Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk - Review

Here's an older VGU-review of the dungeon crawler Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk:

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk Review

The first-person Dungeon Crawler is a genre that has seemingly been lost to the ages. A few sprout up now and again, but the fruitful era seen on older PCs has since been forgotten. Nonetheless, a quality entry in the genre surfaces to help scratch that itch, and incite some deep-rooted nostalgia within all of us.

The story of Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is fairly light, but manages to give enough incentive for the gameplay. Our focus is on a somewhat rude witch named Dronya (or Baba Yaga) and her lighthearted apprentice, Luca. The duo has recently arrived to the town of Refrain in an effort to search the mysterious dungeon that lies underneath. However, you will not be playing as this duo, instead you personally take the role of a magical book, using puppet soldiers to grind your way through the depths below.

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Overall, Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is a very well-rounded game. Despite some slight downfalls in terms of navigation and a simplistic combat system, there is a very solid core gameplay loop here. If you're not a fan of JRPGs or dungeon crawlers, this game won't change your mind whatsoever, as it sticks to what works rather than deviating from the norm much. For JRPG fans, the interesting dungeons, enjoyable characters, and 100s of hours of content will easily warrant the entry-fee.

Score 7/10

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I played this until the last battle. Basically I played the whole game and it was good enough, but then in the final fight the enemy one or two-shotted my party over and over. Eventually I went to the internet to look for tips, and basically the way to beat this is to fight some "optional" (which obviously makes it NOT optional) hidden boss somewhere to get some formation that you would only really use for this particular boss. Instead of doing that I just watched the ending in youtube.

That up there is not PC review.
Supershort PC review by Game Informer (8.5):
https://www.gameinformer.com/review/…ngeon-crawling

I enjoyed grinding out levels and gear to take on some of the optional, more difficult encounters. Leveling can get dull at times, moving from autobattle to autobattle as you work up a stack of experience, and some levels contain baffling frustrations like pits that are easy to walk in, killing your whole team, or rows of unavoidable poison.

LOL plain enjoyment game for sure.

There is no such thing as grinding in games.

This looks like the type of game that I'd really enjoy, but for right now I'm trying to make some progress into my back log, so I'm not picking up anything new. Between birthday gifts, holiday surprises and games that I picked up for myself, I'm completely booked right now.