darkest dungeon everyone is always stressed

When exploring you move in real-time, but when a fight breaks out everything switches to a turn-based system similar to an old school, line-dancing Dragon Quest battle.

One of the most obviously unusual elements about Darkest Dungeon is the presentation, with everything viewed from a side-on 2D perspective using a moody comic book style artwork that, appropriately enough, is not a million miles away from the work of Mike Mignola. That’s how roguelikes always work though, as are the randomised, procedurally-generated dungeons. It’s not hard to draft in a replacement if they die, but training them up to a usefully level can take a dispiriting amount of time. A stressed party member will become frightened and unresponsive in extreme. With over a dozen character classes and 20 roster spots (although only four can go on a quest at once) you’ve got plenty of options, but once someone is dead there’s no coming back for them. Enemies can induce even higher levels of stress, from spells or simply by setting eyes upon their horrific form. You’re at least not silly enough to do it on your own though, as you recruit and equip a team of adventurers in the traditional role-playing fashion.

Darkest dungeon everyone is always stressed