Dungeons 4

I couldn’t make it more than two minutes without being bombarded with some form of immersion breaking technical issues. Dungeons 4 is by no means a bad game, but it’s incredibly difficult to play on the Switch, especially in handheld mode.

Dungeons 4 delivers engaging and highly addictive gameplay that comes remarkably close to its great inspiration, Dungeon Keeper, while also introducing refreshing ideas of its own through features like the overworld sections. Its distinctly German sense of humor is excellent, even if it can feel a little overwhelming at times, and controls with both the Pro Controller and Joy-Con work reliably well. Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch version suffers heavily from technical shortcomings. Blurry visuals, flickering, and choppy camera movement noticeably impact the overall experience and hold the game back from reaching its full potential.

While it’s still somewhat struggling with the legacy of Bullfrog’s Dungeon Keeper, Dungeons 4 from German developer Realmforge Studios continues to carve out its own identity. A very solid and refined gameplay loop is somewhat held back by quickly dated humor and some visual clutter. If you liked the earlier Dungeons games, expect more of the same with smaller additions and improvements, but those itching to be evil don’t have a better alternative anyway.

Some poor scriptwriting is easily forgiven because this is a fun and engaging title. Perhaps not a game of the year contender, but definitely worth picking up.

Dungeons 4 was the gaming palette cleanser I didn’t know I was looking for. Its story is nonsense told very well, but its gameplay loop is practiced, iterated, and masterful. Mission and map design is unique with varied and distinct units. It could be easy for the game to be too much or complex is instead the first RTS I’ve ever played with a controller that actually felt comfortable.

It is extremely fun to play, funny and strategic at the same time. Not to mention a little bit addictive.

A fine continuation of a successful series, but you can see that the authors are sticking to this theme longer and slowly running out of ideas. The fun is kept up by a good campaign with elements of humour and you might even try out the co-op. This time it's still enough. But the developers might not consider a fifth installment, even though it's their most successful brand, because the fatigue of the material would probably show significantly.

Dungeons 4 is an absurd game but in a very good way. It’s goofy nature and humorous narration complete the package for me more than the actual progression and RTS gameplay though. But don’t get me wrong, those things are good and honestly, they are engaging enough that even without its silliness and fourth-wall-breaking antics, I would still have fun getting slogged down on each of its campaign scenarios.

Dungeons 4 is chock full of challenging real-time strategy scenarios that are bursting with variety and oodles of humour. It all adds up to a wonderful experience that this game-playing Evil highly recommends to anyone who loves to be bad. 🧝‍♀️

Dungeons 4 is probably the best entry in the Dungeons series. The game isn’t for everyone, but it is phenomenal, with outstanding voice-acting and story to gameplay that is both satisfying and challenging. Dungeons 4 is a must-play for fans of the genre or for players who want to live out their evil overlord power fantasy.