In some cases they’ll respond favourably and inspire their compatriots but, far more often, the mind breaks. Each hero has their own stress meter, which is regularly added to by everything from it being too dark to the presence of a killer god, and when a tipping point is reached their mental fortitude is tested. This is stress, the idea that people subjected to the kind of horrors that dungeon explorers go through might crack under the pressure. Darkest Dungeon is a turn-based battler with an overarching structure, and one idea that lifts it way above the ordinary. Sacrificed on the altar of curiosity, for a cosmic kick in the teeth. Everyone dead, quest over, all loot and treasure gone, all investment in those heroes lost. The last survivor looked at the corpse, clutched their own chest and fell. Back in the waking world, brains spinning at what had just occurred, one had a heart attack and died on the spot. I hammered the retreat button as another hero fell, and the final two escaped alive.

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