Recent reviews by Doctor of Death

Throwback to gameplay-first games of yesteryear, particularly reminded me of Crimsonland.

A better time in gaming. Highly recommended. Price:Fun ratio is off the charts.

Below par gameplay, with nice music and interesting non-generic art.
As a Tower Defence game its way below even free Tower Defence custom maps from Warcraft III.

Maybe it is its PS3 heritage and nostalgia which gives it such a high rating on steam.

Also controller is recommended as that what the game was designed for. Makes it a more comfy relaxing experience.

Great breath of fresh air from your run of the mill AAA games.

Innovative traversal system, with a great art and fantastic music.

If you're feeling jaded from 100 Million+ AAA blockbusters give this a try.

Not even a finished game. More like a 24 hour game jam project. Why would anyone charge $4.99 for this. I agree with another reviewer that is is worth $0.49 at best.

I got this because procedural destruction is one of my favorite things, but this has gone beyond that to be one the best co-op games ever made.

Four classes all work in a synergistic way.

Gameplay loop is half zen mode mining, half repelling bug attacks a la Aliens.

Highly recommended even if you are playing without any friends, as the community is awesome and I've been having a blast since day 1 playing with randoms.

Really hope it wins the "Better with Friends" award this year.

2021 Edit: Developers still putting out amazing free updates. Game has more breadth than ever..

A semi-realistic shooter.

The perfect sweet spot between the accessibility/game design of more mainstream shooters and the autism of Mil-Sims.

Highly recommended.

RESPECT MUH AUTHORITAH!

Great WWII Shooter.

Insurgency gameplay, with era specific weapons, so less automatics and l33t tactical scopes. Highly recommended.

Pros
+Easy to pick up and play. simple yet satisfying controls.
+Gorgeous Pixel art graphics
+Amazing soundtrack
+Rougelite-lite. Dungeons have a randomness to them with regards to item drops and enemies.

Cons
-No cloud saves. I personally really care about this as I play games sporadically across a multitude of devices
-Ported from mobile, microtransactions were removed, but not perfectly balanced for a one-time pay model. There is a minor amount of grind left in the game, especially if you wan 100% completion/achievements


I really wish they would patch in steam cloud support, and include the soundtrack to the game with it. It really is awesome.

https://bossastudios.bandcamp.com/album/deep-dungeons-of-doom-original-soundtrack

Overall what it does well, it does really well. And the cons are minor annoyances.

I'd recommend this game. I really enjoyed all the time I spent with it.

Its hard to thumbs down this game as its still a good game.

Its just that for an update to a classic its terrible. The original didnt look as good, but this update just ruins several key gameplay mechanics, while slapping a fresh coat of paint on it.

The reason everyone liked the original was because of the gameplay, even at its release the original was a pretty ugly looking game that played beautifully which is ultimately what matters.

Its pretty obvious that it has been dumbed down for a controller friendly playstyle

While this still has enough of the original in it to be a pretty good, fun game, honestly just play the original instead of this watered down version.

If the developers just added a "classic mode" toggle in the options which reverted the changes to the perks (specifically telekinesis), put perks back in campaign, basically an option to play a 100% faithful port of the real game with the new improved graphics (which I'm ambivalent on, its not really important for me.), I would gladly give it a thumbs up.

Edit (March 2016):

Well the devs delivered. They fixed every single thing I had a problem with.

Also they gave me what I really wanted all along: The original Crimsonland on Steam. And they gave it away for free as part of the deal along with the remake. I can finally play the original on steam, to add to the couple of hundred hours I have put into it over the years.

Now I can heartily recommend this game.