I played a few days a week for about a month with my partner and our friend while we were all under curfew for Montreal's 2021 COVID Christmas. Just cracked it again to inaugurate a new attempt at rallying friends to game together online.

I'm not sure how they pull it off, but there's something immediately endearing about the dwarves in a way that on paper shouldn't work but in practice is irresistible. I can't think of another game where the stock callouts and shouts have the quality of making you want to immediately repeat them to your teammates.

The classes feel satisfyingly different while still having the same basic experience such that you all have different tools but still feel like you're playing the same game. I'm not sure how fun the experience remains as you start really ramping up the difficulty, but at least at the mid-entry level it's the exact sweet spot of engaging and relaxed enough to feel like you're just hanging out.

Reviewed on Jan 13, 2023


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