Since 2012, Amplitude Studios has been making a reputation for themselves with their Countless sequence of video games. Following up on 2017’s Countless House 2 and dealing as a loosely related sequel to Dungeon of the Countless, 2023 is ready to see the discharge of Countless Dungeon. We not too long ago had the chance to take a seat down with Sega for an Countless Dungeon preview for some hands-on expertise with the gameplay.
I sat right down to play Countless Dungeon not likely understanding what to anticipate. We had been a three-person staff and after selecting random characters within the sport’s hub spot often called the Saloon, we had been off into the dungeons. Within the dungeon, your essential purpose is to guard your crystal, in addition to ensuring you survive your self.
You should use your provides to arrange and improve turrets that will help you fend off waves of enemies, or you may arrange mills to spawn provides in considered one of three classes – business, meals, or science. Realizing what to sink your assets into is certainly a discovered talent, and the primary two occasions by means of the dungeon we struggled with not having sufficient meals provides and thus not with the ability to purchase medikits for therapeutic. On the similar time, turret protection of the crystal is completely important to have.
As with every multiplayer sport, teamwork is vital. Every of the characters has totally different strengths, weaknesses, and particular talents, and your groups work greatest for those who stability these out. For instance, Bunker has nice protection, Blaze is closely offensive, and Zed is a little bit of a glass cannon, so that you’ll want to make use of their protection, assault, and pace to cowl for one another.
Characters even have background tales, which we didn’t go into an excessive amount of element, however had been in a position to chat with them about within the Saloon.
In Countless Dungeon, you achieve provides as you undergo and discover ranges, together with new weapons and each Science and Trade assets. You do lose sure objects for those who die earlier than the tip of a wave of enemies in a degree, however even essentially the most assaulted participant can regularly achieve extra supplies, which proved to be essentially the most needed a part of our staff’s enchancment over the course of three runs.
Total, the Countless Dungeon had an attention-grabbing, cyberpunk aesthetic to it, however with a contact of Borderlands vibes. You employ the assets you have got, and cobble collectively options in a vaguely dingy locale with a forged of eccentric heroes who’ve different backstories and even stranger appearances. Nevertheless, the aesthetic of Countless Dungeon is just about the place the Borderlands similarities finish.
My private favourite a part of Countless Dungeon was that exploration was one of many essential gameplay objectives. I’m curious by nature, so being advised explicitly to go wander away was an excellent feeling, and scouting out rooms forward was much less of a combat-heavy job and match higher with my private playstyle than ready for the following wave of enemies.
One query I do nonetheless have about Countless Dungeon is the way it works as a singleplayer sport. Within the three rounds of the Countless Dungeon preview that we performed, teamwork was important and so was having a number of folks. You possibly can scout, guard totally different rooms, and discover at your personal tempo, all on the similar time. Working forwards and backwards throughout a degree from opening a brand new door to coping with a brand new wave of enemies would have been exhausting and extra importantly, a irritating endeavor.
Added to that, working with a staff helped to stability out character weaknesses, and it could take a really proficient participant to clear a degree working alone and taking part in as some characters, like Bunker. Not that it’s not doable, however I discovered that working with different gamers added to the enjoyable of the expertise and lower down on what may have been tedious backtracking.
Whereas our Countless Dungeon preview was quick, it was nonetheless candy, and even three rounds of the sport was sufficient to see the character and occasion progress as you progress additional into the sport. The cyberpunk setting and distinctive forged of characters are undoubtedly an attraction for these trying to get into a brand new, team-based roguelike. Countless Dungeon is releasing for PC, Xbox Collection X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Change on October 19, so these of you gained’t have lengthy to attend.
Countless Dungeon was previewed at an in-person occasion in NYC with Sega.
