Orcs & Elves

Orcs & Elves' simplicity doesn't do much to hide its roots as a mobile phone game, but it's also what makes this dungeon crawler accessible, fast, and fun

Orcs & Elves doesn't innovate the dungeon-crawling genre in any significant way, but this is not what the game is aiming for. More than innovating, the game is designed to stay true to a certain tradition that old-school players will definitely welcome after years of starvation. Its simple elements are well-blended in an adventure that only lasts about eight hours but still manages to fill its time with great fighting, fun puzzles and a general nostalgic atmosphere. It might not be for everybody, but it certainly hits a niche that has been neglected by mainstream developers in recent years.

"First-person perspective? Check. Turn-based dungeon crawling on various tiles of a simple grid-based map? Check. Giant war hammers that allow you to use different abilities depending on the number of foes in your presence? Check!"