Escape from Deathmark Dungeon

Initially gave this title a neutral review - this probably centred around difficulties playing the game without meeting a quick death. Notwithstanding, I hung in there because I thought there was a good game underneath given the good graphics and melee and ranged options that seemed to be there. Once you learn the nuances, there is indeed a good game (or at least one that appeals to me). I suppose I am not giving too much away by saying in the initial stages, you have to keep moving (standing still next to and attacker will bring a quick death) and use ranged options until you find a decent melee option and find a few health pickups or upgrades. Developer seems very responsive and I look forward to future updates.

"Escape from Deathmark Dungeon" is a mediocre 2D isometric dungeon crawler that, despite being only 3 years old, is considerably worse than 1997's Diablo, and I suppose when game developers aim at trying to rip off an almost 30 year old game and come short, we have to ask what's in it for gamers, and the answer is nothing. What do you do in the game? Well, it's more of a turn based thing where Diablo was an ARPG, but you just hack around a very poorly done dungeon scene with a very dumbed down set of RPG mechanics. It's no wonder this was a dismal failure... some developers talk about "shooting the moon" or being super ambitious. Here, the developer aimed at the floor and still somehow missed. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games. Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now. There's no excuse. The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on. Instead, they decided that…

[h1]Before I played Escape from Deathmark Dungeon, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]