In every story you’ve ever read, you’ve probably thought to yourself “Well why didn’t they just take the easy way rather than go through hundreds of pages worth of painstaking peril?!” The answer to this of course is the fact that it’s the journey that makes the story; really a story is nothing without it. Dungeon Hero 4 has a similar idea behind it, its easy way around everything being the much debated in app purchase. You could just play the game and enjoy it at its own pace, but this is one of those games that tempts you with idea of everything going that little bit faster or getting that special item to make everything easier, whether or not you cave is another matter entirely.
The game itself is a pretty well done action RGG type game, in fact, it’s the latest in a line of established, popular action roleplaying games. It’s full of impeccable graphics, smooth controls, a lot of hack ‘n’ slashing going on and a great line of character growth, something which is unfortunately quite often missed out in these kinds of games.
Dungeon Hunter 4 is currently running version 1.9.0 and requires that your device be running at least iOS version 6.0 or anything later. Whilst the game is not particularly new, it is not abnormal to continue seeing bugs within it. SO if you find yourself encountering any bugs, please ensure that you report what you have experienced to the developers, this can be done via social networks such as facebook or twitter, or even within the app. The game supports a great variety of different languages from around the world, so playing should be easy for many people. However, if the game does not support your language, new languages will typically be added in new updates, so you can leave a message via social networks so that they are aware that there is a need for your specific language The game is available as a free download from the app store, with the added option to purchase further in app content. The game currently has a four and a half star rating and has received mostly positive reviews from players on the app store, although many users, whilst praising the game as a whole, have reported numerous bugs still existing within the game, so if you encounter anything, don’t be alarmed and remember to go ahead and report the issue.
As I’ve already pointed out, there are plenty of in app purchase options; for a rogue’s cache of two hundred gems, it will cost you $1.99,for a smith’s savings of five hundred and fifty gems it will cost you $4.99, for a merchant’s stockpile of one thousand one hundred and fifty gems it will cost you $9.99, for a baron’s fortune of two thousand seven hundred gems it will cost you $19.99, for a king’s ransom of seven thousand three hundred gems it will cost you $49.99 and finally for a dragon’s stash of fifteen thousand one hundred gems it will cost you $99.99.There are also seven other various special packages that contain gems, potions and special weapons and armor. Gems can be spent on extra potions, stronger weaponry and armor.
Gems and gold are crucial resources to have while playing Dungeon Hunter 4. You can earn some of these resources by playing the game, but most players need more than that. Unless you want to spend your real money on gems, you’re going to need a hack.
The Dungeon Hunter 4 hack tool allows players to add unlimited amounts of gems and gold directly to their accounts for free. The tool is available for Android and iOS devices and is free to download. You can get the hack here at AppGameCheats.
After you download the hack onto your phone or tablet, you’ll be able to view the menu of settings for the tool.
The tool will install automatically after you download it. Start by selecting the type of device you are using to play Dungeon Hunter 4, Android or iOS. Tap the “Connect” button to link the tool to your account. Now you can type in the amounts of gems and gold you want to add. You can also check the boxes to unlock unlimited energy and health.
Tap the “Hack Game” button when you’re ready to begin. The Dungeon Hunter 4 hack takes about 20 seconds to finish working. After the hack is complete, open your Dungeon Hunter 4 app and you’ll find the gems and gold in your account. Enjoy your adventures in Dungeon Hunter 4 without being pressured to spend your real money!
For those lovely people in the business of hacking their games to make things easier on themselves, fortunately there are working hacks available for the game that offer a variety of things such as unlimited gold, gems, potions and items. But remember, as with the majority of Gameloft games, you have to be very careful when hacking, as you can get banned if detected, many hackers advise playing in offline mode to prevent this from happening, so keep that in mind if you decide to hack.
For those that do want to play the game legitimately, take a look at our tips and tricks to get through the game a little easier.
Defeating enemies and finding treasure chests will help you along the way to getting brand new, more powerful weapons along with brand new armor, these pieces of weaponry and armor will typically be subpar and won’t really help you all that much, so you actively have to grind quite a lot to work on upgrading your stuff.
When you look at this game, you can’t really deny that it has been completely messed up by the idea of the freemium system, like I said earlier, you can only really play this game with success up to appoint, after which you have to make a decision to continue playing or not. To be quite honest, I advise playing the game until you hit the in app purchase wall, unless you really want to spend money to take the fun out of the game, there’s no point in continuing playing the game.
Any tips we provide will be for the initial part of the game, before hitting the freemium wall.
First of all, you start off the game with a choice, you must decide which of four warriors you want to go for, you can either go for a ranged fighter or a melee fighter. Personally, I’m typically partial to the melee fighters; they’re a whole lot easier to control and you don’t really have to think before attacking, whereas with a ranged fighter liker the archer or shooter, you have to stop and get a good aim which can take a few seconds to get.
So let’s take a look at each of the four classes and what they can do.
Battleworn: This class has quite slow yet strong attacks that pretty much force you to get up close to your enemy. There isn’t really much point spamming the attack button desperately – developing a nice steady rhythm with your taps is something you’ll definitely want to do. Remember that you need to be pointing in the correct direction when you attack, or you’ll be leaving yourself wide open.
Blademaster: This class offers quick dual-wielding hits. Probably the best class to start the game with, as all you have to really do to attain immediate success is to button mash like crazy. I would definitely advise trying out the game with this class first before trying any other classes.
Warmage: This class has ranged magic attacks that will deal a pretty nice amount of damage and have an AoE kind of effect around it. Another bonus to this class is the fact that you can still get in close and fight melee style. By using your wand to swipe at any enemies, you’ll manage to take out multiple enemies up close, though you should make sure that you don’t get too overwhelmed as this one is not particularly tough and is actually a little squishy in fights.
Sentinel: Again, you’ve got another ranged option, this time using quick shot attacks. I would not advise trying this class out first as it is definitely the hardest of all four classes to play as. You’ll need to make sure that your shots are perfectly well aimed , otherwise, the damage that you deal will end up being pretty low. The idea with this class is to stay out of trouble and make sure you take advantage of your evasive roll.
If you decided to go for one of the melee type classes, be prepared to attack aggressively; just don’t let yourself get surrounded by enemies.
You’ll find that both of the melee classes have an incredibly useful special feature in the form of a dash attack, which both attacks the enemy and allows you to evade any attacks at the same time. Take advantage of this attack to its fullest as it can really help you out if you find yourself in the middle of a sticky situation.
If you decided on a ranged class character, you will definitely want to keep you enemies as far from you as possible. A lot of the enemies will just hang around the area until they are approached, so you’ll probably want to take advantage of your radar to pinpoint exact locations to get in some pretty easy kills. Under no circumstance should you actively approach your enemies at any point if you’ve chosen to go for ranged. Your character is designed to deal damage from a distance, so trying to fight melee style will not do you any favors.
Make it a point to explore each level a little first before you start seriously killing, this allows you to get the lay of the land, giving you advantage in knowing exactly where you’re going when actively fighting. You’ll also have the chance to find bonus loot by smashing up pots and boxes. If you encounter an unexpected fight whilst doing so, you should never pass up the chance to fight unless your health bar is dangerously low, you will need the experience and the dropped loot from a successful battle.
Make it a habit to sell off your old items once something better comes along, you don’t need useless crap that you probably aren’t going to use again hogging up your limited inventory space. Sometimes it can be worth holding on to a couple of weapons if they’ve got special charm slots that your current weapon doesn’t necessarily have. That way, you’ve got more choice when it comes to battling specific kinds of enemies that are weak against certain charms.
And of course, my biggest tip, don’t bother spending money on this game,even if you really want tocarry on playing after the arenas, it’s not worth it, by all means, keep replaying earlier levels, but when you realize that there’s no challenge, the game completely loses its fun, something that will also happen if you decide to spend money.
Dungeon Hunter 4 has presented a beautifully built fantasy world within which you are able to lose yourself quite easily. Starting the game, you pick one of four warriors whom you are to guide through the hustle and bustle of monster infested corridors and arenas, taking them down as you go. You get to choose from an assortment of warriors containing a deadshot archer, a mystically powerful mage, an experienced swordsman or a badass dual wielder. Personally, I go with the dual wielder every time, but that’s just me.
You might think that having a ton of monsters suddenly thrown at you probably doesn’t sound like the most appealing of situations, but the combat system in Dungeon Hunter 4 actually works really well. Figuring out the flow of moving around can be a pretty difficult and daunting task at first, especially you are not all that well coordinated, but you quickly learn how to get moving around and understanding how to use everything else.
Whilst you’ve got this on screen joystick, you also have various on screen buttons that control you different attacks, both standard and special ability attacks. You gain more special abilities as you progress through the game, getting bigger and better ones as you get further into the game, even if you don’t really feel like waiting to get the awesome attacks, you can buy them. Don’t forget though, this game is still all about strategy, so you have to make sure that you’ve got your totally down, even if you do have badass weapons and attacks, the tables can still turn quite easily, so don’t take a good strategy for granted.
Unfortunately, Dungeon Hunter 4 is yet another in app purchase pit in disguise. Gameloft clearly expects you to willingly purchase gems with real money so that you’re able to buy yourself some hardcore weapons, which make the first part of the game a breeze. In the earlier stages of the game, getting through isn’t really a problem as you can upgrade what you start off with quite easily, which is great, for a while at least. You’ll soon encounter the first of the arena levels, or as I like to refer to it as the great grind-a-thon. The arena can be played either as an online multiplayer or as single player, you essentially get thrown into a pit where you have to fight through multiple waves of enemies. Going from the nice and easy flow of the regular portion of the game and being thrown into this grind fest is a huge difference, just a warning now, you probably will get stuck on the arena levels quite often and they won’t be easy to get through at all. Even if you think that re-playing through earlier levels is a good idea so that you can work on upgrading weapons, you’ll still find that the arena is super difficult.
If it’s not already clear, this game is very tough to successfully make your way through, sure everybody likes a good challenge, but really within app purchases on offer, this game becomes less of a challenge and more like an all you can eat buffet, you can just keep on going without problem until you’ve had your fill. By merely throwing a few dollars at the game, it instantly becomes easy. A mere five dollars on the game got me a pretty awesome weapon, some nice armor and even a few potions to get me through. By doing this, I became instantly overpowered and took down those arenas swifter than Taylor Swift.
This is where you really see what the game is really about though, sure the game itself looks incredible and is full of action, sometimes that action is just a little too difficult for you actually get through, leaving you to have to spend money if you’re intent on continuing playing the game. One you do spend money on the game, the whole thing tips to your favor and everything becomes outrageously easy, so really when it comes to this game, you got to pick one of two choices; play the game until it becomes impossible, leading you to delete it from your device, or you can pay money for premium currency, get awesome stuff, but end up becoming totally OP, draining any fun the game may have had in the first place. So really, when you get to a certain point in Dungeon Hunter 4, things turn into one great big double edged sword; it’s just up to you which way you want to go.
The fact that the in app purchases are pretty much forced on you is a real shame, this game had real potential to be one of the better games on the app store, but instead, the makers of the game decided to take it down the path of a money grabber. The game looks good, is really fun to play up to a point, has a multiplayer option and even shows great character development. I suppose every game studio has to have those games that make them plenty of money, it’s just unfortunate that Gameloft decided on that route for this game, especially considering that it is already part of a really well established game series.
Artwork: I give Dungeon Hunter 4 a 9/10 for its artwork. There is plenty to enjoy and admire when playing this game. Dungeon Hunter 4 has presented a beautifully built fantasy world within which you are able to lose yourself quite easily. It’s full of plenty great cut scenes and amazingly designed areas that you’ve got to battle your way through. Of course, this could just be a cover for the fact that it’s just a money grabbing game and it makes itself look good so that you really get into the game.
Music and SFX: I give the game an 8/10 for its music and SFX. Honestly, the sounds effects in this game are very well placed; they fit in with the game perfectly and provide kit with a great sense of ambience. The music of the game is also perfectly selected; it gives a fighting game a bigger feel of it being epic, something that every fighting game really needs. Great sound effects and great music. Not particularly original or anything, but still really enjoyable to listen to.
Story and Originality: I give the game an 8/10 for its story and originality. I love that this game has a story to it, I strongly believe that all games should provide their players with some kind of backstory to give them a reason to actually okay the game, if I play a game that has no backstory, it will only keep me entertained for a short time, but if a game has a great story, I can spend hours getting immersed in that world. Whilst being the fourth in a series of similar games, this is not the most original, but it still manages to bring plenty of new things to the table where fighting games are concerned. I’ve said it before, but games that offer something new to their genre are the best kinds of games.
General Gameplay: I give the game a 7/10 for its general gameplay. One other thing I will commend this game for is the combat system, in Dungeon Hunter 4, it actually works really well. Figuring out the flow of moving around can be a pretty difficult and daunting task at first, especially you are not all that well coordinated, but you quickly learn how to get moving around and understanding how to use everything else. In terms of the freemium roadblock you hit fairly quickly, it makes the game a little less than desirable, resulting in you only getting to fully enjoy the game and its challenges for a shirt time. The game itself runs pretty smoothly, it was a little glitch at times, but this causes minimal disruption, the slight glitchiness was to be expected considering the high quality graphics and such though.
Addictiveness: I give the game a 7/10 for its addictiveness. To be honest, when I started this game, I spend quite a while working through it, it is a lot of fun, and that’s coming from someone who isn’t typically a big fan of fighting type games. I woukld have loved to play this game for even longer, but once I hit the point whereevery fight was an inevitable death, I couldn’t really see the point in playing anymore, I quickly saw that the game was made purposely too hard to force you to go ahead and get in app purchases, something which no game should ever do. As a gamer, I can appreciate a good challenge in a game, but if it’s purposely impossible, I just don’t see the point in continuing.
Overall, I give Dungeon Hunter 4 a 7/10. This game is a lot of fun, but my continued enjoyment of tthis game depends on whether or not the freemium wall is lifted in a future update.