![]() ![]() The variety of love interests is impressive (though, perhaps fewer gal pals than you'd like, but more non-binary friends than you'd expect), and the writing is thoughtful, smart and interesting. You can even have little breaks in the dunj where you can flirt or give a gift, which you can craft at home. They also get new combat abilities with each level, so there's an ongoing reason to go to the dunj (so you can go on dates with the weapons you like) and go on dates (so you can get better at the dunj). Each weapon has a series of Love Ranks that you climb through by spending time with them in a dunj, with every new level gated off until you go on a date with that person. The two halves are intimately linked, of course, but the relationships have a bit more nuance to them than the combat. ![]() You use the former to smash your way through the latter.Īs a whole experience, Boyfriend Dungeon leans more into the dating than the dungeon clearing. At the same time, you start exploring dungeons that appear in town, mirror universe versions of normal locations that are full of monsters manifested by your subconcious. These are a variety of different, preturnaturally good looking people who can turn at will into offensive items you wouldn't get through airport security. He begins setting you up on dates, which mostly happen to be with weapons. You're spending the summer with your cousin, and he and your mum are both concerned at your total lack of any discernable game (which, ouch). Recently, however, I heard a woman refer to herself as a weapon, meaning "extremely attractive", a meaning that only makes sense in the world of Boyfriend Dungeon, a dungeon battler-meets-dating sim where your love interests are both extremely attractive and literally weapons. It was always my understanding that describing someone as a "weapon" was a (generally benign) insult: they behave in a manner that makes them a danger to themselves or others. Even if you don’t care about the dating sim part of the game, the dungeon crawling itself is already more than satisfying.This dating sim meets dungeon crawler has wonderful characters and great writing that delivers some really thrilling romances, but it's let down by the dungeoning side feeling a bit undercooked. Boyfriend Dungeon is available on Game Pass as well, so if you’re even a touch skeptical about this game’s odd themes, I highly suggest diving into it and seeing it for yourself. There could have been a bit more variety in terms of enemies and areas, with me being hopeful that a potential sequel might fix these issues. Sure, every character you meet may want to hop into bed with you in an absurdly thirsty way. Which you better be able to do if you plan to survive for very long.īoyfriend Dungeon was far more enjoyable than expected. Each dungeon only seems to have one song that loops pretty consistently, if you’re able to survive for more than a floor at a time, that is. The soundtrack is fitting to the game, especially the synth/electronic tunes in the nightclub dungeon. The other side of the artistic presence is the music. These are animated incredibly nicely and are actually one of my favourite parts of this game. The real key part here are the small animated cutscenes when a character changes from a weapon to a person the first time you meet them. The visuals while dungeon crawling is a bit more simplistic, but everything is distinguishable. The art outside of combat is nice: all the characters are well designed and their different sprites accurately capture their attitudes and personalities. This could probably do with some context, but I’m not giving it. This should have an effect on who you can have a relationship with, and who you can just be friends with. When building your character, you’re able to pick he/him, her/she, or they/them. I preferred what happened in games like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, where everyone had a personality and their own sexuality. What are the chances that you will not only get along with the vastly different group of people you come across, but all of them will be attracted to you? This is where some of the traction of the game starts to let up a bit. It seems every single person that you come across is happy to date anyone and everyone. ![]() Weirdly enough, this is where the main complaint about Boyfriend Dungeon comes in. One may, or may not be a cat, but let’s just ignore that part. So less than a week after arriving in California, you’ll go from having never been on a date to juggling quite a few partners at once. Going on dates with all of the weapons is important, as this is how you get more abilities for them. ![]() To date, or to dungeon crawl? That is the question. ![]()
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