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very concept of gravel. It adds a
huge amount of character, as well
as lending Bastion the eerie sense
that it’s watching you.
A beautiful game both visually
and in atmosphere, Bastion is
fortunately not so bogged down on
its own grandeur that it forgets to
be a reliably compulsive stream of
action too.29.Book of Demons: Tablet Edition
Price: £6.99
There’s usually an element of linearity
around dungeon crawlers, with you
being guided along set routes while
hacking and slashing at the various
horrors around you. Book of Demons
takes this to an extreme, forcing you
down narrow corridors, and even
automating your attacks. The endresult is akin to Diablo on rails, and
although that shouldn’t really work, it
feels like a stab at the genre properly
rethought for mobile play.
In fact, if there’s anything Book
of Demons wants to avoid, it’s
wasting your time. Footsteps mark
paths you’ve already taken; prior
to entering any dungeon, you’re
given the option to adjust its size
to an approximate set game length;
and when you’re done obliterating
everything on any given floor, you can
zip immediately to the exit.
This doesn’t mean the game lacks
depth – although the visuals sort of
do in a literal sense. (The characters
are all papercraft creations, which also
means no gore!) But there’s plenty to
dig into as you get to grips with the
game. You learn automated attacks
can be overridden by
tapping and holding
on foes you want to
prioritise. As you collect
bling, you can build,
upgrade and equip
spell cards that give
you a fighting chance of
surviving longer in the
dank dungeons.
The only real problem
Book of Demons has is
in direct comparisons
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