radiofloyd Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Quoting the kickstarter - "Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Descend at your peril!" Anyway, it was funded for over $300,000 in March 2014, spent a year on Early Access and eventually released in January this year. It's due out on PS4 later in the summer. It got good reviews and and has a "very positive" Steam user rating with around 15,000 votes. I've played it for an hour so far, it's cool. The game is structured like Sunless Sea in that you have a base, a safe haven, where you can buy provisions, recruit new members, take on quests etc etc. You can only set out with a party of four each time, but you can have way more than four people hired. One of the things you can do in the base camp or "hamlet" is assign people to certain activities which will reduce stress (like dread in Sunless Sea). If someone is assigned to an activity, you can't take them with you on your next trip. I'm not going to drone on about the mechanics in the game, but it is pretty similar to Sunless Sea really. Combat is turn based. Your party stands in formation and different characters have a preferred position...it's not what it sounds like. Both yours and the enemies position will affect the range of your attacks. That's all I can say about it so far. I did the introductory quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I picked this up on PSN last night for £7 and it's the dog's danglies! I'm only two-three hours in and it can be quite punishing, but there's some neat systems in here. I love some of the quirks you get - characters suffer from stress so you have to send them to the bar or church to destress, and I have a Doctor that will only destress at a brothel. Controls are a bit clunky, but the depth of gameplay more than makes up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 @Chimay I started playing this recently too. I was speaking to Hendo a bit about it yesterday. I described it as XCOM for masochists. In a good way of course. I think this and HoMM3 has got me out of a pretty big gaming rut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I'm finding my approach to gaming has changed a lot over the past year - finding the time to get stuck into games with long running campaigns doesn't seem to happen so anything with a bit of depth that I can pick up and play for an hour or so, then come back to a week later seems to be scratching the itch, and this fits the bill perfectly. I'll probably pick it up for the switch when i get one. It's pretty tough going - had my first death last night at the end of a pretty gruelling quest, although he was a new ranged character so I wasn't that annoyed. The sheer number of character classes and abilities is great though, I'm loving the 'Flagellant': Quote "The Flagellant belongs to an extremist faction within the church, and is generally regarded with a toxic mixture of fear, awe and disgust. The power he draws from martyrdom is as effective as it is unsettling - in one moment he is a fountain of healing renewal, and the next, a conduit of terrible wrath. His full potential is realized only the brink of madness... or death." Finding a good combination of characters that work well together is really satisfying. My current favourite is a Man-at-Arms at the front, an Occultist second, a ranged character third and the Houndmaster at the back (his dog can reduce the stress of the other characters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 22/11/2017 at 12:49 PM, Chimay said: I'm finding my approach to gaming has changed a lot over the past year - finding the time to get stuck into games with long running campaigns doesn't seem to happen so anything with a bit of depth that I can pick up and play for an hour or so, then come back to a week later seems to be scratching the itch, and this fits the bill perfectly. I'll probably pick it up for the switch when i get one. Same. I'd rather sit and take the time to learn a system heavy game (preferably multiplayer) which i can go back to at my leisure than play something which needs a bit of commitment. Discovering Paradox's grand strategy stuff and HoMM/King's Bounty this year has been a big gaming plus for me. If you haven't played it before @Chimay HoMM3 is on sale at GOG atm for £1.80 and runs on everything. 5 is good too if you want something prettier. i think they'll be your sort of thing. https://www.gog.com/promo/20171121_black_friday_homm_bundle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Sadly I haven't got a PC, although I'm pretty sure I remember playing one of the HoMM games back in the day, although memories of it are hazy. I couldn't help but think Darkest Dungeon would make one hell of a board game, and then I found this:https://imgur.com/gallery/Jqt3e Sadly it's a game someone mocked up themselves, based around Dead of Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Picked the full DLC version in the sale, hopefully get a chance to play it over the next few days. I’m mostly looking forward to changing the mental image I have every time I hear the name - I keep thinking it’s a twin-stick arcade game, even though I know it’s not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 On 24/11/2017 at 11:16 AM, Chimay said: Sadly I haven't got a PC, although I'm pretty sure I remember playing one of the HoMM games back in the day, although memories of it are hazy. Maybe the one with the match 3 type combat on 360/DS etc? That game was good too but this is completely different. There's actually a port of HoMM3 on IOS/mobile but it's a complete money grabbing mess. 14 hours ago, Hendo said: Picked the full DLC version in the sale, hopefully get a chance to play it over the next few days. I’m mostly looking forward to changing the mental image I have every time I hear the name - I keep thinking it’s a twin-stick arcade game, even though I know it’s not. Nice, now we can all cry into our keyboards together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Well, DualShock, but yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Did the first two quests, on the second one with a party of 4. I believe I have 2 healers and 2 damage dealers, I guess it’s the same for everyone starting out? I’m finding it a bit fiddly to get my head round the controls but it’s seems pretty good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Yeah, I'm about five hours in and still wrestling with the controls. I had to look up how to equip trinkets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I haven’t figured that out yet. Abandoned two runs but still haven’t died yet. Had a few people go in the church, bar, etc to get better. I can see the XCom comparisons because of the town stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Well I’ve had two bad runs now and had my whole party wipe. Not even in a hard dungeon! I feel like I’m really misunderstanding some of the mechanics and systems so I’m probably going to start over after I find a good video guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Found a video, only watched part of it so far though. I didn’t do anything with the trinkets, never knew about camping and a few other bits I didn’t understand before. I’m gonna do a fresh save and make an MFG party. Rename heroes to forum members and see who survives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 And so it begins. @DANGERMAN sounds confident. @retroed has a gun. @illdog is a plague doctor (which sounded about right) and I am a healer, as always. More heroes will enter, many will die. First quest together was a success. I kept everyone alive while Ben and Ed shot and stabbed everyone. illdog helped heal but also threw stun grenades which helped a lot. Finishing the quest, Ben is now Beast Slayer but has a fear of mankind. I have Deviant Tastes. I feel they picked the wrong character for that particular trait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 @Hendoboth those descriptions of me sound about right tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Added 3 more heroes. @mr lakitu is the Abomination, obviously. @Sly Reflex is a leper and @Jimbo Xiii is a dude with a cross-bow. I’ve had to go and tend to my mind as I’ve now become irrational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'll be the most dangerous leper anyone has ever known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Here’s a mission in action with illdog, Ed, Jim and Ben tearing up the dungeon. I was a bit apprehensive without a proper healer but fools got smited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 It was all going well and then this happened.... On on the plus side, I got a trophy for it. Well, that didn’t last long. All heroes now 6 feet under. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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