The next milestone will be a Trinket overhaul, after which the studio will be reinforcing the Cultist faction with new units and a new home. The number of playable characters, final bosses, and overall character scope and production effort remain unchanged. This will make existing regions more interesting when going on repeated runs.īecause they are refocusing the character team away from another region-specific faction, the move will be to new minibosses that can appear anywhere.

Instead of creating a new region’s worth of world content, the studio is focusing the environment team on enriching the current set of regions with new sights and route variation. Since the studio will be prioritizing the aforementioned, it will be moving away from creating a new region/faction. It is also looking to add new decision-making layers to the driving sequences, which in turn will open up new avenues to enhance the preparatory aspects of journeying. With progression, the current system is getting a complete overhaul and will provide a much 'stronger and compelling link' between expeditions, and is focused around a hub through which you will increase your capabilities and unlock new items.īecause the studio feels relationships aren't currently as engaging as they should be, and the plan is to add some tension and surprise, more meaningful choice to the system, and make both benefits and drawbacks more active and tactical.ĭriving will change too as the team feels it needs more tension such as the possibility of stumbling on a trap, or the possibility of a blockage, or even an ambush. The studio will be assigning additional time and team members to these areas which the studio believes are essential to creating a great game. These are progression, relationships, and driving. The team also noted there are three main areas of the game requiring work and dedicated focus. In a development update, Red Hook Studios also announced it will release more frequent updates in the form of smaller-scoped milestone releases. The team is now squashing some of the last bugs and plans to introduce final improvements.

The Early Access game's most recent update, The Shroud of the Deep, contained a large amount of new content, mechanics, and quality-of-life improvements. Red Hook Studios has announced a February 2023 release window for Darkest Dungeon 2, the sequel to turn-based roguelike Darkest Dungeon.įor those playing the game already, you should know changes are coming to the game, and the team has shaken up the update pipeline a bit.

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