Comments on: Casually Slashing: Kivi’s Underworld Demo

By: Melf_Himself

Melf_Himself — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:16:21 +0000

“Kivi’s Underworld ? Does it take place in a New Zealander’s cellar ?”

Only if you’re German.

(It’s “Kiwi”)

By: SanguineLobster

SanguineLobster — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:51:23 +0000

Tei says:

“Casual Dungeon Crawling, is not that a oximoron?”

Not at all, you go into the dungeon and all the orcs are wearing sweater-vests, playing Parcheesi and drinking Snapple.

By: Stromko

Stromko — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:41:26 +0000

I’ve progressed to the fourth level, and I’ve enjoyed it so far. It’s much more accessible than Depths of Peril, really not intimidating at all. Challenging, you can definitely get into situations where you’re going to die horribly.

It hues much closer to the Action side of the Action-RPG genre mix. In other words I think they’ve excised just about all the RPG out of the Diablo formula– but the unfolding storyline, progression of fighting tougher and tougher monsters and environments, the importance of power-ups and proper power usage, gives something for RPG fans to enjoy I think. I still found myself anticipating the opening of chests and bashing of crates, the power-ups and score-boosting treasures do evoke some of that giddy slot machine feeling.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:26:10 +0000

Yes, secrets. I completely forgot to mention them, despite fully intending to. I love searching for secrets in games, and this one does it really well.

By: idespair

idespair — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:16:13 +0000

The power-ups take the place of inventory management, to a certain extent, and there’s a certain joy to the constant slaughter with a small sideline in searching for the many secrets in each level (with trophies at the end of each level which convert into points for upgrading your stats).

By: Strings

Strings — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:01:39 +0000

Try it before you deny it.

By: Stromko

Stromko — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:27:13 +0000

I’m curious how this could possibly be fun without the prospect of looting a nifty new weapon or some shiny armors. I’ll give the demo a shot..

By: danielcardigan

danielcardigan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:10:16 +0000

“No inventory? Doesn’t that destroy the major task-reward structure of your typical hack-and-slash? I suppose skill points can provide some of that feeling of progression, but a hack and slash without loot is a BLT without the B.”

Which is what Space Siege got so badly wrong, turning it from an RPG into a shooter, IMO.

By: Deny

Deny — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:07:48 +0000

Alas, I like my hack ‘n slash games full of items and inventories. Give me a reason why this game would still be addictive?

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:59:16 +0000

Casual Dungeon Crawling, is not that a oximoron?

By: Gladman

Gladman — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:55:39 +0000

There’s little fun in hacking and slashing when there’s no reward for it.

By: yhancik

yhancik — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:51:39 +0000

Kivi’s Underworld ? Does it take place in a New Zealander’s cellar ?