Those of you who are familiar with Dungeons & Dragons, HeroQuest or any old-school, table-top fantasy boardgames will feel right at home here, particularly if your Dungeon Master was a masochistic bastard who enjoyed party-wiping all your characters with fervent glee.

It’s a theme that is often overlooked in games - surely, slicing and dicing through swathes of beasts, within the darkness of the unknown, while your comrades fall by your side - well, no doubt that would weigh heavily upon even the bravest of minds. The latest indie game to make the crossover is Darkest Dungeon, available via cross-buy and cross-play on both PS4 and PS Vita respectively, and I’m absolutely over-the-moon to share my thoughts about it as it’s something very, very special indeed.ĭarkest Dungeon is a gothic RPG rogue-like dungeon-crawler that focuses upon the psychological stresses that crop up when adventuring through the monster-infested darkness. More often than not, the Vita is the perfect place to play these games, not only by virtue of its portability - sure, that’s a very big part of it - but, also because those dual analogue sticks feel so damn great, and that screen looks bloody gorgeous to boot. The PS Vita is home to some truly standout indie titles that have made the leap from PC and console to our favourite little handheld, with aplomb.

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