The hook of Darkest Dungeon is that aside from fighting through monsters and make tactical decisions about how to use your squad's abilities, you're also dealing with the physical and mental maladies that befall your troop as a result of prolonged adventuring.

If you're in the middle of a campaign, you don't need to start over in order to experience The Cove areas, since 'Cove quests will spawn alongside quests from other regions.' It'll be interesting whether that increases the difficulty, or the time each fight takes, which were the key complaints after the recent addition of corpses. These monsters will also apparently use mechanics the foes the game has included before don't bother with, such as healing and guarding. The region comes with seven new monsters, who are said to 'fast and bleed resistant, and also have many bleed-causing attacks,' as well as two new bosses. The update is called 'Those From Below' and introduces The Cove, the game's fourth dungeon. Its latest Early Access addition seems more straightforward, adding a new dungeon region, new monsters, bosses, art, music and more to be traumatised by.

Darkest Dungeon's recent updates have divided opinion with their new features and then made those features optional in response.

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