Welcome to our review of Dungeon of Clay, a game where you will have endless levels and endings?
Explore the ever-changing dungeons in the surreal world made of clay. Unlock the hidden secrets, overcome the dangers, defeat dreadful creatures and reap the treasures to acquire almighty power. Don’t forget to bring your patience, because you will have to merge all your talents and skills if you’re ever going to reach the depths of the dungeon.
Procedurally generated dungeons, tons of items and guns, dynamic threats, unique skills, and randomized path stops will guarantee that no playthrough is the same. Dungeons of Clay is built on the idea of permadeath and challenge, but ensuring to maintain the fun with permanent unlockables and progress that rewards your time and increases your chances with each death.
On your way to the end of the dungeon, you’ll come across several path stops. Each providing you with unique benefits and opportunities, however, they are all locked behind the doors. The creatures that you defeat can carry the keys needed to unlock these doors, but you’ll have to weigh the odds yourself to end up in the right place at the right time.
The surreal world of clay: Explore beautiful, yet dangerous dungeons where everything is made of clay, from the walls and the rocks to enemies’ eyes and guts. No playthrough is the same with the help of procedural generation and maximum randomization. Loyal companions ready to fight by your side. Permadeath with progression: Permanent unlockables are here to reward your time and effort. Tons of items and guns: Over 70 different items to collect and 20 guns to choose from. 999,999 Procedurally generated endings. and MUCH MORE!
Dungeon of Clay is a game that starts off great, but then it hits you. Literally, you will feel the most annoying thing about this game while playing. Once you get to this twin-stick side-scrolling shooter, you get to see the other side of the game. A more than decent shooter, fun levels so far and well, it is not intense or incredibly hard or so. Well, maybe on your hands as the vibration function is going crazy the entire time and no, I could not turn it off. The function in the settings was turned off.
Now I can hear you think, but man, this is something you can look past, surely no?
I would, but at the end of the level, there is this wheel of fortune-style wheel spinning and at that time, the switch goes all nuts. For a full 5 seconds, your switch goes into overdrive and I just felt like this was not what was intended. Especially not when I hit that repeat “prize” which set it off for another 5 seconds and that was when I put down the game and uninstalled it. I just could not live with this.
In conclusion, once they fix this issue, this game will be a fun experience for lovers of the genre, but for now, I am praying my Switch survived the damn game….
