Customer Reviews

Deathtrap Dungeon

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Deathtrap Dungeon is a simple game: enter the dungeon and survive. Once people realize that, it is a lot more fun. This is a dungeon crawl. In other words, you explore a dungeon while killing monsters, collecting items, and solving puzzles.

The "plot" is simple. A powerful magician has a nasty dungeon and he allows heroes a chance at cracking it once a year. You get to choose one of two characters, a brawny male warrior or a scantily-clad female warrior. You then enter the dungeon and start hacking away.

The playing system is rather nice. Play will actually pause as you toggle through equipment menus to get just the right spell or object for a battle. The monsters are nasty and the graphics are, well, graphic. Watch the heads fly or the monsters get squashed and you will see what I mean.

I find this a level above a shooter as there are more puzzles than in an average shooter. There is less development than a role-playing game. I do find it a useful stress reliever at the end of the day.

If you like dungeon crawls, then this is a good game. If you don't like dungeon crawls then you will probably not like this one.

Maybe I'm a little too easygoing when it comes to evaluating games, but I really think this game is a lot better than people generally give it credit for. If you just want to play a video games with lots of monsters, weapons, scenarios, and a bit of challenge, this is a great game. I always found Tomb Raider a little boring...once an hour you get to kill a monkey, and the rest of the time you're staring at a cliff trying to figure out how to get up it. You get a wonderful variety of foes in this: snake women, imps, scantily clad warrioresses, dragons...and my personal favorite level is an insect world that is just gorgeous to look at. The variety of weapons and spells that you get will keep you interested as well. It's a bit choppy and the camera angles can be extremely unhelpful...and yes, you do die a lot. I never finished the final enemy because it was extremely time-consuming and I became sidetracked by the real world...but all in all I think it's well worth getting if you're into this kind of thing.

This game, greatly disparaged by the gaming press, actually isn't nearly as bad as everyone would have you believe. Now, it could be that I'm a masochist, but I actually enjoyed playing this game to completion even while playing masterpieces like Tomb Raider and Metal Gear Solid. Why? Well, maybe I like the whole premise of travelling through intricate 3D dungeons and killing a wide variety of creatures that stand in my way. There's no doubt that the game lacks polish and, had it been developed by Core Design instead of Asylum Studios, probably would have ended up one of the best Playstation games ever. Its primary problems are a flawed camera system and awkward player control. Another gripe is that, although you can choose a male or female lead character, each essentially possesses the same capabilities. That is simply not good game design. If you can work around these issues there's a real gem of a game here. The variety of dungeons and creatures is simply amazing. You really don't know what to expect next, which makes you want to press ahead. If you like the whole idea of a dungeon-based Tomb Raider, you might get some real enjoyment out of this title. Count on spending 40-50 hours to complete the quest.

I got this game, hoping it was living up to the Fighting Fantasy series (no kiddies, I didn't mistype it, it's FIGHTING FANTASY not FINAL FANTASY :P) and man, I was going 60 through Hopesville, then 150 mph going out of displeasedville! Deathtrap Dungeon, the gamebook, was never like this! I hate it more then I hate anything! I wished I could say, jup, very RPGing, and sticks to the story... But I will hammer my fist once on the table of Shame and say NEIN! This is just pathetic!

And to top that, I have to rate with 2 stars instead of 0 XD

This is a pretty fun game. if you like hardcore killing games then this is for you. this game rocks

I liked the story and the graphics weren't that bad but the main problem was with the controls and the camera angles at times. If not for that this game would've been great.

I see people putting the game down just cause they don't like the type of game. That has nothing to do.. lets add this up, exciting sound, great graphics, a realistic dugeons and dragons and mystic castles cut em up and beat em up. Its the number one game we played. Number two, and another like this is TR4 the last revelation, and #3 was tomb raider 3-i have to say tho, if not 4 stella's website, I would have used the tombraider games for a coaster..lol so kudos to stella for a fantastic five star website. For tomb raider support, i don't know if im allowed to link her website here, just search for stella's and tomb raider and u should find it, similar but less gore and more puzzlistic. Ok, back to Deathtrap -- Hey Eidos, (Calling Out!!) Where Deathtrap Dungeon 2 !!!! Very Fun Game and kids usually like the action, just make sure you get them used to the bloody realism and that its just a game, from that point on, they'll love it. 5 stars

If you love castles,goblins,monsters demon vixens and skeletons swinging swords this game is for you. I thought the graphics were excellent and solving the levels wasn,t difficult. Some may fine the dismemberments a little to gross, but my kids enjoyed it.

This game has good graphics, and that is fine, but the gameplay could not be worse. The movement of your characters is awkward, and grows boring after a while. The puzzle solving becomes tedious and the enemies are either a breeze to kill, or you die within moments.

From the company that brought you classic games as Tomb Raider and Fear Effect, Eidos Interactive brings to you: Deathtrap Dungeon. A game that they shouldn't have even put their name on. This game sucks from start to.... well I never even got past the first level because this game is that horrable. Graphics - I've seen better looking dungeons for the 8 BIT Nintendo then in this game. The graphics are so grainy, my eyes started to hurt after only 10 mins of playing. The camera angles are very slow and choppy. I don't see how anyone would think this game looks good.Sound - There is no background music (at least not in the first level) and the sound effects in general or just plain bad. The control is by far the worst part of Deathtrap Dungeon, but I won't get into it, because I'm only aloud a maximum of 1000 words... LOL. Bottom line is - this game isn't even worth the $2.50 to rent.