>moves out to live on their own
>wakes up, now in new room
>wow its nice weather
>lets sit behind pc and play video games
>starts playing darkest dungeon
>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
>this is good
>loses best mercenary
>xcom flashbacks
>beats boss
>feeling good
>looks around room
>this room is now darkest dungeon too

10/10 would lose an entire day again

i think this game is criminally underrated

it has the most thought out and amazing balancing and system ive ever seen

the themes are so beautiful and greatly delivers on the “making the most of a bad situation”

everything screams inspired from enemies to characters to music to literally everything, I’ll run out of characters if I list it all

top that all off with an entirely free post game alternate game mode which, in my opinion, delivers on some of the themes from the first game even better than the first

i don’t know how they’ll continue without Wayne Jude, RIP. i trust that they’ll do their best to honor his memory and carry on respectfully.

in a way I’m happy Wayne Jude got
to play the role of the Academic instead of the antagonistic Ancestor before his passing, but this might actually be me coping with the loss of a beloved VA.

Okay the screen shots already show you what the game is, so lets skip that and get one thing cleared up real quick: You will see a lot of reviews saying how Darkest Dungeon is "better", and how Darkest Dungeon II is "Not as good" as Darkest Dungeon. Take that with a LARGE grain of salt.

Now, if you have never played Darkest Dungeon, yes you will want to play that one first. Reason being it gives you a lot of backstory you need if you want to fully enjoy this game, which provides the backstory to the heroes you had in the first Darkest Dungeons Game. Darkest Dungeon is the main plot and universe building. Darkest Dungeons II is the subtext omnibus that helps complete it if you really want to learn more about the various lives involved and the dark happenings since.

So, is it not as good as Darkest Dungeon? It is, BUT it is a different type of game play and that is the key thing to know. Don't let the fact the game play changed a good deal confuse you. It is NOT a worse game, but IS a DIFFERENT type of game, set in the same universe with many of the same characters as well as a few new faces and continuing the story in more depth. It is every bit as enjoyable and i would argue more so for those who are invested in the deeper story telling of a game.

My advice? Get both. If you have not played Darkest Dungeon, play that first so you have the main plot and stories already down. Once you have done that and IF you enjoyed it, THEN get darkest dungeon II and enjoy the more fully flesh out character arcs and story. Darkest Dungeon II can be faster than Darkest Dungeon at times, but keep in mind that while both have plenty of mods, Darkest dungeon II also gives you ways to play beyond the main game which are official so you have more variety as far as full game play goes than in Darkest Dungeon.

Summary: Both Darkest Dungeon and Darkest Dungeon II have value. They are NOT the same game or game play style, nor are they meant to be, Rather than bringing more of the same with the sequel, they brought a new dish to add more variety and flavor to the Darkest Dungeon Universe. Go in understanding this and you should have absolutely no problem enjoying it for what both games offer.