Dark Scrolls Reviews
Un nuevo experimento de Doinksoft, que como pasa con todos sus juegos, les sale bien. Una oda a los grandes arcades y plataformas de los años 80 y 90 y a su vez, y aunque parezca contradictorio, un soplo de aire fresco al catálogo de este tipo de juegos.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Dark Scrolls proves once again that great fun doesn’t require a massive budget. Featuring charming retro visuals, addictive gameplay, and ever-changing stages that keep each run fresh, Doinksoft delivers a challenging yet lighthearted experience. While a few control issues hold it back, it’s an easy recommendation for players looking for a fun and highly replayable adventure.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Unfortunately, Dark Scrolls fails to live up to its immense potential, delivering an adventure that lacks polish in crucial areas and suffers heavily from repetition. Players with friends willing to embark on a new 8-bit-style adventure might find some enjoyment in doinksoft’s latest title, but for everyone else, there are more consistent and entertaining alternatives available on the Nintendo console.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Dark Scrolls is a title that manages to be entertaining, yet it fails to shine in the execution of its core mechanics and often stumbles in the presentation of its systems.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Dark Scrolls isn’t a disaster, far from it. Its fast-paced action, humour, quirky heroes and co-op mode make for a few enjoyable sessions, especially with a friend on the sofa. But the imprecise controls, confusing progression and overly repetitive gameplay prevent the game from becoming truly addictive.
Review in French | Read full review
Dark Scrolls is a trip down memory lane that emphasizes more tripping than memories. While charming in its adherence to retro stylings, it’s a lesson in why some of that game design is no longer the standard for roguelikes. For folks itching to relive the glory days of figuring out how to play a game all on your own, Dark Scrolls is a hunk of coarse sand paper to scratch that particular itch.
Dark Scrolls isn't the first to do what it does—after all, roguelikes and roguelites don't keep coming out so frequently by accident, even if there are complaints about genre saturation—but it is very well-executed and excels at it. Not to mention that chaotic co-op has become a staple in games famously known for tearing families apart, like Overcooked (it might sound like an exaggeration, but there’s a grain of truth to it).
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Overall, Dark Scrolls is a basic action platformer that stays true to the genre roots. It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel and sticks to its strengths. The variation of characters and one life will ensure you get a few hours of enjoyment out of this game. If you enjoy this style of game, make sure to check out Doinksoft’s back catalogue, as they have released a number of these types of games, so you’ll never be disappointed!
With a little more time, Dark Scrolls could be a delightful little arcade-style sidescrolling rougelike.
Dark Scrolls is a good side-scrolling roguelike adventure filled with fun characters, fantastic art style, and a unique star system that makes the game stand out from others. However, the lack of difficulty and lack of true path changes bring down this solid adventure.
It’s an easy recommendation for anyone who enjoys games that demand persistence, precision and just a little bit of stubbornness
Doinksoft flirts with the party game genre in an eccentric and chaotic tribute to the great classics of the late 80s.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Fortunately, this game features a roguelike progression system. Everything you collect during your walkthrough can be used in your village. Updates and the like are therefore collected gradually, allowing you to become stronger and stronger. As a result, the levels naturally become more bearable and easier depending on the amount of money and points you manage to gather. Dark Scrolls is generally quite good and is a game that is easy to play. Unfortunately, it loses some points due to the not-so-intuitive controls. However, if you enjoy old NES games with fun co-op, then you will likely get something out of this. The full playthrough takes about 6-10 hours. For ten dollars, it is up to you to consider if it is worth it.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Dark Scrolls presents an intriguing concept by blending platforming, shoot ’em up, and roguelite elements within a charming retro-inspired aesthetic. Its diverse cast of characters, enjoyable co-op gameplay, excellent pixel art, and fast-paced action stand out as key strengths. However, the execution falls short of its potential, with imprecise controls, frustratingly unfair moments, uninspired level design, and repetition setting in too early. While there is some fun to be found, these shortcomings ultimately prevent the game from maintaining its appeal from start to finish.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
In theory, I should enjoy Dark Scrolls a lot more, but its charming aesthetic and strong audiovisual design ultimately can't make up for the fact that this auto-scrolling platformer just isn't very fun to play.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Dark Scrolls is a title I should have loved and instead loathed. It is not offensively bad or poorly made, so you may find some fun here that I did not.