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* TakeYourTime: You can set the game to more or less run this way, but the default game difficulty averts this completely.
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* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can lend your armor and weapons to the townsfolk to help them protect themselves, which is not only nice, but smart-the smart — the better fighters the townsfolk are, the less chance of the town being destroyed and you losing a lot of reputation.
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* MoralDissonance: Digging up graves gets you a reputation penalty, but looting dead bodies doesn't.
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* DeaderThanDead: An alternative to the traditional once-and-done [[FinalDeath hardcore]] mode is to lose 5 vitality every time you die. If your vitality hits 0, you're done for good.
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* DeaderThanDead: An alternative to the traditional once-and-done [[FinalDeath [[FinalDeathMode hardcore]] mode is to lose 5 vitality every time you die. If your vitality hits 0, you're done for good.
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* IntrepidMerchant: It's not unlikely to find merchants wandering various floors of the dungeon, with some world traits increasing the likelihood of this happening.
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Din's Curse is unlike most hack and slash [=RPGs=] in that it takes place in a fully dynamic world. Each town is different from the last, and each has a similarly different dungeon. Also, the monsters fight back. If you take too long completing a quest, the monsters will begin to grow bold and take steps to destroy the town, including gathering up their forces, sending spies and assassins to infiltrate and sabotage the town, converting villagers to their cause and, ultimately attack and lay waste to the town.
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Din's Curse is unlike most hack and slash HackAndSlash [=RPGs=] in that it takes place in a fully dynamic world. Each town is different from the last, and each has a similarly equally different dungeon. Also, the monsters fight back. If you take too long completing a quest, the monsters will begin to grow bold and take steps to destroy the town, including gathering up their forces, sending spies and assassins to infiltrate and sabotage the town, converting villagers to their cause and, ultimately attack and lay waste to the town.
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* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit. One difficulty option enforces this further, causing your character to instantly drop dead if the town is destroyed.
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* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit. One difficulty option enforces this further, causing your character to instantly drop dead if the town is destroyed.destroyed.
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* BloodKnight: Din himself, stating that he enjoys fighting against evil gods. And by that, he means employed cursed heroes like the player character to do it for him.
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* BloodKnight: Din himself, stating that he enjoys fighting against evil gods. And by that, he means employed employing cursed heroes like the player character to do it for him.
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* BloodKnight: Din himself, stating that he enjoys fighting against evil gods. And by that, he means employed cursed heroes like the player character to do it for him.
* BlowYouAway: A couple of Sorcerer spells are themed on this. One does physical damage, while the other does ice damage.
* TheChosenMany: It's implied that Din has many cursed heroes working for him, due to one quest type that involves finding one that went rogue, and killing them.
* BlowYouAway: A couple of Sorcerer spells are themed on this. One does physical damage, while the other does ice damage.
* TheChosenMany: It's implied that Din has many cursed heroes working for him, due to one quest type that involves finding one that went rogue, and killing them.
* DungeonBypass: Occasionally you will find an special portal that will take you to a lower level of the current dungeon. Depending on what level your current quests are located, this may or may not be helpful.
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* EnemyCivilWar: Certain monster types will attack other monster types when they're not busy fighting you.
* GodOfEvil: Quite a few, actually. Most of Din's quests involve you slaying a champion of one of the evil gods, who is effectively the leader of the monsters in a dungeon.
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Dark Elves are similar toDungeonsAndDragons ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Drow, and were previously sealed deep underground, but were accidently accidentally released by a Lumen excavation team.
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* PlayingWithFire: The Fire Mage specialization. Shamans also get a couple of fire spells, and a number of other specializations have one.
* PoisonousPerson: Some of the damage spells of the Necromancer. The Thief specialization gets a cooldown ability to do poison damage with every attack. As you might guess, a couple of other specializations too.
* SetAMookToKillAMook: Certain monster types will attack other monster types when they're not busy fighting you. The Trickster specialization gives an ability to do this to most monsters.
* ShockAndAwe: The Sorcerer specialization. [[RunningGag Of course, a few other ones have an ability based around this as well.]]
* TakeYourTime:Thoroughly averted. Taking too long on certain quests ''will'' have consequences.
You can set the game to more or less run this way, but the default game difficulty averts this completely.
* TrapMaster: The Hunter specialization.
* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit. One difficulty option enforces this further, causing your character to instantly drop dead if the town is destroyed.
* PoisonousPerson: Some of the damage spells of the Necromancer. The Thief specialization gets a cooldown ability to do poison damage with every attack. As you might guess, a couple of other specializations too.
* SetAMookToKillAMook: Certain monster types will attack other monster types when they're not busy fighting you. The Trickster specialization gives an ability to do this to most monsters.
* ShockAndAwe: The Sorcerer specialization. [[RunningGag Of course, a few other ones have an ability based around this as well.]]
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* TrapMaster: The Hunter specialization.
* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit. One difficulty option enforces this further, causing your character to instantly drop dead if the town is destroyed.
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* MoralDissonance: Digging up graves gets you a reputation penalty, but looting dead bodies doesn't.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: ''Demon War'' added an option to adjust the pace of both the world and the [=NPCs=], allowing you more time before villagers start starving and the monsters start taking over. It also added the ability to disable what the game considers "stressful" quest types, such as town attacks.
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* BarbarianHero: According to the lore, Barbarians have become so different from Humans that they're effectively a separate race.
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Din's Curse is unlike most hack and slash [=RPGs=] in that it takes place in a fully dynamic world. Each town is different from the last, and each has a similarly different dungeon. Also, the monsters fight back. If you take to too long completing a quest, the monsters will begin to grow bold and take steps to destroy the town, including gathering up their forces, sending spies and assassins to infiltrate and sabotage the town, converting villagers to their cause and, ultimately attack and lay waste to the town.
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* GodOfEvil: Quite a few, actually. Most of Din's quests involve you slaying a champion of one of the evil gods, who is effectively the leader of the monsters in a dungeon.
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* TakeYourTime: Thoroughly averted. Taking too long on certain quests ''will'' have consequences.consequences.
* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit.
* WhatTheHellHero: If you fail a quest or let an NPC die, your reputation takes a hit.
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You play as a man or woman who, in your past life, lived a life of sin and debauchery. In retaliation, Din, Champion of the Gods, has placed a curse upon you. Until you have redeemed your soul in his eyes, you are doomed to be his servant for all time. In order to redeem yourself, you must travel to the infinite towns of Alleria, save the people from the rampaging monsters, and in general do heroic acts until Din deems you worthy.
Din's Curse is unlike most hack and slash [=RPGs=] in that it takes place in a fully dynamic world. Each town is different from the last, and each has a similarly different dungeon. Also, the monsters fight back. If you take to long completing a quest, the monsters will begin to grow bold and take steps to destroy the town, including gathering up their forces, sending spies and assassins to infiltrate and sabotage the town, converting villagers to their cause and, ultimately attack and lay waste to the town.
Another interesting aspect of the game is its class customization. There are 6 (7 in the expansion) full classes to choose from, each with three distinct specializations. Each specialization grants the player unique powers and abilities, and a single full class benefits from skills of all three of its specializations. Players are also capable of creating Hybrid Characters, which use a combination of any two specializations, for over 100 different combinations.
An expansion pack, ''Demon War'', was released in 2011. After one of their main cities is sacked by undead, the Demons of the underworld have begun an invasion of Alleria, adding yet another threat for you to fight. Along with the demons as new monsters, ''Demon War'' introduces new dungeon and town layouts, new types of villagers, and a new class, the Demon Hunter.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Alleria has an extensive backstory, with over 30 short stories providing lore.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: ''Demon War'' added an option to adjust the pace of both the world and the [=NPCs=], allowing you more time before villagers start starving and the monsters start taking over.
* ArtificialBrilliance: One of the game's main selling points.
* TheAtoner: You.
* EndlessGame: Even after you earn your redemption, you can still continue to quest and save as many towns as you please.
* JerkassGods: Din does ''not'' have much faith in you, but as you grow in power and fame, he gradually changes his tone.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Here, they were created when a necromancer attempted to raise elven corpses, but instead created the first Orcs. They have a cousin species called the Torva, who are smaller than their cousins, but far more devious and cunning.
* TakeYourTime: Thoroughly averted. Taking too long on certain quests ''will'' have consequences.
You play as a man or woman who, in your past life, lived a life of sin and debauchery. In retaliation, Din, Champion of the Gods, has placed a curse upon you. Until you have redeemed your soul in his eyes, you are doomed to be his servant for all time. In order to redeem yourself, you must travel to the infinite towns of Alleria, save the people from the rampaging monsters, and in general do heroic acts until Din deems you worthy.
Din's Curse is unlike most hack and slash [=RPGs=] in that it takes place in a fully dynamic world. Each town is different from the last, and each has a similarly different dungeon. Also, the monsters fight back. If you take to long completing a quest, the monsters will begin to grow bold and take steps to destroy the town, including gathering up their forces, sending spies and assassins to infiltrate and sabotage the town, converting villagers to their cause and, ultimately attack and lay waste to the town.
Another interesting aspect of the game is its class customization. There are 6 (7 in the expansion) full classes to choose from, each with three distinct specializations. Each specialization grants the player unique powers and abilities, and a single full class benefits from skills of all three of its specializations. Players are also capable of creating Hybrid Characters, which use a combination of any two specializations, for over 100 different combinations.
An expansion pack, ''Demon War'', was released in 2011. After one of their main cities is sacked by undead, the Demons of the underworld have begun an invasion of Alleria, adding yet another threat for you to fight. Along with the demons as new monsters, ''Demon War'' introduces new dungeon and town layouts, new types of villagers, and a new class, the Demon Hunter.
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!! Din's Curse provides examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: Alleria has an extensive backstory, with over 30 short stories providing lore.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: ''Demon War'' added an option to adjust the pace of both the world and the [=NPCs=], allowing you more time before villagers start starving and the monsters start taking over.
* ArtificialBrilliance: One of the game's main selling points.
* TheAtoner: You.
* EndlessGame: Even after you earn your redemption, you can still continue to quest and save as many towns as you please.
* JerkassGods: Din does ''not'' have much faith in you, but as you grow in power and fame, he gradually changes his tone.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Here, they were created when a necromancer attempted to raise elven corpses, but instead created the first Orcs. They have a cousin species called the Torva, who are smaller than their cousins, but far more devious and cunning.
* TakeYourTime: Thoroughly averted. Taking too long on certain quests ''will'' have consequences.
