With each door you open, you’ll gain a set number of resources across three types: industry, science, and food. This where the tower defense elements of the game enter the picture. Naturally, the game does not give you enough dust to light every room, and there are enough monsters to quickly overwhelm the characters you take into battle. Rooms that stay in the dark can spawn monsters that’ll lumber ahead to destroy your core. Each room you enter is shrouded by darkness, and only by spending dust to power the room can you make it safe. Your core provides power, and that power is generated by collecting a resource called dust. In the simplest terms, the gameplay revolves around meticulously crawling room to room, looking for the exit elevator that leads to the next floor. The game wrestles direct control of your characters away, so you’ll only be commanding them on where to go, otherwise, they’re up to their own devices. On the surface, though, the game is largely about resource management. The Basics of SurvivalĪt its core, Dungeon of the Endless is one part rogue-like exploration game, and one part tower defense simulator. After getting a grasp on the most essential components of its gameplay loop, I began to really connect with its nuances and appreciate the game’s mechanics. The next morning, I surfed YouTube, watched a beginner’s guide to Dungeon of the Endless, and returned to the game. The tutorial simply does not equip the player with even a top-down understanding of what to do. My first play session lasted about ten minutes as I booted up Dungeon of the Endless, became immediately confused by the game’s complexity, and put it down for the night. Your first run will make one of the game’s flaws incredibly apparent: its tutorial is simply abysmal. As the game’s dungeons are procedurally generated, no two runs will be the same, and success relies heavily on resource-management and strategy.
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The objective of the game is to clear a series of increasingly difficult procedurally generated floors, carrying your crew and your crashed ship’s core to safety. From there, the run will begin, and you’ll be equipped only with your wits and a basic array of things to craft.
Each run begins with the player choosing two heroes and a ship to start out with. Overcoming the First Hurdleīeyond its presentation, Dungeon of the Endless succeeds in the gameplay department.
Yes, you can play Dungeon of the Endless as a cute dog, however I must be the bearer of bad news: regrettably, you cannot pet the dog. They’re an eclectic bunch, ranging from the more typical mercenaries to the more atypical, including a pug with a hammer. The presentation suits the game’s characters well, too, as they’re equally worthy of praise. The music is unfortunately more forgettable than the visuals, yet it still provides a steady, spaced-out ambiance that adds to the alien look and feel of Dungeon of the Endless. Its heavy shadows and moody color palate work masterfully, and the game strikes an excellent balance between visual detail and considered minimalism. This art style really sells the idea that you’re stranded in a hostile environment that you have to overcome. The pixel art is stunning, conveying a sense of foreign mystery. It’s a wonderful game to immerse yourself in. While it does pepper in a handy amount of lore and banter through optional biographies and short dialog sequences, Dungeon of the Endless’ world is carried by its aesthetic and atmosphere. That’s about all the setup you’re going to get from Dungeon of the Endless. As soon as the game begins, your ship is attacked, and you jettison from it in a daring escape, crash-landing on the planet below.
The setup for Dungeon of the Endless is as succinct as it is jarring. However, I’m certainly not complaining, as despite its issues, the game is a perfect fit on the Nintendo Switch. Neither my pride nor my blood pressure made it through my time with Dungeon of the Endless unscathed.
As each run inevitably ended in crippling defeat, I became galvanized by my frustrations and immediately threw myself back into the grinder for just one more attempt. I found myself itching to start and end my day with a few journeys back into the breach. Playing Dungeon of the Endless reminded me precisely why I have a love-hate relationship with the rogue-like genre. Introducing: Dungeon of the Endless Switch Review
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