One of the best games of 2015 was a bizarre take on turn-based combat and dungeon crawling that made its way to every known platform. Even though The Darkest Dungeon triumphed in mobile phones and tablets, the PC was its definitive springboard until eight years later we could get our hands on its sequel, which decided to modify a good part of the original approach. Because we never got tired of playing with the same thing.
At any rate, Darkest Dungeon 2 It arrived on PC last year and it must be said that, although it maintains the general spirit of the franchise, it crosses the hills of Úbeda a bit, changing the dungeons for roads along which a rickety carriage circulates that seems to be fleeing from the devil himself.
Darkest Dungeon 2’s magic reaches more machines
At any rate, Darkest Dungeon 2 It’s no longer officially a PC exclusive, and we have it ready to play on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 as well as Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Which suggests things must have gone pretty well in its first few months on PC.
Anyway, this Darkest Dungeon 2 It is offered at a recommended price of almost 40 dollars and there is an edition, the Oversightwhich includes the only additional content available today, which is The connecting blade. In this case, we will have to pay a little more, up to 44.99 dollars, which may be more convenient for you than paying separately for these additional materials for the game.
Concretely, this The connecting blade Above all, it integrates a new final boss that they have called Lord of War and that will force us to travel the road with the carriage facing more challenges. In addition to all this, not only is the additional adventure appreciated, but we can also have two new playable protagonists as the Duelist and the Crusader. Finally, we will have a special mission for the latter as well as specific objects and some stories that contribute to enriching the narrative arc of this sequel.
A great success that deserved to reach other machines
We must recognize Red Hook Studios that the changes introduced in this sequel were both brave and reckless, as they might not have worked or connected with those who tried the first one The Darkest Dungeon. But it did, and surely thanks to this measured mix of turn-based combat and management of a group of heroes who, precisely, hardly seem like heroes. In addition, we were also captivated by this stress system, where heroes can suffer mental traumas that affect their performance in combat and their relationships with other characters.
This mechanism, which was one of the first major innovations of the first The Darkest Dungeoncontinues to be one of the key points that have made this franchise one of the most recognized in the video game panorama. You don’t believe it? It’s because you haven’t tried either game.
