Dungeon Golf

Dungeon Golf is a delightfully quirky mini golf game that combines the precision putting of golf with the fantastical dungeon crawling of RPGs. Up to four players, either locally or online, compete through imaginative courses filled with booby traps, monsters, and mystical treasures, all while gaining new abilities that let you sabotage your opponents. It's mini golf turned up to 11.

The madcap concept drew me in immediately. Instead of realistic greens, holes are set in caves, temples, and mystical forges, each environment brimming with colour and character. Courses burst with vicious goblins, lumbering golems, and plenty of lava pits and spike traps to ping your ball into oblivion. Scoring becomes as much about battling monsters and pilfering loot as it is about sinking tough shots. With 8 colourful golfers to choose from, like a barbarian or musical frog, there's plenty of silly fun too.

Creative Abilities Add Welcome Chaos

The key hook Dungeon Golf brings is special abilities fueled by collecting in-game mana. These powers shake up the standard golf formula in chaotic and comedic ways. My favourite is the swap ability that teleports you into another player's position, letting you spitefully steal their next shot. There's also skills to rewind time, smash player's balls away, or remove obstacles from your path.

Activating these at clutch moments, like using the tornado power to lift your ball out of lava and onto the green, provides immensely satisfying game-changing moments. Abilities recharge quicker by smashing destructible objects or collecting gems, incentivising you to be an agent of dungeon chaos.

The abilities form a core metagame around mind games and strategy with your opponents. Saving mana to pull off a vital swap at the last second or targeting a rival you know has a power stocked up becomes key to success. This elevates Dungeon Golf beyond standard mini golf into something more mischievous.

Charming Presentation With Just Enough Depth

Visually, Dungeon Golf delights with its vibrant voxel art style. Environments pop with colour and detail, from red-hot lava to cool mage towers, making courses fun to replay. It's all elevated by playful narrators and enthusiastic foley work as you smack balls and smash dungeon props. A pounding synth soundtrack keeps energy high.

Importantly, the wacky presentation doesn't get in the way of solid golf mechanics. Courses hold enough challenge that you'll need to pull off bank shots and precise angles to sink tough holes. A range of golfers and their unique stats, like higher power or backspin control, allow you to tailor shots and cater to playstyles.

Review: 8/10

Dungeon Golf delivers an immensely fun and refreshingly offbeat mini golf experience. With colourful courses, chaotic abilities, and plenty of multiplayer mayhem, it's a zany good time for mini golf and party game fans. Some polish issues hold it back from being a hole in one, but with ample charm and endless replay value, Dungeon Golf is still a winner.

Pros:

• Zany abilities shake up standard golf in fun ways
• Vibrant voxel visuals brimming with detail
• Solid golf mechanics with plenty of skill
• Great longevity offered with Pro Upgrade DLC

Cons:

• Occasional wonky physics
• Story mode lacks depth or surprises