Im thinking of playing this because I really like the artstyle and the narrator.
Is the gameplay good?

>>714267621 (OP)
its enjoyable. good? eh...

>>714267621 (OP)
depends if you find rubbing dry sandpaper on your penis enjoyable.
one bad turn and your favorite heroes get wiped

>>714269701
>yes, i'm a retard who doesn't understand the mechanics of the game

>>714267621 (OP)
the game is unfair bullshit fueled by RNG. the narrator is the only fun/interesting thing and he carries the entire series on his back. If you enjoy this style of game, then iretus has the better mechanics. you play darkest for the memes.

>>714267621 (OP)
Yeah it's good but a few times you have to use specific comps and not whatever you like

It gets repetitive before it's over, it's the biggest problem with the game overall.
The game should have had a greater variety of enemy groups and dungeons.

I love DD1, its fun to replay and theres no urgency or time limit so its great to play on the side

>>714267621 (OP)
It's incredibly stressful I ended up hating life in the end

>>714269956
>the game is unfair bullshit fueled by RNG
I'm being 100% serious when I say this: skill issue.
If you use the tools given to you and think about your decisions it incredibly unlikely that you lose characters.

>>714267621 (OP)
yeah it bretti gud

>>714267621 (OP)
The one Oni class mod is one hot bitch

>>714267621 (OP)
Yes, and It's amazing replay as well, I have probably done 5 or 6 complete runs, dlc included. And I still come back to it from time to time.

>>714267621 (OP)
Yeah just don't get too attached to your dudes until you upgrade your stagecoach, blacksmith and guild. Also DON'T pick Stygian on your first playthrough.

>>714267621 (OP)
It gets old after a bit just like the narrator did haha

>>714267621 (OP)
yea it's pretty fun and has a lot of replayability imo. plenty of mods as well. the balancing is not perfect but you shouldn't lend your ear to anyone claiming that outcomes are largely dependant on rng, because they're not. as long as your team comp is solid and you call the right shots you'll be able to beat the game with minimal losses.

>>714267621 (OP)
Yes, and no. it's got alot going for it, the mechanics are solid at their core. The problem is the harsh RNG where you can lose multiple heros in one turn becomes a problem when trying to defeat the Darkest Dungeon. You have to complete about two dozen runs (as you have to alternate between parties as taking a abusive hero in basically means they die) to get one attempt.

Once you complete a run, your heros get a debuff. So you can't even bring them right back in. It takes about eighty runs completely dedicated to the final boss levels assuming you don't get unlucky, and you know exactly what the bosses do from reading a guide before hand.

If you're unwilling to read guides so you know "Oh this boss has a shuffle." you will need at least 160 runs assuming you don't get unlucky.

>>714271186
I don't know what game you were playing, if you were using some mods, or something, but lets take a regular team. Ascended Witch, Two ascended Brawler. Mind you this isn't even a full team, but let's be nice.

Fates reveal, Crit Rend for the New Gods x2. Most characters, even at full HP have just taken more than their HP, and have 12 bleed at deaths door, and have 80% stress.

Now you might say, because you don't know anything about the game, that it's unlikely to get hit by two crits. Lots of enemys, like the ones I just mentioned, have about a 20% crit chance. Though assuming you get lucky, and they don't crit that just needs to happen twice, totally likely for a unremarkable hallway fight like that, and you're not just in the same boat, but are taking 80% more damage, and have a very high likelyhood to now be skipping turns, and commiting suicide because you're at 160% stress.

Now you might say, just run away from the fight if you get crit lol. Not so fast, because you take an automatic 50 Stress from retreating from a fight (Assuming it even works.) and if you have 200 stress on deaths door they just die.

>>714273272
>if the stars align and literally everything that could possibly go wrong happens, then you might lose
Shocking. Your little scenario has maybe a 0.5% chance of happening.

>>714267621 (OP)
arr u mi? i just installed the game on my pc too.

>>714274238
No, every turn you're in a hallway encounter it has a 3% chance of happening, 6% if you're running Leaper who has no dodge.

>>714267621 (OP)
I enjoyed the gameplay a lot for DD1

>>714267621 (OP)
It has some of the best turn-based combat in all of vidya. As for non-combat gameplay, it revolves around resource management (including your characters) and preparing for excursions; not being properly prepared is arguably the most dangerous thing in the game. Also making the right discussions in in bad situations.

Yeah you might get frustrated here and there at something that seems like bullshit but when the tide turns and things go your way, there's no better feeling. It's a lot of fun.

>>714274918
>discussions
decisions

>>714269923
>troon game

>>714271186
“Muh skill issue”. Go back to preddit zoom zoom. It was proven beyond a doubt that if you’re doing too well for too long,the game WILL absolutely skew numbers against you. No matter how well prepared and strong a team is,sometimes you WILL miss numerous turns in a row and get critted numerous turns in a row.

>>714275264
>proven
Go away, post said proof.

>>714270914
pretty much this, but it's great fun initially

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaZI8C_4OSA

>>714267621 (OP)
yes, its pretty good
its really nowhere as bad as anons make it out to be in here

>>714270914
i completely agree with this, thats the biggest issue of the game
The best counter to its repetition is the Crimson Court DLC, which is GUARANTEED to **Completely Rape** the first playthrough of a new player. So when variety is most needed, the game doesnt have anything much

Great game

>>714275264
>It was proven beyond a doubt that if you’re doing too well for too long,the game WILL absolutely skew numbers against you
can you provide this proof that the game cheats when you win for too long?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVix2wgDD4

>>714267621 (OP)
It’s very fun. /v/ only hates it because they got filtered

>>714275038
DD1 has such a good fucking soundtrack, FUCK

>>714275690
we only speak ill of the sequel.

>>714275937
Sequel's great too, though I do prefer DD1.

>>714275937
I didn't like it, but I think it's subjective

>>714267621 (OP)
if you can read and parse information its a pretty basic strategy game
if you instead attempt to bruteforce your way through the game by overleveling a single party like its pokemon, youre gonna end up crying little bitch tears about how the game is too hard

>>714267621 (OP)
play with the Librarian mod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeU8UYJgxZg

>''There can be no hope in this hell, no hope at all.''

>>714267621 (OP)
I absolutely love it, probably in my top 5 favorite games, maybe top 3.
The gameplay is basically constant knowledges checks used to mitigate deadly RNG. Some people will find it unfair and will stop before truly getting it, but once you do, I find that being able to dominate what you use to think were undomitable odds to be one of the most satisfying feeling I've ever had while gaming.
And it is actually a skill issue if you think it's purely RNG. Things can and will go wrong, characters can die when you've done everything perfectly, but after more than 300h played, I can easily finish a bloodmoon playthrough with less than five deads in less than 80 weeks. Even the highest difficulty IS manageable, and there is a reason you can find mods than further increase the difficulty (but those are actually dumb)

>>714274918
>chain killing monsters with the zero torchlight soundtrack
it's like cocaine

>>714275937
>>714276068
i think the sequel would have been greater if it just wasnt "darkest dungeon"
>different ip, characters, place
>can make stuff like the relationship mechanics without shitting on the themes of comradery
>its no longer a darkest dungeon game with barely any dungeon
>can still bring back some characters like bounty hunter as a hire-able guy

Is there a mod to turn everyone into hot bimbos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGIK6dAe2Ko

>>714267621 (OP)
I've been playing it since it came out - yes, the gameplay is good, the art, story, atmosphere, music & narration are just that extra to make the game a masterpiece.
The mods just make at in 11/10, if you're into that sort of thing.

SEX WITH PLAGUE DOCTOR

>>714276498
literally just open nexus. I just did it and there's like 7 sex mods in the homepage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-WJUidpRU

Soothed...
S E D A T E D

>>714276498
There is a shit ton of them, yes.
https://www.nexusmods.com/games/darkestdungeon/mods?showAdultContent=true

And you can even find some chineses mods on the steam workshop that feature content that wouldn't be allowed on Nexus

>>714276332
>Frustration and fury, more destructive than a hundred cannons

>>714276332
>"DESTROYED."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxmao1aFo5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swNepqn7ySU

>>714267621 (OP)
focus on upgrading your weapon/armor as much as possible, same with skills. this applies to EVERY hero you get
avoid short length dungeons
DO NOT enter the crimson court if you have the dlc
the ruins and cove are generally the easier 2 dungeons but you'll need to explore all 4 eventually
plague doctor best girl

the gameplay is fun but brutal as fuck. dont be afraid to just leave a dungeon if shit is looking really grim

>Many fall in the face of chaos
>but not this one
>not today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTP0vt7-pCk

>>714277565
>Anger is power
>UNLEASH IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZL60G6kZvc

>>714277548
I'll had that you should avoid short length dungeon because you NEED to abuse the camp. If you can, use it at the end of the dungeon to stress heal, so you don't have to stress heal in town, saving you time and ressources.
Also I would say to use vestal in basically every possible team comp, her heal is absolutely broken and let you focus on the stress dealing ennemies, stress being much harder to manages.

Game got a lot more enjoyable when I learned where the save files are located and how easy it is to backup and restore them

Fuck the devs for making us have to do such crap though, put in a proper save/load mechanic like a normal game

Not even worth a (you)

I do wanna start a new save but my god there is too much grinding

>>714278417
You didnt beat the game

>>714270914
>Can't send any hero into the final dungeon more than once
>Strong heroes can't enter low-level dungeons so they can't help level new heroes
Blatant padding

>>714267621 (OP)
>feel like playing darkest dungeon
>fight boss I haven't tried before
>party wipe
>quit for months
repeat x1000. Maybe I'll finish this game in like ten years.

>>714267621 (OP)
Yes, one of the best turn-based strategy games of all time. Legitimately very deep, challenging, and satisfying.

It WILL filter you if you're a retard or shitter so be warned

>>714278816
>>Strong heroes can't enter low-level dungeons so they can't help level new heroes

Heroes that have completed the DD give an exp boost to the other, and you can send lower level heroes in high level dungeon, if you're able to protect them.

>>714267621 (OP)
I spent 100 hours on it after I customized values on some abilities in game files + installed 50 different mods (mostly new classes). The basic game is okay but modding elevates it. There are plenty of coom mods too but I ignored them and installed only those that use the same artstyle and thematic fit.

>>714278879
Honestly, the game is much more fun when you use the wiki

>Behold the infinite malignity of the stars!

>>714273272
People can consistently win every Stygian run with many weeks and deaths to spare, or even torchless runs.

It's 100% ski issue. Very, very rarely all the stars align and you lose an adventurer due to no (little) fault of your own, but that's only a minor setback, not the end of a run. It's all about how you mitigate risk and recover from unlucky situations

>>714267621 (OP)
It is good. the game is a massive trial and error and will knowledge check you so beware of that.

>>714279203
>do this
>decide to try fighting siren underleveled
>its going well
>she fucking charms my graverobber
>she goes into stealth
>lunges my plague doctor instantly fucking nuking her
im not sure if this was just unlucky or if the AI just straight up knew to do that but holy fuck ill never forget it

>>714267621 (OP)
I gave this a try earlier this year.
It was alright but I lost interest after I got filtered by the necromancer that kept spawning enemies

>>714279956
It would be incredibly funny if the devs were reading the online guides and tweaking the AI to fuck those strategies

>>714278879
you know you can send fresh recruit parties with no resources to scout places/bosses youve never dealt with at like zero risk if you just upgrade the stagecoach a little

>>714273272
I don't need to argue with you.
There are people who consistently play through the game without losing characters.
I've watched them on youtube, I've seen streams. I myself almost never lose characters myself.
It's just not true that the game is random enough to make you lose characters consistently.
If you lose characters consistently it's because you suck, it's not a matter of opinion. You have the same tools as everybody else available and it's a turn based game so no mechanics are required, you just have to use your brain.

>>714273272
my first playthrough (only on normal difficulty granted) I didn't lose a hero until the boss of the first level of the darkest dungeon, and then not again until the last two, you know when. do people not understand that RNG games are about mitigating risk?

>>714275937
I still like the sequel's gameplay more but I do wish they'd add the new enemies and shit from kingdoms mode to the regular game mode since I still prefer regular DD2 to kingdoms

>>714267621 (OP)
yes
play it on stygant difficulty because that's the only one that stops you from grinding endlessly and embrace the fact that you will lose your first playthorugh

>>714267621 (OP)
reminder you can press retreat anytime. nothing's wrong with failed expedition. play on bloodmoon if you were a neet and go play something else if you had wives and kids or jobs

What is your favorite mod?

Yes, it's fucking amazing. I've got 700 hours because I'm an autist. Also, the Grave Robber is my wife

>>714275937
they just made it far too repetitive with too few things to do. its like they recognized that the older style of game was pushing some people away, made it a traditional roguelite to give it more appeal, failed to properly make it engaging as a roguelite, and then named it DD2 instead of making it a spin-off and scared off people who like the first.

>>714283787
T H R E E T R I N K E T S
Also I gave everything tits

>>714283787
Replacer Arbalest with Musketeer.

>>714276332
>It is a travesty, a blundering mountain. Of hatred and rage.

>>714276753
This is my favourite one by far.
For real for real.

>>714286849
>I gave everything tits
even dismas?

>>714289885
yupyup

>>714286849
>Also I gave everything tits
I did too eventually. Just adding little raped women sprites in the backgrounds of dungeons enhanced my enjoyment after the millionth hour. I wish there were more slightly lore-accurate graphical porn mods out there since I don't care for the weeb titty mods, I can't get hard unless there aren't any eyes anywhere

>>714291070
since I last played there's a tonne of little bits on nexus mods that look great. Even stuff like that Highwayman screenshot I posted.. when I first modded DD1 there was only badly-drawn edits of the vanilla sprites now they have nudity that looks good and looks like it's part of the game

My fav coomer modders for DD:
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/51337317
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/11883947
https://kemono.su/patreon/user/12031483?q=Darkest
Pure sex
Btw much of the complaints about the game can be toggled off in the fuckin in-game options. Stuff like corpses, Last dungeon entry limitations, enemy crits being capped to max roll or DMG multiplier, etc. I have 200 hours and I have yet to even enter the last dungeon because I'm too busy falling for the "load up game, fap to horse cock centaur futa monster raping my party, close"

>>714267621 (OP)
The gameplay is very good until the meta-level rougelite progression kicks in. Then it becomes rougelite slop.

can anyone shed the light on which dlc are worth enabling for first playthrough?

>>714280664
Isn't that pretty much what happened? Everytime players found a fun combo the devs would consistently nerf it into the ground.

>>714274918

>>714296804
both I reckon
it's been a while but I think it adds new areas you can choose to go to each 'day' and if you don't want to fuck with it's mechanics and content during the playthrough after trying you can just not go there anymore

>>714296804
not crimson courtyard or the farmhouse
aka the major ones
rest are fine
play Radiant

>>714297496
incorrect
if you ignore the crimson court you get extreme debuffs that constantly stress out everyone in town, cause diseases and change random fights in the main dungeons in which case your characters can get a special disease and you must find more blood in the courtyard or have them die

>>714297636
oh my b
ignore >>714297496

>>714297729
crimson courtyard is a bitch cunt if you don't clear it quick

>>714276181
>flagellant
aaww hes smiling:)

>>714297543
radiant?

>>714298160
Journalist mode.

>>714267621 (OP)
it's good but the grind is mental
stick to radiant mode

>>714298314
i don't think i have journalist mode installed luv.

>>714298160
"less grind mode".
Look up the differences if you want. Means there's less repeatedly grinding up new characters, game is overall quicker.

>>714267621 (OP)
Devs took the no 'fun allowed' approach
Over the years they nerfed a lot of classes and items until most of them became inofensive, low power and lame so the variety of builds and teams that you could do got shrinked
Nowadays you grind and fail until you find out what the meta comps are then steamroll through the game since it doesn't have high complexity

>>714298593
oh yeah i get it. I'm a born soldier bum i will play on high difficulty.

>>714298821
Don't do that. Play on normal if anything.
High just ends your campaign if you don't speedrun it and/or if you loose too many people.

>>714298818
Nerfing busted shit like literal death immunity or beating the entire game with a single MaA spamming riposte is not "no fun allowed." You will not get anymore (you)s, this absolutely retarded talking point has never been true.

it's just a dice roll simulator with an edgy artstyle

just go throw some real dice in an alley while cutting yourself it's about the same experience

>shitposters are here
Well, it was fun having a normal thread for a little while.

>>714269923
>Stress healer gets KO'd in the first turn from three crits plus bleed
>Everyone gets afflicted
>ambushed because The guy you ordered to watch over threw a fit
>Thing from the stars right after a collector fight
>Fanatic after that
>Then a shambler because you ran out of torches
>Fail to retreat after five attempts
>Finally retreat
>Sole survivors Dies of a heart attack
>Ancestor: "Pfft, Skill Issue."

>>714299026
Unlike you I've played since the very first patch
I'm talking about nerfing stuff like Jester's abilities until he just became a boring stress healing bot, turning vestal into the only viable healer, nerfing Highwayman utility until you only use the same 4 abilities everyone runs. And this is just to name a few.
You also didn't debate how about half the items are completely worthless/unusable, 30% of them are barely usable and the rest are decent with just a handful that actually feel like they do anything, so you end up just beelining for the same shit on every single character and that gets boring as hell.

>>714299301
>>Stress healer gets KO'd in the first turn from three crits plus bleed
>>Everyone gets afflicted
Unlikely but okay.
>ambushed because The guy you ordered to watch over threw a fit
>ambushed
That means you fled the previous fight or completed it then continued adventuring despite having lost a hero and being in a very bad position. ie you played as poorly as possible, made a bad decision (not abandoning the quest), and got punished for it. Nothing you said after these three points matters anymore.

>>714299756
>enemies you retreated from can later ambush you
i didn't know that was a mechanic. does that mean minibosses can ambush the player if you don't deal with them?

>>714267621 (OP)
I like it, but I often feel demanded to meta game due to RNG.
I play it once and a while, get a lvl 5 team and a lvl 3-4 team, then quit.
Never felt the need or desire to actually try and do the Darkest Dungeon.

>>714300157
If you retreat, the enemies you were fighting can't ambush you. They just remain where you fought them so if you flee, then run into them again, you fight.

How do you beat the fanatic when you find him in the corridors and you just wanna explore?
How do you deal with the crimson curse if you have no idea how to beat the baron or duchess?

>>714300460
Like any of game: you learn their abilities and attempt to counter it. The Fanatic is genuinely the hardest fight in the game, though. He will require a modicum of luck.

>>714267621 (OP)
no
I mean it's ok for a little while, but
no

>>714300634
That's gay. Why haven't they ever fixed this shitty dlc

Im gonna start up an old srpg again. Should I play this or jagged alliance 2?

>>714300993
Because it's not a bug? If he's blocking you and you can't beat him, you just have to abandon the mission.

>>714301218
I already have to deal with my cast on the brink of dying due to the gayass curse now I can't even scrounge for supplies to keep my roster alive

>>714301615
here's a tip, when someone is in bloodlust, you can use the blood again to give him a massive damage boost.
crimson curse is a massive advantage if you use it correctly

>>714301615
There should be Short Courtyard mission where you can stock up on Blood.

>>714300460
>he started first run with crimson curse active
Oh nonononononono

>>714298821
anon, you are going to hate it. I'm on radiant and not even 20% done with the game. I have 150 hours. RNG fucking sucks and you'll probably quit the game if you play on "hard" mode. It's a bait, like red flag to a bull. There is no "easy" mode. It's just hard mode, and then harder cock and ball torture mode.

...the only way to not quit playing is the immense amount of coom mods turning your party into hot girls lmao

>>714302513
I always play with the crimson curse but it always filters me straight into uninstalling every time

>>714303884
Although there are many times where I just alt-f4 and then not touch the game for weeks after some bullshit RNG wipes my party in stun lock -> stress death chain

>>714304134
Least retarded /v/ poster right here

>>714298593
When I tried Radiant I found myself getting badly bottlenecked by heirlooms, you rocket through everything else but you still need to grind the fuck out of heirlooms to upgrade your buildings to let your super veteran characters actually use their levels.

>>714306394
interesting. fair

>>714271186
This. Only thing that can really give trouble to a prepared player is the torch boss, the two scorpions in the lowest dungeon, or a really unlucky stygian start. And of course that shitfest crimson court bullshit