Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
18th Jan 2018, $24.99
18th Jan 2018, £17.99
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Review Darkest Dungeon (Switch eShop)
Hard luck story
Darkest Dungeon might just have you questioning your sanity. This is a game that delights in making you feel wretched, whether through its brutal difficulty or its oppressively bleak atmosphere. And yet before long you'll swear blind that you're having the time of your life. Sanity plays an integral part in DD. This brutal...
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About The Game
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging, gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark.
Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.
Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate?
- The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks!
- Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style
- Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters
- Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures
- 16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper!
- Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches.
- Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check.
- Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay
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A friend of mine loves this game to bits, I'll have to check it out eventually when it drops.
Good god this is a great port and game!
I already have it on Steam but playing in handheld weather you prefer joycons or touchscreen is the way! The game supports both playstyles.
@Zimon Was a day one purchase for me. Very happy with how it turned out. Also played a bunch on Steam.
Just bought this. Awesome addition to my growing Switch library!!
Don't get attached to any one character in the beginning. Bring more than you think you'll need when you go out, but also don't waste money with items that won't be used. Always bring someone that can attack the enemy's 3rd and 4th position and take them out ASAP. Retreat while you can.
And this is probably the single most useful link about curios in the dungeons:
https://darkestdungeon.gamepedia.com/Curio
this game is so addictive! i struggled at first, but after week 20 or so, i got the hang of it! also there's plenty of online ressources for help.
the handheld touch-interface is superb. i only regret that i didn't buy the radiant edition : /
Evil. Dark. Hard. Insane. Epic. Addictive.
I've been waiting FOR. SO. LONG. Tough as nails, but a helluva good game.
This game is sooooo brutal... I can't get anywhere!
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