your epic Dredmor stories!

freelander Hungary4707 Posts July 12 2012 10:05 GMT #2 necronomiconomics lol I hope it has a demo so i can try :3

Daigomi South Africa4316 Posts July 12 2012 10:08 GMT #3 DoD is an awesome game. I think the furthest I've gotten to date is level 5, maybe level 6. What I love about the game is the every time you die you try to fine tune your build, dropping a skill you found useless the previous time while taking something new. The only story I have is about my first semi-successful run. I went for a blood mage with the fire spells and was kicking ass with the fire trap. What I didn't realise, however, was that you could place multiple traps on the same spot, so after clearing out a big monster room on level 4 I walked over one of my own traps (which usually don't do too much damage) and died instantly Currently my favourite indie game that is kind of like this is Binding of Isaac. I've probably spent around 100 hours playing it, and I still need to do some things.

Basique Korea (South)40 Posts July 12 2012 10:11 GMT #4 Not my favorite roguelike but very good nonetheless. Obviously the fact that it has graphics and -gasp- animation is a neat feature. Realm of the Diggle Gods doesn't add much. I didn't feel an augmented difficulty in the last five floor. I've put in it 80 hours and I feel it has nothing to offer me anymore. But 80 for that price is a no brainer.

Ghin United States2391 Posts July 12 2012 10:16 GMT #5 I love the fire spells. Can't recall how many times I've gotten blinded and walked over a spell mine or just accidentally shot myself with a fireball. The last spell in the fire tree is basically a way to commit fiery suicide lol. The wand mastery tree or whatever it's called is pretty epic as well.

Jaisse United States66 Posts July 12 2012 10:21 GMT #6 Necronomicon. Necronomiconomics. I see what they did there. The game seems fun though to play. I might try it out.

Soda United States66 Posts July 12 2012 11:08 GMT #7 Great blog! I bought this game when it was on sale but have had difficulty getting into it. I just can't seem to play longer than 10mins. Maybe now I'll give it another try.

Ghin United States2391 Posts July 12 2012 11:21 GMT #8 Some random funny things I found over a few minutes of searching: + Show Spoiler + Did I mention there's a Vegan tree?

bgx Poland6595 Posts July 12 2012 11:26 GMT #9 hahaha this is hilarious Necronomiconomics lol.

UltimateHurl Ireland591 Posts July 12 2012 11:56 GMT #10 It's a great game, good example of the rogue-like genre, although simplified if you can believe it! Check out Nethack if you get a chance, it's terminal-based but one of the best games I've ever played.

antilyon Brazil2546 Posts July 12 2012 12:43 GMT #11 Great game, I've put 140 hours to it and still didn't beat T_T

defenestrate United States579 Posts July 12 2012 14:14 GMT #12 You should try Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

AmericanUmlaut Germany2596 Posts July 12 2012 14:28 GMT #13 I actually got this with one of the Humble Indy Bundles and then stopped playing it immediately when I realized it was just a roguelike with a 3d overlay. I honestly prefer the ASCII graphics of Nethack and [Z]Angband, which I've put hundreds of hours into and also have never beat.

kanada Canada255 Posts July 12 2012 15:49 GMT #14 I have been playing the binding of Isaac lately, very good. Perhaps not as hardcore. Not turn based. Have been enjoying that tons lately. Very dark game though. perhaps I should give this a try as well.

Bluelightz Indonesia2463 Posts July 12 2012 16:41 GMT #15 If you guys have any second thoughts on buying this game, the game (and its DLC) is being discounted by 60%... I'm picking it up myself so... yeah :3

surfinbird1 Germany999 Posts July 12 2012 17:18 GMT #16 Perfect timing. Steam sale going on right now!

virpi Germany3599 Posts July 12 2012 17:30 GMT #17 yeaaah, awesome game. I beat it after about 50 hours. (but I'm also quite experienced in playing roguelikes)

Incognitodies United Kingdom184 Posts July 12 2012 17:35 GMT #18 My memory of this game, I died on level 9 when walking up from level 10. I was surrounded by enemies so couldn't walk back down again (there was a bugged enemy on the stairs); and the only reason I walked up anyway is because I got in a rhythm of going up and down every staircase to mitigate the time lost playing from game crashes (it triggers an autosave). And the only reason I didn't clear that room originally was because every time I entered it the game crashed! Needless to say I uninstalled it right afterwards. So I guess my question is, is the game still a buggy mess, or not?

kanada Canada255 Posts July 12 2012 17:45 GMT #19 Game is on sale because of Steam summer sale. Now only $1.99

UniversalSnip 9871 Posts July 12 2012 18:03 GMT #20 I liked this game but the interface was pretty clunky for me and frankly clearing the first few levels gets pretty boring after a while. I just play spelunky now.

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