Dungeon Princess – 2020 First Impressions and Thoughts

When I saw this on the Google Play Store I didn’t really know what to expect. I saw that it was rated pretty well – almost 5* out of thousands of users. And you know what? I can see why.
I opted to download the free version of the game as I was curious how it compared to the paid version, and let me tell you.. while this is a good game otherwise, the advertisements that appear periodically throughout play – and I mean every several minutes make me regret going that route.

As you’d expect, the game begins with a tutorial and tutorial battle. You’re shown how to open your character menu, use your abilities – things that you should already fully understand if you’ve played an RPG.. ever.
Then you’re introduced to some characters – all of which have incredibly fitting outfits if I do say so myself. Definitely showing off their amazing assets that will no doubt help the party in a plethora of different ways.
And then we gain the freedom to play the game.

Interestingly, I had expected Dungeon Princess to employ auto-combat. Most mobile games do in some capacity, right? But that wasn’t the case here. Instead, you were required to choose your abilities as they came out of cooldown.
You had a time limit per battle, and there seemed to be a number of waves per overall encounter. Enemies weren’t all that difficult – at times our HP did dip down a little bit, sure. But it was never anything to be concerned with.
Skill effects and animations looked pretty good – overall, actually, the graphics – while a certain style were actually really great quality.
Your character portraits, your characters avatar in battle – everything was so crisp and high quality. I was honestly surprised.

There was a story present in-game. You’d encounter them both before the battles you’d engage in and sometimes after the battles. For the most part though, this is the type of game that has a small screen where you can navigate on back to, upgrade, equip and alter your characters.
But otherwise, you’re grinding through the surplus of dungeons or instances that are present. So if that’s the type of game you’re interested in, then Dungeon Princess does it exceptionally well and is a great homage to its genre.

I can safely say that while I’m not typically fond of games where you grind instances almost exclusively, this was a surprisingly entertaining title to waste some time in.
Would I play it long-term? No. But I would definitely recommend it to someone that is interested in either this graphical style, or the type of game.