Reviewers Liked
- Great cel-shaded style
- Sardonic humor
- Quirky, attractive visuals
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Random dungeons mean a random challenge
- Playing with permadeath is required
Necropolis
I like Necropolis. It's a game that shares its secrets sparingly, inviting you to poke about the place rather than charging through like the gods' chosen hero - because you're not playing as the chosen hero, you're just a soon-to-be-dead adventurer in a long line of now dead adventurers; eminently expendable. You'll return to the main menu and the Brazen Head will tut, rolling his one gigantic eye as he waits for the next brave soul to enter his realm. The only question is how long you're willing to spend being that brave soul.
-- As reviewed by EuroGamer
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