One of my favorite games. Will it help you to learn it's one of those horror games where you become an absolute master of it and can dominate all adversity?

>open game
>breakable weapons
>dodge button
>close game
shame, atmosphere seemed really cool

>>736866064
Patrol-style house defense rather than cowering in one room is also very fun.

>>736866327
>house defense
With fucking what? You have barely any weapons or items at all and those screeching things rape you on sight.

>>736866274

Not all of them are breakable, only the shitty ones. And the dodge function is like a last resort thing to use in a pinch I never use it. And these are bitch ass pussy reasons to quit a game.

>>736866064
I'm more scared that I just won't know where to find gas and end up in a rape loop of my days being useless time waste because I don't know what to do. Wolf guy said to find him but obviously if I go to far by night I will die. And I saw a guy like eating something if he sees me I only have a nail board. It's too scary.

>>736866696
They are bitch ass pussy reasons to play a game in the first place.

I'm spiritually brown so I got filtered by it super hard

I want to try it again, it looks really cool and something I think I would enjoy if I managed to learn it

>>736866940
The best games are always the ones that filter you a number of times before they finally stick.

>>736866387
Nail board

>>736866702

There is plenty of gas in the game. You shouldn't ever have a problem. And if you're just playing on normal difficulty you just die at night and the only penalty is not gaining any credit to buy stuff from the guy. You're not going to get softlocked. Quit being such a queer and prove your worth, you can beat the game

>>736867027
That was me with Rain World and Shadow of the Colossus. Didn't like either of them the first few tries but once I understood, they became some of my favorite games

>>736866327
Are there actually things you can kill that aren't endless? I was under the assumption that it was like don't starve and darkness/outside = death.

I spent 3 days playing (ingame) and couldn't get a single weapon, then I got one, I used it 2 times and it broke.

>2dshit
It cannot be scary.

>>736867392
Yeah well how is jeff the killer scary even though it's all just words?

>>736867362

You repair it at your workbench... and you are lying, weapons don't break that fast unless you found the weapon somewhere rather than building it yourself and the durability was already heavily degraded.

>>736867552
I found it yeah, I couldn't get enough materials to make literally anything at the workbench, I found like literally 3 planks total in the vicinity of my house.

>>736867169
Rain World was the game that came to mind for me as well, SotC is also obviously great but it didn't filter me the same way. Rain World and Darkwood have ended up being my two favorite video games.

>>736867649

It gets better, the shovel and axe take forever to degrade if I remember right. And some guns are makeshift and limited use but others are permanent, you just need ammo.

>>736868032
I believe you. I don't know, I just felt overwhelmed by how scarce materials felt. I spent minutes traveling to another house, used all the durability of my only weapon to kill dogs and then my reward was literally a single plank.

I'll give it another shot one of these days, when's it's raining hard.

>>736867392
You have a weak imagination

shitter broke on day 1
they were confirmed poop socking it
probably shitshorting it with dipes, to

>>736867027
This is definitely true but I don't understand why. Some of my favorite games of all time I remember hating for the first few hours.

>>736866696
You get guns fairly quickly

>>736868458
It could just be that a game good enough to stick in your mind even when you couldn't stick with it is a sign of something great. What games are the opposite? Like maybe they seem good on the surface but your instinct is just telling you they lack depth

>>736865947
it's literally just a bunch of sounds
the scariest thing in this game is the inventory size

>>736868243

It was probably the burnt house. Pretty sure there's more loot there than that. Might've been a hidden safe under a piece of furniture or something. But gl when you get back to it.

>>736869202

Upgradable. Both your backback is and your active inventory that lets you quickly switch between items.

>>736869225
I guess my hangup with it was I spent more resources than I gathered to just kill some mobs that will just respawn so it felt like a gargantuan waste of time

>>736865947

Just die during the nights, you lose nothing and save resources.

>shovel
>middle mouse button
simple as

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Any news about the sequel?
We still don't know the release date nor if it's gonna come out on Playstation

>>736866940
Darkwood is one of those games that it takes time for it click with you, and when it does, you're in for a ride
I did two playthroughs and have 100% the game, and that's still not enough

>>736866274
>>dodge button
Do people actually use that?
I never did. I keep forgetting that you can dodge

>>736869129
>What games are the opposite? Like maybe they seem good on the surface but your instinct is just telling you they lack depth
Basically any friendslop games my buddies pressure me to get it. It's like yeah ok this is fun but it's obvious we're not still going to be playing this in a few weeks

>>736865947
The way "normal" difficulty is designed infuriates me.

Do enemies respawn?
Can I softlock myself out of resources by just being wasteful/experimenting?
At which point should I just restart my save if I fucked up too much?
What are the downsides of dying?
Is there a way to not make night pass faster instead of just alt tabbing and waiting for uninteractable spooky shit to stop?

>>736870142
>>736866696
>dude just don't do the dodge
Explain how you kill red chompers then. They are way too fast to run around.

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>>736866274
I finished the game and I'm only just learning there's a dodge button. If it was in the tutorial I must've completely forgotten about it.

>>736870569
>Explain how you kill red chompers then.
Shotgun to the face
In the dream sequences, I just bait them into to coming closer so I can hit them with the shovel and the axe

>>736870569

They straight up aren't. You can dodge them by turning and running out of the way at the right time.

>>736865947
Bought this game over 10 years ago and never played it. Is it good?

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how am i gonna tell its night when its freaking raining i want to close it

>>736872626
Absolutely
But it can be really hard to get into since there's no handholding nor tell you what to do to progress

>>736872890
>he doesn't have a watch
Oh no no no no

>>736873038
it cost too much

>>736865947
I hate darkwood-likes

>>736873070
It's the most quintessential item in the game for a reason
You need it if you want to beat the game for the first time

>>736873093
No such thing
Give 5 examples

>>736873527
Fear & Hunger
Labyrinth Of The Demon King
The Forest
Signalis
Pathologic

>>736865947
I think I did the third hideout for only one night? Said fuck that and just started running back to the first hideout cause it was close enough. I don't want to fight chompers every night.

>>736870474
>Do enemies respawn?
Roaming enemies respawn every time you die, but not those unique to locations. Those stay dead so it's possible to clear a marked area.
>Can I softlock myself out of resources by just being wasteful/experimenting?
No, they're extremely plentiful and you'll likely end up with more than you needed. In the rare case you do not, everything essential can be bought for cheap from traders.
>What are the downsides of dying?
Pretty much none on normal, you just have to run back to grab some of your stuff if you want it back, and you won't get reputation/money if you die at night (but even if you somehow die every single night, which eventually you won't, you can earn enough to buy everything you need anyway by selling random shit).
>At which point should I just restart my save if I fucked up too much?
Depends on what you mean, but I don't think it's possible to truly fuck up beyond recovery. I won't spoil the specifics but you may miss out on content by letting NPCs die, for example. The game can still be completed without them.
>Is there a way to not make night pass faster instead of just alt tabbing and waiting for uninteractable spooky shit to stop?
On normal you can just die, for one, but I wouldn't miss out on the free reputation.

>>736874282
literally none of those play like darkwood

>>736874291
Oddly enough the third one was the one I died the least in. I just kited everything around the hallways. The first two didn't allow as much freedom.

>>736865947
i still really really want an endless survival mode of this game with more monsters and spooky events at night
like it's a super good game and i like the story but i also just really like the dumb furniture pushing mechanics to secure your base and running around a dark forest finding spooky places to scavenge and stuff

>>736874607
I just barricaded myself in the bottom room. For some reason the AI becomes retarded and rarely tries to get into it which saved me a lot of ressources.

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Is there no way to secure this other than pushing the wardrobe?

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>>736865947
I just saw it on a bundle with Pathologic 3. I take it they're in the same suffering category?
I am interested, but I finished Pathologic 2 yesterday so not sure I am ready to give up my peaceful walk in the town after 11 days of pain.

>>736866387
Nigger you HAVE to play house defense in the swamp or in the third hideout, there's no stealthing past them. Even the second hideout can go totally wrong and force you into a slugging match with villagers.

>>736877158
You have to wedge the wardrobe in such a manner that it doesn't move when pushed into, which is very difficult. I say just shack up in a different room.

>>736872890
When the urine fills the glades.

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>>736865947
>tfw the first time banshee raids your hideout

>>736870569
When the red chompers dash at you, hit them back. That's it. That's their best opening. If you have a long weapon, you can also cheat some smacks in. Just never stand in front of them or directly to the sides.

>>736865947
I shat myself after playing the intro. Closed the game and said to myself that one day I will replay it. That was almost 10 years ago. Still plan to do this; maybe this year.

>>736867392
That's what I said too. It didn't scared me to death, but it did spook me somewhat. 4/5 it will creep you out

>>736878651

In my experience with scary games, you really suck at first and you kinda lose control during tense moments but the more you play them, you get more resilient and desensitized to them the more experience you have. After awhile you're like a psycho who does well under pressure and scary moments and you get a thrill from it. If need be, maybe play something less scary and work up to Darkwood. Not like it's the scariest game ever but it's not pussyshit either. It's so immersive and atmospheric though, such a good game, play it

While I was scrolling youtube and taking a break from the stress of the game I found this playlist and it helped make the nights a little less scary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQE1N38QBys

Anyone ever play this on psychedelics? I'm totally convinced the developers made this game under the influence of shrooms or something. Their name was Acid Wizard Studios so it wouldn't surprise me. The way that alot of things are animated or drawn is just shroom hallucination fuel. You feel like you're becoming one with the woods and are turning into a fungus like so many of the characters in the game that have fungus or mushrooms growing on them.

It's a shame the sequel is going to be shit because they gave it to the Pathologic devs and they refuse to not make it top down 3d slop.

>>736870474
>waiting for uninteractable spooky shit to stop
Nights like that are only early, in time what is still practically tutorial
>What are the downsides of dying?
Dying is mostly time waste and item loss (until you get them back) plus no reputation from surviving. On harder difficulty you have limited lives (you can get few more depending on your choices). On Hardest it's permadeath

This but unitonically.
I'm too pussy for horror games, but I enjoy watching videos explaining lore and such about them.

Shot that Fucking Wolf before Chapter 2 cuz I had a feeling if I went against him he's gonna fuck me up bad.

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damn these devs are busy
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuDT3VrgyE
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR99LP_nays

Hopefully the sequel doesnt have that Retarded ass Melee mechanic.

>>736880339
Isn't Darkwood 2 the pathologic devs?

>>736866274
Get over yourself to fucking baby

>>736865947
I used to smoke massive amount of weed with a friend and play this game. Barricading in the toilet with all the objects i could find. great time, kept us on edge. must be 10 years ago by now
tried replaying it and had the same experience, its just too tense. Cant imagine such a game coming from people who had never dabbled in horror. Looking forward to the sequel

>>736865947
>Games great.
>Thoroughly enjoying the atmosphere and slowly exploring the map
>Absorbing the lore and barely surviving some nights.
>Finally get to Act 2
>Play one night and immediately decide "Nah man this fucking sucks now" and immediately uninstall the game.

>>736880539
Yeah they handed it over.

>>736880339
>Kraina Grzybów x Darkwood creators
Kino, looking forward to it.

>>736880339
>2D dev does 3D
>it looks good
>3D devs turn a 2D game into 3D
>it's fucking awful

>>736880339
Darkwood 2 looks like shit and the ending to the first game was so perfect, plus it was a passion project for the dude who did all the art and most of the music with the unspellable polack name, that I have no interest in a sequel at all, let alone one made by different devs.

>>736880676
Fuck you I'm here for fun.

>>736882036
Fuck fun I'm here for you~ <3

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>>736882162
I'm here, Fuck you for fun

>>736865947
same I couldn't even get through the first night because I'm too used to yellow paint in RE games
is this one of those games like rain world or outer wilds where once it clicks its a masterpiece?

Just now facing some of my first enemies that aren't dogs, and the combat is actually pretty interesting. If you run to kite you can't see them, so you have to really predict them to position yourself well for an attack.

it's a shit game
100% unc nostalgia trap
>bad gameplay
>meh story
>terrible graphics
it's just old farts being angry about it getting some well deserved smack
let it day already, grandpas, stop pretending it has any quality at all
(pro tip: they won't... we gotta wait for them to die)

>>736882394
Bait used to be believable

>>736882535
give in, you're not getting any younger
your struggle is as futile as it is undignified

>>736866274
>breakable weapons
Saved me 7 dollars.

>>736865947
Darkwood is boring af desu
I always drop it when i get to the 2nd safe house because the game is just so repetitive and monotonous.

>>736882716
I'm 23

>>736882814
Fuck off my site you zoomer piece of shit, you weren't here when bait was first posted

>>736882814
Everyone here is 18, unc

>>736882368
Seems to be the case for a lot of people, I was initially very put off by the crafting, durability, management etc aspects but by the time I got to Silent Forest I was hooked.

>>736882812

This is such a retarded criticism. Like every game ever made is repetitive on some level.

what's the 4chan of 2026?
reddit is still reddit
4chan now is the reddit it was 10 years ago
everything else is cookie cutter normie breeding grounds
where should a normal person actually go?

>>736883009
outside

>>736883009
Get blackout drunk and write letters to yourself and then respond to them in the morning.

>>736882908
Not ragebaiting, serious question; what's the point of Darkwood needing more than one area? After the first Act, you've seen all the game has to offer. You go through so much effort at first only to have to start over in a worse safehouse but nothing else really changes. the game is just to long for its own good.

>>736883038
okay this is epic

>>736883106
>what's the point of Darkwood needing more than one area?
Enemy variety. By that point, using guns becomes a necessity because of dangerous the enemies have become
And you got more areas to explore to find more lore, and you're closer to the end

>>736883106

New locations, enemies, quests, loot and scenery. I'm guessing what it is you really don't like is having to go to your house every night over and over.

>>736881985
Almost my exact feelings on blasphemous

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>>736865947
same

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>>736865947
I got over it eventually.

Now THIS is a game I can't seem to play without anxiety kicking me in the balls.

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>>736874282
Were you dropped on your fucking head straight out of the womb?

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>>736880339
>darkwood 2 by IPL
Holy shit

What a time to be alive

>>736870142
How did you mange the event with the knocking ghost never got that event to play right?

Also the foxmans stash is uncrackable on both PC & switch still?

the horror game for people that don't like horror games
masterpiece

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>>736886309
>unrackable
>anon hasn't brute forced 6,651 possible combinations before
NGMI

>>736886010
Wait was this the one with co-op?

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>>736865947
I watched an 8 hour video essay on how this game is the greatest video gam ever created but then I found out the game plays like shit
Haven't played it since that

>>736886726
Nothing you did here was sensible. Nothing.

>>736886726
>implying

It's basically what old school resident evil is before being trapped in the mansion even has the dogs & zombies

>>736886726
its survival hotline miami what's the issue with how it plays

>>736867362
You can literally repair almost every single item in the game anon

>>736867649
You know those logs? Those are planks.

>>736889594
>open pile of logs
>2 plans

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hm so people say the shovel is BIS but I don't know what more I need other than the head, or I could get a fabric and make a backpack. Hmmm.

>>736890362
More space is always good, you can manage with any weapon anyway.

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>>736865947
This reminds me of ADOM & Nethack actually really encouraged replaying & picking different skills

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>>736865947
the ending sucks dick because you die like a bitch in an unskippable cutscene after defeating the bad guy
also the marketing blatantly lies about it having no jumpscares. The Banshees' attack is a fucking screamer

other than that great sound design and worldbuilding but the sequel looks like shit

>>736880780
hah usually it's the 3rd area aka the swamp house/hideout people just get completely burnt out & quit

>>736890893
>the ending sucks dick
Did you actually expect the slavic soldier in the slavic narrative to escape death? How the fuck was he going to escape the giant burning tree, running really fast? He made a sacrifice to stop the world from having to deal with a giant cloning alien thing. Hell, he might have been happier starving to death in delusional bliss.

>>736890893
>the ending sucks dick
It's a bleak Russian setting, you should expect the good ending to be depressing

>>736891283
>>736891390
I dont care about their nationality (but from now on I know what to expect from slavic devs), I won the MC should live. why would you even try to survive if there's sure death ahead?
point being: you should die moments after you light up the alien bastard. the stupid bait and switch with the bridge is unnecessary

>>736891583
The bait and switch with the bridge is what makes the pointless hope impactful. You "Try to survive with sure death ahead" because that's literally what you came here to do, try to kill a big tree at any cost. All of the rest of the squadmates are dead, you damn and kill who knows how many on your quest, and you think the MC alone should be immune from the consequences of his actions?

>>736867236
Iirc only a distinct number of enemies spawn each night. It's not infinite waves, it'll be 2-3 dogs and then later a banshee and later 2-3 dogs a banshee and a red zombie or 2. Runs don't take long but you find enough to make it. Also being quiet is an option, enemies do not spawn knowing where you are. They have to patrol and locate you. You can absolutely remain in one room and the less you move the less likely they are to find you. They will attempt to move furniture and traps but if they don't know where you are they'll not always push into that room.

>>736870569
Shovel is always the better option, but one Molotov or shotgun shell does it. Also don't forget to dump pistol ammo in them, it's a useless weapon.

I went to the wedding and unlocked the combination door, then the next door said the lock is jammed. I tried going around and breaking a window but I couldn't, I can just turn on a generator. Will a lockpick work on the door? I would fiddle with it myself but I will just waste a day and every night in the retarded silent woods is just a waste of resources because frogtards break in the house no matter what.

>>736891840
>pistol
>useless
It's free damage to anything over there and basically free to use. You will never run low on pistol ammo because you can just about afford two mags per day.
>>736891931
There's a window to climb through.

>>736891646
>should be immune from the consequences of his actions?
of fucking course he should. he survived that far on his own, he has more than earned it. it's not his fault his squadmates were shitters.
>inb4 he vould never return to society
who cares about society when you are a photosynthesis-fueled slayer villain
>>736891684
>You can absolutely remain in one room and the less you move the less likely they are to find you
bullshit. I hope you enjoy patrolling anon because there will be lots of that

>>736880339
god that looks so fucking bad what the FUCK

>>736883106
Because it's cool to explore the zone finding new items?

>>736886153
Going outside in the rain was some of the scariest shit I ever did even though iirc nothing happens at all

>>736892708
>>736886153
>battered woman simulator
I heard the last one is even worse, like it has snuff film tier shit

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Heh, I've figured it out frogidiotmen. I can simply pull these furnitures to the door and how could you possibly push them at an angle to get in? Both lamps in the room in case one goes out. It seems as though darkwoods has met its match.

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>>736892109
You can dislike it if you wish, but the core theme of slavic writing is "everybody is suffering all the time and nothing good ever happens; if something good does happen, something worse will happen to balance it back out". Art imitates life, it is a reflection of their reality. This isn't new, it's been a thing since like before Dostoevsky. A culture and people which are in a constant state of misery will either go extinct, or breed a new kind of human that is somehow content in misery. Eastern Europe has accomplished the latter, though they need copious amounts of distilled alcohol to actually function. This doesn't make them happy, it just makes them not act on the suicidal thoughts as often.

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>>736892883
works like 85% of the time
until those freak niggas break your funiture
make sure to keep the plot moving or else

>>736882725
devs said it was ok to pirate it

>>736893539
Didn't they literally give it away from time to time?

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>learn the enemy pattern and how to counter it without taking damage
>weapon breaks

>>736894392
did you not see the icon filling with red or

>>736894481
how would that help me
it's a broken weapon or a weapon i don't use because it will break
god you people

>>736894528
i mean it takes a while to fill up...

>>736893039
what a buncha miserable faggots
is the game really this whiny?

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>>736892883
mine tower of babel hath ben casteth down

>>736894727
Not at all your almost completely alone thoroughly most of the main quest only ever coming across one small town/village

>>736894727
See it as one of those original fairy tales. The dark ones. I enjoyed my play through of it. It is a weird game.

>>736894909
What weapon were you using?

>>736895283
for a country of depressed guys they sure like making games where you have to fight a hostile environment to survive

>>736894909
you gotta hit em with the furniture bear trap combo rouxls
just don't forget they're there

>>736896048
the plank with nails

>>736896304
I had better luck just running around the big open room with some bear traps in the doorways to deal with the first couple. Last night the vulture man came and if I was in that tiny room it would have just owned me up the bhole.

Midnight bump

>>736880339
hoarder game looks cool

Does this game have procedural stuff? I'm watching a video and the dude's first house is rotated different than mine was.

>>736867392
Try it. Night had me shitting my pants.

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>>736865947
I HATE IT HERE

>>736893039
>Eastern Europe has accomplished the latter, though they need copious amounts of distilled alcohol to actually function
that explains why that character only becomes mad after leaving his still behind, lol
and yes I get what you are getting at but It's maddening that they essentially give you a "win the bossfight, still lose in the cutscene" for an ending
>>736897695
only the layout of the map. characters and quests remains the same on each playthrough

>>736898108
Pss, hey use the furnite and stuck it on the holes. Also craft chain traps, use broken bottles too, helps alot with the Chompers.

I never understoof if light shining out of your windows attracts monsters or not.

>>736874282
absolute faggot nigger retard