I love how most of the hero’s better themselves and are relieved of their problems. Hellion rejoins her tribe, occultists is free from the shambler, vestal is able to express compassion with someone ect
@@TheFuriousBrotherI believe Damien’s just going back to finding new pain and suffering, he doesn’t really have a happy ending other than going back to how he was living before this
@@FatWalterWhite69 I guess it kind of is a happy ending for him. He's just so hardcore that an existence as a zombie constantly flogging himself is actually the best life for him.
It warms my heart to see Jester play for kids like that. To see everyone finally getting some semblance of peace and fulfilled purpose. Also Paracelsus is very cute underneath her mask.
Poor hwm though. I know he's a criminal and his crime is unforgivable, but I can't help but feel for the guy. He's still reflecting, staring at on the locket too
I like how it's showing you facing the culmination of all of the main character's hard work and failings, and it turns around and flashes the Iron Crown like it's telling you "Bring it!" xD
A very wholesome and fulfilling ending. However, with the world of darkest dungeon there is always some strange, ancient and cosmic entities and evils that lurk beyond the realm of human thought. There is plenty more content that can be made moving forward plus mod support. I can’t wait to see what Red Hook does next.
Honestly the only thing I dislike about the game. It doesn´t fit in the theme of cosmic horror where you might have “defeated” what seemed like the big bad, but you don´t win - ever. This is more of a psychology session where they end up accepting their pasts. But I guess any dlc or similar will show if it changes.
@@Tue_ well, i think themes of the two games are quite different. On one hand - futile and hopless fight against cosmic being and it's many horrors that cannot be truly beaten - only set back. On the other - struggle to better oneself and through it - better the world around you, leaving it a better place, hopefully.
@@Tue_ I mean, technically we only defeated the protege's (MC) corrupted past and failures. The thing that caused the corruption itself, the Iron crown thing, is still out there somewhere
@@aquatech1753 Think you need to look further than just what is presented at face value. :) The game is based on the story "at the mountains of madness", and I did manage to find synopsis (or whatever the word is) that makes a bit more sense (at least to me) of what they are going for with this one. "The terror of At the Mountains of Madness is that the past is never complete, nor intelligible in the way we would like it to be: The dead will not remain dead forever, but their resurrection will be no easy affair. Their mistakes will pullulate, and the living will pay for their hubris. (“The past is never dead, it is not even past” - Faulkner.)" (just search for "at the mountain of madness themes") Basicly - from my understanding - the protoge was looking for the perfect equation where there basicly isn´t one, and similarly so does the "heroes". Trying to flee their past instead of coming to accept it - guess the only reason (besides gameplay) the antiquarian isn´t with the group is her having a harder time coming to terms with it, and she constantly looks for knowledge too. So not sure the crown itself is more than a mcguffin.
I love how they redid come unto your maker into a much more interesting move. In the first installment it felt like playing against "rock falls, you die" DM, in this one it actually feels more narratively focused, while still rewarding well-thought strategies and min-max tactics
Come unto your maker fit the theme well. No matter what planning you do, or how precious have been, *There WILL be loss*. That, even mechanically, do not get a clean victory. Even if you breezed through the rest of the fight up to that point, 2 people will be sacrificed to finish the fight... Face your Failures does the same, but for dd2's theme of reconciliation. *Your failures* can be overcome, and if you face it and survive, you will be set free. It doesn't even discredit the broad themes of cosmic horror, because even if YOU have dealt with your past, made peace with your misdeeds, it can never be over. Even with the brightest light, there will still be shadow, there is always the potential for good, as there is always potential for evil.
@@josh___somethingbut as long as we hold our torches high, and ensure the monsters in us are never left unchecked, the darkness will always remain at bay.
That's because it IS part of the Scholar: when you land the killing blow it might have realised what abomination it has become, and congratulates the heroes for putting an end to its madness
I dont think so, his helmet is lying next to dismas in the end credits scene with a candle on it Edit: Actually Im gonna retract what i said, I noticed someone else mention maybe he just went back to his wife and kid because hes done fighting leaving the door open for him to possibly come back later down the line
I feel like everything about DD2 is a contrast since it is much less debauched, sexual and cynical. Kind of reminds me of how Honkai Impact and Gun Girls Z was when Mihoyo was when it was shock edgy. DD2 felt like a sincere path in looking for redemption through confession and even though we may trip, some of the light may flicker, there is still hope
@@MrAsaqe IIRC the creators wanted it to be the opposite in terms of DD1. 'There IS hope, we CAN fight back the darkness, though working together we can bring down the horrors, we can let go of our past, of our guilt, we can forgive ourselves, whilst the end is always inevitable, we can make a difference and that it's worth trying.' Compared to the more traditional Cosmic Horror ending of 'everything is doomed, not matter who you do, it's going to end, the only thing left for us is madness in an uncaring universe' that DD1 was.
I didn't get the see all of the game (wasn't around for the streams) but I can't wait to see the deathless run. That final boss though looked really fun to fight.
Bahroo really pulled up on god with that team comp and god said BLGT 100 GOOD LUCK MFER. And after a perfectly timed pause followed by a "... that's awkward" that absolutely sent me, Bahroo proceeded to crush phase one anyways. Iconic.
I honestly wasn't even going to consider getting the game because of so many changes but the moment I saw the final boss flare up with the symbol I thought to myself "f*** it"
@@lucasbrant9856 maa with vanguard is almost unkillable and hits like a truck on top of being the best tank in the game that can easily guard anyone as needed, you don't really need hellion for a DOT build
OK, I have two questions regarding Flaggelant : - why he has acidic abilities and burns ? what happened to him ? - Who's Lesh ? Is it the entity that made him a warlock ? - What's his past ? All I know is the comic, but can I find more in the wiki or somewhere else ?
As far as I know between the first and second game all that self bleeding caused a bad case of sickness that reworked his abilities the burns are from a trinket lesh idk
So you know how the flagellant is a masochistic nutcase, right? He’s mauled his body to the point of decay. Now he’s a sepsis-ridden, rotted mess who beat the crap out of death itself to become an immortal masochistic psychopath
His past is quite simple, he was a beggar who got beat up and was caused to become a major masochist, turning him to religion to become a flagellant. Because of his overzealous, he was kicked out and kinda just wandered around feeling pain. As for his new blight powers, he died (either during Dd1 or after) and when literal death came to off him, he basically said F off and fought her back, leaving him turned a zombie, which is why there’s a new death boss that has a chance to appear if flag is in your party. Also he doesn’t normally burn, that’s just coming from what I presume is the librarian trophy equipped
The Flagellant flagellated so much, all that bloodwashing eventually made his blood septic, toxic like, together with his zealotry and his sheer will of defying death made him corpse like, hence the blight influence he has in DD2. He's not dead or undead since death herself is there to hunt him down. As for the burn, it's the Librarian trophy that Bahroo equipped on the stagecoach which applies 3 burn whenever characters land a CRIT on enemies.
@@ohenthevoidwatcher3939 i mean there's not much i could've done since it just appeared on my feed despite avoiding dd2 videos. and what are people just supposed to not use youtube at all until they finish their playthrough? doesn't seem very reasonable in comparison to just not using a spoilery thumbnail right after a game came out. sorry for the rant...
It doesn't show the full model, or even anything beyond the fact that shockingly, the Iron Crown is part of its design. Who could have ever seen that coming
@@Mixhy553 Not how it works mate, I was scrolling through and I was looking at the thumbnail before I even read the title, then I clicked on the video to leave this comment And regardless, the guy changed the thumbnail anyway, so he knows he slipped up
I mean, he spent the past two weeks working on and tweaking a comp that could handle just about anything, and farming out candles to max out the meta-progression stuff for the Flagellant. That and the game's been in early access for over a year and hasn't fundamentally changed from either the early access or even changed that much from DD1
Before you rant, Bahroo was already prepping himself for the update, he already has his "God comp" and was very knowledgeable of the game. He's known, along with Shygeta to be the "Game brokers". DD2 is as punishable and hard as DD1. None of them has even attempted on doing the Stygian blaze yet, considered as the hardest difficulty in the game.
