The Keep (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Cinemax |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | 3DS: 11 October 2014 (USA) TBA |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Keep is a role-playing video game developed and published by Cinemax.
Gameplay
The game is a dungeon crawler consisted of 10 levels. Every level is a floor of Watrys's Tower. To complete a level player has to get through multiple puzzles, traps and enemies. The game features a realtime combat and player can use spells. A Spell can be done with help of Runes that player can find across levels. Different mixture of Rune makes different Spell.
Story
The game takes place in a Kingdom of Tallia. Evil Wizard Watrys is rising and ruling council doesn't pay attention to this threat. One day a village is burnt and all local childen are kidnapped by Watrys. A nameless villager then sets to a tower where Watrys resides to defeat evil and save children.
Reception
The game has received generally positive reviews from critics. Average score of reviews is 77% [1][2]
NintendoDojo gave the game 83%. It praised the gameplay and most notably combat system. Another praise was for challenging difficulty and puzzle. On the other hand, it criticised a lack of automatic save feature and level design as every room looks the same.[3]
Another review came from RPG Fan. This review marked the game as a miniature clone of Legend of Grimrock but rated it pretty positively as it gave 70%.[4]
References
- ^ "The Keep". MetaCritic. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Reviews". The Keep Site. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Vigna, Antony. "Review:The Keep". NintendoDojo. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Miller, Kyle. "The Keep". RPGFan. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
Sequel
The developer announced during GDS 2014 that the sequel The Keep 2 is in pre-production phase of development. More details were set to be revealed in 2015.[1]