
With the adventure reform and several characters to unlock and play and a variety of difficulties and challenges there really is quite a bit to unpack and get stuck into. A successful run will usually take around an hour to an hour and a half depending on difficulty, but if you ever have to pause or quit, the game does a good job of recording your progress.

The overall gameplay loop isn’t anything too new or innovative, but the use of the dice as mana and throughout the game works really well. Overall, the aesthetic of the game and the sound are quite unique and very enjoyable. There are also the occasional grammar or spelling issues throughout the game. Also none of these purchases remove ads (separate purchase), it would be nice to know that if I am spending money on a game it will at least remove the annoying banners in game. $1.99 per character is a little bit expensive, The Chanter seems to have the perfect price, however it would be nice if all characters were still purchasable with premium currency so as to make it technically possible to purchase by purely playing the game. My biggest issue with the pricing of all of these is that there’s no bundle or overall purchase where I could get everything for a reasonable price. There is also a purchase available for additional level up rewards for $2.99. The additional characters all cost various prices – The Stealthy can be picked up with in-game currency (gems), The Chanter will set you back $0.99, while The Prophet, The Telepathic and The Greedy are $1.99 each.
DUNGEON CRAWL STONE SOUP SPEEDRUN FREE
There are some slightly annoying ad banners on screen, but for a free game this is to be expected somewhat. You can play the game without either of these two. The game is free to play and ads are only there if you want them – in the guise of a fairy which can offer you a random prize (ranging from gold to epic artifacts) or a revive if you die. This section also features the daily challenge, which will feature a random character – disappointingly you cannot play unless you own the character (this could have served as a nice preview of various characters in order to help me choose which to purchase).
DUNGEON CRAWL STONE SOUP SPEEDRUN UPGRADE
You will be able to upgrade your adventure permanently through the Adventure Reform upgrade menu, as well as unlock some permanent features like blacksmiths and black marketers or even the arcade section of the tavern, which features a series of arcade games where you win tickets (although it’s not quite clear what the use of these tickets is). You will also unlock the ability to craft potions using Element Stones – some potions can be particularly useful in a pinch. As you progress you will get rarer and better cards and be able to customise your deck to pull of some truly impressive combos. There’s a decent variety of enemies, some with special artifacts or powerful cards that will really challenge you. If there’s an enemy you will need to defeat them before progressing. Initially there’s only one character (The Fearless) to be played on the most basic mode (NormalMode), additional characters can be purchased and the additional modes are unlocked as you complete the previous mode.Īs you navigate the dungeons, each room will have 1 – 3 exits and an enemy, shop or loot inside. Enemies get harder as you progress and each one you defeat will give you gold (which can be used within the dungeon), stardust (used for permanent upgrades outside the dungeon) and exp (to level you up). You can only ever have six cards in play so you will have to be selective as your deck expands on your adventure. You can choose to hold dice and reroll others for better combos. The dice effective function as mana with each move requiring a certain number or combination of dice.


The game starts out by introducing you to its key mechanic, rolling a set of dice which determine what cards you can play. Dicey Elements by DoubleThink Games is yet another rogue-like deck building dungeon crawler game.
