Kivi's Underworld Review
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The best way to describe the gameplay of Kivi's Underworld would be to say, "Kinda like Diablo, only simpler and more casual-friendly." The interface is simple. The game is simple - but that's not the same as "easy." There have been several times I've found my mad action-RPG gamer skillz being tested and bested. Usually because I was stupid, got overly-aggressive, and found myself with a swarm of monsters on one side of me, and a trap on the other, thinking, "I can take 'em."
So I'm actually more of a hardcore RPG fan. I appreciate the idea of having a much simpler, straightforward RPG for newcomers to our favorite game genre. A gateway drug, if I can be so crass. Kivi's Underworld fills the bill nicely - it's pretty, its fun, it's simple - a great little RPG that feels a little less "cutsey" than, say, Fate.
But what does Kivi's Underworld have for a guy like me, a hardcore RPG fan who, rather than doodling during geometry lectures in High School, created mathematically balanced Champions characters using memorized point-values for powers, limitations, and disadvantages? Am I the target audience for Kivi's Underworld? Well, the answer to the latter question is only "maybe," but the answer to the first one is, surprisingly, "plenty."
