Hello Friends,
Today i will review the game Cladun Returns: This Is Sengoku! This game is a sequel to another game called Cladun X2. Personally, i have never played the first game, so i will be basing my review only on this game.
This game is a Japanese lore based game. Many of the characters and enemies are found in Japanese mythology. For example, the monsters are all Yokoi and the locations the dungeons are located in are actual Japanese historical places. Also, the characters maybe also based on Japanese lore. As for the game itself, it is a dungeon explorer where each area has different maps the player must complete to finish a chapter. The game is split into different chapters, with different maps on each area the player explores that must be completed. Although each map is fixed, they are different locations. There is a mode later the player can unlock that is a random dungeon generator to look for weapons and leveling. This requires fame to unlock.
By finishing chapters in the game, the player can unlock new functions in the base town the player stats in. For example, by finishing the first dungeon maps in the game, the player can unlock the shrine that has many functions, then the player can unlock the mailbox that has side quests that help the player earn fame, which is used to unlock more functions also if the player talks to the owl in charge of the castle.
There is also co-op play and PVP. Apparently, this allows you to play online. Not sure how this functions as I personally did not see anyone online playing the game when i was on it. Due to the age of the game, the online functionality maybe not be available anymore, unless it is peer to peer playing. If you wish to try it with me, post on this review and it should tell me if someone responded to me, or post on the forum post for the game about it on the specific post about online playing.
PROS:
- A Japanese lore game with many dungeons to explore.
- You can make customizable characters that look different, and can be male or female.
- The player can play how they want to, and have different combinations of skills and weapons and can change them on the fly once they open the shrine functionality up.
- The player can open additions things in the game including side quests, endless dungeon mode, arena mode, co-op mode, and random mystery dungeon mode.
- Players can use a controller to play the game.
- This game worked on windows 11 OS, with some crashing experienced.
CONS:
- Crashing is possible in the game. My game crashed twice when playing it, once when in a middle of a dungeon, and once when selling stuff in the store. It can apparently happen anytime playing. Let the player beware in case they want to purchase the game.
- Some of the functions and skills in the game are not discussed fully. The player may be confused about which spell does what. For example, I found out about halfway thru the game Exorcist spell works like a cure for poison and fire damage stuff.
- Online functionality may have been shut off, but this has not been confirmed at this point. Testing will need to be done to see if it works.
Do I recommend it? The crashing is a concern when buying this game. I did personally experience 2 crashes myself, but this will differ with different pc setups and combinations and could lead to others having more crashing issues. If you want to take a chance then yes, otherwise if there is another mystery dungeon game on steam that is more stable, then the player may want to try that game instead of this one.
