Dungeon Keeper

K. Fields
2017-11-27T14:30:35-05:00
Video Games

I’ve been playing Dungeon Keeper sporadically over the last few weeks. I have the Gold Edition from GOG, which includes the original 1997 game as well as the Deeper Dungeons expansion. In the game, you build a dungeon and protect it against invaders. Your minions are typical evil creatures while the invaders are the usual good hero types. It is a normal dungeon crawl turned upside down. Although the game plays out in real time, it progresses at a somewhat leisurely pace. You certainly don’t need twitch reflexes to succeed. I was progressing well through the ten levels (aka realms) in the base game. However, I faced defeat in the eighth realm, Tickle. Things were going well early on but I eventually encountered the first enemy before my troops were ready. Although our numbers were evenly matched, my opponents’ creatures averaged higher levels. They beat my minions back and I never recovered.

Things looked good early on (my territory is in red)