Monsters' Den Chronicles

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Monsters' Den Chronicles — ремастер классической браузерной RPG. С одной стороны, это приятная ностальгия: тактические пошаговые бои, создание своей партии из 5 классов с вариациями, приличный лут и целых 6 кампаний (включая endless-режим). Удобный автолут, магазины, неплохая атмосфера и музыка в стиле старой школы. Но у игры много минусов. Баланс хромает: без правильной связки классов можно застрять. Прокачка и инвентарь местами неудобные, а оптимизация слабая — просадки FPS даже на мощных ПК. Сюжет формальный, подземелья повторяются, после пары десятков часов становится однообразно. В итоге это проект больше для фанатов серии и тех, кто играл в флеш-оригиналы. Если хочется глубины и развитых механик — лучше взять Godfall. Если нужен быстрый олдскульный данжен-кроулер на вечер — Chronicles справится. На распродаже игра оправдана, по фулл-прайсу сомнительно.

my childhood

Monster's Den kept me entertained for hours on end in its flash era. I'm specifically referring to the original game, and not this one. The previous installment, Monster's Den, and its expanded counterpart, Monster's Den: Book of Dread, are miles above this title. I'm vastly disappointed with this sequel, which feels much more limited in many respects. Gameplay is more or less the same as the original game. There is little to no innovation in mechanics. The only 'improvements' that seem to have been made between the Original Monster's Den and Monster's Den Chronicles are purely graphical, and not for the better. The UI is a wretched mess to navigate, and the animation of traveling between corridors is wholly unnecessary. In fact, the addition of sprites instead of just portraits to begin with is wholly unnecessary. In terms of gameplay based changes that are actually noticeable: - There is only 1 save file rather than 3. - There are 20 characters available rather than 4 per save, and they can interchangeably be selected per campaign to form a party of 4. -2 character classes have been completely removed in favor of splitting the 5 remaining classes each into 2 subclasses, limiting their build capabilities. -Passive skills have been reworked into much weaker 'fighting styles' that, since they can no longer be leveled up, make very little difference later in the game. Sometimes, less is more. If it's not broken, why try to fix it? It seems like Garin tried to give his original game a glow-up, and made it worse in the process. The fact that not even half of players have the achievement for completing the first campaign is very telling of the game's quality. The real nail in the coffin? This was a free-to-play flash game, and on Steam it must be paid for. There are several flash plugins rising to replace Adobe Flash Player that surely will be able to run this eventually - and most can probably already run the superior prequel. If you've played Monster's Den or Monster's Den: Book of Dread, I urge you to pass over this one and go back to the original on a Flash plugin, or skip straight to Godfall.

Remastered flash game from the past - great nostalgic game, worth few bucks.