TUAW's Daily App: Dungeons & Such

Dungeons & Such is exactly what it sounds like. It's a very nostalgic homemade RPG game for iOS that will have you looking back fondly on the days of Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy on the NES. Sure, by modern standards, the graphics are a little lame -- this definitely isn't Infinity Blade we're talking about. Most of the game is in menus, and most of the art is static 2D pictures rather than brilliant 3D environments. But the game runs smoothly, the action is varied enough to stay interesting, and if you're a fan of old-school dungeon crawling, you'll probably find yourself right at home.
There's quite a bit under the surface, too -- you've got full Game Center integration, in-game guilds to join, and you can even "hire" your friends to play with them asynchronously as you dive into dungeons. The game's being updated, too, with bug fixes, new items to find and other suggestions straight from users.
Dungeons & Such is US$2.99 on the App Store right now, or there's a lite version to check out for free if you'd like to do that. It's not completely polished (as I understand it, the whole game is basically the product of one guy's hard work), but if you're interested in an old-school RPG experience, it won't let you down.
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Dungeons & Such is exactly what it sounds like. It's a very nostalgic homemade RPG game for iOS that will have you looking back...
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I just picked it up. I don't like the Facebook integration (I'm not really a Facebook person), but I don't know if there's some other way to play with others without it.
March 17 2011 at 2:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhoh, stop the presses! This RPG draws its roots from the old school first person RPGs on the old Apple ][c. I'm talking Might and Magic, and the Bard's Tale. Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior were more in the Ultima lineage.
March 17 2011 at 1:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNice honest review. It's not a high-powered graphics game, but as you say, it is the blood and sweat of one guy. He has a second app in the store, Typing Sebastian, that he wrote when learning iOS programming. It's cute and kinda addicting (aargh, I can do better next time! Just one more game before I go to sleep!) and it *did* help improve my iPhone typing.
He has a full-time job plus a new wife and child, yet still finds time to update his apps, like adding GameCenter integration. I always like spending my app store dollars supporting small shops like Genki's that put out unique quality apps and stand behind them.
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