![]() ![]() At one point I was spending half an hour busting up porcelain plates because I hadn’t yet devised a way to crack any of the bathtubs I’d come across… Until I managed a baseball bat. This system feels vital and engaging thanks to each area being littered with items of every level of toughness - while there are always low-level things able to be broken down, players will constantly be temped by items that would be very useful if only they could harvest them. In order to get the wood resource it’s made of, the player must figure out how to build something strong enough to deal at least 7 damage. For example, a wooden chair might have a damage value of 6. In DYSMANTLE, every item has a health bar and a minimum damage threshold - a single hit with an item below that threshold does not deal damage in any way. ![]() This might have resulted in a collection of busywork had it been in less confident hands, but the developers have so perfectly managed the difficulty curve that what should be a chore winds up feeling like a pleasure. At its core, this experience is about finding the tools necessary to complete a set of tasks. Instead of procedurally-generated shacks and scattered resource piles, DYSMANTLE gives players a huge open world so meticulously and delicately hand-crafted that it almost feels like a shame to tear it all apart in the name of staying alive - assuming, of course, that they have tools strong enough to manage it.ĭYSMANTLE is the new top-down zombie survival game from eclectic developer 10tons, and it’s an impressive achievement. While other entries in the crafting-survival genre have allowed players to destroy a world’s elements - houses, cars, and so on - and repurpose them into resources, very few of those elements start out as something the player might feel bad about tearing down. WTF The ancient ancestors left behind… sokoban puzzles?Īs gimmicks go, DYSMANTLE’s is well worth naming the game after it. LOW A few quests have confusingly-worded instructions. Now, we’ll leave you with one final tip for your beginner: Destroy everything! There’s a reason the game is named “Dysmantle.” Your goal is to break 99% of the game and use those resources to survive.HIGH Getting a weapon strong enough to one-shot the skinless hunters. Drop Materials/Items: Down Directional Pad.Switch To Special Item: Right Directional Pad.Switch To Main Tool: Left Directional Pad.Movement and Combat (Controller/Gamepad): Movement and Combat (Mouse and Keyboard): Fortunately, for controller players, Dysmantle is playable with a gamepad as well as mouse and keyboard. The general rule of thumb for all gamers is that you should understand how to control a game before you can play it. Getting the jump on a Scrapper by hitting it from behind, especially with a power attack, will do massive damage and take it out within one or two hits.ĭysmantle Keyboard/Mouse And Controller Guide The first enemy you’ll encounter will most likely be a Scrapper. Fortunately, in Dysmantle, they serve a purpose of dropping valuable materials for you to use in your crafting. ![]() Eventually, you’ll want to upgrade your other items, but the backpack is the most important one to upgrade first.ĭon’t assume a post-apocalyptic world isn’t full of enemies ready to end your adventure. When you upgrade your backpack, you will also increase your material carry capacity. With Dysmantle being a crafting and gathering game, you’ll obviously want to upgrade your backpack as soon as possible. You are able to hold up to four weapons (including tools), but you can only quickly swap between two at a time. Fortunately, you won’t have to replace your crowbar right away. The crowbar is a decent blunt weapon to start with, but you’re going to want to pick up a sickle for slashing damage. When you emerge into the post-apocalyptic world for the first time, you’re armed with only your starting weapon: The Crowbar. ![]() Here is a brief beginner’s guide for Dysmantle, complete with some tips and tricks to help you survive in this post-apocalyptic environment. If you’re new to Dysmantle and don’t know quite where to begin, then you’re in the right place. In Dysmantle, beginning players have an entire post-apocalyptic world where they can survive against fiendish creatures, tame wildlife, farm for plants, and explore a large open map where they can craft or gather to their heart’s content. Dysmantle is finally available to play, and it’s time to dismantle your way through the apocalypse, pun intended. ![]()
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