DICETINY: The Lord of the Dice

just a dull, go around the square, dice game. Play talisman instead.

If you ever played the PS2 Game Culdcept and longed for that, buy this game right now. It's Deck Building but all the battles take place on a board. Lot's of synergies and different combos to create. Humor is hit or miss I would say but I've only played it for a short while and bought it for my wife to play. If Monoply, Magic the Gathering and Sitcom writer had a baby, this game would be that baby.

The game isn't well balanced, there's no tutorial and you never get a clue as to what the mechanics of the game actually are. It's a real pity as the theming is fun and has a lot of charm. If I hadn't given it 3 hours hoping the gameplay might level out I would be asking for my money back.

Game is dead. You can't even buy it anymore. It was half done and then left for dead.

We need more games like this!

The core gameplay is decently fun, however the game has a few problems: Some cards do not function as they say they do, such as the warrior card that lets you jump to a space and deal damage, which instead jumps to a space and starts a combat. The card explicitly states it does not start a combat. The AI is really bad and consistantly does plays that make no sense, which makes the game pretty easy. Ive had an opponent play a card that resulted in his own death. There are numerous typos and misspellings in text. Finally the worst of them all is that the game crashes very often. I had to replay the same stage 6 times due to crashes and have still not been able to successfuly play that stage without crashing. Issues with crashing may vary for each person but for reference my PC is as follows: GTX 780, i7 4790, windows 10. I'd advise not buying this game, which is unfortunate because its a fun idea.

It may be in early access, however there is not a whole lot to keep me interested. This would be alright as a free demo.

REVIEW: 6/10 (IIIIII----) "A Culdcept Fix" HIGHLIGHT: Decent Graphics and Animations, Fun Dice and Card Mechanics DOWNSIDE: A lot happening on-screen, some logic for cards is "iffy" Some older gamers may be familiar with a game (that originated in Japan and was ported to the US) over 20 years ago with an interesting dice and card hybrid combination called "Culdcept". The game was fairly well received in the US, garnishing praise for it's unique mashup of what could best be described as Monopoly owing child support to Magic:The Gathering. Several iterations and spin-offs were produced over the years on everything from the PS1 to Nintendo 3DS. It was a strange concept at first but it worked, and fits the bill if you're looking for something low-key and unique. Interesting useless fact, a Japanese man actually committed suicide over his obsession with the game when his system deleted his save file (or so the story goes). Dicetiny will certainly not have you at risk of the same ill-fated path. Although it is reminiscent of the aforementioned (and is a decent imitation in that regard), Culdcept this is not. Depending on your taste for and desired digestion of "board and dice" game mechanics, your mileage will vary. Overall, it has a very "Flash phone game" aesthetic and feel to it. That sounds terrible I know... but it does what it's supposed to do. If you can get behind the game flow, and understand the basics (after a few rounds of play you will), then it's a decent enough simplistic time waster. There are also a few niggling annoyances with descriptions of card affects not being up to snuff, and overall a lot of things happening on screen that tented to distract me from what was actually happening... it is a decent enough game that doesn't quite scratch the Culdcept itch, but it's close.