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Several creatures, spells, traps, and rooms are new to the series, while others received a visual redesign at most, and some were even replaced. As before, the player is tasked with the construction, expansion and maintenance of dungeons, as well as attracting, managing, and utilizing various evil creatures to fight the forces of good.

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Dungeons 3 is available on consoles, and thereвЂ™s a Linux port as well.Not an American user? Description Dungeon Keeper 2 is a 'god game' which introduces the series to an entirely 3D engine (as opposed to the original's engine with 3D environments and 2D unit sprites). And thereвЂ™s enough action in the campaign to keep kids occupied for a few weekends вЂ“ although adults will want a game with more charm, and certainly a lot more wit, to justify a shade over $50. And the narration style will turn off a lot of people real fast.Д«ut as a strategy game, it works, if a bit on the simple side. I found the odd pathfinding quirk with units in the overworld, although any StarCraft veteran can deal with that simply enough.Дungeons 3 isnвЂ™t really the modern mix of WarCraft and Dungeon Keeper it initially seems, then. ThereвЂ™s a lot of unused space in the unit tab near the minimap, and important information like unit stats or abilities are smaller than they should be given their importance.

The font that appears on-screen for damage and XP seems like a placeholder, and many of the UI elements take up more space on the screen than they really need.ДЄ lot of important information isnвЂ™t communicated quickly, either. ThereвЂ™s some aspects that seem unfinished, too. The focus in the end is really more on the overworld, rather than your dungeon, since the battles you need to win take place there. You can pick up units and slap them around, but you canвЂ™t possess them and go into first-person mode, which is a shame. I went with La Chiffe.ДЄs a Dungeon Keeper game, Dungeons 3 is missing a lot of fun elements that really made BullfrogвЂ™s game stand out. You can change the nature of your Evil Voiceover. YouвЂ™ll often run into roadblocks in your dungeon, having the money to build more rooms and troops but lacking the extra resources necessary for expansion. ThereвЂ™s some NPC hero camps you can attack for bonuses, but theyвЂ™ll mince your army early on if youвЂ™re not paying attention.ДЇortunately, youвЂ™re not forced to multitask a great deal.

Rather than seeing which player can invade the others dungeon, youвЂ™re instead locked into a battle for domination of the overworld вЂ“ which basically comes down to who controls various resource points.

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You can play the full campaign in co-op, which is nice, although given the pace of the action youвЂ™ll encounter a good amount of downtime. Singleplayer missions (of which there are 20) can take half an hour to an hour a piece. Spread units out, move them away from telegraphed attacks, you get the drill.ДЄs a strategy game, Dungeons 3 is a pretty slow affair. One of the bosses is named Grimli вЂ“ yes, itвЂ™s a deliberate LOTR reference вЂ“ and the boss fight plays out like something from Dawn of War 2. Beyond that, itвЂ™s more or less the Dungeon Keeper formula with one small twist: you can send your minions to the overworld, where you have direct control of their movement and abilities. The centre of your dungeon contains a massive heart, attracting waves of NPC heroes keen on destroying it and walking off with their gold. You donвЂ™t control minions directly per se, although you can order Snots (workers) to build rooms, traps and tunnels. The general premise of Dungeons 3, and Dungeon Keeper-like games in general, is that youвЂ™re in control of an underworld base. And thatвЂ™s the rough gist of Dungeons 3: an RTS that mixes dungeon management with a simplistic RTS action above the surface.Д«ut rather than blending two of the most iconic strategy games of the вЂ™90s and early вЂ™00s, it ends up working better as an introduction to RTS games in general, helped in part with a humour thatвЂ™s best suited to younger gamers. Dungeon Keeper is one of my favourite games, so any new spin on the formula is always going to catch my eye.

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