Darkest Dungeon II Selling Well in Early Access

Darkest Dungeon II Selling Well in Early Access
[Oct 27, 2021, 7:25 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Darkest Dungeon II is now available in Early Access on the Epic Games Store, offering a roguelike sequel from Red Hook Studios (yo Brooklyn!). Though its only been available for around 24 hours, this tweet notes it has already sold more than 100,000 copies, saying, "our journey has just begun." Here's a bit on the game:

Gather your courage and ride out into the chaos of a world undone.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across a decaying landscape in a last gasp attempt to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

Roguelike Runs; Even Failure Moves You Forward
Each expedition is less than 5 hours, and progress you make opens up new hero abilities, items, and stagecoach upgrades that can be used on your next journey.

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Re: Darkest Dungeon II Selling Well in Early Access
Oct 28, 2021, 12:32

MoreLuckThanSkill

Re: Darkest Dungeon II Selling Well in Early Access Oct 28, 2021, 12:32

Oct 28, 2021, 12:32

MoreLuckThanSkill

Saboth wrote on Oct 28, 2021, 08:39:
I played the first one until the final dungeon then said, "Nope, don't want to lose all this work" and quit. Never bought any of the expansions. While I enjoyed it (mostly) it really crosses over that line of "too punishing and frustrating" for me. If you have unlimited time to grind and unlimited patience, I could see being heavily invested, but I just don't really have it. More of a dislike of roguelikes and roguelights in general, though.

The game, vanilla or with DLC, is definitely a punishing experience that tends to kill off some of your favorite party members via bad dice rolls. I started using some mods to even it out a little bit, most importantly the No-Negative Trinkets or whatever it's called, mod. That at least tips the scales a little bit in your favor without completely blowing up the game design.

That said, I don't think them doubling or tripling down on the rogue like aspect for the sequel is what I'm looking for, although I'll guess I'll check in again in a year or two when it's patched and on Steam/GoG.