Dice Assassin looked like a cool game. So I bought it. And it’s honestly not bad, though it can be far better than it is, which I’ll get to in a second. The best way to explain this game is to show a screen:
Every turn in Dice Assassin, you roll a blue range die and a red damage die. These affect the range of your attack/movement, and the damage of your attack. The card on the right represents the attack. There are a few kinds. Impact, which is shown, does damage in a 3×3 square. Another has you moving backwards but does damage in a 2×3 area. The enemies all have patterns and their attacks are represented in the red outline on the board. The cards on the left do various things, like resurrect you at full health, or allow you to dodge the next attack.
Now the big issue, Dice Assassin is hardest to start, when you only have one attack, a move and attack called cut, and die that only allow one or two range/damage. Every few levels you get a store, where you buy new +1 die(either red or blue), attack cards, or inventory cards. Everything costs 10 gold, and at the start you won’t have enough to buy much. But as the levels go on, they get easier as your die get more powerful and you get more useful attacks. The enemies get more powerful, but by level 25 or so, you are damn near invincible as you long as are smart. Then things get boring as the levels just drag. Plus, you have tons of money, and nothing to spend it on as you max out at four attacks and six damage and range die.
Dice Assassin is a nice start, but the lack of difficulty balance hurts it, in my opinion. Balancing the difficulty would have gone a long way to firming up the game. As it is, it gets a YMMV with a seven back-end score. I honestly can’t recommend it in its current state though the concept and execution are mostly sound.
Overall: Dice Assassin is a nice start, but needs difficulty balancing to recommend it. Right now, I can’t.
Verdict: YMMV
| Release Date | 10/2/24 |
| Cost | $4.99 |
| Publisher | Afil Games |
| ESRB Rating | E |
P.S. For a decent Afil Games experience, try Honeyland!
