DICETINY: The Lord of the Dice

Developer: Fakedice
Publisher: JnK
Release: 2016
Platform: PC
Genre: Board Game/TCG

The saddest part of Dicetiny conforming to the ubiquitous “I know the reference” fanboyism hook is wasting some actually decent, cohesive art assets on parody content instead of developing Fakedice an IP to call their own--which would drop countless copyright infringements along the way as a bonus.

Is it?

Unfortunately it’s undercooked below surface level as well. Good ideas frequently don’t quite come together--at times because luck plays too much of a big role, at times for balancing/pacing issues, or even due to the eventual (sure as death and taxes) bug/crash hitting.

When planets align, levels feel like a blast to play. More often than not though, Dicetiny frustrates and wastes the player’s time.