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The Dark Spire

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The Dark Spire certainly attained its goal of creating an homage to classic dungeon-crawling RPGs, but its confusing design choices and unforgiving gameplay may turn off anyone born after 1990.

Available on: DS
Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Apr 14, 2009
Published by: Atlus
Developed by: Success

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1 player SOLO

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Relentlessly old-school dungeon-crawling meant for just one type of gamer

May 18, 2009

The Dark Spire centers on the classic first-person, dungeon-crawling style of play made popular by such games as Wizardry or The Bard's Tale, with rules similar to Dungeons & Dragons. It's definitely a refreshing twist on modern role-playing games (like Oblivion), but its blindly faithful reproduction of the classics turn what could have been a nostalgic romp into a rather irritating game ...

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The Dark Spire

Take back the classic RPG… or don't

Feb 3, 2009

Role-playing games have come a long way since their inception in videogame-dom. The big franchises almost all sport immersive 3D worlds, iconic and developed characters, and cinematic cut-scenes. But what if you didn’t want all that — the toned-down level of challenge, the movie sequences that spell out what you’d prefer to just imagine, the androgynous protagonists? ... » Read Full The Dark Spire preview

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