Dungeon Overlord

Okay, this Facebook game is more like Dungeon Keeper than Dungeons.

Taking beta applications now. I actually tried it at E3. Pretty good.

What did you like about it the most?

I can tell you what I didn't like: it's very, very slow. Not like a Facebook game shouldn't be. However, the transition from 15-minute jobs with basic resources you can mine in your base to 2-hour ones that require you to have four structures built, six techs researched and goblins sent to mine resources in unclaimed dungeons is quite jarring. For example, to recruit dark elves (which will be the fourth kind creature in my case), you need two level five techs, Tavern upgraded to level 3, Workshop upgraded to level 2, Guard Post upgraded to level 2, know where to find Primordial Earth (by sending goblins to survey unclaimed dungeons) and have SHITLOADS of it (and Iron too).

The cool feature is that each XP level allows you to control one more dungeon. This, coupled with the fact that you have a limited amount of tiles to build your dungeon on, requires you to plan carefully and build specialized dungeons - for example, my base dungeon, Boatmurdered, has been focused on production and training, while the secondary one, Bronzehammers, is being built with research in mind.

edited 15th Aug '11 3:02:39 AM by NotSoBadassLongcoat