He wrote about creepy cults and terrible alien gods that sleep beneath the sea, about ancient tomes full of knowledge that drive readers insane, and about deranged scientists who reanimate the dead. The game’s mechanics themselves are rooted in themes that are integral to Lovecraft’s particular brand of horror, and the result is an experience that can be deeply –and rewardingly – unsettling.Įven if you’ve never read any of Lovecraft’s fiction, you’ve almost certainly felt his far-reaching influence. Your job is to clean up the mess he left behind – or more accurately, to hire other people to do it for you, and hopefully find some of that treasure your forebear was after.ĭarkest Dungeon isn’t just outwardly Lovecraftian – that is, it’s not simply a well-made dungeon crawl covered in a coat of Cthulhu-colored ink.
Daniel Tack reviewed the game in January, praising Darkest Dungeon’s substance and style, and calling it "an incredible take on the classic dungeon crawl."Īs the game begins, you find you’ve inherited a decrepit manor from a relative who died after his quest for riches beneath the estate opened gateways to evil dimensions.
While it’s been out since the beginning of the year on PC, Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon is now available for PlayStation 4 and Vita, which makes this a perfect opportunity to talk about one of the most interesting games to emerge from Steam’s Early Access program. Lovecraft: inky alien tentacles protrude through dimensional rifts in the game’s fetid sewers, your characters’ sanity is steadily drained as they trudge further into the darkness, and Wayne June (the narrator of several Lovecraft audiobooks) provides a fraught basso narration throughout it all.
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