Darkest Dungeon

 PlayStation Vita
Metascore
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. The Vita Lounge
    Oct 12, 2016
    90
    Darkest Dungeon is an excellent strategy RPG for the Vita, it's gameplay feels right at home on the handheld and despite some minor niggles the game truly shines as one of the great games this year. Any fan of RPG games should definitely give Darkest Dungeon a look.
  2. Gaming Age
    Jan 4, 2017
    83
    As I said earlier, this game wants you to feel uneasy the whole way through, and it’s hard to think of a better way to do that than not telling you what you’re doing. It means that their game isn’t for everyone — but I suspect that if it’s for you, you’re going to love (and fear) every second of it.
  3. RPGamer
    Feb 1, 2017
    80
    Darkest Dungeon is a game that absolutely deserves to be played. It is an emotional ride for the player, a fun tactical battler, and an RPG that amazingly manages to live up to its horror theme. The art direction is sublime, the sound remarkable, and the direction astounding. Worth more than its bloated weight may let on, Red Hook Studios manages to deliver a product both mentally challenging and rewarding, complete in the truest sense of the word. Just expect it to take a good long while to get there.

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8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 46
  3. Negative: 3 out of 46
  1. disobedientlib
    Nov 23, 2016
    9
    Such a great rogue-like/strategy/turn-based RPG! So different than most anything else I've played. Very atmospheric. My only beef with theSuch a great rogue-like/strategy/turn-based RPG! So different than most anything else I've played. Very atmospheric. My only beef with the Vita version is that most of the text (in the menus, esp) is tiny and very hard to read. Otherwise, it runs smoothly and seems to be fully functional.… Full Review »
  2. Scritty
    Dec 19, 2017
    0
    If your hands are above average size the game is pretty much unplayable on the Vita. It uses the rear touch surface of the console and unlessIf your hands are above average size the game is pretty much unplayable on the Vita. It uses the rear touch surface of the console and unless you spend your time with your hands clenched into a fist risking getting finger cramp every 5 minutes then, as you stretch your fingers out from the clenched position, or just relax them slightly to avoid the pain of playing like this you WILL touch the control surface at the back of the VITA and a random action you did not mean to take almost definitely will occur as a consequence.
    For me the game on Vita is utterly unplayable. I can't even finish a dungeon. Luckily the game is on PS4 at the same time and I've progressed over 150 hours on that platform and loved it. But this is a review of the Vita version, and the Vita version is unplayable for me so 0 is a fair score.    … Full Review »
  3. DarkestEyestrn
    Dec 13, 2017
    3
    Darkest Dungeon portable sounds like a great idea but stay clear of this cheap and extremely low effort port of a really good lovecraft game.Darkest Dungeon portable sounds like a great idea but stay clear of this cheap and extremely low effort port of a really good lovecraft game.

    Developers didn't bother to change the user interface to fit the VITA. Controls could have been okay if the user interface reflected that for the screen space; For instance you can press R to get a list of controls for the map; well why didn't they just make R pull up the map so i don't have to deal with this really bad eye-strain? To add to the absurdity even to the left and right of the UI exist extra space that could have stopped the eye hemorrhaging and microscopic font. also its got bad load times and frame drops in a 2D game...

    TL;DR I love PC Darkest Dungeon, game is needlessly small, refunded immediately.

    If 30 dollar eye strain sound good to you, go ahead and buy it.    … Full Review »
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