![]() ![]() (Image credit: Amplitude Studios)Ĭommunication and teamwork are key to survival within Endless Dungeon's multiplayer mode. Each character will have at least one unlockable skin, but I'm hoping for upgrades that will make future runs easier as well.Endless Dungeon: Three heroes with the Crystal Bot. ![]() It will be interesting to see which resources and upgrades carry over between runs. An emote wheel can facilitate communication, and players can also teleport directly to the Crystal Bot in a pinch.Īs for ENDLESS Dungeon' s Roguelike elements, we saw plenty of randomization in dungeon layouts, equipment, and resources during our playthroughs. All basic resources (food, industry, dust, and science) are shared between the team, so the party will need to build and spend unselfishly in order to thrive. It's clear that strategies like splitting up to cover different areas or sticking together to protect the Crystal Bot will make for a solid cooperative experience. While online multiplayer wasn't working during our press preview, sadly, we did learn that ENDLESS Dungeon has been built from the ground up with co-op in mind. A well-balanced team should have the best shot at survival. The preview build we played offered a total of eight characters with specialties like speed, tank, heavy weapons, and support. Each character has unique stats, a special skill, and an ultimate skill. Characters can carry and switch between two weapons, with additional armaments found in chests or sold by vendors. Our heroes will also need to fight! The gameplay uses standard twin-stick controls, so gunplay is intuitive and satisfying. Tower defense is only part of ENDLESS Dungeon's formula. They can also take damage, though, so you'll need to repair them between firefights. ![]() Turrets can experience from kills, eventually allowing players to level them up. As you'd expect, they come in several varieties that cost varying quantities of resources. Setting up turrets will go a long way towards keeping the mobs manageable. When players perform certain actions such as moving the Crystal Bot or researching new turrets, a huge wave of enemies will spawn. The ultimate goal is to escort the Crystal Bot to the next floor, but a lot can go wrong before then. The team will venture out to explore the procedurally generated dungeons, foraging for resources while encountering enemy resistance along the way. The team starts a run in the vicinity of their Crystal Bot, a device that must be protected at all costs. The inactive character(s) will be controlled by the AI, but you can take control of them at will. When playing solo, gamers will select 2-3 characters to take on a run. The saloon acts as a hub area from which players will start solo or co-op missions, as well as respawn after failed missions. The survivors gather in a makeshift saloon and take turns seeking a way to escape the endless dungeon. As it turns out, those ships were pulled into a mammoth space station, crashing and killing most of their crews. Ships have been going missing in a mysterious region of space. We spent some time with it at a recent press event, so we'll try to explain how it all works.ĮNDLESS Dungeon takes place in the far future. With a game like this that mixes so many genres, it can be tough to know how it will actually play. The wait is almost over, thankfully, since ENDLESS Dungeon will be arriving on consoles and PC in May. Sega and French developer Amplitude Studios have been toiling away at ENDLESS Dungeon, their spiritual successor/reboot of the classic tower defense game Dungeon of the Endless, since 2020. ![]()
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