Darkest Dungeon®

So balanced against the player, its not a challenge, just a tedious exercise in masochism. As you throw more and more transient characters into the meat grinder you soon realise there is no character progression here - they don't last that long - not really a role playing game, just an infinite meat grinder - ultimately futile, a shame its such a waste of money as there are some interesting ideas here, just overwhelmed in pointless futility...

One of the best games ever played. So hard to play. So uncomfortable to play. But this is the sense of it. I like those games. Inherent the feeling to loose. Never ending stress. And so on...

This game is amazing, it's fun, dark and challenging. But if you do not appreciete RNG effects then this game is not for you. It requires from you flawless strategy, and even then game can punish you for nearly no reasonm on higher difficulty levels. But even if you are noob like me you can make it to Darkest Dungeon on lowest difficulty. Just git gud.

Easily one of the best games I have ever purchased, the DLCs just make it better, everything about this game screams Lovecraftian and will instantly humble anyone who doesn't take each and every threat in the game seriously.

Great lovecraftian-inspired RPG/Management Game, even if the RNG can make small mistakes snowball very quickly, which can be a little frustrating. This game is extremely coherent in term of themes and gameplay, and that alone is enough to make it special. It is a lovecraftian-inspired game in which your ancestor, in his attempt to achieve great power, completely spoils the land with terrible horrors and release an eldrich creature in the labyrinthic basement of your ancestral house. You are fighting what cannot be vanquished, and must prove yourself up to the challenge by inhumane effort, to the risk of turning yourself into a (metaphorical) monster. In term of gameplay, it means that the game is unforgiving on mistakes, even unfair at some points, but never unbeatable. This difficulty is also fueled by the need to manage a stable Hamlet/Base and group of heroes, in order to defeat the challenges in your way. Thoses elements will force you, in order to beat the game, to let go of your morality, for the mission you were assigned (or the sheer will to vin) prevails everything, even the life of your recruits.