You begin the game with a party of two such mercenaries who are differentiated by their classes more specifically, your first two characters are a Crusader and a Highwayman. In order to reclaim your birthright and banish the various horrors from your family’s home, you’ll need to hire mercenaries suited to the task. I hope that everything I’ll be demonstrating within this article won’t lead to a test of your resolve.

Throughout this review, I will provide you with a glimpse into what you’ll be delving into should you choose to purchase Darkest Dungeon. The events I’ve just described within that hypothetical scenario set the stage for the events of a game I hold near and dear to my heart, namely Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon. Should you choose to heed their words, the task of eliminating this corrupting evil falls upon your shoulders. Having failed in that endeavor, your family member beseeches you to return to your family’s home and succeed where they could not. Your family member proceeds to explain that they have squandered your family’s fortune in an attempt to unearth and eradicate unspeakable horrors from beneath the land upon which your ancestral home is perched. Imagine, if you will, that one day you receive a letter from one of your distant family members in which they bequeath to you your ancestral home, as it is your birthright.

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