Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer

Story:
Somewhere out there, in the deep deep depths of the internet, there is a cruel, sick and insane community... no its name is not RRR, but ''The Dungeoneers''. Its members like to lure innocent people into their cellars to torture them the creative way. While doing so they record all the pain to upload it to the site. Members watch the videos, talk about them and also review.
So does Verge, the protagonist of this game. He is a beginner in making those little movies. Besides that he does look up to and even love a female friend of him named Daily who is a very appreciated member of the community.

Interesting and innovative story idea. The only thing that seems a little bit unbelievable is the fact that nobody does really do anything against that community, because it is considered fake.
4/5 points

Gameplay:
You have to go onto the streets trying to charm other people to get them into your dungeon. It is a little bit like ''The Sims''. You have the choice between 3 different answers and when you have won the person's sympathy, you have to pick the final correct answer to play the dungeon torture.



Before doing so you can get some utensils from a shop to make the show more interesting for the viewers.
In the dungeon you can place the stuff you received before. Next the victim is freed and tries to flee through the dungeon corridor stepping into your placed tools one after another. You can either kill him at the end or break his hope to bring the show to an end. The goal is that it is done creatively and not too quickly. The victim should not escape though or it is Game Over. In your house you can check the ratings for your current video on the PC and check your mailbox.



You can travel to different places in town by using the map. It is a little bit weird to navigate on it, but after some time you know the ways. A much bigger problem is that you can only save at home on your PC. That's very annoying and I myself hacked the game to enable the save option.
Also it is disturbing to place the items in the dungeon, because you have to go back into the corner again and again to get a new one. It would have been better, if you could place them by using the number keys.
3.5/5 points

Graphics:
The color style of this game is tremendous. Reminds of ''Sin City'' again which I really love. The facesets are photo rips. Not the best way to do it, but since this game was made in 2 weeks it was an efficient choice I guess.
The map design is awesome. The character style is a custom one.

So the only thing that can be criticized is that the sprites are the only thing that is really self-made while the rest are rips and color edits. But I really care less.
4.5/5 points

Sound:
In my opinion music with vocals should not be used in games. Instead search for midis or use instrumental versions. The music itself fits very well but the vocals are annoying. Though the music that is played in the final dungeon sequence made me laugh.
The sound effects are funny and fitting too. Nothing more to say about them.
4/5 points