In practice, it makes sense melee fighters tend to be more effective leading the pack, while archers and healers do better farther from the enemy. The key to combat is to pay attention to positioning: every single move in the game has a defined position, so if your character isn’t standing in the right spot, or there isn’t a target in the right spot in the enemy lineup, the move is locked out. Presented almost as if it was a sidescroller, your team is a single-file line of up to four combatants. Braving the Darkest Dungeon won’t be for the faint of heart, but it will be rewarding to those who face the darkness head-on.Įldritch horrors – Combat in Darkest Dungeon is a clever spin on turn-based battles. It makes sense that everyone in-game is so down in the dumps – this Lovecraftian tale is full of grotesque horrors, unpleasant locales and covered with a ceaseless sense of despair hanging. While most difficult games really only feel like a struggle to the player, Darkest Dungeon has the in-game characters stressing just as hard and freaking out after every blow. It’s a weirdly relatable experience, seeing the player’s struggle mirrored and amplified through the characters on screen.

I usually find the abundance of stats and special terms to be stressful, and this game only makes that worse with its randomization and permadeath. I’m not usually one for system-dense RPGs, but Darkest Dungeon gets me.

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