[EGD9] Another One Of These Dungeons, Eh?

Acidic Dungeon is a game created by bizzmoff

Game: Acidic Dungeon

Maker: Bizzmoff

Creator: Retro Arcade

Pre-Thoughts

So, here we have the last EGD Arcade game that is in need of being reviewed. Yes, there was very little competition in the arcade creator this year, but I can't understand why. Either way, we still have a few games left to review so they need to be done. This game we have here is Acidic Dungeon by Bizzmoff. This guy is honestly quite quiet. I've not seen him as a strong game maker, and though he's been on the forums for quite a while now, he's not the most active. Seriously, there is nothing to predict for this game because no one has seen his game making ability, especially in the arcade creator where he is completely inexperienced. The thumbnail doesn't give much away at all, and it seems very bland, so I have not a clue how this will go.

Review

Much like the thumbnail was, the gameplay in Acidic Dungeon was very bland and boring. For the first two levels, it was basically just a bunch of enemies in a straight forward line up. There wasn't much creativity involved at all. Moving on further in the game, bizzmoff began getting more creative with his ideas. Nothing was exactly new, but it was nice to see some creativity. These areas would have been nice if it wasn't for unforgiving traps that there was just no need for. One good thing about the arcade creator is that you can start a level again if you get trapped, but if there's no checkpoints, it gets annoying. Another thing that annoyed me was the platforming. There wasn't a lot of it, but in some cases, if one mistake is made, you can't get back unless you have enough lives left. It was still somewhat fun, bit Acidic Dungeon wasn't really interesting.

Acidic Dungeon's scenery, again predicted by the thumbnail, was also very bland. Sure, it fits the theme of the game - acid. However, it was honestly just very boring. It was good to see bizzmoff exploring with the different backgrounds like the rain, but it just wasn't interesting. I would have liked to see him exploring with the different textures which would clearly fit the theme much better, and it's a shame I didn't see that in this game. However, it was a good thing that bizzmoff tried to follow his theme, and he did that pretty well with the background colours and the different scenery options, but I could clearly see that it could easily be improved.

The placements of Acidic Dungeon were decent. Everything was working perfectly fine and I probably could beat the game if I tried it again. However, there are a few areas to mention because of the placements. First of all, in some areas the ground was a bit messy. Because of this, it was difficult to move without easily getting trapped. For example, there's an area in the game where you have to skip across a pool of acid to get to the other side. Now, when getting back on the floor, there is an enemy that is standing horribly close to where you need go get back up. Moving across a pool of acid already drains some of the life, so having an enemy that can just knock you right back into the pool that can easily kill you is just horrible. This is just one example of many. However, the enemies were spread out well, there was enough health items for you to live through the entire game and it was good enough for people to get far in the game.

Pros:

Decent placements

Enough Health/Power Ups

Okay gameplay

Cons:

Nothing too interesting

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Scenery

Ratings

Conclusion

Acidic Dungeon was an okay game for someone who is inexperienced in the creator. Bizzmoff did show some effort in this game. Unfortunately, there was nothing too interesting. I don't expect this game to get a feature even for EGD simply because there was nothing to show it deserves it. There were unfortunately many flaws. I've been very negative with the three EGD9 games I've reviewed, and I hope the next one will be much better, Until next time!