Review: Demons Rise War For The Deep (Nintendo Switch)

Enter the depths of the ancient city of Angor and prepare for battle. Form a mercenary party of adventurers, sell swords, rogue sorcerers and assassins and enlist with an army of Dwarves trying to retake their ancient homeland. Fight in a brutal campaign against goblins, undead, ratmen, and the demon lords they worship.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 2.3gb Download size.
• 3 difficulties-casual, normal and extreme.
• Pan and rotation speed slider.
• Dungeon crawler gameplay.
• Dynamic shadows and post-processing effects can be turned off or on.
• Five save slots.
• Team (Warband) selection–Asharas chosen, The Blackwatch, The shadow walkers, Talarens swords or create your own. This is basically what style/race of characters you will play as.
• 30 character classes to choose from.
• Can rename characters.
• The Party size is 6.
• The tutorial section is listed and you go into each scenario. This is optional.
• Camp-main hub part where you can do one of six things-play quests, patrol ruins, buy supplies, visit the temple, visit a tavern or manage gear.
• World map-shows all factions and locations give a description of everything.
• X Com style combat-every party member has action points and can move or do action within that action point limit.
• Can skip story scenes if you wish.
• Clear damage numbers and notifications like counterattack and critical.
• End of quest breakdown showing EXP gained and all loot and gold found.
• Has an old school dungeon crawler feel to it.
• Clear easy to understand icons like showing how much someone is in cover.
• No designated turn order for your team.
• Can undo the last move.
• I between levels of a dungeon you get a brief story excerpt that reads like an adventure book.
• When using a special ability it will pop up a handy screen to tell you what it does and cost and if you’re sure you want to use it.
• Levels are big enough that allow you to kind of play how you want.
• Loot can be found in the level.
• The camera is controlled by tilting it with the stick or moving around with the d-pad.

Cons:

• Constant loading screens.
• The team/Warband selection is the first thing you do in the game and you don’t actually know what is going to suit your style.
• Loading times are noticeable.
• No way to speed up enemy actions.
• Camera control is fiddly.
• Not always clear on action points.
• Unsatisfying end of quest bit where you just finish then is confronted with the hub world option menu.
• RNG heavy.