I’ve heard the sequel is a pretty significant departure from the original, which caught my interest as I didn’t love the original. I’d be curious how the sequel has settled out as fans adjusted to it and are now looking at this DLC.

[–] darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I really liked 1 and 2 both. Dd2 is less punishing in that the worst case scenario is losing a run.

If this is just a class or two, though, I will be passing. The base game was expensive enough, and I think I’ve already seen most of what’s there.

[–] Astrimedes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I liked the original but found it a bit too punishing/affected by RNG. But I LOVE the sequel - they smoothed out the worst rough edges and made things more predictable. For example, no more hit% for attacks - now attacks hit unless enemies have a Dodge token, which gives then 50% miss chance and is expended after one attack against them. And of course the roguelike structure is a great fit. I feel like this is the perfected version of Darkest Dungeon mechanics - you will suffer, odds are overwhelming, but you have a lot of options to mitigate or occasionally even benefit from bad status effects, and combat is much more predictable.

I think it's a great game and I'm interested in the DLC.