While downloading and getting ready to start Darkest Dungeon II for the first time, I reflected on what I felt wasn’t enjoyable about Darkest Dungeon 1. Before I know it, I’m back home and starting up another run. I put a podcast on but I’m not really listening: I’m thinking about what I could have done differently. I throw the leash on my dog and we hit the street to get a nice morning walk in. My team dies I push my office chair back and storm out of the room. I’d love to say this was an uncommon occurrence in Darkest Dungeon II but my time with the game was primarily going through an entire run only to get slaughtered by the boss. My grave robber is dead, the highwayman and hellion are barely hanging on, and the boss is just overwhelming my team. Instead of a fixed set of locations, you'll pick from branching paths within a region, while making your way to the mysterious mountain you might have seen in the teaser trailer and, very likely, dying a lot.“Oh, come on!” I shout at my computer monitor as my plague doctor goes through her second meltdown. While you'll see plenty of familiar faces, the sequel aims to provide shorter runs – potentially making the game more approachable – while keeping the unpredictability that made the original so great. Darkest Dungeon II 1.0 Epic Games Store release date: May 8, 2023.Darkest Dungeon II Early Access/Epic Games Store release date: October 26, 2021.This ended up getting pushed back to May 8, 2023, when the game's 1.0 version becomes available on EGS.ĭepending on your experiences with the original, this either makes you thrilled, shudder, or a strange combination of both that's definitely not a sign of repeatedly fighting eldritch horrors. June 2022 brought news of a revised roadmap which focused on smaller, more frequent updates, leading up to a planned February 2023 launch. Later in 2021, developer Red Hook Studios confirmed that Darkest Dungeon II's early access release date was slated for October 26, 2021.

An initial series of previews narrowed that window to Q3 2021. The first details about Darkest Dungeon II's release date were shared in October 2020, when it was announced, pinning its early access release date to 2021. Although it keeps the same recognizable art style, its characters and environments will also be rendered in 3D. For starters, Darkest Dungeon II will be an Epic Games Store exclusive as it heads into early access.

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