![]() ![]() Load up the game, however, and you will immediately realise that while the DNA is comparable, Red Hook has taken a completely different approach to the design of Darkest Dungeon 2, and while that does come at a cost, I’m overall extremely happy with it.ĭarkest Dungeon 2 is more than a sequel as it represents a significant switch in design philosophy. It has the same instantly recognizable art-style that Red Hook has so masterfully achieved, many of the same characters from the first game, and a similar approach to the strategic, turn-based combat. Everything from the over-the-top, unreliable first person narrator, the hauntingly decrepit town of Hamlet, the grotesque eldritch enemies, to the way the theme of insanity was delivered through gameplay made me fall in love with Darkest Dungeon immediately.įrom the outside looking in, Darkest Dungeon 2 looks very similar to its predecessor. I was writing my dissertation at the time, which was based upon the works of H.P Lovecraft, so I was naturally drawn to the mixture of gothic and cosmic horror that Darkest Dungeon was so clearly striving for. ![]() I absolutely adored the first Darkest Dungeon. ![]()
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