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EA’s release of a new mobile game in the series – one that deviates greatly from your expectations – in no way damages your enjoyment of what’s come before.

The original Dungeon Keeper (and Dungeon Keeper 2) are just as playable today as they were at release – and you can pick them up for $5.99 each on GOG.com. Maybe it just means you need to adjust your expectations. Regardless of how it’s framed, though, all of the animosity towards Dungeon Keeper seems to boil down to two things: a common (and in my opinion, tired) backlash against free-to-play, and an overwhelming disappointment that this isn’t the same Dungeon Keeper that players knew and loved back in 1997.īut here’s what it comes down to: Just because this isn’t the game you were expecting doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. If you’re looking for evidence of the overwhelmingly negative response to Dungeon Keeper from the gaming community, you need look no further than this. Jason Schreier’s article on Kotaku actually provides a pretty great summary of other media and gamer reaction to the game. The Escapist’s Jim Sterling called it “one of the worst examples of a cancer that is eroding the market and has already destroyed the credibility of the once promising mobile game sector.” Kotaku later borrowed part of Sterling’s quote for a headline to a piece about the backlash Dungeon Keeper has seen – an article whose author admits, by the way, hasn’t actually played the game he’s writing about: “I can’t even bring myself to download EA’s newest mobile disaster for fear of tainting my memories of hours and hours digging and crafting on the old Bullfrog classic.” I don’t want to spoil it for you, but THEY DIDN’T REALLY CARE FOR THE GAME’S FREE-TO-PLAY NATURE.ĭungeon Keeper in all it’s free-to-play glory It all started on Thursday – less than 24 hours after the game’s launch – in Play4Real’s wonderfully satirical article Our Dungeon Keeper Review for iOS Will Be Done in 8 Hours or Give Us a Dollar to Finish It Now. And the reaction has been nothing short of vitriolic.īut here’s the problem: I don’t really understand why.įor a quick primer, it’s probably worth taking you through some of the articles that have been lighting up my Twitter feed this week. Late last week, EA launched the long-anticipated free-to-play mobile game Dungeon Keeper to both the App Store and Google Play.