Indie Strategic Turn-based sidescrolling RPG dungeon crawler.

+ Pick party adventurers of your choice to embark on an adventure for treasures, skill upgrades, and loot, fighting evil monsters along the way to upgrade your party & gothic town.
+ RNG element involved, keeping playthroughs interesting & exciting.
+ Game starts off simple & easy to understand, but in order to win takes creative game theory as you have a hundred of party build options within options + different style of dungeons requiring different party builds to take advantage of monster weakness' + different monsters not only in different dungeons, but also more complex monsters as you progress higher levels into the game.
+ Mouse hovering statistics the entire game is essential (and part of the fun).
+ Fun original storyline that unlocks as you go along supported by fantastic voice acting.
- Good quality music but single-looped, which becomes repetitive over time.
+ Great sound effects.
+ Heavy stat based all over the game and yet a delightful toggle challenge for statistic lovers due to it's pleasant clean simple game design.
+ Gameplay is statistical reading & countering.
+ Town building & upgrading control, makes the backdrop as your party's camp.
+ Music, party, town control & upgrading as well as 'resource' gathering is definitely inspired from the masterpiece game 'Heroes of Might & Magic III' (1999), and stat & ability features are reminiscent of the game 'Bard's Tale' (1985 & 2003).
+ Micromanaging based fun, yet extremely dependent on strategy, knowledge required from several trial & error attempts are required in order for late-game survival.
+ Well designed & simplistic navigation for all the menus.
+ Lots of monster types with their own individual sounds.
- Game has a lot of RGN in it, but starting a new game over repeats the same dungeons & layouts, making it a boring task to get back to mid-game.
+ / - No manual save, game autosaves after every turn, permadeath is a factor, includes option for saving multiple playthroughs at one time.
+ Simple easy play-as-you-go tutorial popups.
- Options Menu always asked if you are sure to make new changes, which slows the user down by unnecessary extra clicks.
+ Has that "just one more turn" quality.
+ No keyboard needed, only mouse.
+ The game is really slow because it forces you to be. One mistake can devistate your party thus downward spiral your entire playthru. The save system is aggressively auto-save where you are not able to cheat the playthrough of a reload. And the game is extreemly challenging, knowing that, it forces to player to check everything before going out on a dungeon exploring, and because of this, the game is very slow if you want to win. A family man's lifestyle only doing one dungeon a day would be concidered normal with how much time prepping your town & party takes - and i guess that's part of the fun.
- At the time of writing, Game freezes if Steam Overlay is selected in Steam Settings, no Streaming via Steam possible.
* (to date have not tested controller support response)
+ This webpage will tell you what item to put into certain curios for big bonuses to help u snowball:
http://darkestdungeon.gamepedia.com/Curio

+ / - Legendary known for it's brutally unforgiving mid-game difficulty.
+ / - Playthrough on 'Radiant' (Easy Mode) is fairly balanced but still a tough challenge as all the negative buffs picked up over time start to compound smothering your party until death.
+ Playthrough on 'Darkest' (Normal Mode) was slightly easier having progressed much further.

+ 3/5 Occasionally
+ Everytime you play the game, you'll figure out something new, and you got that knowledge for life allowing you to get just a lil bit better, motivating you to do another run. You might lose the wind out of your sails after your awesome party fails to reach the final boss, and step away from the game for a few months, but it's so good that you'll eventually come back to it to do another run - more knowlegable, more confident, more winning, more fun. Tbh, i can see myself coming back to the game over & over again after taking breaks for the rest of my life.
It really is a great game!

+ Wonderful looking indie comic-book style artwork, keeping the game clean & simple.
+ Flashplayer-like design that's simplicity works in it's favor.
+ Looks great on big screens.
+ Protip: Go into 'Options' and max-out 'Gamma', makes game look bright, crisp and even more beautiful with glimmering partical effects.

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5 Stars) Great Game!!
+ Game is a indie homerun winner altho consistent stat comparing decision making is crucial.
+ After the navigational & gameplay learning hump, it becomes a fun addicting challange.
+ Would love to see a sequel done with a space theme on multiple planets with alien monsters.
+ Worth $25, so a purchase during a 50% off sale is a really fair price.
+ Must-have game for your library!

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[h1]Genre:[/h1] Indie Strategic Turn-based sidescrolling RPG dungeon crawler. [h1]Gameplay:[/h1] + Pick party adventurers of your choice to embark on an adventure for treasures, skill upgrades, and loot, fighting evil monsters along the way to upgrade your party & gothic town. + RNG element involved, keeping playthroughs interesting & exciting. + Game starts off simple & easy to understand, but in order to win takes creative game theory as you have a hundred of party build options within options + different style of dungeons requiring different party builds to take advantage of monster weakness' + different monsters not only in different dungeons, but also more complex monsters as you progress higher levels into the game. + Mouse hovering statistics the entire game is essential (and part of the fun). + Fun original storyline that unlocks as you go along supported by fantastic voice acting. - Good quality music but single-looped, which becomes repetitive over time. + Great sound effects. + Heavy stat based all over the game and yet a delightful toggle challenge for statistic lovers due to it's pleasant clean simple game design. + Gameplay is statistical reading & countering. + Town building & upgrading control, makes the backdrop as your party's camp. + Music, party, town control & upgrading as well as 'resource' gathering is definitely inspired from the masterpiece game 'Heroes of Might & Magic III' (1999), and stat & ability features are reminiscent of the game 'Bard's Tale' (1985 & 2003). + Micromanaging based fun, yet extremely dependent on strategy, knowledge required from several trial & error attempts are required in order for late-game survival. + Well designed & simplistic navigation for all the menus. + Lots of monster types with their own individual sounds. - Game has a lot of RGN in it, but starting a new game over repeats the same dungeons & layouts, making it a boring task to get back to mid-game. + / - No manual save, game autosaves after every turn, permadeath is a factor, includes option for saving multiple playthroughs at one time. + Simple easy play-as-you-go tutorial popups. - Options Menu always asked if you are sure to make new changes, which slows the user down by unnecessary extra clicks. + Has that "just one more turn" quality. + No keyboard needed, only mouse. + The game is really slow because it forces you to be. One mistake can devistate your party thus downward spiral your entire playthru. The save system is aggressively auto-save where you are not able to cheat the playthrough of a reload. And the game is extreemly challenging, knowing that, it forces to player to check everything before going out on a dungeon exploring, and because of this, the game is very slow if you want to win. A family man's lifestyle only doing one dungeon a day would be concidered normal with how much time prepping your town & party takes - and i guess that's part of the fun. - At the time of writing, Game freezes if Steam Overlay is selected in Steam Settings, no Streaming via Steam possible. * (to date have not tested controller support response) + This webpage will tell you what item to put into certain curios for big bonuses to help u snowball: http://darkestdungeon.gamepedia.com/Curio [h1]Difficulty:[/h1] + / - Legendary known for it's brutally unforgiving mid-game difficulty. + / - Playthrough on 'Radiant' (Easy Mode) is fairly balanced but still a tough challenge as all the negative buffs picked up over time start to compound smothering your party until death. + Playthrough on 'Darkest' (Normal Mode) was slightly easier having progressed much further. [h1]Replayablity:[/h1] + 3/5 Occasionally + Everytime you play the game, you'll figure out something new, and you got that knowledge for life allowing you to get just a lil bit better, motivating you to do another run. You might lose the wind out of your sails after your awesome party fails to reach the final boss, and step away from the game for a few months, but it's so good that you'll eventually come back to it to do another run - more knowlegable, more confident, more winning, more fun. Tbh, i can see myself coming back to the game over & over again after taking breaks for the rest of my life. It really is a great game! [h1]Graphics & Artwork:[/h1] + Wonderful looking indie comic-book style artwork, keeping the game clean & simple. + Flashplayer-like design that's simplicity works in it's favor. + Looks great on big screens. + Protip: Go into 'Options' and max-out 'Gamma', makes game look bright, crisp and even more beautiful with glimmering partical effects. [h1]Overall Rating:[/h1] ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5 Stars) Great Game!! + Game is a indie homerun winner altho consistent stat comparing decision making is crucial. + After the navigational & gameplay learning hump, it becomes a fun addicting challange. + Would love to see a sequel done with a space theme on multiple planets with alien monsters. + Worth $25, so a purchase during a 50% off sale is a really fair price. + Must-have game for your library! ------- For additional game reviews please visit: http://steamproxy.net/id/LordOfDarkFlame/recommended/