
Specifically, players can expect to lose their sanity in Darkest Dungeon 2 across four new sub-biomes: the Sprawl, the Tangle, the Foetor, and the Shroud, which the patch notes promise will substantially improve the amount of variety present during any given expedition.ĭarkest Dungeon 2 leverages its sanity mechanics to great effect in gameplay terms, but it's still far from a finished product, meaning that players do sometimes need to deal with software bugs instead of purely focusing on slaying mind-bending monstrosities. Players can also discover an entirely new gameplay feature with the so-called Hero Goals, which allows specific characters to earn new candles by completing personal mini-tasks during specific expeditions.Īnother important new point of interest included as part of the Obsession's Gaze update is that the developers have added a number of new region variations, too. Specifically, players exploring Darkest Dungeon 2's Mountain region may come across a new boss encounter and a whole batch of associated narrative content. The latest content update, titled Obsession's Gaze, underlines a particular subtype of the aforementioned cosmic horrors. RELATED: Big New Epic Games Store Games All Support Achievements Namely, the player's party takes off in a carriage and then explores a large region to deal with a wide variety of objectives at their own pace, dealing with various cosmic horrors along the way. Whereas its predecessor, Darkest Dungeon, focused primarily on party-driven delves into monster-infested caves, cellars, and graveyards on foot, Darkest Dungeon 2 is more of a road trip sort of experience. A sequel to one of the most popular rogue-lite strategy games on PC, Darkest Dungeon 2 has been in early access as an Epic Games Store exclusive for a while now, its development trucking along with new updates coming out at a steady pace.


Darkest Dungeon 2 has now received an all-new content update, Obsession's Gaze, as well as a short gameplay trailer highlighting some of its biggest, most important new features.
