Review: Dark Quest 2 (PlayStation 4)

Dark Quest 2 is a turn-based RPG where you control a party of heroes on your epic quest to defeat the evil sorcerer and his minions.

Pros:

• Nice hand-drawn graphics.
• 1.71gb download size.
• Adventure gameplay.
• Hero Quest inspired.
• 3 save slots.
• Three difficulties-easy, normal and hardcore.
• The village is your hub and here you can buy items/gear, resurrect fallen characters, learn new spells/attacks and sell loot.
• Your party is made up of 3 adventurers and you ha e full control on who to pick. Select the move order and you are good to go.
• Gold-found in-game and from selling loot.
• The map is like a world map and you select your route each step.
• The minimap in game.
• Six characters to unlock total-Knight, Dark Monk, Archer, Wizard, Warrior, and Dwarf.
• Turn-based combat.
• A grid on the level floor.
• Events like traps can be triggered but depend on your character’s perception.
• Set the walking speed.
• Fast loading.
• Stats breakdown for each character.
• Very easy to get in to.
• Hidden areas and routes.
• Full team control.
• Cool death animations.
• Action bar for using special attacks/items etc and is clearly labeled.
• Local two players support.
• Camera-Far, close and normal and can be toggled.
• Leans into the Hero Quest/Dungeons and Dragons ruleset with stats affecting the game like perception, combat, searching corpses.

Cons:

• No Platinum trophy.
• Not all actions register properly.
• Music doesn’t fit the atmosphere.
• Cannot share items.
• Constant difficulty spikes.
• No clear action point counter to help plan.
• Combat has a lot of blocking which is boring and drags the fights on to long.
• Minimap is no real help.
• Screen gets cluttered.
• Hard to see movement markers.
• RNG masterclass.
• The camera falls apart thanks to the angles and for shadowing.
• Slow cursor speed.
• Analog control is hard work.