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Darkest Dungeon
Released On: Feb 3, 2015
84
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 Critic Reviews
84
90% Positive
53 Reviews
53 Reviews
5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 Critic Reviews
84
90% Positive
53 Reviews
53 Reviews
5% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Darkest Dungeon is one of the most intense and immersive games out there. A product of creative genius and flawless design, it delivers, with simplistic perfection, a difficult yet addictive experience.
Darkest Dungeon plays the long game. It builds you up for a grand bout that will test everything you've learned, as well as your ability to plan several in-game weeks out. The pay-off for this constant offensive comes in short bursts--just enough to keep you going, just enough to keep you hopeful for the next excursion. It's an extraordinary cycle that bears a special teacher--rewarding your cleverness and punishing your foolishness. It transfixes and binds you to this grand journey, dotted with failures and successes. And because you endured, because you thought your way through it, the final victory against the unimaginable evil you face at the bottom of the Darkest Dungeon is personally valuable.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 880 User Ratings
7.9
74% Positive
654 Ratings
654 Ratings
16% Mixed
139 Ratings
139 Ratings
10% Negative
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 880 User Ratings
7.9
74% Positive
654 Ratings
654 Ratings
16% Mixed
139 Ratings
139 Ratings
10% Negative
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
There is a lot of grinding involved in this game, but the grind is generally pretty fun. It is surprisingly addictive and great to play in the wee hours of the night.
Darkest Dungeon's sanity system is worth the entire experience. Try it, but don't expect a good story or a traditional RPG.
It's a surprise to find that this relentless numerical tangle of a dungeon crawler is a human story. [March 2016, p.118]
Despite the grind, despite the perhaps undue commitment to brutality, and despite what I feel is a joke at the player's expense at the end, Darkest Dungeon still manages to be one of the most engaging and intriguing roguelikes I've ever played and I'll probably still be diving dungeons and trying new party compositions weeks from now. After all, it would be madness to stop at this point.
It would be a mistake to call Darkest Dungeon a roguelike game. It is, in fact, a more elaborate version of Cookie Clicker. You play with numbers instead of playing a game.
A game that is full of bad design decisions.
A sequel that is missing most of the things that made the first game great.
A rogue-lite with mechanics and RNG hell that force you to suffer many hours before you manage to achieve some meaningful progress.
And that is the main difference, where the first game makes you struggle this is make you suffer.
And it's simple, not fun.
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Summary Darkest Dungeon is a gothic roguelike RPG dungeon crawler about the psychological stresses of adventuring. You will lead a band of four heroes on a perilous side-scrolling descent, dealing with a prodigious number of threats to their bodily health, and worse, a relentless assault on their mental fortitude! Five hundred feet below the ear...
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Initial Release Date: Feb 3, 2015
Developer:
- Red Hook Studios
Publisher: Red Hook Studios
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