![]() It feels like you’re hitting air, and enemies are bouncing off the resulting gusts of wind. Your character has a sliding, slightly out-of-control momentum, like you’re playing an ice sculpture of yourself, and the attacks lack substance. To beat them, you’re given a couple of attacks, a dodging roll, and the ability to use some common consumables like a latte which lets you heal, and a magazine with powerful offensive abilities, which can be configured back home at your flat through a simple crafting system.Ĭombat in Boyfriend Dungeon is pretty flat, unfortunately. The enemies and the bosses reflect the dungeon’s themes (both are spoilers, so we’ll keep the themes schtum) and are weird riffs on everyday-ish things, like phones, gramophones, lips and confetti cannons. You’re likely going to complete four or five floors at a time, and a couple of bosses sit in each mall. You’re meant to be new to love, but you’re an absolute Casanova. So, you’re blind-dating, meeting people by chance, and generally wooing multiple people at a time. You’re staying with a cousin, Jesse, who seems to have entered a clandestine pact with your mother: to set you up with any willing person in the area. You have complete freedom to choose your character (choices of pronoun and non-binary options are welcome, alongside completely unisex clothing), and then you’re sent to Verona Beach for the summer. It’s not a particularly happy-clappy game, so make sure you’re in the mood. A popstar called Seven is harangued by fans and just wants his own life. ![]() A businessman called Isaac has a seriously dysfunctional family who want to destroy him. If you want an escapist fantasy, which a lot of dating sims can be, then be wary that virtually every story within Boyfriend Dungeon has a tense conflict and social commentary. Yet there is a dark underbelly to Boyfriend Dungeon, and we can’t help shake the feeling that the tone is at odds with everything else. This is a Game Pass game, an arcade-y brawler at that, with a summery vibe and some humour. ![]() It throws light on an interesting topic: Boyfriend Dungeon’s mismatched tone, something that it can’t quite reconcile. ![]()
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