Darkest Dungeon

[Gusington]

I'm very interested in this but I've read the difficulty is wacky fruity...what do you guys think?

[Moreb]

I think the biggest problem, from reading many of the reviews, is the RNG. Players never seem to advance enough to escape its hold. Many feel that the long grind in building up characters is all for moot. That alone is enough to keep me away.

[-budd-]

It's a game of extreme high and lows, sure the RNG will f**k you from time to time but the game is about mitigating that and pretty much tells you that up front. The choices you make whether it's picking which character to invest your money and training in, which afflictions to heal, which powers to bring along on your expeditions, even how you line up your characters its all about mitigating the RNG and it's chances to F**k you ;D. You will lose characters, no way to avoid it...sooner or later someone will die. The game really makes you think about your choices, always looking for that perfect party lineup for the next incursion into the dungeon. You will scream when that character you invested a lot of gold and training in is hanging on death's door and the AI just pulled off a triple dodge and now its their turn to take a shot at you, it goes the other way too, when you pull off that crit just when your whole party is on the ropes....sweet... if your into it, the game will get a reaction from you good and bad. These games aren't really my thing but i find this to be one well made game. I've restarted 5 or 6 times along the way always learning a little more, one thing that will doom you is falling to far behind the money or upgrade curve which has caused me more trouble than the RNG.

[Philippe]

Invoking RNG's in this of all games probably misses the point.  This is a Lovecraftian environment.  I haven't read everything that he and his collaborators wrote, but I'm having trouble remembering many Lovecraft stories with happy endings.  You're supposed to lose  The key thing to remember is that you can run away, and the opening sequence tells you about the initial narrator running from an encounter wailing and howling. 

One of the things that's wrong with most computer games is that after you learn how to play them you always win.  Not here.  When your weak party of neophytes goes up against all-powerful star spawn, instead of raging against RNG's, savor the hopelessness of the situation, and see if you can make it to the exit with some of your sanity intact. At that point it becomes a balancing act -- did you pick up enough loot on your aborted run to pay for what you spent on equipment?  The secret to success seems to be learning to buy exactly what you need to survive, and not spending a penny more.  If you start counting on that victory bonus, you're probably living beyond your means, and a couple of failed expeditions will put you out of business.

[Gusington]

RNG?

[Philippe]

Computer-speak for unlucky die rolls.

[Gusington]

Oh. Dorks!

[BanzaiCat]

* Random Number Generator, I think.

I have had this game on my wishlist since it first came out, but seeing as how it's at heart an exercise in frustration I've not taken the plunge yet. Maybe when it's under five bucks I'll pull the trigger. Despite the handicaps it metes out to players it does look like it has some fun factor to it.

[bbmike]

Oh. Dorks!

There are no dorks on Grogheads. Only nerds!  #:-)

[jamus34]

I thought RNG was latin for "CPU giving you the long and hard shafting when you have a 99% chance of a positive roll"

[BanzaiCat]

CPU love you long time

[Gusington]

Too boo koo!

[mirth]

Dongle too boo koo!

ftfy

[Gusington]

It's interchangeable really.

[mirth]

It's interchangeable really.

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