This is how I discovered my favourite class, the Hellion, and what seemed like an inconvenience became the best thing ever. My go-to in most games is to find something that works and stick to it, but Darkest Dungeon has never even heard of a comfort zone it drives your characters insane with stress, gives them nasty diseases, and sometimes has your faves sit out a round or two for the sheer, unadulterated hell of it.

That doesn’t mean you should just use them, though, as from the versatile Grave Robber, to the werewolf-esque Abomination, there’s a huge variety of Heroes and Skills to take into quests, and half the fun of Darkest Dungeon comes from experimentation with your party.Īnd Darkest Dungeon does want you to experiment. This team is balanced, a great intro for beginners, and remains very effective the whole way through the game. Your starting roster consists of a Crusader, a religious tank/ damage-dealer, a Highwayman, wielding pistols for ranged damage, a Plague Doctor, the masked woman who supports with Blight damage and some party buffs, and the Vestal, a nun with some kick ass healing abilities. Zeroes to Heroesįor each quest you choose 4 heroes, each with their own pros and cons. But while this sounds like the same setup as Stardew Valley, it’s less about farming and marrying the cool goth girl than it is about desperately trying to hold back the encroaching madness of the Elder Gods using an army of cool goth girls with spears and junk. Your ancestor has written you a letter saying to get your butt home, because he has totally messed up the estate and needs you to fix it. It’s also one of the best games I have ever played and friend, I have played a lot of very good games.

Dungeonshead Revisitedĭarkest Dungeon is a side-scrolling turn based roguelike RPG from indie developer Red Hook Studios, and is best described as a punishing, torturous grind through horror and loss. Then Red Hook fixed that with the Switch release, so I needed to revisit this. I had a single problem with it a control scheme straight from the depths of the pit itself. With an opening like this, you just know you’re in for a good time.Ī couple of years ago, I wrote a review of Darkest Dungeon when it arrived on PS4. Darkest Dungeon know its audience, and they’re the best kind of masochists. An estate in ruins, eldritch horrors, and eagerly suicidal heroes.

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