Darkest Dungeon II

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  • Summary: Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across a decaying landscape in a last gasp attempt to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 55
  3. Negative: 0 out of 55
  1. Attack of the Fanboy
    May 12, 2023
    100
    Darkest Dungeon II showcases how sequels can surpass the original through its captivating gameplay, stunning art style, and immersive music. While the game's complexity may prove challenging, those who venture forth are rewarded with hours of engrossing gameplay and a constant yearning for one more expedition.
  2. Softpedia
    May 9, 2023
    90
    Darkest Dungeon II is everything I expected and more. An evolution of the series that introduces so many new mechanics that I can hardly believe that this is a sequel to the original Darkest Dungeon. Less punishing and frustrating than the first game, Darkest Dungeon II offers fans of the series a myriad of options when it comes to creating the perfect party. The thing that didn’t change from the first game is the pain you feel when your most powerful hero fails a “death’s door” check because you thought it would survive one more hit. Darkest Dungeon II is a near-perfect roguelite that’s hard to surpass.
  3. Meristation
    May 9, 2023
    87
    Darkest Dungeon II is an absolute revolution of what we saw in its predecessor. Only the hard battles will be some familiar to those who played that game, finding a completely different game apart from that, and of course, better. Much better.
  4. GamingBolt
    May 8, 2023
    80
    Darkest Dungeon 2 is a wholly different beast from the original, wrapping branching paths and compelling combat into a rogue-lite package. There are some hiccups and it may not appeal to all fans of the original, but it's still a fun journey to suffer.
  5. Shacknews
    May 31, 2023
    80
    Darkest Dungeon 2 offers an addicting gameplay loop and satisfying systems.
  6. Gameblog.fr
    May 10, 2023
    80
    Darkest Dungeon 2 is a great sequel to an already great games. Red Hook Studios took risks by changing the way the game plays itself but it becomes one of the main strength of this new game which as adapted to the time. If you like hard RPG, tough but passionate experience, Darkest Dungeon 2 is probably made for you.
  7. Dexerto
    May 8, 2023
    60
    Darkest Dungeon 2 is a worthy sequel to the 2015 original. It’s a fearless alteration of a well-known formula, while also building a game that you really don’t need any context for. Despite issues with some of the best aspects of the game being thinned by its new formula, Darkest Dungeon 2 remains one of the most exciting strategy games in a while.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 48
  3. Negative: 21 out of 48
  1. dversion
    May 9, 2023
    10
    This game is so deep. There's such growth from the first game. It's not easy, but if you are up for the challenge you'll get an education inThis game is so deep. There's such growth from the first game. It's not easy, but if you are up for the challenge you'll get an education in RPG gaming. Check out the streams on Youtube and you can see the number of buff's, rebuffs etc. In the last game runs took 40 hours with 12-15 characters and now you take 4 characters on a 3-5 hour run. With the candles you can build your characters.

    PS - Don't believe the haters. They gave Redfall a 10/10!    … Expand
  2. PiscisK
    May 14, 2023
    10
    Imagine playing DD1 without all the things that were a slug (like the endless money grind, specially when you lost a max party), withImagine playing DD1 without all the things that were a slug (like the endless money grind, specially when you lost a max party), with astounding graphics, with an amazing and expanded lore and backstory, and a Journey that you will be happy to re-do either for challenges, experiment and progression

    I played close to 250 HS the EA and was throughout the Journey since Oct 2021 until 1.0 in May 2023. The full release is definitely the best iteration of the Game. And from here it will only get even better, just like it's predecessor. Most of the critics the game received are mostly from a comparison POV from fans, like myself, of DD1. The problem these fans have it's that DD2 is NOT basically DD 1.5. 90% of the things that changed in DD2 are a welcoming change. It is true a few things got lost in the change, but that is part of the process. Doesnt matter if you love or not the DD2 formula, it's imposible to give this Game a score below 7. So I would just ignore anyone scoring below that, and would consider the overal score of the Game a Solid 8.5, and probably in 6M/1Y a Solid 9.5    … Expand
  4. kleberson777
    May 27, 2023
    9
    While I prefer party/army building like DD1 or Xcom style. This game still manage to hooked me with Darkest Dungeon roguelite style
  5. MadclownJack
    May 24, 2023
    5
    No. Sorry, but no. I loved Darkest Dungeon, this isn't it. Good for them if they want to change something, that's fine, go at it.

    But when    No. Sorry, but no. I loved Darkest Dungeon, this isn't it. Good for them if they want to change something, that's fine, go at it.

    But when you make way too many changes to the core gameplay, it'll start to get noticeable. It looks as a Darkest Dungeon, sure enough, but is a different beast altogether and it's actively rejecting me. I'm actually disappointed by the game, i really had high hopes after spending so much time with the first one. Shame, really.    … Expand
  6. lucame
    May 16, 2023
    4
    I want Houndmaster back!
    He's not in because the dog messes with the relationship mechanics but that was legal only in Canada so they removed    I want Houndmaster back!
    He's not in because the dog messes with the relationship mechanics but that was legal only in Canada so they removed it... However they added a relationship mechanic, depending on your individual parties affinity towards one another, for the next region they may gain things a positive or negative relationship to each other in pairs.
    For the duration of the region, their banter changes to fit the new title and if positive; one random skill each buffs the other character in the pair each time it is used in combat.
    No Crusader because of Deus Vult!    … Expand
  7. SomeDude9909
    May 11, 2023
    2
    Darkest Dungeon II is a misnomer. The game does not have any dungeons, and it isn't a real sequel to the first Darkest Dungeon.

    Darkest    Darkest Dungeon II is a misnomer. The game does not have any dungeons, and it isn't a real sequel to the first Darkest Dungeon.

    Darkest Roads, as it should be called, is a pathetic attempt at a roguelike that uses similar aesthetics and gameplay mechanics from the first Darkest Dungeon game. They cut out all of the town building, character building, and trinket accumulating aspects of the first game. They added a carriage that is horrible to control and a relationship system that either makes your team hate each other internally for no reason or literally turns your characters gay for each other whether you want them to or not. They simplified the stats with tokens which keeps an element of RNG but makes it now much less interesting and nuanced than before. They cut out the ancestor's dark tales of macabre investigations into the occult. They refused to add Crusader as a character and also cut out a number of other favorites from Darkest Dungeon while just adding one new character to the roster.

    I hate it and wish they had made a genuine sequel instead of this abomination. Stay clear of this waste of time and play Darkest Dungeon instead.    … Expand
  8. erwinn44
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    nothing more, except neverending grind... after 181 hours i still can't end the story.

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