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Dungeon Guardians - Review @ IGR

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    [​IMG]IGR has reviewed The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians:

    The Fall of the Dungeons Guardians - What We Think:
    The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians is French dev team Mana Games' answer to a question we're not sure anyone was asking: "What would happen if you crammed MMORPG-style combat into an old school first-person dungeon crawler?" While hardcore RPG fans the world over decry the simplified triad of tank/healer/damage-dealer so ubiquitous in World of Warcraft and its ilk, it actually works here, making for a challenging, combat-oriented new take on a classic style.

    First person, party-based dungeon crawlers in the vein of Dungeon Master and the early Might and Magic games have come back in the spotlight in recent years, thanks mostly to the brilliant Legend of Grimrock series, with its fiendish puzzles and deadly traps. The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians draws on similar inspiration - the dungeon walls themselves could be mistaken for one another - but is much more of a slog.

    [...]

    Minor complaints, aesthetic and otherwise, aside, The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians is a monster of a game. It's tough, it looks good, and it's full of classic touches. It's also huge. Each level will take hours to complete on all but the easiest difficulty level, and there are well over a dozen levels. That's a meaty meal to fill the heartiest of dungeon crawlers' appetites. Add in a map editor that lets you build your own twisted tunnels, and you've got more skeleton-bashing, spider-squashing fun than you could handle.

    Score: 4/5

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    A modding SDK has been released as well:

    Modding SDK Hello,
    you can download the Modding SDK from here :
    www.managames.com/download.php?DungeonGuardians-ModdingSDK.zip

    Unzip it anywhere on your PC, and read "ModdingSDK\HowToMod.html" for instructions.

    The SDK comes with :
    • "NoSpiders" Mod, which changes all Spiders into Skeletons
    • "MyPortraits" Mod, which contains all the built-in Portraits, so you can change them or add new ones
    Check the file "Mods\HowToInstall.txt" for installation instructions.

    You may want to have a look at the Translation Kit if you want to change the dialogs or interface text : http://steamcommunity.com/app/409450/discussions/2/492378806378223762/ .

    This SDK gives you access to a lot of text files used to configure everything in the game (abilities, talents, mobs, items, etc...), and most of the GUI textures, plus instructions to add your own Sound FX and a few other things.

    At this point, it's not possible to add 3D models nor change their textures.​
     
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