It is a huge day for Darkest Dungeon 2 (opens in new tab), the sequel to Crimson Hook Video games’ bleakly trendy and brutally troublesome roguelike. After two years spent grinding by the dank warrens of early entry growth, the sport hits model 1.0 later right now. Furthermore, that is timed to coincide with its official launch on Steam, having undertaken its early entry journey solely on the Epic Retailer.
“We’re thrilled to be again on Steam, and look ahead to listening to your ideas,” Crimson Hook’s growth workforce lately wrote in a Steam information put up (opens in new tab). “For these of you who had been with us for Darkest Dungeons I’s journey, you already know we at all times learn the boards and worth your enter.”
The put up outlines what gamers can anticipate from model 1.0, together with “twelve playable characters” and “a whole narrative that includes 5 acts”. A few of that is new to the v 1.0 launch, particularly the ultimate two acts and the twelfth character – The Flagellant. Because the title implies, the Flagellant attracts energy from his personal struggling, capable of tackle the unfavourable standing results from different social gathering members, and gaining buffs as he nears loss of life.
Crimson Hook additionally states it has listened to suggestions from the Steam demo launched again in February, paying specific thoughts to the newly launched 3D sections of the sport. “We made numerous enhancements to our driving system, the Valley and first time person expertise – together with an enormous swath of latest content material and options.
One function that will not be out there within the 1.0 launch is mod help. Whereas the devs state they’re “very passionate” about modding and have “quite a lot of nice concepts” about learn how to implement mods, it is one thing they’ll “dedicate time” to after the 1.0 launch.
You possibly can see the sport in motion within the launch trailer above. I personally discovered the unique Darkest Dungeon a shade too grim, however as defined in Ian Birnbaum’s evaluation (opens in new tab), there is no query it is a high quality product, and I would be stunned if the sequel is any much less effectively made.
