Dungeon Keeper (1997 Video Game) User Reviews

Dungeon crawler role reversal

[NuclearNinja · 8/10 · 8 April 2023]

A rare mix of RTS, management SIM and RPG with some first person action thrown into the mix.

On paper this games sounds like an insane mix of concepts but it works so well.

You are a dungeon keeper which means building and managing a dungeon to attract or capture minions to do your bidding. You can do this from overhead, RTS style, or you can take control of individual minions. You'll find a mix of the two will be required to complete the game.

Ontop of building rooms and commanding minions, you have the ability to cast spells. These are crucial in battle and should not be ignored.

Your opponents are either the good folk of the land, usually personified as the cliche group of adventurers; warriors, mages, thieves etc. Or other dungeon keepers vying for control of the land.

The writing has the right amount of humour for what story there is. That being said the story is not important at all to enjoying the game.

Really what holds this game up against the test of time is the dynamic playstyle and clever level design. There are so many ways to complete the mission objective and I usually needed to try a level a few times before I could complete it.

This game was a great experience and I will definitely revisit it.

Its Good To Be Evil

[TheBigCheeseSlice · 21 October 2005]

You start off as the Dungeon Keeper... basically you are a giant green hand who can control an army of minions...

During this game, you have to mine through rock and gold, to create rooms, which inturn attract different creatures (bile demon, spiders, mistress, demon spawn). The aim of the game is to kick some major crap out of the good guys (the lords of the land)

You can create many different types of rooms, eg: Treasury - this is where you store gold that your imps have mined from the area. Lair - your creatures need sleep, so they need a place to stay... the lair.

there are many more rooms, that become available as your progress through the game.

the more variety of rooms you have, means the more creatures you attract to your dungeon. To do this you need a portal, which is easy to take over. It takes a while to work out what rooms and sizes of rooms different creatures need, but its all worth while later on in the game. You can also build traps, (lighting, gas, etc.) to attack unwelcome creatures.

This game is also pretty cool, because you can play over a lan,or the internet. So you can show off your dungeon making skills to unsuspecting n00bs.

Overall, this game is pretty kick ass.. a must buy.

Dungeon Keeper 2, is even better than this... so go check that out too..:P