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Darkest Dungeon is coming to Xbox Game Pass For PC next weekThis squalid hamlet, these corrupted lands; they are yours now
This squalid hamlet, these corrupted lands; they are yours now
Microsoft have announced the next handful of games coming to Xbox Game Pass For PC, and one of my absolute faves is on the list. The gloomy turn-based roguelikeDarkest Dungeonwill be available on the subscription service on June 10th; an excellent chance for players who might’ve missed it to give it a go before the sequel launches later this year. On June 8th, the raccoon detective gameBackboneis hitting the service too.
Darkest Dungeon 2 Teaser: “A Glimmer of Hope"Watch on YouTube
Darkest Dungeon 2 Teaser: “A Glimmer of Hope”
It’s the sort of game that can be terribly difficult, but that just makes you wanna stick with it all the more. Joe Donelly puts it best in hisDarkest Dungeon reviewfrom 2016:
“You’ll lose lives, money, resolve and the marbles of your crew, before you’re back at the hamlet with nothing to show, no further forward, another four bodies resigned to the graveyard. You’ll incessantly tour a ragtag mob of reluctant rookies into foregone conclusions. You’ll laugh at the fact you’ve wound up with a nymphomaniac alcoholic who is barred from both the Tavern and the Brothel. You’ll cry. And cry and cry and cry. But I think you’ll love it.”
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As for Backbone, it’s a gorgeous adventure game about a racoon detective working cases in a city full of animals. It’s hitting Game Pass on its launch day, June 8th, and will be available to buy onSteam,GOG,the Epic Games Storethen as well.
“The way the conversations flow and loop back around, but without any, ‘Wait, can you repeat that?’ options make them, I think, the most natural dialogue I have ever seen in a video game,” she wrote. “I still have some reservations about the ol' animals-as-metaphor-for-racism chestnut, but I’m trusting that the game is smart enough to play out its themes well.”
For info on what’s coming to and going from the console version of the subscription service, check outthe Xbox blog. And if you don’t have a game pass subscription, you can nab onefor just £1/$1for your first month, with the price going up to £8/$10 per month after.
