A rather negative review of The Dwarf Run, can be found at Indiehaven.
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The Dwarf Run - Review @ Indiehaven
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Some mistakes of reviewer
"It took half an hour before I noticed one of the stones was actually a “rock.”"
Looking at items is rudimentary in adventure games. The Rock is described differently than all the other stones. Solution of first puzzle took me 5 seconds, not half an hour.
"I spent an hour wandering through the same underground tunnel, because I hadn’t gone back to speak with a character I’d already seen"
Again, talking to npcs (and exhausting topics) is elementary.
"The characters are insanely inaccurate. Attacks typically have a hit rate of less than 50%"
Basic to-hit-chance is not 50%, it is 75%. It is Hardly "insanely inaccurate".
"but the wait and pass options do virtually the same thing"
No, wait delays your action to the end of turn, while rest recovers fatigue.
"Characters frequently run past enemies without attacking, because the game thought you were clicking on the ground behind them"
When pointing the enemy, there is hit-chance listed. If not, then you are ordering your hero to go instead of attack. Also, there are green circles showing action points spend for walking, indicating walking action.
Review at IndieHaven, but written like it was IGN
"It took half an hour before I noticed one of the stones was actually a “rock.”"
Looking at items is rudimentary in adventure games. The Rock is described differently than all the other stones. Solution of first puzzle took me 5 seconds, not half an hour.
"I spent an hour wandering through the same underground tunnel, because I hadn’t gone back to speak with a character I’d already seen"
Again, talking to npcs (and exhausting topics) is elementary.
"The characters are insanely inaccurate. Attacks typically have a hit rate of less than 50%"
Basic to-hit-chance is not 50%, it is 75%. It is Hardly "insanely inaccurate".
"but the wait and pass options do virtually the same thing"
No, wait delays your action to the end of turn, while rest recovers fatigue.
"Characters frequently run past enemies without attacking, because the game thought you were clicking on the ground behind them"
When pointing the enemy, there is hit-chance listed. If not, then you are ordering your hero to go instead of attack. Also, there are green circles showing action points spend for walking, indicating walking action.
Review at IndieHaven, but written like it was IGN