Diggles

One of my favorite games of the year. I think once the novelty of the Diggles' antics wears off there is plenty of playtime left.

Original and adorable in a freakish kind of way.

If you can get past the irritating introductory cutscenes and if you don't mind all-pervading cuteness, there's a depth available to plumb, and fans of micro-management will be in heaven.

At times it just doesn’t glue together which is a shame, this could have been an all time classic. But still a good little game.

Everything of value here means little because of the sluggish pace.

It has way too much going on, and Innonics made so many bad decisions with all the things in the game that Diggles ends up being overwhelming, annoying, and tedious all at the same time.

Slow. Frustrating. Not the best idea for an escape. [July 2002, p.81]

Fun and truly unique game but a little bit complicated and sometimes totally boring. I really enjoyed playing it as a kid but at some point I got to dead end and had no idea what to do. So I never finished it but overall impression is good

This game is an absolute diamond in the rough. If you look past its unfinished interface, you'll find yourself constantly looking to get the next technology or building to advance your settlement. If you can muster the patience to endure the long periods of time it takes to get things done and the sometimes cryptic and even unfair challenges it gives you, you'll enjoy watching you dwarves develop and thrive. I say, give it a try.

The game is simply unplayable for a long run. The core gameplay is well enough, but the execution is extremely flawed. Jerky AI, your wiggles refusing to do anything, abandoning their current tasks and refusing to go back (during their work hours and well fed and entertained), etc. etc. The first mission can drag for more than 5 hours due to extremely SLOW gaming pace AND horrendous pathfiding issues. And you can't even play with bonus speed, because x4 (the highest available) also DISABLES all other controls with camera movement! The progression is extremely irratiating and if you didn't read any walkthrough, the initial progression depends solely on pure luck with random digging down your tunnels, hoping you will hit a sweet, sweet story progression jackpot. No, it's not a good kind of "slow", that Cultures managed to pull off. It's a sloggish, unsatisfying chore with more issues than actual gameplay working. I tried this game a few times since 2002. Every SINGLE time I was burned out at the end of the first mission. It is a diamond, but not really worth it. Especially when you have so many better alternatives for this kind of gaming.