I don't understand people complaining about the price of all the DLCs. That's content that was developed over nearly a decade, and you don't need all of it to have a great time. People also always complain about the lack of dlc / about a total war game no longer receiving DLC. So which is it, do you want DLC or do you want the game to require few purchases?

I don’t have the time or patience for the first game,and I’m not smart enough to optimize correctly,so I like the second one more

suck i cant run the game in my laptop kinda wish they made games for low spec pc

I actually dont think the new graphics have improved the game at all. The first game was quite immersive with its 'choppy' graphics, and it made sense given how the combat is fundamentally simple, with turn base and no movemet. The combat of the second one feels goofy, in part due to the higher graphics and 3d.

I can like both games at the same time.

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The story was unbelievably shit. I played it at launch .I mastered it in the first playthrough, you really need a low IQ to fail at it or make the mistake of playing it like a city builder. Bad time to be had, music is the best part.

the game is pretty good, the soundtrack is a 10/10

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I just can't find a single redeeming quality about darkest dungeon 2. To me it's a down step in every single way. And despite being a bit of a graphics snob, I actually liked the previous Style more. I liked the comic animations, and the smaller characters, which is quite a surprise to me. The new style is also very nice, looking, I just prefer the old version.

Very well made and presented review. I feel Ixion is ultimately more style than substance, the shots of distant stars and the Tiqqun hovering over alien worlds, coupled with another knock-out OST from Guillaume David are probably its best parts, but the actual gameplay/substance of the game is still well made and enjoyable.

1 was better in every single way but graphics. Even the difficulty curve was better.

Very nice game. Recommended...

I keep seeing this same problem plaguing rogue-likes and resulting in abandonment of their core audience while offering very little appeal to other gamers . Devs seem to be getting this idea that they must allow players to complete a game eventually by making progression tied not to player skill but to stats. For rogue-like fans this removes the sense of achievement because it enforces a "lose to win" loop where the gane gets easier over time and for everyone else they recognise the title as a treadmill rather than a game. And you notice I keep referring to these two distinct groups and that is because when you look at discussions over the pros and cons of various rogue-likes you see two clear attitudes - those who expect to win and those who expect to lose. The rogue fans want for the game to be beatable on the very first run not to have multiple runs become mandatory. Meanwhile the more casual gamers have little tolerance for being sent back to square one. That dichotomy of expectation can only be addressed by an opt-in meta progression system that is designed in such a way that isn't nessersary to engage with it to finish the game. This shift for DD2 actually moves it further away from the rogue-like formula towards a more modern RPG where you're not "making the best of a bad situation" but rather doing team building with minimal need for creative thinking.

Both games are good, they are just very different

Great video I think the thing I appreciate most about DD2 is the shift to a more positive and morally 'good' story (to some extent). While I confess some mixed feelings towards DD2 in gameplay its a great game

Excellent review, very impressive work. Just bought the goty edition for €6. Can't go wrong. Subscribed.

Miss the higher quality total war games. FOTS was a gem. They could make better games but like Hollywood the studio execs are in charge just want an easy buck. It started with Warhammer and I don’t even care about newer titles anymore the series is dead to me until the execs put a higher priority on a better game. 3K was good if you like the semi-fantasy setting from the novel but they quit development on it pretty early. Its replay for me was meh. Too much focus on super unit leaders. The older titles actually balance units and armies and not warrior heroes. Haven’t touched anything that came after 3K.

I played dd2 for a couple of hours, unistalled it and went back to dd1.

I bought dd2 first day, but i just couldnt get into it since there no management gameplay loop. It was a step back to pure roguelike where you unlock things between runs regardless if you are successful. Its banging your head against a wall till it breaks vs a long continuous journey it feels like. They just now put out a campaign mode, and this feels like something they should have released with. Ill comtinue to revisit dd1 while ignoring dd2 till it feels finished 😂

i haven't tried the 2nd game cus $, but sounds like i'll perfer game 1 by miles.

DD1 vs DD2 vs darkest dungeon: the board game

bro this video was so well made

DD1Just quit the game and restart it manually Luck can change just hit that button close the program reload battle restart

Didnt know what to pick till I saw the first game was less then 10 dollars with DLC so that made my choice lel

The way he says total war, that inflection is so fucking gay and wrong.

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Is s3xval activity required to play the slaanesh faction?

Biggest difference is I feel like darkest dungeon 2 respects my time a lot more, and I love the fleshing out of the world. DD1 will always hold a special place in my heart though.

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since a lot of people seem to disagree imma go against the current and say that i like dd2 much more than dd1. it's not a thing of the second game being for newbies or it being simplified (i would challenge anybody here to complete a grand slam without losing their minds), it's just that i like roguelites more and the structure of the game is more suited for me. if the game isn't fun for you that's fine just don't expect a dd 1.5 when jumping in the second game.

These days you should probably also compare what the mod communities are like for each game. They make a HUGE difference.

Slight correction: you needn't beat all the bosses in DD1 to take on the final area in DD2. You can even send four fresh recruits in right off the bat.

The main difference between the games is that the grind in DD2 feels less rewarding than the grind in DD1. Otherwise, they are functionally the same game with minor differences in execution. DD1 grind is upgrading your town and heroes and collecting trinkets, while DD2 grind is upgrading your wagon, unlocking stuff and getting to the point where you wiped last time just to try again.

7:10 That is simply not true, at least not for the regular difficulty. In DD1, you can retreat to save heroes from a wipe. Even a full wipe is not that big of a deal, since you most likely have benched heroes and the town upgrades make it incredibly quick and easy to recruit and upgrade new heroes. Lost trinkets can be quickly recovered too. Essentially, the downtime between tries is usually not that high. Imagine wiping at a final boss of a run in DD2 though. Just to get another shot, you're forced to repeat four areas and a boss fight, with a whole new strategy based on the RNG you get, just to get another shot, brutal. It takes so much more time, planing and patience compared to DD1, where you can just try again with a recovered or different party, using a familiar strategy. Overall, DD2 is much more accessible and an objective improvement over the first game in many aspects, but man, wiping at a final boss feels so much worse than any wipe ever did in DD1.

DD2 is a game totally dependant from his predecesor. Imagine if DD2 was the first game, what kind of involvement can you get from that game? None. Your desicions doesn`t matter, if you die you restart with the same char and that`s all.

Bought it for ps5 14€ plus the dlc. Average campaigns with nice story. The movement is v3ry good. Thumbs up from me❤

amazing video I must say with beautiful transition, gg man

dd1= i have the week off to play dd2= 3hrs free time? i got you this didnt even cover the "class" base system of dd2

Played this game with jurassic park movie playing in the back...

Much harder to get into than first one. You dont understand any symbols and what they do, not a fan

My take: Darkest Dungeon 2 is a good game, but it sadly followed a great game that is DD1. Too many changes to simple formula, all we wanted was more dungeons, bosses and Hamlet stuff. Total conversion mod called Black Reliquary is true DD2. If those games were released in different order, then all would be fine.

I'll stick to the perfection of the base game thanks, more modern weapons and other nations ruins the charm of Japan struggling amongst themselves on a compartively equal footing. If I wanted gun combat I'd be just playing Empire TW. The only thing I've seen that's appealing is the first person camera, but not worth the change in time peroid for me.

A good honest comparison of the two games. much like the heroes, neither of the games are outright bad just different

I think DD1 allows you to play and face challanges the way you want to. DD2 says how you are supposted to do things optimaly or suffer for not doing so. ( I know there is somehwat variety of choosing characters and their paths even tho some feel simply much better than the others, but there is no such thing at all with trinkets. The game is much more reliant on RNG much more than the first one, and in the places where it shouldnt be. )

DD1 combat was better. The unreliable RNG was the soul and spirit of the game. Once had a Houndmaster survive Death's Door for what had to be like twenty turns, tanking HUGE shots. He then got an inspiration and took out the boss. I was one of my all time favorite gaming experiences. I had none of that playing DD2.

It's insane to have such a video textbook for Three Kindom TW.

i like DD1 cuz its more for niche fans, dd2 goes for its wider audience, DD1 has better modding, dd2 dont even have steam workshop

The games are just so different that most things people say they don’t like about dd2, aren’t actually bad just not what they wanted.