Darkest Dungeon 2 is more of a Rogue-like than the original, and it’s transformative

Darkest Dungeon 2 has made some quite profound changes, and I wasn’t sure about them at first. I think they annoyed me. But in going back to the original to refamiliarise myself, it made me see them differently – isn’t it funny how our minds can idolise things to the point of infallibility? I thought very highly of Darkest Dungeon. But by seeing it laid bare, I see the sequel better, and now, I’m a fan.

It’s all about the carriage – that’s the big change. It’s a wooden thing pulled by a horse, very much like the carriage in Darkest Dungeon’s opening sequence. And this time it’s your home. You no longer have a static base. That hamlet on the hill that you rebuilt in DD, that’s gone. Now you live life on the road.

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