Dungeons 2 review

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The fact that EA so completely botched its revival of Dungeon Keeper by bringing back the beloved PC hit as a craven F2P casual mobile game has been a boon for indie developers. There's a hungry audience out there, craving dungeon management satisfaction, and there are now multiple candidates hoping to fit the bill.
Dungeons 2 has something of a head start, since it's a sequel to a 2011 game that sadly failed to live up to its promise. The original Dungeons took obvious inspiration from Bullfrog's classic, but added a weird twist: you weren't trying to kill the adventurers who ventured into your lair, but to keep them challenged and thrilled long enough to build up their soul force, which you could them harvest in order to level up your traps and creatures.
It was a nice concept, sloppily executed, but it's been completely abandoned for the sequel. The result is a game that is much closer in style to Dungeon Keeper, yet still has a few new twists of its own.
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