Panic on Revion Prime
Like the dwarves in Moria, the scientists at a colony on the faraway planet Revion Prime were too greedy when it came to exploring uncharted territory. They’ve dug too deep, opening a dimensional gate that’s spewing out creatures you’d rather not have as neighbors. The infernal offspring then makes short work of the people of Earth and settles in at home. So it’s clear that someone on the planet has to look after things and play the space garbage man. This task is assigned to the player who, after a short teleport sequence, hits Revion Prime’s waste separation plant roughly – how appropriate. At least the radio connection to the spacecraft up in the atmosphere seems to be intact. Armed with a small axe, a blaster with Frost projectiles and the absolutely necessary energy shield, the exterminator dares to take his first steps. The bone-chilling sound of metal plates suddenly crashing down, the nasty hissing of the ventilation pipes and a strange, piercing, insect-like rattling sound do not suggest anything good right from the start.
Come to Daddy!
The cause of the discomfort is already creeping up a few meters ahead: small, medium-sized and – of course! – even larger space spiders that have made themselves comfortable in the facility are not exactly enthusiastic about the troublemaker in the metal suit and attack us without further ado. A few blows with the axe, poison balls thrown back by a shield plus a few volleys from the laser gun later, everything is calm again. This is also necessary to collect the color-coded goodies that fall to the ground after the insectoids die. Ah, commodities! They’re definitely not unimportant, but they’ll stay in your pocket until you find a way to use them.
Since Dolmen is a Soulslike, connoisseurs are immediately clear about the meaning of the screen displays: the red, green and below them blue bars at the top left indicate life energy, stamina and battery power; Below left are the weapons and usable gear. Instead of Estus bottles, which are inappropriate in this scenario, batteries are of course used in space to fill up the blue bar. This in turn allows you to get your life energy back in shape at the push of a button. The use of the blaster also ensures that the battery power suffers, unlike a healing maneuver, the blue bar fills up again automatically after a short waiting period. Shooting around like a nut is not possible. But rendering opponents harmless from a distance and waiting if necessary is a proven and absolutely recommendable approach, not only for the beginning of the approximately 25-hour adventure.
Captain Future is having deja vu
Well-known and well-tried: When entering a new area, the sign should definitely be held up.
Of course, using the ax decimates the green stamina bar, and running is only possible for a short time until the steel warrior runs out of breath. Pressing the dodge button in Dolmen doesn’t spit out a roll, but rather a small warp maneuver in the specified direction. So everything already known? Nearly! In addition to some new mechanics that will be mentioned later, the use of the built-in reactor in the suit is an innovation that is not yet known: At the beginning, the character only has three different reactors that can be swapped out at will. Pressing the triangle button then ensures that the melee attacks are reinforced with fire, ice or caustic liquid for a short time – which has clear advantages, especially in the nerve-wracking boss fights. If the player does not like the controls in the standard version, all inputs can fortunately be adjusted if desired.
When building a weapon, any bonuses can also be distributed – as long as the corresponding raw materials are available.
The first screen death is not long in coming, because behind the aggressive arachnoids shuffle tough mini-golems, whose fireballs not only cause an immense amount of damage when hit, but also quickly ensure that with a balancing act over rusty connecting pipes, that it’s off to go the depth goes. Whoops, Captain Future wakes up again at the entry point and now has an attempt to get back the points he has earned – or better, to bring the timeline back into balance, as it is called in Dolmen. To be fair, the materials collected to build new equipment are preserved upon death.
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