After two years of Epic early access
RPS will mostly be slumbering this Monday, May 8th, as the UK has a national holiday for some reason or other. That means I won’t be around to tell you about a stagecoach’s journey across a decaying land. I’m referring, of course, toDarkest Dungeon 2hitting 1.0 and arriving on Steam for the first time.
I’m telling you now, instead. Helpfully there’s already a launch trailer and Red Hook have shared some details of their post-release plans.
In anews post about its launch, Red Hook say that 1.0 will feature “12 playable characters with a complete narrative featuring 5 acts.” One of those characters, and the two closing acts, are new to this final release.
Except it’s not really a final release. The same news post explains that, just like the first game, Darkest Dungeon 2 will be supported post-release with “a number of free updates… that range from content to quality-of-life.” Current plans include new monsters, new skins, mod support, and balance tuning.
Brendy looked at Darkest Dungeon 2’s early access release at launch anddeemed it a rough start. I have heard little about it since and I can’t tell if that’s a good thing or not. The originalDarkest Dungeonwas met with a lot of player backlash as it made substantial design changes during its own early access, and so perhaps the sequel having a quieter time in the Epic Games Store cul-de-sac is for the best.
We’ll find out May 8th.
