Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale Reviews

We have a fistful of new reviews for Atari and Bedlam Games’ Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition-based hack’n’slash, which don’t really do anything to change the image of a game which sells well but that doesn’t manage to actually garner positive reception.

MSXbox World, 4.5/10.

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is a game that means to serve the fans, but is a let down in so many areas. With the stellar Torchlight hitting the marketplace as well, the only thing Daggerdale has on it is cooperative gameplay, and it even does that poorly. Only the most hardcore D&D fans should venture forth, everyone else should cast a haste spell and run away…quickly.

GameShark, F.

I am a huge fan of co-op games, and believe very strongly in the notion that a poor game can be made better by having someone else to play it with, but Daggerdale isn’t just a poor game, it’s a frustrating, shoddy, broken mess of a game that never should have been released in its current state, made even more upsetting by the fact that you have no recourse to get your money back. Do not buy this game.

WeTheGamerz, 4.3/10.

Many problems aside, the game can look beautiful when the textures have loaded correctly. Even while using magic, the particle effects may please the eyes. Not to mention the customizable and somewhat simple stats system that tries to encourage players to try new magic abilities or skills. At the same time, the game has a good amount of weapons and armor to fully customize your character from head to toe. If you are new to the RPG genre, Daggerdale may not be what you are looking for. However, if you can overlook the glitches and are a hardcore Dungeons & Dragons fan, this will be a decent game for you. You can pick up Daggerdale now on the Xbox Marketplace for 1200 msp (15$) or on PSN.

Portland Mercury, scoreless.

Daggerdale isn’t bad far from it, actually but there’s just no innovation here. If you’re a diehard devotee of pen-and-paper D&D (or any of the other billion limbs of the Dungeons & Dragons empire), this might be the perfect flavor of this particular gameplay formula. But if you’re anyone else? Stick to Torchlight, or hold out for Diablo III.

Go! Gaming Giant, 5/10.

As a D&D game, Daggerdale is largely disappointing. It’s a fairly decent hack-and-slash adventure, but the many graphical issues coupled with a lack of engaging audio can make it difficult to enjoy if you’re not playing with a few friends. Fans of games such as Diablo are likely to find a few more redeeming qualities that most of us wouldn’t normally consider, but the lack of depth may still be off-putting. There are two more games planned as follow-ups to Daggerdale, so I really hope they consider the game’s issues and shortcomings and address them in the sequels. It certainly has a lot of potential; they just need to do a lot more with it.