Ouroboros Dungeon

Ouroboros Dungeon is a cute light-weight top-down dungeon crawler. There are some weaknesses. The main weakness being, there is no character screen that explains what the various attributes mean, i.e. no way for the player to know the difference between +5 Attack and +5 Magic... Another problem is there are too many apparent objects that do nothing switches that don't switch anything, A bit more information and a few more meaningful choices would improve gameplay significantly. That said at less than $5.00 the price was right,

This is a classic dungeon crawler game. Warning it is simple. You kill monsters get better equipment as you level up and have endless fun. I recommend this game for all rpg fans.

As a simple man i will provide a simple review. Good: - Great value for what's here! Got it on sale for 41p - Plays like a top tier roguelike, love hunting for better gear - Great variety of enemies! - Good enough variety of the other "tiles" Bad: - Achievements are just level milestones, 10 20 30 40 50, lot of "grinding" - There are no perks other than weapon ones for more variety and replayability - Cannot spec into something as levelling is fixed on upgrade paths for all combat styles It really is just a great concept of what could be a really nice rogue like, it's just barebones and doesn't have the depth needed. All in all 6.5/10, Great for what it is.

I'm writing this review after about 5 hours of play time. This game has received a fair amount of negative criticism. I read the criticism before buying Ourboros Dungeon. Much of the criticism is well deserved, but I'm still giving the game a thumbs up as I still enjoyed it and think it has potential if the Saulo expands on the game a bit. Before I get into what I like about the game I want to echo some of the criticisms mentioned: Space God mentions "Unfinished...None of the traps or other map features do anything." Not being able to break objects is a bummer. At one point I got "stuck" in the middle of a broken table (broken already in the game) and wasn't able to break my way out (I found a way, but it took a bit of movement, and I never ended up in a table after). There are what appear to be traps (the spikes coming out of the floor), but they're already activated and you just go around the other side where it looks like spikes might shoot up (but they never do). Several areas have rooms where it looks like you might be able to jump across onto a grate to go elsewhere, but this isn't possible in the current game. bdN mentions "I didn't feel a sense that I was getting more s…

The art style is nice and the lighting gives the game a rich colour. The procedural generation works well and as an aspiring solo developer I think the game is an impressive feat in that regard. There are some major issues though: the game lacks replayability as the combat boils down to point and click. Some deeper combat mechanics would go a long way. At this point in time, the game doesn't provide a feeling of mastery over combat. I didn't feel a sense that I was getting more skilled at fighting, only that I was selecting my gear better and knowing which enemies to avoid (♥♥♥♥ those green flying monsters and the mages). A greater variety of rooms would go a long way, as would some more music and some boss battles. In it's current state I can't recommend it but with some deeper mechanics it could yet become a fun game.

Very Redundant and Bland. It was not engaging to a life time ARPG player.