Synthbiotic Dungeon

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Surely a good game with a good idea behind it, BUT: the AI not always works, sometimes the enemies stand still and they don't do a single movement. You can counter all enemies shooting from long distance so they don't see you and you can clear the floor pretty easily and quick

interesting concept, not very fun though

Synthbiotic Dungeon is a student project made by students from the University of Utah. It's a 2D top down/isometric twin stick shooter where you and other players run through a generic sci-fi procgen dungeon. There's a gimmick where one player can play the defense and possess the enemies and place traps in the sci-fi dungeon. This isn't terrible for a student project but it does fail on a lot of basic requirements for a modern PC game. Resolution is locked and can't be changed, and while there's graphics tweaks, it's just 5 different options going up to "Cinematic". What does that even mean? So that's a fail. Likewise controls are locked, there's no customisation, which can render the game unplayable for some gamers. That's not okay. The graphics look okay and there's no asset flipping going on. Gameplay, being an iso shooter, is pretty mediocre and unsatsifying. The game features no proper level design or game/story flow/plot, as they opted to try to use samey repetitive procgen algorithms as a substitute for adding such content to the game. As a result, the game doesn't actually have any content worth mentioning, just endless, boring, repetitive, soulless algorithmically generated sameyness. Developers must learn that procedural generation is not an acceptable substitute for content. While there's PvE elements, the focus of the game is multiplayer, and that's a bust, because nobody plays the game (SteamDB shows weeks go by before anyone even launches this). I understand the purpose of this is not to make a game for gamers, it's an educational project for students. But that's also a big problem. Steam isn't a school. It's not your parents refrigerator where we pin up games with fridge magnets. It's for gamers. I can't recommend this.

I'd recommend this game, it's a fun dungeon crawler game with a cool concept, you either progress though it as a runner or as a sentinel try to hinder and stop the progress of your rivals. you can play up to four, three as runners and one as a sentinel. It has a nice ambiance, a good music and the gameplay is fun. And it's free. It will get even better with few tweaks and fixes, which i think it's already being worked on but nonetheless it is already a pretty solid student game. Overall it's a cool concept and it is a pleasant game to play with friends, had fun playing it. Good job devs!

Interesting concept that needs a lot more polish

all the positive reviews are about its potential. the game hasnt been updated in over a year. just dont bother lol

Let me Say this: BLOODY BRILLIANT! But a few things first: This game needs a overall, needs Voice Chat, Reloads & Health Pickups. Other than that this game is fire!