The combat in Darkest Dungeon was certainly one of the factors that made it so well-received among gamers. combat) and there is more there that we’d like to explore and build on. Above all, we are committed to crafting Darkest Dungeon 2 to be its own experience it will have its own creative and thematic identity.” “Horror is a fantastic space to explore interesting and unconventional ideas, and we have a lot more story we want to tell. Mechanically, we also think we have some valuable nuggets (e.g. “We love our dysfunctional cast of characters, our atmosphere, and our world”, enthused Red Hook’s Tyler Sigman and Chris Bourassa to PC Gamer in lieu of the announcement. Whether or not the sequel will retain all 15 original characters, or the DLC characters from the first game, the Shieldbreaker, Musketeer and the Flagellant, remains to be seen.

Also, fans of the first game would notice the return of Wayne June, the iconic Narrator of the first game, as well as the six of the 15 base Heroes of the original: the Hellion, Highwayman, Plague Doctor, Man-at-Arms, Leper, and Grave Robber. The teaser itself features many interesting things to note: firstly, there is no mansion in sight, just a blizzard-assailed mountainous backdrop, suggesting that the world of Darkest Dungeon will expand beyond the mansion’s locales. Wayne June reprises his role as the Narrator in Darkest Dungeon 2. Red Hook Studios, the team behind the darkly brilliant rogue-like dungeon-crawler strategy RPG, aims to expand upon the success that the first installment brought them, with Darkest Dungeon 2. Along the way, secrets will be revealed the deeper you go… provided you survive the many deadly encounters along the way. If you need a refresher, Darkest Dungeon was actually brought to life on Kickstarter, and delivered a grimdark world that pits you, the descendant of a family that owns the Estate, a mansion plagued by eldritch horrors, and the freelancers and mercenaries you hire, against the Estate itself.

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