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Darkest Dungeon 2 with Kingdoms mode. This is an independent campaign where you have to defend the kingdom and invest in it to improve it. We therefore find mechanics that are already well known, especially in terms of turn-based combat, but the progression changes completely. Collecting resources and fighting against darkness will help keep the hamlet going.
During this adventure, a new scenario can be explored, revealing 3 new enemy factions. The Coven, the Beastmen and the Crimson Courtiers. The mode is presented in the form of a map centered on the hamlet to be defended. Different paths allow you to seek out new resources and meet new people to improve your defenses. You will have to choose what actions to take to survive as long as possible in the heart of darkness.
However, in Kingdoms mode Darkest Dungeon 2, we must not neglect the importance of each part of the hamlet. Each building has an improvement tree to limit the negative effects of heroes. And all this in a limited time, because the more the towers advance, the more the threat weighing on the kingdom grows. Without being a copy, this mode is much closer to what was proposed Darkest Dungeon first of the name.