Yet it is a fair game, a game that can reward your bravery just as much as it can brutally punish your foolishness. It's Rogue-like in design, where failure can lead to death and madness is just around the corner with every single step you take. Darkest Dungeon is a game about failure informing the next line of heroes' successes, victory gained inch by inch and knowing when to push on, and when to run the hell away screaming incoherently and gibbering as madness grasps your character's mind and forces a sonorous soul-bending scream from the depths of their lungs.ĭarkest Dungeon is a game that oozes atmosphere, from the moment the title animation rolls and the sound of the beautiful narration provided by Wayne June as the game's Narrator slithers forth to explain a tale of riches to rags, and the eventual ruin of your family estate as it has been wrapped in the arms of dark Lovecraftian-style entities that permeate the very stone itself.

How it landed on the PS4 a while ago, and now finally, thanks to dedicated time and effort spent porting it to the Xbox One, the Xbox crew can enjoy one of the best turn-based dungeon crawlers to appear on any platform for a very long time.īut be warned, if you think you're going to play this game and not lose a single character - think again. I've been constantly impressed with Darkest Dungeon, how it's grown and sprawled beyond the original concept of the game.

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