For those who did not hear, one of many most-played video games on Steam final week was really a demo. At the moment would have been the tip of the most recent alpha for PvP dungeon crawling extraction recreation Darkish and Darker however the builders have prolonged the playtest one other three days.
“Because of the earlier downtime with the buying and selling put up, matchmaking, and misplaced playtime for gamers that have been falsely banned, we now have determined to increase the playtest till Feb 16,” Ironmace says in a information put up. “We additionally plan to make use of the time to deal with points which can be inconveniencing gamers and to constantly enhance the sport.” To this point, Ironmace has pushed out a complete of 5 hotfixes because the alpha started final week, together with a lot of bug fixes and a nerf to wizard casting limits.
It is value giving a shot in case you’re eager to be on the reducing fringe of what may very well be a moderately standard battle royale-adjacent recreation when it will definitely launches. I’ve lengthy loved the PvP tactical thrill of royales and extractions video games, struggling although I do with my FPS expertise, and got here away from the demo fairly happy to report that Darkish and Darker proves extraction shooters do not really need to be shooters.
I spent a number of extra hours diving into the Forgotten Fortress with my buddies over the weekend and I am positively experiencing a well-recognized PvP glee whether or not I am profitable or dropping. Proximity chat can generally imply making pacts with different groups or simply rolling actual arduous on a very cocky wizard carrying solely his underpants whereas slinging fireballs. You already know the kind. I nonetheless take situation with the exfil portals solely taking one teammate at a trip of the dungeon, however the uncommon constraint has created some actually fringe of my seat moments whereas my crew watches our final member snag their nail-biting exit.
You’ll be able to obtain the demo over on Steam and begin making your personal means by the dungeon halls till Thursday.