"You get exactly what you pay for with Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts. There are dungeons, and players explore them as warriors, using Arts. It's just that basic, and that only lasts so long. The game is fun for a while, but becomes somewhat tedious later on and just doesn't do much of anything that's new or interesting (besides the flesh cubes). Multiplayer is definitely the highlight of the game, like all multi-person RPGs, but is unfortunately short. Fans of Gauntlet or Diablo that have been itching to relive the experience will probably have some fun with this for a while, but Dungeon Explorer doesn't do anything to persuade new players to investigate its corridors."
- by Jack DeVries
Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts is Hudson Software's new release, which has strong similarities to a Diablo type game. Dungeon Explorer is set in ancient times when evil monsters terrorized the lands by coming up through dungeons. The inhabitants of the land banded together to fight off the demons, but after all the demons had disappeared they had to fight with something more powerful than demons. Hatred, greed and anger threatened to break the people apart. While everyone was fighting each other, the monsters below were feeding off this hatred and began multiplying so that one day they could come back and threaten the people once more…
If you've ever played Diablo before you'll know the concept of this game. You begin by creating a character, everything from his name to the color of the outfit and of course attributes. Once your character has been created you go on to begin your first quest, creating a seal between the dungeon and the above ground.
CheatCC writes: "RPGs are certainly one of the most venerable video game genres ever. And with something so old, you've really got to work hard toward ensuring it doesn't die. Thankfully, RPGs have had some pretty excellent taking-care-of from various different franchises who are excellent at developing the genre to give players what they really want. Other titles in the genre, however, kind of seem to be stuck in the past. "
Graphics are decent, but the sound is obnoxious... No significant voice acting, either, which could've livened things up a bit. Co-op games are great, but Dungeon Explorer failed to excite GamePro.
