The Dink Network

Rivals (The)

July 22nd, 2003
v1.00
Score : 6.0 fair
bonca.gif
Christiaan
Bard They/Them Netherlands
Lazy bum 
The rivals, by DareDink & ThinkDink.
A small uninteresting romp, in my opinion.
The story was pretty inclear to me. It seems 2 villages hold a grudge, and there's this Darknoth dude who is attacking one of these villages. I actually saw only one village, and you don't get to know why the 2 villages have war, and you don't even get to know THAT they're at war, apart from maybe some burning houses.
Quite a lot of screens, but most screens you just walk through without looking around you. This is becasue there's absolutely no scenery in the game, and all screens look the same, VERY repetive. Also no new graphics (which is fine, for a romp, ofcourse).
Music was excelent though, it really gave me the feeling it was getting serious in the end, and the tileplacing added to that feeling. It gave a nice.. touch. Gameplay is nothing special though, and there's not much humour to be found in the game. Ending was okay, and joy! I found hardly any bugs!

GRAPHICS 4,5: This is bad. No details whatsoever, no new graphics, tiles were repetive, most screens looked exactly the same... Not good.
SOUND 8: This is where the d-mod really shines. Great, dramatic music. I loved it. No new sounds or so though.
GAMEPLAY 6: Average at best. Nothing spectaculair, no quests or story involving, nada. Though, strangely, I wasn't bored a moment when playing it. I think it was because of the good music, and because I knew it was a small romp anyway. Well, the ending was pretty cool, 'cause the map was getting kinda darker, with more and harder enemies, fire along the way, and dramatic and dark music playing in the background. The boss was way too easy though, as was the entire game really. Ending was okay.
LASTING APPEAL 3: No secrets, no replay value, the game lasts 10 minutes at most and.. well. yeah. Nothing to see here.
OVERAL: 6

A nice little romp, but if you want something different than the usual, don't bother downloading this.