Have you ever been to a festival campsite and thought, “this isn’t nice, why would anybody want to go to a campsite on holiday?”. Well that’s because they’re doing it wrong, and Camping Manager 2012 allows you to do it right. Or wrong. It’s up to you.
In the Developers Journal, Swen Vincke remarks that Larian are always making the same fundamental mistake of “…trying to put too much in the one box.”. Nowhere is this more joyfully evident than in the Divinity Anthology.
Arkail and Styx are the typical “little ‘n’ large” and remind me of Mike and Sully in Monsters Inc.
What would you like to see in a Nintendo NES game when given the the option of mixing into one big cartridge of delight? Duck Hunt, Metal Gear, Contra, Punch-Out!, Mega Man, Back To The Future, Crank, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario, The A-Team!, Paperboy, GTA, and Frogger? If you’re answer was “everything” – then you, my 8-bit friend, are reading about the right game.
An Elanor review, proudly assisted by her nephew, dancing Doctor Yokki
So much text. I know it’s an RPG and RPG’s have story but come on, this was really taking the biscuit. The first quest to kill rats took about 5 or 6 pages of conversation to get to.
Humans are ruining the ocean, mining for oil, storing nuclear waste and floating large flaming tyres above it. All the things that humans do. They have also kidnapped Derrick’s parents and turned them into shark soup, right in front of his eyes.
In A Game of Dwarves you play the role of a dwarven prince on a mission to prove himself worthy of running the kingdom by completing levels across the campaign map.
That bit where you see Bond down the barrel of a gun. That bit where Bond walks along like he doesn’t see you. That bit where he turns with his Walter PPK and points it at you. That bit where he shoots and blood runs down the screen. That bit where the Bond theme kicks in….. Wait? Why is it not playing the Bond theme?
You are King Flabbian IV and your mission is to protect the Kingdom of Baldoria. Still with me?
It’s so accessible and quick that you can play for 15 seconds or 15 minutes. A solidly enjoyable, cheap and cheerfull casual classic.
Alan MacMillan sharpens his blade and rides into a small village. The dust tugs at his kimono and his fingers twitch close to his katana…
