Darkest Dungeon is a balancing act where you have to weigh your limited resources against the need to get things done by any means necessary if you’ve played XCOM or you’re familiar with the roguelike genre, you’ve probably got an idea of how this plays out. The talons of monsters are just as dangerous as the stress they place on your heroes’ minds, and a character who’s been pushed past the breaking point may be just as useless for your needs as a corpse. Imagine that I put very, very strong emphasis on “expendable.” You’re sending these men and women to awful places where they’ll almost certainly meet with death or insanity. You lead an array of expendable would-be heroes on expeditions to fight off the evil wrought by your ancestor, eventually leading into an assault on the Darkest Dungeon itself. What he found there was unimaginable horror, released from the mind-warping pit known as the Darkest Dungeon. One of your ancestors became obsessed with occult and eldritch powers after a life mired in hubris and made the questionable decision to excavate the ground underneath the family estate. To refresh your memory when it comes to Darkest Dungeon – and if you were trying to repress said memory after the game destroyed you, I can’t blame you – well, ruin has come to your family. That’s all relevant to Darkest Dungeon, since it absolutely falls into the latter category you’ll succeed through understanding the game or you won’t succeed at all, and that trend continues in The Crimson Court DLC. Hilariously, the same crowd that pushes the view that “it’s okay if some games aren’t for you” when we’re talking about walking simulators and games with minimal gameplay tends to get upset when a game isn’t willing to compromise on difficulty. Dark Souls cares so little about whether or not you experience all of its content that breathless thinkpieces have been written about how it’s just too hard. They want to make you happy or offer you a pleasant experience.

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