Similarly, the Metroidvania genre takes its name from the two parents that many titles can claim a lineage of inspiration from.Īlthough the new releases do different things with the Darkest Dungeon DNA and won’t be knocking their inspiration off the top spot anytime soon, they promise a potentially rich wave of games to come in the genre. In a sense that was accurate, but these spin-offs led to the variety of distinct but worthy FPS franchises we have today. Some of us long-in-the-tooth gamers remember a time before the term first-person shooter was coined in the gaming press. The video game industry has its own trends and follow-the-leader-style moments as creators follow the hot new thing. Like it or not, the DD family tree is growing outside the bounds of the original franchise. Mistover, on the other hand, keeps it fantasy, but with a distinctly anime flavor. Warsaw is a historical skirmish game that sets the action in the titular city’s ill-fated 1944 uprising against the Nazi occupation. October 2019 saw the release of two games based on the template set forward by Darkest Dungeon, but with their own twists. But arguably a more important sign that a game has really “made it” comes in the form of new titles inspired by the original. Now, after four years and two expansions, a sequel is in the works. Red Hook Studios’ indie breakout hit Darkest Dungeon first entered early access on Steam in 2015.
