Dark Labyrinth

Whew! Finally, a game that works!

Dark Labyrinth is a simple little time-waster with a few prominent flaws.  What are those flaws, you ask?  Be patient, I'll get to them as soon as I'm done padding this intro.

First off, I should note that this game does have a 2-player mode.  I tried it, but ended up dying randomly, so I went into the singleplayer mode, where I was greeted with a tutorial.  That's a bit strange.  What if you wanted to play with a friend who's never played before?  Don't they deserve to know about the game too?

The most glaring flaw about this game is that it takes WAY too long to get moving.  It wasn't until level 5 that I even heard the first moan of a mummyghost, and a new one is introduced every 5 levels.  It was only by replaying the game and skipping the tutorial that I got the idea to click "f1" in the main game.  Doing this instantly teleports you to level 26.  This exploit is a must-use for anyone who doesn't want to mindlessly walk to all 4 corners of the same room 25 times.

In case that last sentence didn't give it away, this game is just boring.  The only challenge or threat whatsoever comes from the mummyghosts, which can easily be outsmarted.  I only ever got killed by one because I was screwing around with it and trying to make it do figure-eights.  Essentially, all this game amounts to is wandering around a maze, picking up treasures.  That's not enough to hold up a game.

I do feel like I have to mention the torches.  This seems to be the game's unique selling point, but as far as I can tell, you never ever need to use it.  You're constantly being rewarded with more wicks with which to light torches, but again, they're utterly useless.  Every now and again, lighting a torch will give you a speed boost or something, but it's completely unnecessary.  Every mechanic in a game has to have a purpose, otherwise its just deadweight programming that saps time and energy from portions of the game that could have benefited from them.

That's all I got for now.  Until next time, stay scary.

Links
ooOOoooOOOh: https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=24355

Danger Zone

Man, it's turning out to be a good day to be a DigiPen game reviewer, because this one doesn't work either. At least this time they straight up tell me on the game's webpage that there is no download link available.

Dandellos

Downloading this game is kinda the same deal as downloading Crazy Cross.  The DigiPen download link just brings me a "not real" exe.

Unfortunately, this game is a bit more elusive than Crazy Cross, and I don't have the kind of free time I did back in the glorious days of vacation.  Thus, I'm gonna have to declare this one broken.  If anyone manages to find a link to the actual game, feel free to hit me up and I'll get a-writing.  For now, though, I got nothing.