While the graphics, artistry and atmosphere is all on point and great, this game feels like it focused so much on all those things that it forgot to be an actually fun game, either that or it felt like it needed to pad out its run time for some reason

i say that because 90% of this game is just tedious puzzles that feel like busy work, and just parts that feel pointlessly redundant for the sake of wasting the players time, i honestly dont understand how this game was critically acclaimmed when it launched, do game critics just look at a pretty artsy game and think they have to immediatly throw a 10 at it without thinking about if it was an enjoyable or thought provoking experience? i wanna like this game and at times i do but that felt like 1/4 of my playthrough, very dissapointing

a super cool, fun, and charming vr game that has a unique idea behind it, full of puzzles and gameplay that require some inception level stuff, i thought the whole art style and story was really cute and the gameplay was really varied while still staying coherent with its central idea, the only caveat is that its pretty short, i bet it in a little under 90 minutes, but honestly i dont think thats much of a problem since the game didnt overstay its welcome, made me enjoy every second of that play time and left me satisfied by the end, overall i definetly recommend you play this if youre into experimental vr games

i feel bad for giving this a pretty negative review because in reality, i have fun with dicey dungeons, but i feel like this game is just not made for me, basically buyer beware, DO NOT GET THIS GAME IF YOU HATE RNG, because even though its fun, its colorful, its charming, it is totally luck based and you can get absolutely fucked over sometimes from no fault of your own, because of this a playtrough can either be super fun or the most frustrating thing ever, and for me that dynamic just does not result in fun for me, its made me way too angry and frustrated from no fault of my own for me to wanna keep going, so yeah if you dont mind luck in your games and enjoy roguelikes then dicey dungeons might be a good game for you, but if you despise rng, stay away from this game

also additional note, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THOUGHT LOUDBIRD WAS A GOOD ENEMY DESIGN? SERIOUSLY IT ACTUALLY BAFFLES ME HOW SOMEONE COULD MAKE AN ENEMY SO PERFECTLY BROKEN FOR A GAME LIKE THIS, FUCK WHOEVER DESIGNED THAT GUY.