![]() ![]() Play Report: "Look, Ma! I Joined a Cult!" (Danscap.Taking a Look at Video Game Megadungeons.In Darkest Dungeon the player leads a band of. Some Thoughts on the Lamentations 2 Playtest and K. Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic RPG developed by Red Hook Games and released on January 19, 2016.The vertical orientation may be an issue, but you've brought up several similar platformers here so it's more of a challenge then anything else. However, I feel this is also a strength, because the game is filled with obscure puzzles necessary to progress, ones that could easily be brought to tabletop. The game wears it's Indiana Jones influence on it's sleeve, with main character Lemeza being a whip wielding archaeologist in a fedora who has a rivalry with his father Shawn. However, every area of the game has a similar mirror: Gate of Guidance/Gate of Confusion, Chamber of Birth/Chamber of Extinction, Graveyard of the Giants/Mausoleum of the Giants. Most obvious is the Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon, which mirror each other map wise. Map wise, the game does something really smart, thematically pairing up areas. Within, remnants of the previous 7 civilizations remain, from an extinct race of giants to a group of immortal prophets who dwell within hidden rooms throughout the temple. Setting wise, it's an ancient temple said to be the source of all life on the planet. La Mulana is what I would call the platonic ideal of a video game megadungeon ripe for adaptation to tabletop. ![]()
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