History VideoGame / DarkestDungeon2

* GenreShift: According to PC Gamer, instead of sending wave after wave of expendable heroes to clear out dungeons, this time around you have a single party of unique characters (one corresponding to each character class) that you need to keep alive on a perilous journey.

* AnimationBump: The animation for all the characters and enemies has been improved upon, not only they have better idle animations, they also have many more single animations for unique situations, for instance a hero prepping themselves for a particular skill during battle, or the skills themselves being fully animated instead of being a single frame.

* AnimationBump: The animation for all the characters and enemies has been improved upon, not only they have better idle animation, they also have many more single animations for unique situation, for instance a hero prepping themselves for a particular skill during battle, or the skill themselves being fully animated instead of being a single frame.

* GenreShift: The first PC Gamer interview stated that the game will be about "enduring a grueling journey, not cleaning up your backyard," and the second indicates that the mechanical structure is changing - it's taking on traits of a game like ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', with the focus being more on individual dungeon runs than the meta-management that tended to dominate a lot of the first game.

''Darkest Dungeon 2'' is the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 GothicHorror DungeonCrawling {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', developed by Red Hook Studios. Not much is currently known of the plot, but Red Hook did [[https://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-2-trailer/ an interview with PC Gamer]] in which they stated that the game will focus on the global repercussions of the Ancestor's unearthing of the Heart of Darkness. The game is scheduled to enter early access in the third quarter of 2021.

''[[caption-width-right:350:You were right to fear the world. It has gone mad.]]''

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Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGMsJgyORk "The Howling End"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90qCpMSV7I "A Glimmer of Hope"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ6Gdd-pSPA Road of Ruin - Early Access Trailer]].

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGMsJgyORk "The Howling End"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90qCpMSV7I "A Glimmer of Hope"]]

* ArtShift: The "Glimmer of Hope" trailer shows the characters in [[CelShading Cel Shaded]] [[VideoGame3DLeap 3D]] - with the [[WordOfGod official website confirming]] [[https://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-ii-is-coming-in-2021/ these are in-game models]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: This is how WordOfGod describes the shift in tone since the first game: it's going to be miserably hard, but things can get better.

''Darkest Dungeon 2'' is the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 GothicHorror DungeonCrawling {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', developed by Red Hook Studios. Not much is currently known of the plot, but Red Hook did [[https://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-2-trailer/ an interview with PC Gamer]] in which they stated that the game will focus on the global repercussions of the Ancestor's unearthing of the Heart of Darkness. The games is scheduled to enter early access in the third quarter of 2021.

* GenreShift: The PC Gamer interview stated that the game will be about "enduring a grueling journey, not cleaning up your backyard."

''Darkest Dungeon 2'' is the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 GothicHorror DungeonCrawling {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', developed by Red Hook Studios. Not much is currently known of the plot, but Red Hook did [[https://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-2-trailer/ an interview with PC Gamer]] in which they stated that the game will focus on the global repercussions of the Ancestor's unearthing of the Heart of Darkness.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGMsJgyORk "The Howling End"]]

* AfterTheEnd: Heavily implied, with the Ancestor's monologue in the teaser mentioning the "howling darkness of the end".

* ContinuityCavalcade: The TeamShot in the teaser shows that the Hellion, the Leper, the Highwayman, the Plague Doctor, the Grave Robber, and the Man-at-Arms will all be coming back, to say nothing of the Ancestor's return.

''[[caption-width-right:350:And now the darkness holds dominion... black as death.]]''

* HeelFaceTurn: In the first game, the Ancestor was stated to have become a part of the Heart of Darkness (though there were implications that this was not true). His narration in the teaser trailer, however, demonstrates that he'll be on the side of the heroes this time.

* WalkingTheEarth: The Heir and the Heroes will apparently be doing this in order to try and clean up the rest of the world from the Heart of Darkness's release, described as a "grueling journey".

''[[caption-width-right:350:Ruin has come to our family...]]''

->''In the howling darkness of the end... men will become monsters.\\
But hope will ride with those courageous enough to carry...\\
THE FLAME!''

->''"In the howling darkness of the end... men will become monsters. But hope will ride with those courageous enough to carry... the flame!"''

''Darkest Dungeon 2'' is a sequel to the acclaimed 2016 GothicHorror DungeonCrawling {{RPG}} ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', developed by Red Hook Studios. Not much is currently known of the plot, but Red Hook did [[https://www.pcgamer.com/darkest-dungeon-2-trailer/ an interview with PC Gamer]] in which they stated that the game will focus on the global repercussions of the Ancestor's unearthing of the Heart of Darkness.