Darkest Dungeon - Review @ Trusted Reviews

Another very postive review for Darkest Dungeon at Trusted Reviews:

A lot of dungeon crawlers can play out as power trips. While your hero (or party of heroes) won’t necessarily boast godlike invulnerability, it’s taken as standard that you will be able to cut through vast swathes of beasties with impunity – as long as you haven’t selected the hardest difficulty. See: Diablo 3. See also: Pillars Of Eternity.

Darkest Dungeon doesn’t offer this power trip. In fact, there’s something gleefully old school about Red Hook Studio’s nightmarish trip underground. Here is a game that demands you invest in a troop of characters, manage everything from their equipment to their stress levels and bear in mind that all of them could meet an untimely demise if they turn the wrong corner and run into the wrong monster. It’s a little refreshing, for a change, to be controlling a posse of ‘heroes’ that appear woefully out of their depth from the get-go.

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Verdict

If you’re prepared to take that possibility on board, Darkest Dungeon offers a challenging chasm to lose yourself in. It won’t appeal to every type of player, but for those willing to face the prospect of crippling loss, insanity and nail-biting tension, Darkest Dungeon is certainly worth the time you’ll sink into it.

Score: 9/10