Dice With Death

ᓚᘏᗢ Not only is [i]Dice With Death[/i]'s gameplay exceptionally well crafted, but the writing is also top-notch. The personality of Death, in particular, is subtle and bittersweet. The game itself is as addictive as chocolate.

Great game, love the graphics and atmosphere. Mechanics and depth were the best part- 10/10.

I realized just how many hours I have in this game and how overdue I am for my review. I'll add more eventually but if you love rolling dice get this game! I'm still working my way through the achievements and I'm still finding more dialog and unlocks with death. honestly the storytelling underneath the dice rolling is a gem. Its not a perfect game but it is solid and I recommend you at least try it out.

Core game loop is fun, but held back by bugs. Ended up refunding the game, but would be willing to pick it up again later if the bugs get ironed out.

Dice with death is a good idea and is close to to being a well balanced game, but its not without its bugs and OP characters. If you are looking for a challenge then the Soldier and the Healer classes are best. The Witch and the Adventurer are very OP. From the start of round 1 I didn't even need to worry about fumbling my dice or what I was rolling as I knew Death couldn't catch up. Adventurers armour makes it impossible for Death to do anything. The witch, points mean nothing. So you can just spam doubles to help charge your spells and you'll be fine. There is no title screen which felt odd. The graveyard at first didnt open full screen but acted like it was. So selecting options became difficult. Once rebooted it loaded full screen but the shop and another grave near the adventurer don't appear when you hover your mouse over them. It plays the sound but no prompts to say what it is. The game has no tutorial and it is defaulted to play at max speed. So trying to figure out and make sense of whats going on what a pain until I found the option to slow it back down to normal speed. Death gives you a basic premise of roll dice and bank them. But thats all the info you get. So …

It's exactly what's on the tin: A dice rolling game with death. The concept is fun but unfortunately getting through 7 rounds per match can take a bit. The settings menu is poorly optimized as well, at times they'd reset mid-match and I'd be jumpscared by the sudden volume increase as for some reason the game is quite loud by default, Death's text noise especially so. The gameplay itself is pretty simple though I wish it was explained somewhat visually rather than through dialogue. The first 6 rounds were also incredibly easy but the difficulty shot up on round 7 as I was suddenly taking 200+ damage, but its entirely possible I might just be bad at the game lol... If you like what you see on the store page and don't mind anything I've mentioned then by all means buy the game. I just don't really see myself recommending this game to anyone I know, especially if it remains unpolished like this.