One thing I do like about this game however is that there is both short and long-ranged combat. If you are a noob when it comes to Souls-like games, it’s best to avoid this game at all costs. You are stuck on the default hard difficulty that is set by the developer. Predictably, Dolmen does not have any difficulty settings whatsoever. Īnyway, let’s now talk about the gameplay in Dolmen. Pausing a game is essential if you need to go to the toilet or just need a break. Being unable to pause gameplay during a single-player game is pointless and annoying. I also found myself going in circles sometimes because the environment looks the same as it’s all dark corridors and locked doors everywhere.Īnother annoying Souls-like trope that this game adopts is that there is no option for you to pause the gameplay. The game also lacks any fast travel, so it’s boring if you want to go back to a certain section of the game. There is also no map in the game, so you will have to explore the levels on your own to know where you need to go next! You won’t see the bright and diverse environments like those seen in Elden Ring, or anything like that. Thanks to the game’s science fiction setting, predictably the level design is dark and drab looking. The mission is easier said than done because the planet is littered with tons of hostile monster enemies and huge bosses. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to acquire a special type of crystal known as ‘Dolmen’.
Here in Dolmen, you create your own character as they are deployed into an outside alien planet called ‘Revion Prime’. One of the only original aspects of Dolmen is its futuristic science fiction setting.
Elden Ring is the pinnacle of what a Souls-like should be like and Dolmen just isn’t able to compare to it. It’s hard to compare Souls games now since the excellent Elden Ring came out just a short time ago. While I usually applaud small game developers trying to make slick video games, sadly Dolmen is an unoriginal Souls-like that fails to try something that differentiates itself from other games out there. However, there are also some bad Souls-like games out there like Hellpoint, and now we have the release of Dolmen this year.ĭolmen is a game developed by a small Brazilian developer named Massive Work Studio. There have been good Souls clones out there such as Nioh and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order just to name a few. Ever since Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls got popular, tons of other games have copied its winning formula. Whenever a genre gets very popular, we normally see an influx of copycat games trying to capitalize on the hype.
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