Living through a pandemic, worsened by the cruel persistence of capitalism, means the presence of death is a constant weight. The system feels prescient in this current moment. Just existing in the cosmic horror of Darkest Dungeon is stressful, both for characters and for you as a player. They take the most stress if one of their companions dies. Take stress if a party member takes a critical hit, if torchlight isn’t bright enough, if they get caught in a trap, if they walk backwards.
The game’s systems constantly saddle characters with stress.
If you’ve ever played Darkest Dungeon, you know that two things are inevitable: stress and death. Living with the Specter of Death What Darkest Dungeon Tells Us About Stress
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