My favorite is easily the hammer, thanks to its satisfying ring of splash damage. Abilities have a decent amount of variety, and testing out combinations is constantly rewarding. However, I’ve been happily distracted by this setup. There’s no stat upgrades, skill trees, or even job classes. It means having to prioritize buffing certain weapons, or choosing abilities that’ll be useful for the whole party.Įnchantment Points are the only thing gained by leveling up. Enchantment Points are gained by character leveling and are needed to both activate abilities and further enhance them. Cool stuff doesn’t come for free, though. Each one that’s available will give a few options for what it can be filled with, which could range from setting nearby enemies on fire, reflecting some damage, or dropping food items each time I drink a potion. Everything has a base purpose, even if it’s as simple as fighting with increased speed, or straight up harvesting enemy souls to fuel certain artifacts.Įquipment also comes with up to three randomized ability slots. Melee weapons, for example, include a sword, pickaxe, duel wielding sickles, and a few others. Each equipment type (weapons and armor) have variety. The only extras are a dodge roll, armor, and a reusable potion. Minecraft Dungeons offers a few to fight using a melee weapon, ranged weapon, and artifacts. My reward was wasted lives and an empty dead end. One path, no joke, had three mini-boss Golems on it. I will say that it does lead to moments of poor game design. Not only can it make levels last for over half an hour, but procedural generation means treasure chests, secret dungeons, and even entrances to extra levels could be hiding anywhere. An arrow (almost always) points you in the right direction, and despite occasional switches or keys to find, nothing comes close to calling itself a puzzle. Navigating the nine main dungeons is kept simple. There’s something both iconic and funny about hearing their hisses, rattles, and groans within this beautiful environment. Skeletons rattle as they fire arrows, witches laugh while throwing potions, and creepers, well you know, explode. Sadly, this isn’t the time to admire the scenery, as enemies constantly barrel towards me. Ore glows brightly in Redstone Mines and autumn trees sway gently in the breeze of Pumpkin Pastures. It turns out that Minecraft Dungeons is charming and colorful. Each level starts with an introduction explaining whether I need to save prisoners, thwart plans, or kick some Illager butt.īefore starting, I fully expected to be playing through dark caves made up of painfully blocky textures. Simple, and never taking itself too seriously, the plot does just enough to keep things moving.
Better dust off the old Chosen Hero garb and prepare to save the day. So that’s a win, right?Īnyway, looks like there’s an Arch-Illager burning down villages, summoning evil armies and wreaking havoc. Friends can still fall into lava, but my chickens are safe. Luckily, Minecraft Dungeons trades digging and crafting for a top-down dungeon crawler. I’m here in a mud hut wondering why I trusted my friends not to throw lava in the chicken coop. They’re building entire sets from The Lord of the Rings and battling dragons. I’ve always been jealous of other people’s Minecraft skills.
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