Topic: Dungeon Keeper and the horrors of microtransactions

[idolminds]

This is Dungeon Keeper, 1997:

You don't have to watch the whole thing, the first 5 minutes or so and you will get the idea of what you do in Dungeon Keeper.

And now see what he has to say about Dungeon Keeper, 2014 mobile version:

It's just really really sad.

[Xessive]

Damn, man. EA are slinking back in the negative direction. They hadn't reached positive yet but they were heading in a positive direction over the past few months.

[idolminds]

Oh, I just found this bit out. Why are there so many 5 star reviews? Well, the game prompts you to rate it and says "Give us 5 stars to receive free gems!" Interestingly, the developers can't actually tell what rating you gave so you could give it a 1 star rating and still get the gems, but the in-game prompt of course doesn't tell you that.

The good news about seeing this is I had a quick look around and I found my CD copy of Dungeon Keeper. Gonna see about getting it going.

[Xessive]

Such a shame for a great IP.

Btw, have you checked out Impire? It's very much inspired by DK but with some twists.

[idolminds]

I hadn't heard of Impire. Looks neat.

[Xessive]

In a related note, Dungeons Gold Edition is on sale on Steam, 75% off total $7.50.