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Dark Quest 2 Review - Castle Crawler ??! (Turn Based RPG)

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Dark Quest 2 is a turn based RPG inspired by legendary board game Hero Quest. The game features a party based system where you control a group of heroes, an isometric hand-drawn art style, dice based mechanics and much more.

Gamereactor has reviewed Dark Quest 2:

Dark Quest 2

We've been tasked with ridding the world of an evil wizard in this Hero Quest-inspired turn-based RPG.

There is something special about old school turn-based role-playing games where you're given the time to consider and optimise each move, and where if you failed you're forced to rethink your strategy. In this category of games, we find Dark Quest 2, recently released on Xbox One after having been available on PC (Steam) since 2016.

It appears to have been more than just a little inspired by the board game Hero Quest, in turn, inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. That's hardly a negative, of course, and in fact, the end result is rather entertaining. In Dark Quest 2 we're thrown into a rather straightforward story that serves no other purpose than to provide us with a reason to slay orcs, witches, and goblins. In this case, the benevolent ruler has died and an evil warlock and his hordes of vile creatures have moved into the castle.

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Dark Quest 2 is one of those games that make us grateful that we're in the profession that we are. The hand-drawn and charming graphics, the cosy soundscape, and the addictive gameplay ensured that we were entertained. It's one of those unassuming games we could have easily missed if it weren't for the fact that we were sent a review code. It's the perfect little game if you're looking for something a bit more casual when the urge to play an RPG makes itself known and you don't have the luxury of a lot of time on your hands.

Score: 7/10

Dark Quest 2 has been released on Steam. If you are a fan of the Hero Quest boardgame it might be worth checking out.

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About This Game

Dark Quest 2 is a turn based RPG inspired by legendary board game Hero Quest. The game features a party based system where you control a group of heroes, an isometric hand-drawn art style, dice based mechanics and much more.

Each map is designed to take you through an adventure that will test your party's strength, courage and sanity as you go deeper and deeper into the castle in search for the chambers of the evil sorcerer.
Features
• Single-Player Campaign: Play a story driven campaign that takes you through a series of adventure on your epic quest to defeat the evil sorcerer.

• Map Editor: Create new adventures and distribute them through steamworks

• Multiplayer: Play together with your friends and complete the campaign cooperatively!

• Turn Based Mechanics: Every turn each of your heroes in your party can take one single action. Play wise and carefully or fall captive in the eternal prison of the sorcerer.

• Skull of Fate: In the darkest dungeons of the castle, when left with no hope your last and only way out will be to roll the skull of fate and reveal your twisted fate.

• Assemble a Party: Control a group of heroes each with their own personality and strengths. Use the unique strengths of each character and work together to defeat the minions of the evil sorcerer.

• Enter a world of fantasy and adventure: Explore twisted mazes, find hidden doors and fight bloodthirsty orcs!

• Village: Stay with the old masters and learn new powers, craft new weapons and mix potions that improve the capabilities of your heroes.

Dark Quest 2 has added the final quest into the game for version 1.0 meaning you can kill the evil sorceror and claim victory.

v1.0.0 - Last quest is now available, test perception to dodge trap, last monster drops a pot!

3 JANUARY - BRAIN SEAL ENTERTAINMENT
∙ Updated the icons of the Hardcore and Talisman achievements.
∙ Fixed a bug that would not unlock the hardcore, talisman and executioner achievements.
∙ Added the final quest, you can now fight the evil sorcerer himself.
∙ Added ending video that plays after you defear the evil sorcerer.
∙ Fixed a bug with divine shield being stuck when a hero would exit the room.
∙ Replaying a quest for first time is now a little easier.
∙ Fixed a sorting bug with the steel fire holder that would make it draw in front of characters.
∙ Fixed a number of spelling mistakes throughout the game.
∙ Updated text on some tutorial screens.
∙ Level 3 detect traps or the torch now allow you to test your pereception when you accidentally steped into a trap to dodge it.
∙ Killing the last surviving monster will now drop a magic pot.
∙ Surrendering now allows you to keep your magic pots, take 50% gold and no items
∙ If you lose all heroes in a quest you get to keep nothing (no gold, no pots, no items)
∙ Fixed a bug with the barbarian when starting a new game that wouldnt show the correct number of potions he had in the alchemist.
∙ Default walk speed is now very fast.
∙ Improved color coding on several abilities.

Happy new year!!

The Early Access turn-based RPG Dark Quest 2 got an update:

v0.8.0 - VSync fix, 2 new monsters, gold saved on map replay

• Fixed some bugs with merchant.
• Added new model for orc warrior master.
• Added a new monster, undead goblin warrior.
• There is now a warning message when you attempt to play a map again.
• Replaying a map allows you to keep only gold.
• Fixed an issue with VSync not being set properly.
• Fixed an issue with the intro cutscene on ultra widescreen monitors.
• Fixed a bug with the heroes health bar going over bounds in the village.

A new update for the Early Access RPG Dark Quest 2 has been released:

Update - 0.7.2

• Added ambush trigger
•  Monsters jumbing out of barrels now play instantly.
• Shaman Master lighting bolt spell range increased by 1 and damage now is 1-2.
• Fixed an issue where monsters with 1 health would test their courage, this only happens for heroes.
• PvP maps are now working.
• Internal changes of how teams work has been improved.
• Added a join party trigger to bring characters from the map under your control.
• Ending your turn in PvP ends your entire teams turn(if you have more than 1 character).
• Orc Shieldmaster now has Attack:3 and Accurancy: 60%
• Added direction for spawned hero in starting location.
• It is no longer possible to search or pickup an item if an enemy is standing on it.
• Description box is now bigger for publishing a map.
• You can now select jpg photos to upload on a published map.
• Fixed an issue with warlock fate being 0 and certain effects appearing at his feet instead above his head.
•  Added another magic pot in searching for the dwarf map and the dwarf scene chest is now open and empty.