I love this game, but because I haven’t beaten it, it feels like it doesn't fit the typical criteria for my favorite games. I've played it since Early Access, and I’m eagerly awaiting the full release of Darkest Dungeon II. It's an incredibly clever and immerse RPG-like touch.Īnd yet, despite my 200+ hours with the game on my Switch, and 100+ hours on PC (yep, it was a double-buy for me), during which I've sent dozens of adventurers to the grave, I've never beaten Darkest Dungeon. They can respond to this by having breakdowns, rising to the occasion and becoming 'courageous', or even bumming the team out by talking about their hopeless situation. As characters take damage, as they venture in the dark, as they see allies fall, and as they encounter horrific scenes or objects, they gain stress. All of this is also sprinkled with lore and ambiance and a narrator who chimes in during moments of defeat and triumph.ĭarkest Dungeon also has a very unique stress system that I absolutely adore. Hopefully the new team fares better against the nail-biting challenges of the world, but there are no guarantees. You might suffer setbacks as you lose your highest-level team and then have to level up an entirely new team. Along the way, you’ll suffer losses because the deaths of characters are permanent. It’s fantastic.Īs your adventurers level up through various outings, you will face increasingly difficult dungeons until finally coming to the titular Darkest Dungeon.
You’ll face numerous enemies throughout the many dungeons of the game, but sometimes the greatest enemy is your own ambition as you push just a little too hard and get your party wiped. If your team is low on torches, do you continue in the darkness knowing that monsters will be both more powerful and more prevalent? Do you run from the dungeon knowing you didn’t succeed in your mission and will suffer penalties? It’s a game built on choices that ask you to constantly weigh up risk and reward.
You send them into perilous dungeons where they have to balance life-saving items with loot and the mission objectives. Over many hours of play, you grow attached to your team of adventurers.
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