![]() You can see the events that lie ahead and choose your path accordingly. What IRATUS does better is the progression system: it's a true dungeon crawler, featuring several levels to traverse. DARKEST DUNGEON had a unique art style, IRATUS only looks cheap.ĭARKEST DUNGEON was better balanced and the sanity system applied to your characters (instead of dealing sanity damage to your enemies) is more engaging. Speaking of graphics, I did not care for the art style here too much. It takes elements from DARKEST DUNGEON such as the automatic save system (your minions die, they're gone for good, no reloading) and the 2D graphics. Iratus also can be leveled up and can partake in combat with various spells that buff minions, debuff enemies or do damage. Instead of the hamlet Iratus has a graveyard with buildings like a mortuary, a dead lake, an Iratus Statue (!) or a library. ![]() Your minions are of course not the typical hero classes like knights or mages, but their undead counterparts like death knights, liches, ghouls, banshees, etc. These components can also be used to upgrade these minions. What IRATUS does different is the superb way to build your army: you do not just "recruit" your minions from some tavern, no, you literally create them from components that you find in the dungeon or from fallen enemies (blood, brains, etc.). IRATUS: LORD OF THE DEAD takes a similar approach (one could also say rip-off) and features none other than Stephan Weyte who voiced (another undead) Caleb in the 1990s BLOOD games. DARKEST DUNGEON drew its atmosphere from the superb narration by Wayne June (there are no other voice actors in the entire game and none are needed). IRATUS: LORD OF THE DEAD is unique as you play Iratus, the necromancer who has been banished in the catacombs, but is now gathering an army of undead to fight his way out and - of course - take over the world. A more recent clone is WARSAW which ditches fantasy altogether and is set in Poland's capital during World War II fighting the Third Reich invaders as partisans. Red Hook Studios really created a masterpiece with DARKEST DUNGEON and I would suggest picking that one up first. ![]() As such it lacks originality and also the superb art style of the "original". IRATUS: LORD OF THE DEAD is basically DARKEST DUNGEON but playing the bad guys. ![]()
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