Dungeon Runners

Dungeon Runners
by NC Soft

Dungeon Runners
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Product Summary

Brand: NC Soft
Primary Contributor: Windows Vista
Format: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-06-26
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: FG-XP-DR1ST-065
Publisher: NC Soft
Product features:
  • Adventure alone or form your own team of heroes to battle the menaces that plague the world
  • Mix and match from the ever-growing list of skills and powers to create your own custom class
  • Undertake hundreds missions and quests to rid the world of unspeakable horrors and legions of enemies
  • Gather in public meeting areas, then adventure in randomly generated dungeons at your own pace
  • Become a legend! Bask in the limelight as your powers, equipment and influence grow with each successful mission and every fallen foe

Video Game Reviews of Dungeon Runners

Customer Review: Very Pretty Rogue/Diablo/Dungeon Diver; Repetitive and Laggy
Summary: 3 Stars

Dungeon Runners is a massively multiplayer online game where you can choose one of three character classes (ranger, mage or warrior) and explore dungeons fighting monsters and collecting gold and useful items. It's very pretty to look at, and it's a nice zen exercise. Your dungeon diving is driven by quests given by non-player characters; the voice acting of the NPCs is fun, and the quest descriptions can be entertaining. The community is generally friendly, although it seems to be younger on average than the World of Warcraft crowd and mostly male.

Dungeon Runners can be played for free by downloading the game. Premium members pay a monthly subscription fee of $5 a month, and those who purchase the software in the box (rather than downloading it) get 6 months of premium membership and the much-coveted "bling gnome", which follows its owner around converting found items to gold and saving the player the effort of carrying it back to a merchant to sell. Premium members also gain experience faster than those who play for free, get more bank space, and can use the higher level items.

Game play is repetitive, however. There is no room for player initiative or imagination. There is not much world to explore -- there's one little town; the rest is dungeons. Every quest involves killing a particular monster, killing a number of monsters, recovering something that monsters randomly drop when killed, or locating a place in the dungeon. What is particularly painful is that progress in a dungeon is not saved -- once you log off the game, the next time you play you will have the option to enter the dungeon at the level where you last were, but the entire dungeon will once more be unmapped and populated with monsters. As the quests send players to different levels of the dungeon, this means clearing the same dungeon level again -- and again -- and again. You will find yourself continuing to play long after you want to quit, just because you want to relocate your character on another level rather than quit and have to clear the current level yet again.

Then there is the problem of lag. The servers are quite laggy and lag death is common; oddly, the amount of lag seems unrelated to server load. Players are forgiving because game play is cheap or free, but it can still get quite frustrating.

A very fun way to spend $5 for a month. I doubt my interest will last that long.

Description of Dungeon Runners

Something stirs in the darkness. A hot earthy smell wafts up from the dank depths. Nails scratch against limestone, dripping water echoes off cavern walls, ancient chains rattle in stagnant air?. What lies in the eerie depths below? Dungeon Runners is an online role-playing game. As a brave hero, you'll explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters and discover incredible weapons, artifacts and loot. Choose to play as Fighter, Mage or Ranger in a realm of terror, magic and adventure. Unlock powerful new skills as you gain experience on your journey into the unknown. Whether fighting evil hordes as a lone warrior or teaming up with online friends to carve a path of destruction through your foe, Dungeon Runners will quench your deepest dungeon-crawling thirst. Dungeon Runners is continually expanding to include new maps, new monsters, new powers and new features
Slay the Monsters. Pwn some n00bs. Be the hero?

It's dark, it's dank, it smells awful down here and you just stepped in something squishy... Yup, you guessed it--it's Dungeon Runners--an online multiplayer action role-playing game that transports you to an exciting realm of magic, adventure, giant monsters, and icky things.

As a brave Dungeon Runner, be prepared to...

  • Explore dangerous dungeons (duh!)
  • Battle ferocious monsters like the Fire Mutant Puker (monsters that vomit - how cool!)
  • Discover incredible weapons, artifacts and loot! I mean, where ELSE are you going to battle with a giant turkey leg, find a Vorpal Pizza Cutter of Doom or the Laughing Brutalizer of the Two Dead Iguanas?
  • Whether fighting evil hordes as a lone idiot, um, I mean warrior, or teaming up with online friends to carve a path of destruction through your foes, Dungeon Runners will quench your deepest dungeon-crawling thirst. Game Details:
  • Game includes 6 Months of Premium Membership Access, which normally costs $5/month.
  • Access the new Bling Gnome sidekicks, that help you collect loot and `process' your gold. Available only with the boxed version of Dungeon Runners.
  • Throw off the yoke of other MMO's - mix & match from the ever-growing list of skills and powers to create your own custom class.
  • Undertake hundreds missions and quests to rid the world of bad guys and icky monster things.
  • Gather in public meeting areas, then adventure in randomly-generated dungeons at your own pace. Turtle or rocket through at breakneck speeds - hey, it's your neck!
  • Die a shameful death as a n00b in the kiddie dungeon. Or become a legend - basking in the limelight as your powers, equipment and influence grow.
  • Dungeon Runners is continually expanding to include new maps, new monsters, new powers and new features. Plus whatever else we come up with, Woohoo!
  • …oh and the Exteel client is included

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