![]() ![]() Gigantosaurus: Dino Kart XSX Review 6.5/10 "A Sim.Return To The Wild Review (Music from Legend of Ze. ![]() whilst the encounters aren’t wildly random, they fit the tropes of the genre to the extent that made me feel like I was lost in a world that has existed in my imagination since I was a child. Of course, not each card spells doom and gloom, you may come across the Lady of the Lake, who heals you – or perhaps a dwarven hermit who will pay you to leave him alone etc. In the initial forest, you’ll be facing ‘treants’, evil tree folk that attack you, alongside wolves and the like. The game from then on takes you through various locations through the randomised turns of cards in a deck. Following this, you get a brief overview of the ‘evil wizard blah blah blah’ plot, which is absolutely as wonderfully generic as it needs to be, and then the village elder shoves a health potion in your pocket and kicks your troupe of heroes up the arse and off into the forest to sort out this pesky saucy sorcerer. Initially, it’s the classic combination of barbarian, dwarf, wizard and archer – but after a few runs, other options become available. The game begins by allowing you to select your party of four from the characters available. I genuinely spent a few days installing and uninstalling various games on my phone, hunting around for what I was looking for - and it was then that I stumbled across Dark Quest 3, which was due for imminent release, I can’t comment on Brain Seal Ltd’s other games, or even the preceding two titles in this trilogy, but I can certainly say that Dark Quest 3 is exactly what I needed. It was after a recent weekend jaunt to a salubrious part of the country – where the curtains were promptly drawn and daylight not sighted for 48 hours – that I began to yearn for a single-player board game experience… but in the digital realm. From diving into breezy games like Dungeon! And Hero Quest to rule-laden slogs like Massive Darkness or Endure the Stars/Rules, I’ve really come to appreciate the wonderful blend of dedication and camaraderie that comes from a day of getting some snacks and drinks in, then settling down for eleven hours of arguing over the results of dice rolls and bafflingly unclear card descriptions. It has only been over the last few years that I’ve really gotten hips-deep into board games. ![]()
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