Got the game from the giveaway, but within 10 minutes of playing I feel compelled to throw money at the developers. I wasn't expecting anything from the game. I got everything! It ticks nearly all the boxes. The music is fantastic; the combat..., weapon ballistics is amazing, and FEELS realistic. When you fire a 40 mil cannon into a house, it punches through it and explodes on the neighbouring one. Every single object in the environment has penetration values, so when you're firing your weapons you will feel completely immersed in the action. The impact of your weapons reflect your expectations, and it feels so good. Did I mention lore? You know it's is a labor of love when there's a fully fledged lore tab. Overall, the writing is tasteful, immersing, and thankfully not pretentious at all. What a beaut
Gonna be short but sweet - the former of which this game is not. Most RPG games today make you the centre of the universe, always there to the rescue of any and all, and that design choice does a really good job of making the world feel unbelievable and shallow. If you're into RPGs of this kind then I'd give this game a try for sure. You'll be immersed neck-deep in this dark, factioned and desperate underworld society. Also, if all of that isn't good enough for you, the combat, levelling & economy systems are all intricate and enjoyable with options for different levels of player skill.
Check it out if you enjoy Xcom, risk management, it's-all-up-to-you-to-succeed style games. It's also very similar to Neo Scavenger, another brilliant game. This game is clearly a labor of love, it really is one of 'those' games, and it is hard, but the difficulty settings are balanced and the world's atmosphere, brought together by a beautiful artstyle and an incredible soundtrack will keep you feeling good even when you lose half of your company to a single mistake. GG
I feel like there isn't really a sense of urgency at any point in the vanilla game if you're playing on any difficulty but Stygian (imposes a limit on hero deaths, and a deadline to reach in the campaign) [bloodmoon in Crimson Court], and because I'm too pussy to play on Stygian difficulty this new 'layer' I'm talking about here really adds so much to the mix. It's the core idea of Darkest Dungeon: risk management, and the simple task of knowing when you've lost a battle; the Crimson Court is just more of it. So, yeah, I hate to see these rage-induced reviews (reviews which made me actually avoid Crimson Court when I first started playing) potentially scaring people away. I understand their madness, but the game's RNG isn't unfair, and it's not all RNG. The reason people whine is because of the way hero death works: once a hero reaches 0 HP, every following damaging attack against them from that point has a chance to kill them permenantly (this stat is viewable at all times, by the way). My theory is that if this mechanic wasn't in place and heroes died once they reached 0 HP we'd see a lot less whining from... whiners. Likely the same reason they whine about Crimson Court: to get infected with the curse a hero must lose a roll of the dice. Losing the roll of the dice will always make people rage, but in this game's case failure is basically entirely on how you manage risk.
