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Is DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want procedurally generated kingdoms and dungeons
- Players who prefer building characters from a large selection of skills
- Fantasy players who want to defeat rulers and rebuild a kingdom
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a conventional save-and-reload structure, since the game has no save games
- Players who prefer a tightly scripted world rather than randomly generated kingdoms, dungeons, and locations
- Players looking for a purely solo experience without local-network multiplayer
Our take on DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set
Its defining constraint is the absence of save games: every character inhabits the same shared world, making the setting persistent across characters.
What is DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set?
DarkDIRE is a role-playing game set in randomly generated kingdoms and dungeons.
Characters choose four skills from a selection of more than fifty, then use disciplines such as blacksmithing, tailoring, alchemy, fletching, and gem cutting to craft equipment. Players can accept quests, raid enemy kingdoms for loot, sell what they find, and challenge rulers to take control of a kingdom. Kingdoms can be rebuilt, with non-player characters hired or dismissed. Combat includes horseback attacks, weapon swings, jousting, spells, and arrows that travel as physical projectiles. The world contains over 30 nations, multiple biomes, predetermined locations placed randomly, and dungeons reached through staircases. There are no save games, and local-network players can join the shared game world.
How DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set plays
- 01Shared Game World
- All characters use the same world, which local-network players can join during play.
- 02Character Skill Builds
- Each character selects four abilities from a pool exceeding fifty skills.
- 03Kingdom Rule
- A character can take control by defeating the current ruler and can then rebuild the kingdom and hire or dismiss non-player characters.
- 04Crafting Disciplines
- Blacksmithing, fletching, tailoring, gem cutting, and alchemy are available for making equipment.
- 05Physical Projectiles
- Spells and arrows travel through the world as moving projectiles that characters can evade.
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DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set: platforms & release
Is DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want procedurally generated kingdoms and dungeons. Skip it if: players seeking a conventional save-and-reload structure, since the game has no save games.
Where can I download DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is DarkDIRE: The Advanced Set on?
Windows and Linux.
