The combat itself was a turn based affair, despite the actual in game movement being real-time. The heroes themselves belonged to one of fifteen different class archetypes, and a squad synergy was a key part of the combat gameplay. However, only four heroes could be chosen for individual excursions into the dungeons of the manor. ‘Darkest Dungeon’ allowed the player to recruit a band of up to 25 heroes at any given time from nearby locations such as taverns. The game played heavily with themes of Lovecraftian horror with a general overarching tone full of menace and speculation. Like most Roguelike games, ‘Darkest Dungeon’ featured procedurally generated dungeons and a perma death mechanic which means that any characters that die during gameplay remain dead forever. The player must now recruit a band of heroes to explore these dungeons and rid them of their wicked dwellers and solve the mystery of the Darkest Dungeon. In the game, you inherit a gothic mansion from a long dead ancestor of years which contains a network of underground dungeons inhabited by all manner of eldritch horrors and apparitions. The original ‘Darkest Dungeon’ was a Roguelike Role Playing Game presented from a 2D side scrolling view. Now with the sequel to ‘Darkest Dungeon’ officially being announced earlier this year, read on to find out everything we know about ‘Darkest Dungeon 2’.

The game was a passion project by a small studio of only five people funded through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, but managed to prove to be a substantial critical and commercial success.

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