💬 Review The Greedy Cave by marcos563

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Name of the app you are reviewing: The Greedy Cave

When starting the game, the thing that you notice the most at first is its fluid gameplay. Even for phones with slightly older operating systems, such as Android version 4.2.1, the game works very well and there are rare times when graphic lags or crashes occur.

Review:
Classic RPG gimmicks like character customization, exploration, combat, reaching higher character levels, and skill tree have all been adapted to be controlled with just one click. In this game we don't have the visual pollution on the screen of buttons and a digital analog that make control and screen one. The interaction really is direct on the screen, clicking on the map to walk, on monsters to fight and on items to catch them. This all portrays the mastery with which the team at Avalon Games produced The Greedy Cave. Regardless of what you aim to do in the game, the controls are easily used with just one hand. During the game you have the mission to explore all the depths of dungeons through three great levels of difficulty that add up to more than 300 floors. In addition, there is still the Dream World, which brings more exploratory content to the game. Dungeon floors are generated randomly, which makes repeating floors not necessarily monotonous. It is important to emphasize that the simplicity of the controls does not prevent the game from being challenging, extensive and rich in diversified content. For starters, we have a city mechanic that serves as the game's save moment. During the exploration of the caves, you find yourself at the mercy of losing all your evolution if you die, being forced to measure the weight and the consequence of advancing a little further in the explorations, as you will only save all your progress if you manage to return alive to the city through scrolls that allow this.

An important fact here is that, upon returning to the city, we abandoned all the blue and gray items that we found on the way, as well as healing potions and enchantment materials. The only way to get this type of item into the city is through the statues that are found throughout the dungeons, which convert any item (with the exception of potions and scrolls) into golden items, the only item class that returns with the player. to town.

Also, regardless of whether golden items or not, if the character dies, all experience, equipment and bonuses that were acquired on that trip are lost. These difficult elements of the adventure make the game experience much more immersive than what is traditionally seen in mobile games, as the player is really apprehensive when exploring more than 40 floors of dungeons at once and risk dying at the end of the next floor. .

All this tense gameplay artifice is still completed by an excellent soundtrack and graphics in a 2D look inspired by the aforementioned Don’t Starve that often reminds a little of the arts of film director Tim Burton. The harmony between gameplay, sound and visual effects only adds even more quality to the game, causing frustration when we die, anguish when we get stuck in caves and also excitement when we start to get stronger against monsters that used to threaten us.

• pros
Excellent visual and sound quality;
Simple gameplay adapts the RPG to mobiles very well;
Considerable challenge level increases immersion in the game;
Paid features don't differentiate players much;
Extensive amount of content for a mobile game;
Dungeon randomization adds to the replay factor.
• cons
Problematic in-game community features;
Deaths can cause frustration and discouragement at times.

Would you recommend this to other users? Yes, regardless of the hits and misses that The Greedy Cave has, a point to be highlighted here is the game's ability to attract people to continue playing. Even with the frustrations that come with dying and losing hours of progress, the game's exploration and reward mechanics are so well adapted that they can hold the player for good hours.

Rating (1-5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
 
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