Dolmen Review: Intense Combat, Unsettling Atmosphere

Dolmen Review: Intense Combat, Unsettling Atmosphere

The purpose of leveling up, increasing certain attributes, and upgrading gear are to take on increasingly difficult bosses. There are three acts in Dolmen, and each one has several bosses to beat before moving on to the next area. After a boss is defeated for the first time, it can be respawned using Dolmen fragments, and a multiplayer session can be hosted to make the battle easier. Each time a boss is defeated, it will drop a special crafting material. The materials dropped can be used to craft powerful boss weapons. A boss needs to be defeated three times in order to gather enough materials to craft a weapon. Other resources drop from regular enemies which respawn when leaving an aream and then returning via teleportation.

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Crafting and leveling up are done on the ship, which can be teleported to using a beacon. The gear system in Dolmen includes a diverse set of melee and ranged weapons, as well as chest, hands, legs, and head armor. Choosing gear is more than just picking the armor or weapon with the highest stats. Every piece of gear equipped changes the active perks depending on if the item is Human, Revion, or Driller. For the most part, it’s difficult to have top gear and stick to just one type of technology, but it should still be feasible to have three or four out of the nine perks active. Tying in perks to what items is equipped makes the game’s gear system more important and strategic.

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Along with perks, the elemental damage of each weapon needs to be considered. Every ghastly monster has an elemental weakness to exploit, but it needs to be discovered first. Both the ranged and melee gear slots allow for two weapons to be equipped, and they can be cycled through without needing to access the inventory. With a large number of enemies in each section, it quickly becomes important to keep at least one type of weapon for each element ready. Additionally, every enemy deals a specific type of elemental damage, so gear needs to be changed out for high resistances depending on the area. Acid, Fire, and Ice are the three types of elemental damage that a weapon or enemy can deal.

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One of the most thrilling parts of Dolmen is the horror element that grows exponentially as the monsters become more difficult and much better at hiding. At first, most enemies can be seen from a distance, but they quickly begin to hide around corners, on the ceiling, or within the environment. A few jumpscares will lead to cautiously approaching every turn and inspecting all of the walls. Horror mixed with features like an intricate upgrade system, daunting combat encounters, and the ability to take on difficult bosses alongside some friends makes Dolmen an exciting title that delivers constant action and intense challenges.
Dolmen will be available on May 20, 2022, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Screen Rant was provided a digital PlayStation 5 download code for the purpose of this review.

Our Rating:
4 out of 5 (Excellent)

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Dolmen Review: Intense Combat, Unsettling Atmosphere

The purpose of leveling up, increasing certain attributes, and upgrading gear are to take on increasingly difficult bosses. There are three acts in Dolmen, and each one has several bosses to beat before moving on to the next area. After a boss is defeated for the first time, it can be respawned using Dolmen fragments, and a multiplayer session can be hosted to make the battle easier. Each time a boss is defeated, it will drop a special crafting material. The materials dropped can be used to craft powerful boss weapons. A boss needs to be defeated three times in order to gather enough materials to craft a weapon. Other resources drop from regular enemies which respawn when leaving an aream and then returning via teleportation.

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Crafting and leveling up are done on the ship, which can be teleported to using a beacon. The gear system in Dolmen includes a diverse set of melee and ranged weapons, as well as chest, hands, legs, and head armor. Choosing gear is more than just picking the armor or weapon with the highest stats. Every piece of gear equipped changes the active perks depending on if the item is Human, Revion, or Driller. For the most part, it’s difficult to have top gear and stick to just one type of technology, but it should still be feasible to have three or four out of the nine perks active. Tying in perks to what items is equipped makes the game’s gear system more important and strategic.

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Along with perks, the elemental damage of each weapon needs to be considered. Every ghastly monster has an elemental weakness to exploit, but it needs to be discovered first. Both the ranged and melee gear slots allow for two weapons to be equipped, and they can be cycled through without needing to access the inventory. With a large number of enemies in each section, it quickly becomes important to keep at least one type of weapon for each element ready. Additionally, every enemy deals a specific type of elemental damage, so gear needs to be changed out for high resistances depending on the area. Acid, Fire, and Ice are the three types of elemental damage that a weapon or enemy can deal.

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One of the most thrilling parts of Dolmen is the horror element that grows exponentially as the monsters become more difficult and much better at hiding. At first, most enemies can be seen from a distance, but they quickly begin to hide around corners, on the ceiling, or within the environment. A few jumpscares will lead to cautiously approaching every turn and inspecting all of the walls. Horror mixed with features like an intricate upgrade system, daunting combat encounters, and the ability to take on difficult bosses alongside some friends makes Dolmen an exciting title that delivers constant action and intense challenges.
Dolmen will be available on May 20, 2022, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Screen Rant was provided a digital PlayStation 5 download code for the purpose of this review.

Our Rating:
4 out of 5 (Excellent)

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