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| DuneCrawl on PC, as reviewed by NinjaGuyX in his three-minute video breakdown. |
By NinjaGuyX
It's been a while since I've enjoyed a little indie open world like DuneCrawl, and today I'm here to tell you why!
When I first looked at DuneCrawl gameplay, I'd assume that it'd be more of a management type of game where you manage your giant crab while fighting around with it, and that's personally not my type of game.
When I first jumped in, I was surprised that you’re not even introduced to the crab right away. You get to do the intro while having some solid fighting mechanics.
Open World Structure and Quest Flow
This is an open world type of adventure. After the tutorial, you're basically free to do whatever you want. You'll have a bunch of quests assigned, and your goal is to complete them all.
It's a nice open world game in a sense that it respects your time, which is rare nowadays. All quests have a little something different. Like here where you have to rescue prisoners on an island, but then here you have to race with these beetle creatures, and here's an escort mission. It never really felt like a chore for me, and I was excited to know what was going to happen next. There's also some nice side things that you can explore and complete. You get a little percent on your save file to know how much you've completed so far, so this really fill that completion addiction sense.
The Giant Crab as Your Main Way to Travel
So your main way of travel is the giant crab, and it acts kind of like a battleship at the same time. You get the same kind of feeling as the traveling of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, if you've ever played that. Sometimes you'll encounter other giant enemy crabs that you have to battle, and it's pretty engaging. You need to load your cannons, shoot them, heal up your crab, and things like that.
Single-Player and Online Multiplayer
This is fully playable in single player if you'd like, and you get a ghost companion on your crab that can help you manage it if needed by giving them commands.
But you also have the ability to play online multiplayer! Which is way more fun. It really nails the sense of working together to accomplish things, and I love it.
Ground Combat Variety and Resources
Ground combat has some variety. You get to equip multiple types of weapons . Your main one is your sword, and you need to dodge enemies' attacks. Most other weapons will be either guns or type of explosives, which are more powerful than your main weapon. You'll need to destroy crates and other things in your environment to find more bullets and grenades, or you can grind money and buy them at the trading post.
What Didn’t Work for Me
It's not a perfect experience though. I did get stuck in some environments on occasions. It's not too frustrating, because you don't really lose anything if you die on purpose, you just respawn on the latest checkpoint, and I'm sure that the devs will address this if they're actively working on fixes.
There are also quests that did not feel as fluid as others. Like this part where I needed to destroy dynamites, but it wasn't really clear on how we do that. I needed to restart it a few times. Or this part where I needed to destroy a wall, but wasn't too sure how to do it? Next time I'll bring some dynamites and see what happens when I throw it over there.
Final Thoughts
Overall I really enjoyed my experience with DuneCrawl and will definitely jump back in it to play some more. I recommend it if you're looking for a nice little open world game that doesn't waste your time, and have a nice sense of accomplishment, while the combat is engaging and feels fun.
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