08-15-2008, 01:56 AM
So hails IGN in their latest hands on with the game. They've given this game almost nothing but praise.
IGN Wrote:
So when we saw Dokapon Kingdom for the first time, you can understand why our reaction was less than enthusiastic. We have faith in Atlus - especially when it comes to the obscure - but it looked like just another random party title, now with chibi characters and some kind of RPG mash-up design. Lame.
Then we played it.
Then we played it.
After that they have nothing but praise to give for the game. Commenting on it's various strategies and gameplay.
IGN Wrote:
Where Dokapon really gets deep though, is in all of its random RPG-inspired ideas and random happenings. For example, if you die, you may encounter an angel that'll revive you instantly at Dokapon Castle for a certain price. In one of our videos included with this hands-on, you can see someone hiring a thief to steal equipment (extremely valuable in the game) from other players, or hire a futuristic robot to seek them out. It goes even deeper though. Say you go into a shop, buy some new items - such as a super spinner, that lets you spin up to five dials on your turn, or maybe some new weapon or gear - and want to rob the place. You can, but you risk losing, and being on a wanted list, where players get a huge bounty for killing you within seven turns of your failure. Instead though, you plan ahead, buying a disguise at a previous shop, and then rob another one dressed as another player in the game. If you win, amazing items are yours to keep. If you lose, it's not your face on that wanted poster - it's your "friend's" instead. Genius.
They concluded by saying that they're still early in the game but it's obviously been designed with the hardcore in mind.
Source (via IGN)