Dungeon Runners Heaves Out New Content
Free-to-play online RPG Dungeon Runners has updated itself again - this time with a new dungeon that goes by the name of Balzack's Burrow (hehe, Balzack...) for players level 55 and higher, as well as a slew of new items and improvements to the waypoint system. The latter is especially welcome, since a robust waypoint system was one of the few outstanding feature absences that set Dungeon Runners apart as a budget title.
The game always recoups its low financial profile with a serious funny streak, and first-ever summonable NPC Chill Bill, pictured, is a perfect example. Heave brings us this low-maintenance attack snowman who'll headbutt baddies and can be healed with standard ice projectile spells. Bills skills include the ability to retreat into a snow globe to recover health and something called "Nippy Twigs," which purports to be a buff spell but sounds more like a nickname for genital frostbite.
You'll also find Shivery the Incorrigible Snowman visiting the town of Townston, and although he's melting rapidly and therefore won't stay long, the message he sends about dungeon warming (I am not, for once, making this up) will live on forever.
Make the jump for more details and please, if you haven't already tried out Dungeon Runners, give it a shot. It's free, and made by the other Mr. Garriott, Richard's brother Robert.
NCsoft heaves out Dungeon Runners content update
NCsoft's Dungeon Runners team is keeping things cool for its players by launching a new content update that provides some frosty surprises including snowmen, a new dungeon, new items and improvements to the waypoint system.
The content update, which is considered more of a "Heave" than a full-blown expansion "Chunk," introduces a new dungeon called Balzack's Burrow for player levels 55 and up. Balzack's Burrow is loaded with loot, monsters and a final boss-battle that will require more than just mind-numbing violence in order to claim victory.
Chill Bill, a formidable snowman and the first NPC that players can summon in Dungeon Runners, is available at level 30 and can help players fight enemies. He has several specialized moves, such as the head butt, where Bill removes his head and bashes an opponent. Chill Bill is a low maintenance snowman that can be healed by hitting him with ice projectile spells.
Chill Bill also comes with several cool skills including "On the Rocks" which freezes Bill in a solid bock of ice, slowing down nearby enemies; "Snow Globe" which stuffs Chill Bill into a globe where he receives a major maximum health increase, and "Nippy Twigs" a skill buff which dramatically increases Bill's attack damage and slows enemies.
Closing out wintertime for Dungeon Runners is a visit by Shivery the Incorrigible Snowman who is quickly melting in Townston, so his stay in the game will be short yet filled with bitterness. Shivery, who is a victim of dungeon warming, will provide players with a loot-filled quest, but not without delivering a few pleasantries such as "...your parents didn't love you," and "...you are adopted."
Additionally, the Heave includes 51 new quests, two new fighter armor sets, new mythic items, a two-handed rifle for rangers and improvements to the user interface and the waypoints system.
"I think that Dungeon Runners players will find these new features, especially the snowmen as being pretty cool...literally," said Stephen Nichols, Dungeon Runners' producer. "We are always looking to create more ways for players to have fun while keeping the challenge compelling. Sometimes features can be a bit silly, but that is what makes Dungeon Runners so special."
For more information, or to download and play the game for free, go to www.dungeonrunners.com.
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Posted to Video Games on 4 March 2008
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