Crossing The Sands

Gather ye faithful of the sword and sorcery, after we descend "Into the Inferno", we must go "Crossing the Sands" before "Navigating the Labyrinth!" Crossing the Sands is the 2nd game in the dungeon-diving trilogy developed by Dragon Dropper, with the 3rd installment "Navigating the Labyrinth" due in 2025. What you see in the video and screenshots on the store page is what you get here. Classic, no-frills, grid-based exploration of a foreign land filled with dozens of interesting monsters, ruffians, and wild animals standing in your way of the adventure. Just to note, I have been a kickstarter backer for both of DD's games, along with the 3rd in development as stated earlier. The games have steadily gotten better. When "Inferno" was released, it truly was bare bones. After release, a number of updates were added to give the game some much needed quality of life features (such as an exit spell taking you out of dungeons, and better item descriptions). Two big differences between "Inferno" and "Crossing" is that now you get to form a party of 6 adventurers, all with portraits. There are a LOT of portraits to choose from, and they all look great to my eyes. The character screens show…

Being built on the same design as Into the Inferno, much of what I wrote there still applies here, with the main difference being the scope of the adventure. There's a significantly larger outdoor world this time, with more interesting and varied quest writing and a much smoother early-game experience. There are also multiple small dungeons to explore this time, instead of one ridiculously deep one, which alleviates the tedium of the first game's second half. However, the overall scenario isn't any longer or denser, so the world has a bit of an empty feel to it. It also seems that there aren't as many special encounters with unique loot this time, and they're far between. Loot in general is a weak point here; the great majority of what you'll find is either cursed and worthless, or just very unimpressive (+2% cold resistance). This is a bit of a drag, but overall this game is still a solid dungeon crawler for traditional genre fans. There are still quite a few bugs in the game, including a very annoying one with shops, but these are mostly minor glitches that didn't prevent me from moving forward.

If you liked Bards Tale and the old Might and Magic games, you want this. Like Bards Tale, you struggle for gold and gear at the beginning - it's best to wander around the first area to get a level or two before adventuring out to find the Grand City. I felt the game was well balanced for the most part. Some fights in the last area wiped my party, so save often. My one complaint of this game over "Into the Inferno" is the previous game seemed to have a boss fight in every area that got you some unique gear and that rarely happened in this one. I felt it rewarded you for exploring. Still, I had fun with it and will be buying the next installment when it comes out.

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If you want a relaxing easy to play D&D style adventure game, this is it. This is the second game in a 4+ series. I wrote a recommend review on the first game (Into the Inferno) with a list of pros and cons. This game addresses all the cons and still has all the pros. The simple user interface is the same so you don't have to relearn how to play. It has more colorful and detailed graphics. The back story is more interesting. There more quests and the game keeps track them in a accessible menu of for you, including where you need to go back to complete them. More Non-Player characters with better dialogs. Several towns instead of just one. They have added chests and puzzles. The only thing that is missing is animations which I can do without. I am about to start the third game in the series (Navigating the Labyrinth) and see what new enhancements it has.

Second in the series. As an average player it took me about 37 hours to complete. I also enjoyed playing the first game, Into the Inferno. You can see in this second game that there are many refinements to the game systems, making game play a bit smoother, yet still challenging. Also, I continue to like that the developer is active, engages with the community, and is receptive to feedback.