What's your Strategy?
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You got that right. You lose quests. You lose characters. Survivors are wrecked both physically and emotionally, and you need to take care both kinds of wounds for them. That appeals to players who give it positive reviews. But I found some game mechanics stupid: healing can only be done in combat engagement and not outside of it! Maybe for that reason I rather play Phantasy Star IIORIGINAL: jack54
This seems to be a Love it or Hate it. I like the 2D art style and the game play looks deeper than my first impression. Main complaints I see are random hits taking out your well developed characters and repetitive gameplay .
Here's my 2 cents. I give it a big thumbs up. I think this game depends on the attitude you approach it with. This is not even close to my type of game but like you I was drawn to the art style and presentation. I considered for awhile before pulling the trigger and I'm glad I bought it. The game tells you up front with a pop up, this game is about making the best of a bad situation, characters will die, the RNG will jump up and bite you time to time....deal with it..that's pretty much the games attitude toward you, I'm OK with that, if your easily frustrated maybe not for you. I don't play games like this often and probably have a different take then others more familiar with genre. I find it to be one well put together game. The choices all have weight and meaning to me, and I spend a lot of time considering the choices in the town screen. Who do I heal or treat, who gets the upgrade, which buildings do I upgrade, who do I hire and fire, they all have meaning and most take gold. Then there's outfitting your party, who you taking, in what order and what gear. Which dungeon to take on, do you stretch and go for the tougher dungeon with more gold and treasure, is your team up to it, there's a lot of choices to consider and I spend a lot of time on it. Been my experience, which is limited with these types of games, is that they all get somewhat repetitive, but I was so invested in the gameplay choice I didn't notice, at least not yet. You will scream in joy and pain with this game, at least I do. When that character you nurtured, invested gold in dies, you'll be bummed .....deal with it...that's the games attitude toward you. Is it unfair at times, yes....deal with it, but I find so far it kind of, almost evens out, because sometimes that character survives when you thought they were a goner. If you decide to get it, some very general advice, don't fall behind the money curve or the upgrade curve, meaning keep a savings and be careful which characters you invest in.....O, have a B team also. It's a tough game and you may fail....but as the game says....deal with it.ORIGINAL: jack54
This seems to be a Love it or Hate it. I like the 2D art style and the game play looks deeper than my first impression. Main complaints I see are random hits taking out your well developed characters and repetitive gameplay .
$9.99 I'm really tempted.
https://www.gog.com/game/darkest_dungeon
ORIGINAL: budd
Here's my 2 cents. I give it a big thumbs up. I think this game depends on the attitude you approach it with. This is not even close to my type of game but like you I was drawn to the art style and presentation. I considered for awhile before pulling the trigger and I'm glad I bought it. The game tells you up front with a pop up, this game is about making the best of a bad situation, characters will die, the RNG will jump up and bite you time to time....deal with it..that's pretty much the games attitude toward you, I'm OK with that, if your easily frustrated maybe not for you. I don't play games like this often and probably have a different take then others more familiar with genre. I find it to be one well put together game. The choices all have weight and meaning to me, and I spend a lot of time considering the choices in the town screen. Who do I heal or treat, who gets the upgrade, which buildings do I upgrade, who do I hire and fire, they all have meaning and most take gold. Then there's outfitting your party, who you taking, in what order and what gear. Which dungeon to take on, do you stretch and go for the tougher dungeon with more gold and treasure, is your team up to it, there's a lot of choices to consider and I spend a lot of time on it. Been my experience, which is limited with these types of games, is that they all get somewhat repetitive, but I was so invested in the gameplay choice I didn't notice, at least not yet. You will scream in joy and pain with this game, at least I do. When that character you nurtured, invested gold in dies, you'll be bummed .....deal with it...that's the games attitude toward you. Is it unfair at times, yes....deal with it, but I find so far it kind of, almost evens out, because sometimes that character survives when you thought they were a goner. If you decide to get it, some very general advice, don't fall behind the money curve or the upgrade curve, meaning keep a savings and be careful which characters you invest in.....O, have a B team also. It's a tough game and you may fail....but as the game says....deal with it.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for sharing.ORIGINAL: chemkid
there's truth in this - just listen, play for 800 hours and you'll understand... [:D] (the game not the song, doh...)
ORIGINAL: budd
Here's my 2 cents. I give it a big thumbs up. I think this game depends on the attitude you approach it with. This is not even close to my type of game but like you I was drawn to the art style and presentation. I considered for awhile before pulling the trigger and I'm glad I bought it. The game tells you up front with a pop up, this game is about making the best of a bad situation, characters will die, the RNG will jump up and bite you time to time....deal with it..that's pretty much the games attitude toward you, I'm OK with that, if your easily frustrated maybe not for you. I don't play games like this often and probably have a different take then others more familiar with genre. I find it to be one well put together game. The choices all have weight and meaning to me, and I spend a lot of time considering the choices in the town screen. Who do I heal or treat, who gets the upgrade, which buildings do I upgrade, who do I hire and fire, they all have meaning and most take gold. Then there's outfitting your party, who you taking, in what order and what gear. Which dungeon to take on, do you stretch and go for the tougher dungeon with more gold and treasure, is your team up to it, there's a lot of choices to consider and I spend a lot of time on it. Been my experience, which is limited with these types of games, is that they all get somewhat repetitive, but I was so invested in the gameplay choice I didn't notice, at least not yet. You will scream in joy and pain with this game, at least I do. When that character you nurtured, invested gold in dies, you'll be bummed .....deal with it...that's the games attitude toward you. Is it unfair at times, yes....deal with it, but I find so far it kind of, almost evens out, because sometimes that character survives when you thought they were a goner. If you decide to get it, some very general advice, don't fall behind the money curve or the upgrade curve, meaning keep a savings and be careful which characters you invest in.....O, have a B team also. It's a tough game and you may fail....but as the game says....deal with it.ORIGINAL: jack54
This seems to be a Love it or Hate it. I like the 2D art style and the game play looks deeper than my first impression. Main complaints I see are random hits taking out your well developed characters and repetitive gameplay .
$9.99 I'm really tempted.
https://www.gog.com/game/darkest_dungeon
Hope this helps.
ORIGINAL: chemkid
there's truth in this - just listen, play for 800 hours and you'll understand... [:D] (the game not the song, doh...)
Same, I don't want to pay much for a game that must be played with a wiki (to prepare the raids).ORIGINAL: budd
I'm waiting for the Crimson Court to get a good sale them i'm all over it.
ORIGINAL: aaatoysandmore
I'd rather play another run through or first time through of Diablo II than it.