The Dark Spire DS

If you are looking for something a little more challenging than SNES’ Eye of the Beholder, then let me welcome you to take Dark Spire Nintendo DS for a spin.

Along for the long trek through Dark Spire’s vast dungeon, you will need a good dose of patience and some time. For you will spend a good many hours just building up your party’s levels.

So come along, build your party from the beginning, arm them and get ready to battle.

And when you feel your heroes are good and strong enough, you can venture forth to the quest of finding the monster, Tyrhung, at the top of the tower and slay him to regain the Royal Family Necklace.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But some of the monsters you will encounter are rather fierce, so level up all you want, your heroes will need every ounce of health point they can get.

And unlike other RPGs you have played, this one is quite different.

Here, you won’t find any 3D animated graphics. What you will find is the classic Retro wire frame version, as well as the modern, colourful one.

There is no big, epic storyline a la Final Fantasy style. But if you love RPGs, then you will love this dungeon crawler. Although the auto mapping feature allows you to see how much of each floor you have covered, it won’t let you see where your party is.

But if you get too lost, and want to see where you are, just have your mage use his Visum Sitis mapping spell. Filled with more than enough treasure boxes for your Thief to disarm and open, you will find a treasure indeed in this Dark Spire game for the Nintendo DS/DS Lite/Dsi.

Don’t forget to level up your band of heroes, save often (you can save anywhere in the dungeon) and bring along some heal potions as well as some antidotes.

You will also need these in case your Priest runs low on his Heal spell. Oh, and it does get addicting after a while, just in case you were wondering.

And the music is also great.



My Rating: 10 out of 10 For Graphics

Music: 10 out of 10

Gameplay: 10 out of 10 for simplicity but can get addicting


Nintendo’s Rating:

E for Everyone 10+

For: Alcohol Reference

Fantasy Violence

Language


Suggestive Themes.