Gamervision Review: The Dark Spire

The Nintendo DS has no shortage of role-playing games. Traditional, action-oriented, and strategy-based RPGs can be found in droves, with both original games and remakes being published frequently for the handheld. With the overabundance of role-playing games on the DS, it is getting harder and harder for a game in the genre to stand out. However, Atlus was able to do just that with The Dark Spire. A throwback to the classic first-person dungeon-crawlers of the 1980s, The Dark Spire is a unique and extremely challenging game that will give gamers an experience like no other available today. However, the game’s punishing difficulty and antiquated gameplay guarantee that The Dark Spire will not appeal to as large a group of gamers as most RPGs.