Din's Curse is a single player and co-op multiplayer action RPG with 141 class combinations, infinite number of dynamically generated towns, real consequences, and a dynamic, evolving world.
Din, champion of the gods, has cursed you into a second life of service because you selfishly squandered your first one while causing misfortune to those around you. To redeem yourself, you must impress Din by building a reputation for helping others. Travel the spacious western plains of Aleria and save desperate towns from the brink of annihilation. Until you're redeemed, you're doomed to wander the earth alone for all eternity.
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this was good one
Diablo 1 ve 2 gibi oynanışa sahip bol Questli dinamik dünyası, kendi içinde ırklar arası savaş yapısı bulunan Tamamen Prosedürel Oluşturulan zindan ve görevlerle dolup taşan fantazi rpg oyunu. Din's Curse Keşfedilmemiş cevherler listemde ve sizi 100'lerce saat sıkmadan ve kendini tekrar etmeden oynatacak.
Hace mucho tiempo buscando juegos en paginas cuestionables me encontre Kivi's underworld, era un dungeon crawler lineal bastante unico a su manera y que aun conservo, es divertido y tiene bastante variedad en el gameplay.
Recientemente me topé por accidente con este juego descubriendo que el dev de kivi's hizo mas juegos y din es practicamente una forma mucho mas elaborada de esa misma experiencia de juego usando los mismos assets, aqui no hay personajes desbloqueables por lo visto pero si tienes una infinidad de equipo entre el que ir cambiando.
El propio dev (o devs) describe este juego como "un rpg como ningun otro" y es bastante acertado, no reinventa el genero pero hace las cosas a su manera de tal forma que tiene una identidad propia y es de esos juegos en los que puedes tirarte sesiones de horas o pasartelo con sesiones de 20 minutos.
De verdad es toda una joya que lamento no haber encontrado antes
A very addictive ARPG! I recommend!
Unable to properly put in full screen mode or adjust resolution. Must disable settings in the EXE File to play. I put it in full screen with the resolution of my monitor, and then only 1/5th of the screen would show, taking up my entire monitor. Unable to change the resolution in the game at this point. Unable to play with HDR on after manually adjusting settings in the EXE File of the game properties in the windows explorer too. = (
Din's Curse is for lack of a better term a Diablo Clone. However it's more fun than Diablo or Torchlight. It's simpler, with only a threadbare story but, the gameplay is top notch. I'm still playing this game even though I want to finish some other games that have a much deeper story. And I'm even more shocked that I'm still playing this instead of something Christmasy right now. Because this isn't Christmasy at all. But, it's really fun game made by one guy and like all of this developers games it's got more heart than any AAA piece of crap. If you don't like it in the first couple of hours then you probably aren't going to like it. However, if you are like me you'll probably get hundreds of hours of fun playing this game. There's simply No good reason not to get Din's Curse or any of the other great Soldak titles. Pick it up.
Din’s Curse is an action RPG that takes the familiar framework of dungeon crawling and infuses it with an impressive degree of dynamism and unpredictability. Developed and published by Soldak Entertainment, it approaches the genre from a systems-driven perspective, treating its towns, dungeons, monsters, and NPCs as interconnected elements that evolve in real time. Rather than presenting a static world waiting for you to act, the game constantly simmers with activity—raids occur, townspeople die, traitors sabotage settlements, and monsters carry out their own objectives. This reactive structure transforms what could have been a conventional hack-and-slash experience into something tense, organic, and often surprising.
At the heart of the game is your protagonist, a cursed soul condemned by the god Din to wander the land and redeem his wasted life. Each new town you arrive in is a fresh chance at salvation: its citizens are in peril, its dungeons are teeming with escalating threats, and you are expected to intervene before disaster consumes everything. This setup establishes a perpetual sense of urgency. Unlike RPGs where quests can be safely ignored until convenient, Din’s Curse creates consequences for inaction. Leave the town alone too long and you may return to find it burning, overrun, or entirely dead. This pressure adds weight to your decisions, forcing you to prioritize objectives and react quickly to emerging dangers.
The gameplay loop revolves around descending through procedurally generated dungeons beneath each town, completing quests, collecting loot, and leveling up. What makes the experience compelling is how the systems above and below ground interact. Clearing a dungeon level may prevent the spawning of a powerful monster uprising, while ignoring a minor crisis could allow it to snowball into a catastrophic event. Enemies coordinate, build up lairs, and launch raids, and NPCs can be kidnapped, murdered, or recruited depending on how events unfold. Every playthrough becomes its own story—not scripted, but shaped by the world reacting to your presence and your failures.
Character customization is another major strength. The game features six main classes, eighteen specialties, and the ability to mix and match skills to create hybrid builds. This flexibility encourages experimentation, letting you play as anything from a pure warrior to a bizarre combination of mage and ranger with unusual synergies. Loot is abundant and satisfying, and the constant cycle of finding, comparing, and equipping new gear scratches the familiar action-RPG itch. Skill progression feels meaningful, and the ability to respec means you are free to adjust your build without being punished for early experimentation.
However, the game isn’t without its rough edges. Visually, Din’s Curse shows its age; the graphics are functional but dated, with simple character models and environments that emphasize purpose over polish. The interface and controls can feel clunky, particularly during crowded battles where clicking on corpses instead of enemies becomes a frequent annoyance. Inventory management also interrupts the pacing, with constant trips back to town to sell loot often breaking the flow of dungeon exploration. The basic quest types—kill this, retrieve that, stop some event—repeat frequently, and while the dynamic world helps mask the repetition, the underlying objectives are still fairly conventional.
Despite these limitations, Din’s Curse succeeds by offering something rare in the action-RPG space: a world that feels truly alive. Its procedural events keep players on edge, and the satisfaction of rescuing a town at the last minute—or failing and watching chaos unfold—creates memorable moments unique to each playthrough. The game’s co-op mode enhances the experience further, turning the frantic race against time into a collaborative scramble where players divide responsibilities and react to crises together.
Din’s Curse is not a game built on spectacle, but on depth, tension, and replayability. It appeals to those who crave a dynamic environment where outcomes matter and no two sessions play out the same way. If you can look past the dated presentation and embrace the emergent systems at its core, you’ll find an engrossing and thoughtful take on the hack-and-slash formula—one where consequences are real, worlds evolve, and victory always feels earned.
Rating: 8/10
Too repetitive. There's no ending or progression. It's just the same thing over and over forever until you get bored.
This games actually not to bad and it grows on you as you play.
When you first load it up and look at it, it looks cheap and unapppealing but as you play abit it grabs you and brings you in, yea its abit on the dated side, but the game is still so playable and enjoyable, to the point I had to finish it and aim to unlock all the achievements.
A very decent dungeon crawler! A+!
Both a blessing and a curse at the same time. This is *technically* the perfect ARPG. You can customize and roll of sorts off things like the size of the dungeons and the types of enemies, the town condition, etc. Great pick n' play type which is rare on this genre. At the same time this is also it's downfall. Still, if you have a friend of two I recommend for a romp.
great
It's okay. Nothing groundbreaking and graphics are dated. But still enjoyable. 6/10
Game is more addictive than cocaine.
Very cool take on the Diablo 1 formula. The sheer amount of randomness and hybrid class systems are very cool.
The game is intense and rewards efficient game play (like an RTS) and paying attention to all the quests and events going on in the game is key. If you take too long to deal with something, it only gets worse or creates even more events that could hurt your town. Everything like that just keeps you 100% locked in while enjoying some simple ARPG gameplay.
cool and good
Great gameplay. Great dynamic interactions making each game different. Unbelievable combination of classes for different ways to play. If you value gameplay far more than visuals and glitz, this game is your jam. It's what indie developers are ALL about--someone daring to make games off the beaten down path jammed with crappy same-same sequels. Support independent thought and risktaking in games. BUY it!
A dificuldade é alta mas é legal
I love this game. Such a nice ARPG to just turn up and play a couple of hours and leave and then come back to. Builds are fun and mobs are amazing. Somehow extremely chill and constantly panic inducing. A masterpiece.
This game is hard to review. The top review says, "this game is extremely replayable." I disagree entirely. Within 30 minutes, you'll have experienced every single thing this game has to offer. It is generic.
This game is extremely bare and basic. There is no nuance to this game's ARPG mechanics, but its foundation is incredibly strong. They took what could've been a very good and deep ARPG, but stopped after adding a single gimmick: dynamic questing and single town instances.
This game lacks any real depth at all - character progression is extremely simple. The entire game is simple, and it's to its detriment. Every class plays exactly the same, but some being more powerful than others: it'a very poorly balanced. Classes like Warrior fall behind mid-game, but Priest breezes through all content due to its sustainability options. Hybrid classes are interesting in idea, but don't really lead to different play-styles: typically, you just find 3 or 4 skills that work sprinkling in skills to maintain your mana and HP, but every class and skill feels exactly the same as one-another. This game suffers tremendously from having very, very few synergies and options: skills and passives are effectively vacuums that improve your character as a whole but don't lead to any emergent playstyles whatsoever. If you fancy yourself a wizard, you may enjoy improving your fire efficiency, but you'll be disappointed when the synergy ends there. For warriors, you'll grind out your attack for increased accuracy only to find that to be your only form of scaling, all the while you utilize your basic attack until end-game. Your resources are easy enough to manage, and the game relies heavily on kiting to get through most encounters.
Still, this game is a very solid foundation for a very good ARPG. It paved the way to, in my opinion, a tremendous upgrade overall in Din's Legacy. It has a singular gimmick in the dynamic quests and town system that gets old very quickly, but it's great for mindless enjoyment. It gets frustrating quickly and is incredibly monotonous overall, but it nails the basics of what an ARPG should be. It feels like Diablo, and if you come at it from the perspective of what a game made in 2010 should be, it feels half-baked. Loads of promise with mechanics as vast as an ocean, but as shallow as a puddle. I recommend it simply on the basis that it's worth its price-point and, for ARPG enthusiasts, serves as a great time-waste. It is a hack-and-slash through and through, and it deserves respect for that. It is the worst ARPG I've ever played, unfortunately, but is the rough outline of a real gem.
Good, underated ARPG. The events, timed quests, and the ability to fail quests makes it feel much more alive than most ARPGs
I love old games but this one is very simple and straight forward, I mean it's the game when you don't know what to play and don't want to think too much, helped me to pass few hours.
simple game but fun hack and slash
I'm writing this review really to counterbalance some incorrect information in some reviews I see. Some people don't seem to understand how this game plays and the differences between how things are done here vs. the games they are used to.
If you're coming in off Depths of Peril, you'll understand the mechanics of this game pretty well. This one focuses on a single character, though, going from town to town, leveling up and trying to solve their problems, without the win being tied to being the top faction. But just like in Depths of Peril, You won't always win. You're not meant to always win. You're meant to lose sometimes, and get to carry on with that same character to a new town, keeping your experience and items.
Someone plays the game, loses or dies a few times, and then gives a bad review, claiming it's too difficult or too random. This isn't one of those games where you always win or you get to just reload if you lose to make sure that you always win, that's not at all how this game is supposed to be played. Some people don't understand the core mechanics, and then complain that the game developer made it too hard for them to steamroll through everything as they're used to doing in most games...
While it's not the way that the game was meant to be played, *if* you're one of those people that doesn't want to ever lose, there are so many options you get to set for your game to change things up. You can set it to be much easier. You can turn off timed attacks, or you can set the timed stuff to happen at a much slower pace so that you don't have to rush right to it. It does kind of ruin what could be a really interesting and different kind of play experience, if they'd just settle into it and play how it was meant to be played, but you can tweak a great many things about how the game works in the options. Most of the complaints I see have an option to tweak where the thing they complain about can be turned off or changed.
The game played how it's supposed to be can seem unfair sometimes, just because of some of the randomness. Again, you can tweak a lot of that in the settings, and many people may want to slow down a bit of the timed things, but it's kind of fun to experience as it was meant to be, too. You won't save everybody, and you will die sometimes. You can train up and go back and do better, or you lose out on that town and go to a new one, with that knowledge and experience under your belt.
Some things do happen quickly on the base settings. That won't be working for everybody. You can take your same character, and go to a new town with different settings. So you're not losing out on what you've built, no matter if you feel you need to change things up for a run or not.
freakish game
настольджи....
There's something oddly charming about this game. I wouldn't say it's the best Hack-n-Slash game ever, but it certainly streamlines a lot of things. If you were ever looking for a game to jump right into the action as fast as humanly possible, Din is your bet. I think the time between installing the game and bashing your first skeleton is probably under 60 seconds. The skill trees are interesting and mindlessly running around bashing humongous leprechauns is a fun time.
Some stuff is kind of baffling about not being able to equip basic armor unless you have the requirements for it. But overall if you are only interested in smashing monsters and not any pesky story to get in the way, you'd be hard pressed to find something more focused in its mission.
Yep, fun game. It's a dungeon of problems that get worse in real time, go solve 'em all.
the elasticity and dynamism of this game is something that puts every other diablo clone i've played to shame. some people can't stand aspects of gameplay being left out of their direct control, but for people who love player indifferent simulations, dwarf fortress style sandboxes where losing is fun, and wish the version of stalker where npcs could beat the game before you had been the one that released, there's almost nothing else exactly like this. fantastic. if games in this genre learned nothing else, i at least would love to see this game's dual classing system elsewhere because it's truly extremely freeing, especially in the face of diablo iv (more like i.v. cause playing it makes me want to go to the hospital) having almost completely linear character building.
DINS CURSE LMAOOOOOO
its alright. only complaint is repetitive sounds as all creatures have just a single sound. diablo 2 has better sound variety and its over a decade older than this game.
get on big sale (75% or higher)
Nice :)
Fun game. Kind of feels like a roguelike diablo game.
You spawn in a random town with random quests. You balance time between grinding, doing quests, diving deeper into the dungeon and returning to town to fight off monsters. You level up do harder quests, get better stuff. Beat some big bad and then go to the next "town".
I really wanted to like this game. Loved Diablo. Loved Fate. Loved Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance. Loved Champions of Norrath. So, when I read that this game was recommended, couldn't wait to give it ago. Turns out, definitely not for me... hated it with a passion. Like Trooth mentioned in their review... way too much of this game is left for chance. It's extremely infuriating to constantly fail quests due to some particular character out of nowhere beating you to the quest... it's even more infuriating to fail a quest almost immediately after starting it (such as just showing up at the level, only to fail it less than 5 seconds later).
I genuinely don't get what all the positive reviews are about. I straight up regret this purchase.
This game is decently good and frequently cheap.
really solid action rpg with lots of unique twists on the genre
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Как Titan Quest, но приключение происходит в песочнице. Каждый новый старт игры приносит свежий опыт. Много классов и навыков, также хорошо сбалансированные противники.
Важные преимущества :
1) быстродействие -- игра работает очень шустро и весит совсем ничего.
2) стабильность -- за всё время игра ни разу не вылетела и не поломала сохранения. Также я не заметил ни одного бага.
3) завершенность -- игра предлагает полноценную цель, которую надо достичь -- спасти город от монстров, чтобы получить бонус к карме и искупить грехи перед богом. Все квесты рассчитывают несколько вариантов развития событий -- я часто совершал ошибки в порядке действий и ни один квест не поломался.
4) реиграбельность -- каждый новый город отличается от предыдущего, и у каждого уникальная пещера с уникальным набором монстров (а монстров в игре много).
Вот одна история :
В деревне завелся предатель, сливающий информацию о жителях монстрам, и комендант попросил меня выяснить, кто эта крыса. В результате расследования обнаружилось, что крыса -- сам комендант, и я его убил на месте. В какой еще игре мог быть подобный сюжетный поворот?
Также в игре очень интересно экспериментировать с классами, комбинировать их, либо сочетая сильные стороны, либо компенсируя недостатки.
Можно скрестить мага огня с гладиатором и в перерывах между нарезанием врагов на ломтики сжигать всё живое вокруг огненной бурей.
Можно скрестить чародея и лучника и получить терминатора, по которому никто не может попасть издалека и также никто не может подойти на дистанцию рукопашной атаки (будет убит раньше).
Если совместить друида с воином, получится очень мотивированный громила на стероидах, способный увеличивать себя в размере, становясь настоящим титаном, или превращаться в животных, получая кучу бонусов к атаке и скорости.
И это лишь малая часть возможных комбинаций -- только те, что я успел попробовать. Классов в игре около 30, у каждого уникальный набор умений, и собирать гибриды можно вплоть до тепловой смерти вселенной.
Meh... I guess it's okay.
A great and fun dungeon crawler. Very Diablo-esque what with the class and the going into dungeons to kill monsters for loot and so on. Hours of fun. My recommendation is to play around with the classes for a bit before moving to make nothing but hybrids.
All classes have three talent trees. A hybrid takes two talent trees from any two classes and uses only them, resulting in some very poor choices and builds, but also some very fun and very overpowered builds. Turns the fun up a huge notch and opens the door for so many class combinations.
5/5
This game is the ultimate litmus test. If you can't enjoy it, you are a filthy casual.
Una version mega simplificada de diablo, pero altamente entretenida, para el precio tan bajo que tiene el juego y su dlc te recomiendo que te lo compres.
First time I tried a couple years ago, I was very pushed away by the UI and graphics. Everything felt clunky.
I didnt touch it for years. A couple days ago I gave it another shot, knowing, what to expect.
This time, it hooked me hard. It has depth and it has huge customizability and freedom. It reminds me of the classic Diablo (I not II) in some ways. Even the difficuliity (enjoy Taher) is highly customizable
Or in other words:
This game is the equivalent of "Dominions", which was 4x strategy on steroids.
This is oldschool ARPG on steroids.
Whoever is sick of those more or less linear ARPG of the last decades, try this and there is a high chance you will like it, as long as you have a higher tolerance for such games.
This game is a hidden gem. It's a bit slower than most ARPGS and that makes it really fun for me. Recommended.
what the actual F are thoses respawns ? ah go to stage one kill 10 mobs use all of ur regen items then go back to town just to go back to have full respawn again alll the time ? and yes again one of thoses ♥♥♥♥ games where u cant play mage at all due to reasons like that
too much random randomness. the town is more annoying then its a premise to fight for.
throughout there is an odd balance of effort to reward or cost to effect that rubs me the wrong way.
if the random strikes you can fail quests before you even had a chance to try.
Good ARPG with a fun quest system. You have to "save" a town and depending on how fast you solve the quests is whether the town will be saved or not. The town itself can come under attack as well. Combat is fun and their are itemization is good too. Graphics are obviously a bit dated but not bad if you go in expecting that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MznVr5m092M
Premesso che sono un fun dei giochi retro, mi sta piacendo. Preso ad offerta vale tutti i 2-3 euro spesi. Più avanti rivedrò questa recensione... per ora è promosso!
I love this game
You might think I'm full of indie-loving hype when I say this game improves on games like Diablo and Torchlight. Hear me out.
The game starts where the usual procedural-world action RPG leaves off. You've got your random dungeons, insane varieties of loot, and several classes with interesting skills (not really skill trees, but kinda). And there's the ability to create your own class by combining the skill "trees" of other classes. Tons of options, including completely unique and unusual game modes. Stuff to keep you from getting bored. So, right there, you'd have a really solid, high-quality action RPG.
But then - THEN - things get really interesting. When this is referred to as a "dynamic world", it's not just that it's randomly generated and that you can change things. No. The world reacts TO you, and will act in spite of you. The evil bad guys down in the lower levels of the dungeon will gain power, have their plans go forward (if that's what's happening...), and do terrible things to the town if you aren't actively responding to problems. The NPCs have their own problems - whether dealing with a zombie curse or having someone committing murders, or having the monsters from the dungeon suddenly attack. You can defend them. Maybe. You can equip them so they can defend themselves. Or maybe, shamefully, you may find yourself cowering in a lower dungeon level waiting for the carnage above in the city to come to an end so you'll be whisked away by the god Din from this failure to a new town, because you absolutely can fail to save a town.
I've put many dozens of hours into this game, and there's a lot I haven't seen / tried yet. It's just a really cool, big, fascinating, fun game with so many permutations that keep it interesting. It may not be the last RPG you ever buy, or the best you've ever played, but it's a great one to jump into for a fun "fix" that stays fun and keeps holding surprises for you for a very long time.
One person designed and programmed this game eleven years ago, and it is a better experience than a number of "AAA" games that have been released today. Seriously, this is a good game on its own without too many caveats to add. Also, as of this time, it's on sale for $2.49 USD. THAT'S LESS THAN THREE. Please let me know if there's a better entertainment value out there in the world for a similar cost.
Bottom line: Just too clunky. The living world is very cool and well thought out, but the combat and exploration leave too much to be desired. I won't talk much about the positives aside from this: the positive reviews are right when it comes to character customization, the dynamism of the world, and the loot.
With that said, if you like ARPGs for the reasons most people like ARPGs - smooth combat, fun loot, and character building, you're liable to only experience the last two here. Din's Curse reveals something pretty critical about this genre in that you can have the last two - even down perfectly - but it means little if the combat mechanics are poorly done.
Your character slides through maps like being pulled on a string, chasing monsters that engage and dis-engage with you at whim. Sure, Diablo and Torchlight have sheepish mobs that pull away after you kill a monster near them, but neither of them have monsters that do it constantly and seemingly randomly.
Actual combat (clicking creatures and deploying different spells and skills) can be most likened to World of Warcraft. You click a creature, engage it, and then deploy the buttons on your hotbar to take whatever you're fighting down. It's an agonizingly slow and choppy way of making your way through a 50+ mob floor. Diablo I had a more fluid and fun combat experience, something pretty crazy to think about given that Din's iterated on it more than a decade after Diablo I was released.
One more thing worth mentioning: the sounds in this game are torture. The music is meh, but the some of the mob cries will make any sensible person mute the game.
If you enjoy RPGs for the character building and loot and put combat fluidity on a pretty low priority, you may be able to enjoy this. Otherwise, I think most will find it not worth the $10 (+$5 DLC) its posted for.
I really like the premise here, of getting sent back to make up for a bad life.
But you aren't so much wandering the world as getting teleported from town to town, solving their dungeon problems until your bars go up enough to earn your freedom. You could definitely spend a dozen hours doing procedural quests, but other dungeon crawlers give you more for your time. Not recommended.
I like this a lot. It's scratching a bunch of itches.
This is a fun game with a lot of great inventory items, fantastic quest system, fantastic music, graphically amazing job. Tip: If you experience resolution problems (can't see The whole screen) go to your desk top
game icon and right click select trouble shoot compatibility administrative permission, display dpi. Run The Test and save your successful results then go after those quest. Another thing to remember you'll Die that's the greatness of the game-Don't be like myself and start a new game just resurrect you'll get some experience. I highly recommend this game great Job to All involved.
Pretty fun game. It's nothing special, but I enjoyed it for a few hours. My only turn off was having to maintain a town while trying to run through dungeons.
Именно с этой игры начался мой путь на ютубе) Рекомендую хотя бы ознакомиться, для сравнения с другими частями серии. А так, играйте в Din's Legacy - много новых механик и всего побольше.
An amazing RPG, you can play for how long you want, it's a great experience if you spend hours playing and even in bite sized if you have only a few minutes to play.
The premise of the game is that you're a traveler trying to redeem himself from his past by saving the towns he passes through. Each town has a central hub with merchants and a few civilians you can help, and they have a dungeon underneath with several levels.
It plays basically like Diablo 1 but much faster paced and you can clear the dungeon and save the town much faster and move on to the next. Perfect for a lunch break, or a break between studies.
Graphically the game is nothing special but it has a clear UI and dungeons are easy to navigate. The soundtrack is perfect and really fits the game, it will literally keep you hooked to the game.
One thing of notice, there's very little ballance between classes, warrior is the full package, highest damage, highest survivability and even mana steal on hit. Every other class is really underpowered compared with warrior. Except conjurer from the DLC that can be pretty good with pets but which got a huge nerf to his best spell.
This game should be the pride and joy of the developer Soldak, even with some flaws, it's their magnum opus and their other games don't come even close, which is a shame.
An ARPG where you play a criminal resurrected by the god Din to pay for your crimes by going into dungeons and protecting towns. I like the ideas behind the game - endless procedurally generated dungeons, dynamic quests that evolve and get more dangerous and threatening the longer you take to act on them, building a relationship with a town and it can produce neat moments like when a boss monsters attacked my village killing all my vendors and most of my quest givers leaving me on my own until I could find more to recruit to the town. But I find the gameplay reallyy clunk and the classes weirdly tuned. I tried playing a necromancer but there's no ability to tell your minions what to attack, leaving you to aggro everything and flee back to your minions hoping they can peel the monsters off you which is risky since you're squishy and boss monsters can do tons of damage. And the randomness of the game can mean you find yourself with a first level dungeon with two rapidly regenerating boss monsters blocking any progress. So neat ideas but I just can't overcome the odd RNG induced difficulty walls and figuring out, and finding the squishier classes totally nonviable as the monsters scale up.
My biggest issue is I cant play with friends of very long on this game. Every time I have tried to play with my friend in the USA, I keep getting disconnected, and I am not allowed to reconnect. restarting computer, running updates, changing firewall settings, nothing I do seems to stop this problem. idk if its the internet service providers or what, but honestly its not a big game so its not really excusable to not maintain connection with others.
surprisingly deep and fun, din's curse is a simple but satisfying arpg.
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Great oldie
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This game is simply amazing. This game has captured what was good about the original Diablo and added to that with out trying to reinvent it. The game feels like the dev asked themselves what Diablo 1 was missing and only added things that would have increased the power of that original experience.
This is something that every so many years I keep returning to. More over because it keeps kicking my behind when I play it. Which makes for decent replay value since I'd love to one of these years succeed.
Like all Soldak games, it is a unique beast. On the surface it looks like just another ARPG (which would be just fine), but the design is one man's vision of a living world RPG writ small into an ARPG setting. It's a really unique beast and worth taking the time to dig into it. There's a crazy amount of customization you can do BEFORE you even start your game as, like most games from this designer, you are allowed to tweak the settings of the game world to fit your personal taste. Once playing there's a bit of a learning curve as this is not your typical arpg.
If you are looking for something different crafted by a very small team working from a unique viewpoint in a genre we love (why else are you still reading) then give this game a shot, There's a demo so take a chance and see what you think.
I'll be completely honest: THIS IS THE GAME IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR AGES
Din is one of the best games to come out of the ARPG community in a while. Within the few minutes I've played of just the demo it was totally worth a buy.
PROS:
It has multiplayer (no server browsers or system to drop in/out of online on a whim but thats not that annoying your character saves)
The game is constantly randomly generated making each play through new and unique.
No real main story play at your own leasure
want to do some dungeon crawiling with friends? Here you go
the classes all play well (class specific items are kidna ♥♥♥♥ though)
ONE OF THE FEW GAMES WITH MEDIOCRE VOICE ACTING THAT ISNT CRINGE ITS WELL DONE
The story is loose so your fully immersed
not everything is voice acted (that hurts these kinds of games imo)
gameplay is simple ARPG tropes easy to learn
Graphics (while nothing special) feels like a Diabo 2/Runescape hybrid. It just needs blood and more gothic looking areas and bam
THIS GAME PLAYS AND FEELS LIKE DIABLO SERIOUSLY
CONS:
Stash system is weird and confusing
Animations are a bit slow (seqel demo fixed that from what I saw)
unlocking skills costs you money (but most goblins ect drop that so you shouldnt worry TOO much)
no server browser or public chat room before you join a game makes it hard to find players (i suppose you can use the discussion forum on here but still)
This game has given me hope and inspiration. I think when I make my next book I'll look to this game to get my mind in that fantasy mood. I love this game, I love the devs. More like this I look forward to seeing where you guys go!
Does this game need a review? No, play the demo and see for yourself.
The Din games had a lot of attention, back in the early 2000s, when there were not many linux games. There were a lot of fans of the deep-level strategy. That's true, but the gameplay is just so tiresome and the enemies so dull. I can understand the draw, when the Diablo games were unavailable, but these days it doesn't make sense unless you are already invested in the above mentioned deep-level strategy, of boss-monsters having a real-time story-line. Try the demo, but I don't recommend it, even at discount.
Played the game on an old ubuntu linux desktop, with radeon mesa graphics and a keyboard and mouse control.
На первый взгляд Din's Curse выглядит как старательная копирка с Diablo II, играть в которую местами оказывается не менее увлекательно, чем в оригинал - собственно, к такому выводу я и пришел в начале 2010-х, отыскав эту разработку на каком-то русскоязычном сайте поклонников hack'n'slash, пробежав ее за пару вечеров и восхитившись упорством маленькой группки инди-разработчиков, воплотивших в жизнь не слишком оригинальный, но все равно масштабный и в целом крепкий проект. Теперь же, когда я нашел Din's Curse на Steam и внимательнее изучил внутриигровые инструкции, выяснилось, что это целый симулятор игр в стиле Diablo II, где игрок волен самостоятельно подстраивать под себя "глубину" подземелий, мощность встречаемых монстров, скорость набора опыта и даже хардкорность некоторых заданий (вроде опционального "набега врагов на деревню"). И, если говорить кратко, эта фишка отлично работает - как минимум до тех пор, пока игрок не изучит лимиты местной системы генерации "миров".
В начале каждого нового забега игра предлагает создать новый "мир", включающий в себя деревню и подземелье, которые базируются на вводных данных, выбранных игроком. Уровни и задания каждый раз генерируются рандомно на основании библиотеки заранее заготовленных паттернов. "Мир" считается "пройденным" после того, как игрок выполнит определенное количество заданий от горожан (в духе "принеси десять шкур" или "убей такого-то босса"), тем самым заработав достаточно "очков уважения" для перехода в меню генерации нового "мира". Вместе с тем, некоторые задания необходимо выполнить за строго отведенное время, иначе они будут считаться проваленными, а счет "очков уважения" пойдет на спад. Впрочем, любой сгенерированный "мир" можно бросить, не завершая арку с заданиями до конца и перебросив персонажа в заново созданный "мир" через главное меню игры.
Формально для того, чтобы увидеть местную концовку и достичь звания победителя начинающему игроку необходимо успешно пройти три "мира". Правда, игра на этом не заканчивается, предлагая выбрать еще более высокий уровень сложности, по завершению которого геймера ждет еще одна концовка с присвоением ему более высокого звания. Затем Din's Curse предлагает ему сделать то же самое еще два раза - впрочем, на это согласятся только самые преданные фанаты проекта, ибо к десятому часу фрагменты карт и задания начинают повторяться: библиотека паттернов игры оказывается не так обширна, чтобы развлекать пользователей разнообразием дольше пары-тройки обстоятельных прохождений. Лучшим решением в этом случае будет отложить DC так же, как и любой другой освоенный hack'n'slash, и вернуться к ней когда предыдущие прохождения как следует забудутся.
В остальном проект радует всем, что могли предложить классические дьяблоклоны до момента выхода Torchlight II с ее супер-удобным интерфейсом. Семь классов персонажей с возможностью создания собственного "гибридного" класса (если рассматривать DC вместе с дополнением Demon War), море рандомно генерируемого лута, достаточно обширный бестиарий, прокачиваемые за очки опыта навыки, несколько типов декораций для разных уровней подземелья и длинные, но не слишком утомительные уровни. Как уже отмечалось, скорость прогрессии персонажа настраивается по желанию самого игрока.
Вердикт: крепкий дьяблоклон из начала 2010-х, особенность которого заключается в том, что практически все его важные геймплейные аспекты - от глубины подземелья до мощности монстров - игрок может настроить на свое усмотрение. Если вам нравится жанр hack'n'slash и при этом вы не против "олд-скульной" трехмерной графики в стиле конца 90-х гг., возьмите хотя бы по скидке - сегодня Din's Curse играется так же бодро, как и на момент выхода.
P.S.: Если решите взять, то не забудьте о Demon War DLC - оно добавляет новый класс героя, дополнительных монстров, новые квесты и расширенную библиотеку паттернов генерации игрового мира (одним словом, его роль для цельного восприятия Din's Curse примерно та же, что у расширения Lord of Destruction по отношению к Diablo II).
P.P.S.: Я забыл упомянуть о крепнущих в реальном времени боссах, то и дело норовящих построить на карте "машину тьмы", разрушение которой превращается в отдельный квест - впрочем, на практике это не слишком влияет на игровой процесс, в рамках которого мир и задания генерируются по-новому при каждом запуске.
My only real issue with this game is the UI and Controls being a little clunky. Otherwise, the game is a surprisingly solid ARPG with lots of character options. One big boon this game has over most ARPG's is this could probably run on my toaster.
I like the sword play.
I think 86% score on steam is bit high for this game, but its definatly well made indie diablo style game with lot of character classes and different hybrid combos u can make to slay millions of monsters to get that shiny loot to make ur character stronger.
This game focus more on------KILLING AND LOOTING------and making ur character build work and stronger.
If u expecting huge storyline then u can just skip this game.
I would say metacritic score 76/100 is closer to truth.
I GIVE THIS GAME 8/10.
Idea of every game u start is complete main quests to save the town.
U can also do bunch of optional quests.
Adventure happens in catacombs that go deeper and deeper excatly like in diablo 1.
Quests are pretty simple and include:
- killing monsters and collecting materials
- saving specific ppl from catacombs
- finding something specific from catacombs
- saving town ppl from starving (basicly donating them money)
- finding thief traitor among ur town ppl (i didnt bother do this, it was optional)
+ bunch of other quests (propably)
Main quests are more important, cus if u fail those, then u fail ur object.
After u have done all main quests u can end game and start new town.
U keep all ur items and levels.
I bought this game when it was -75% sale on steam and it was totally worth of money.
I recommend this for anyone who can tolerate lack of storyline and enjoy just slaying those monsters and getting that loot.
I'm in level 3 of the Torture Dungeon, looking to kill Vark, who will certainly send his lieutenants to attack town if I do not end him soon. Because Din's Curse does that kind of thing, where your choices matter, and delays are often fatal. While I search for him, I'm attacked by three Gore Clan Orc Shamans, strong nasty creatures with ranged poisonous attack. As I take them down, a Carrion Eater comes and feeds on one of the corpses before I can even touch him. BOOM. He's twice as dangerous now. Meanwhile, another group of orcs attle some Torva Shamans; one of them kills an orc, and his name turns green. He's grown experienced. He hits harder, takes more damage and is faster now. Because Din's Curse does that; enemy clans fight each other, they level up, they ascend ranks, they become powerful, turn into bosses and send troops to attack town. As I fight them, I get a notification; someone's starved to death in town, and I never did anything about that. It's one less villager to defend town, making it more fragile to attacks.
There's no easy way to describe Din's Curse. I've played it for years, and keep coming back. Maybe it's the world that reacts to each of your choices. Maybe it's the free trait combonation, which allows you to build your own character in a couple hundreds different ways. Maybe it's the insane loot variety, the incredible quantity of enemies you face, or maybe it's the complex mechanism that hides behind one simple premise: pay for your sins, and save the city.
P.S.: if you came for the eye candy, you will be disappointed. If you're looking for a challenging ARPG though... buy it, play it, enjoy it. You will not regret it.
Hits the sweet spot of Diablo, with more options and game styles.
good
Diablo 2 with non-linear events, less story but more randomness.
If you don't mind mid-2000's indie graphics then this is a real gem.
Procedural built new random maps for every game.
Lots of customisation and difficulty options and every 5 or so character levels a chance to change your map / difficulty options.
Seven viable character classes with 3 main skill trees each - that you can mix and match into dozens of interesting character hybrids.
And of course tons of loot.
Never get tired of this game. You have alot of choices as to how you play, what you focus on, quest versus short-term goals, etc. Love that you can pause or save at any time, not just save/exit at the end of the game day.
This has not aged well. Only play it for nostalgia.
I love the whole subversion of the typical Diablo-styled Action RPG, especially with the dynamic quest and town invansion systems, wish more ARPG's were like this!
Loot chasing action rpg with minimal story and maximum action which makes the game play out like a mini game more than an adventure but it is very fun nonetheless. Having played their earlier release, Depths of Peril, the noticeable improvements and thoughtful additions were welcomed and admired. The formula is very good for game play and would be amazing with a more original setting and story adventure that takes it out of the familiar and into wonderment and discovery beyond the loot itself. I find myself thinking of a great story and environments that would add to the formula the developer has relied on across their properties. The DLC adds to the game with new options and characters to play as and enemies to encounter which is worth the couple of bucks when on sale. In terms of value, under ten dollars for the game and dlc would be excellent value.
I was looking for an Action RPG game after playing a lot of Diablo 3 and my most beloved RPG, Dungeon Siege II. I don't care about the old-style graphics, actually, it's nostalgic :), the gameplay is pretty fun and reminds me Dungeon Siege II. I'm still playing and getting the storyline. This game was recommended in a list on Reddit, so I bought it. I really recommend if you are looking for a good Action RPG with an old cool graphics. Props to the developer of this game.
It is definitley an experience worth having, for those who enjoy Diablo-esque games. If you can get used to two things with an open mind then I think you'll love it: Firstly your characters, regardless of class, look very boring in the early phases. Second, the skills & spells are designed in such a way that you can save points and quickly experience the more flashy spells availible early on, rather than having them saved as a later, more rewarding reveal when you finally unlock them after a long journey through the spell tree.
One other very different feature from other ARPGs is the pace of events. You can fail to kill a miniboss in time and have their schemes get out of hand. But at the normal pacing level that shouldn't be an annoyance, just a pleasant challenge.
Dated piece of junk, don't listen to the positive reviews.
Je trouve ce jeu très bon
É o jogo mais viciante que eu já joguei.
Muitas combinações entre os diferentes tipos de magos e tanks, fases geradas aleatóriamente assim como os itens recebidos. Uma grande variedade de formas diferentes de jogar para quem achar que está muito fácil.
É realmente um jogo que sempre retorno nele para me divertir, vale a pena cada centavo.
I like playing through this game at the early levels, but it feels like the enemies scale up in difficulty way faster than my character gets better at fighting. Maybe I've been playing the wrong classes? I'm not sure. Either way, it's nice to be able to play a dungeon crawler with friends.
That's right, Din is at it again. He's running around cursing people because "that's what Din does" according to the locals.
good
This game needs so much more love!
If this game had better graphics (waaay better, tbh) it would be one of the greatest ARPG experiences on Steam. The depth of classes and the amazing quests and interactions on your town/hub makes it so much fun. Dont get (all the way) scared by the graphics; try it, its really good. Also, coop is a blast.
A little confusing at first, but once I got it figured out it was a somewhat enjoyable game for a little while. A game this cheap doesn't need to be awesome and deep to earn a thumbs up. Just needs to give enough enjoyment to justify the money spent.
The enjoyment for me came from playing with the classes and builds to find what worked for me. That is something I enjoy. Clearing the dungeons levels and completing the quests were pretty standard stuff.
Combat itself was pretty standard for a game like this. Really nothing new or groundbreaking at all, but you don't buy a game like this looking for those things. You buy it to pass some enjoyable time killing things and developing a character.
This game adequately did that for me.
Dins curse is a real gem if you like action rpgs. The graphics are dated, but the core game is great. It has a nice selection of classes with unique abilities and also hybrid classes where you can take 2 classes and pick one skill tree from each. The game definitely gets hard, especially if you use melee classes. The randomly generated dungeons mean you'll never know where something is and you'll always have to look for it, whether it be a quest item or the stairs leading to the next floor. It also features 4 player co-op. Game is definitely worth the price!
Моя первая рпг игра. Помнится когда-то я прошёл её раз 5, если не больше. Не могу сказать что это лучшая игра, но по мне так одна из лучших в своём жанре.
you will be surprised how motivative this game is and how many things it has from its big brothers (d3 poe) when it comes to controls
in my opinon you can buy it a t full price these guys know whats the point of these games and they can surley use the money
also have a look at the sequel
Good Diablo clone, but with quite horrible balance and difficulty issues.
Din's Curse is an ARPG with similar features and gameplay as Fate and Torchlight. If you enjoyed those games then I recommend this one. It's just as satisfying. I played in 3440x1440 ultra-widescreen and it looks great.
Playing Din's Curse gives you a feeling of nostalgia. A flashback to the past for those who have played RPGs over a decade ago and a glimpse to the past for those who haven't. Din's Curse reminds us how even though we may have come a long way technologically, that the classics are beloved for a reason. The game features, classes with their own distinct abilities, various weapons, enemies and a procedurally generated map AND it has 4 player co-op. This game is honestly, a gem. The way the enemies are made is undoubtedly the best part. The enemies, if left unattended, can eventually conquer entire floors, making them that much more difficult to get rid of. They can also periodically raid the village, which could mean defeat, thus obligating you to strategize with your playmate; should you both conquer the floors as quickly as possible or should one of you stand back to defend the village? That is a mere taste of what you can expect, this game is definitely worth a playthrough especially if you have at least one friend to play with.
I don't mind a bit of a grind if the game is interesting, and this game does have some interesting aspects. Din's Curse I felt really didn't have a narrative and there was no reward for grinding except more of the same... I don't expect to play this one again.
