![]() ![]() It will not apologize as it chews you up and spits you out. He drinks them down, as your party falls like flies.ĭarkest Dungeon is both uncompromising and unforgiving in it's attempt to display a dark, terrible world it's focus is on the heroes you control, and to what would happen to those that try and stand up against the horrors that might seem commonplace in other high-fantasy video games. Your Plague Doctor might decide that, after being vomited on by a creature of a dozen gibbering mouths, that they deserve all of the healing potions, not the rest of your crew. Monsters not only inflict damage, but stress, causing panic attacks and PTSD mid-fight, forcing your Man-At-Arms to flee to the back of the party instead of attacking. Lepers lead on into the battle, while Occultists of questionable sanity attempt to heal or hex you from the back lines. Your traditional heroic party has been swapped out by desperate holy men and money-seeking vagabonds. Lovecraft and the mythos that he birthed, weaving a tale where the sense of growing dread is heightened by the dramatic, over-the-top narration of exactly how badly your day is going. It borrows gladly and without shame from H.P. It doesn't stop with this blending though, but instead attempts to transcend what's come before by mixing style in with substance. ![]() That is the power of Darkest Dungeon, and one of the many reasons why we, like so many others, were excited to see it released just yesterday.ĭarkest Dungeon is a game that takes the classic old dungeon crawl and suffuses it with the lethality that Rogue-likes are known for. You understand that by playing this game, bad things are going to happen, and that despite all of your best efforts and carefully laid plans, you might lose, and there's no save file for you to retrieve.īut yet, you keep playing, even as the odds slowly stack against your string of good luck, You play on, even after two minutes of gameplay can undo two hours of hard earned accomplishment. You know, like the characters you control do, that bad things await as you set off on adventure after adventure, digging deeper into catacombs and darkened ruins. With this, Darkest Dungeon opens its story, with you hurdling down the old winding road towards your family member's grave. ![]()
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