In the old game, you walked along hallways in dungeons and into rooms. The carriage changes how the game progresses moment to moment, too. And if you all die, it's back to the beginning again. You pick your team at the beginning, at the Crossroads, and if any of them die along the way, that's it, no substituting them - not as far as I've seen, anyway. You get one attempt to see how far you can take your carriage. Darkest Dungeon 2, in some senses, is a Rogue-like. The second thing you'll notice, in time, is the carriage changes the shape of the game. Other platforms TBC but the original made it consoles so have hope, if you dare Early access timeline TBC but expected to be a year. Availability: Released 26th Oct in early access on the Epic Game Store for £24.Darkest Dungeon 2 early access impressions It's impressively atmospheric, and as grotesquely horrible as Darkest Dungeon ever was. There are cursed farm landscapes where bulging flesh grows like parasites on crops, there are cities aflame like hellish infernos, and there are towns turned to graveyards, where flayed corpses hang like dirty washing on lines. The carriage sections are 3D - a first for the series - and you steer it through areas that change depending on your mission. Immediately, you'll notice this gives the game a more cinematic look.

That hamlet on the hill that you rebuilt in DD, that's gone. It's a wooden thing pulled by a horse, very much like the carriage in Darkest Dungeon's opening sequence. It's all about the carriage - that's the big change. But by seeing it laid bare, I see the sequel better, and now, I'm a fan. But in going back to the original to refamiliarise myself, it made me see them differently - isn't it funny how our minds can idolise things to the point of infallibility? I thought very highly of Darkest Dungeon. Darkest Dungeon 2 has made some quite profound changes, and I wasn't sure about them at first.

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