A huge part of your job is to minimize the risks you have to take, and to be able to recognize a bad situation and be humble enough to GTFO when it gets too hot.

There are no 100% safe bets in Darkest Dungeon as a rule. Don't pay it any attention.īasically, some people don't understand the underlying premise of the game mechanics. Still, you'll find tonnes of people posting the usual anti-EGS drivel here. In short, Red Hook get to make a bit more dosh and exposure without neglecting the main player HUB. For any other difficulty, the fact you have infinite supply of heroes from the wagon simply means the only thing that got punished was your time.ĭarkest Dungeon 2 is going to early access for epic but they didn't say the full game yet.ĮGS gets DD2-Early Access but the full version is coming to Steam. This only applies when you're on Stygian seeing as you're on a timer. Later on, the game gives you umpteen methods to influence the RNG in your favour, but the damage is usually done to the reviewers psyche by then. The first few weeks are the only point in the game where you are truly and utterly at the mercy of that RNG. People posting those types of review you mention are typically (but not always) people who get repeatedly smooshed early and don't stick around long enough to realize what went wrong. It also has a steep knowledge curve that throws a lot to learn before you hit that sweet spot of realizing how 'not-hard' it actually is.Īs such, newer players purchase the game, get stuck in, and find themselves getting battered into a really bad corner almost immediately. As explained many times, Darkest Dungeon is one of the few games that starts off at its hardest and gets substantially easier later - and by that I don't mean 'with practice', but by design.

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