What is the difference between DD and DnD?

[abcdif]

Somebody please explain it to me.

[JuLLe]

DD means Darkest Dungeon, DnD means Dungeons and Dragons. a completely different kind of game. There really aren't any similarities between them besides fantasy and rpg elements

[abcdif]

Originally posted by JuLLe:

DD means Darkest Dungeon, DnD means Dungeons and Dragons. a completely different kind of game. There really aren't any similarities between them besides fantasy and rpg elements

So they are both rpg?

[LaserGuy]

DnD is a pen-and-paper RPG system. There are a number of computer games that are based on DnD rules (Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age). Darkest Dungeon is not really based on this system at all beyond maybe some very superficial things, IMHO.

[abcdif]

Originally posted by LaserGuy:

DnD is a pen-and-paper RPG system. There are a number of computer games that are based on DnD rules (Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age). Darkest Dungeon is not really based on this system at all, IMHO.

Wasnt DnD the start of RPG genre?

[LaserGuy]

Originally posted by Mikołaj Słysz (słyszy):

Originally posted by LaserGuy:

DnD is a pen-and-paper RPG system. There are a number of computer games that are based on DnD rules (Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age). Darkest Dungeon is not really based on this system at all, IMHO.

Wasnt DnD the start of RPG genre?

Yes it was. But very few games these days actually use DnD rules or mechanics. It's like saying that Tolkien was the start of modern high fantasy. Yes, it's more or less true in the strictest sense of the term, but that doesn't mean that it is necessarily a useful comparison to look for the influences of Tolkien in modern fantasy works... there's been so much evolution in the genre since then that drawing all influence back to Tolkien is not necessarily going to give you the whole picture.

(Incidentally, DnD itself is heavily inspired by Tolkien IIRC).

[Dire Wolf]

Dragon age has as much in common with d&d as darkest dungeon does. It's the attributes and stat values and the way hits and damage and other stuff are calculated. D&d has like an armor class that determines if you hit and how much damage you do, similar to dmg, accuracy and prot in darkest dungeon, and then there's a roll part which is a random generator. Pretty much every pc game that has attribute based gameplay has a similar system- world of warcraft, dota2, skyrim.

D&d has much more strict rules for defining the attributes and mechanics and leveling. Games that use strict d&d rules adapted to a video game are like baldur's gate and neverwinter nights. Neverwinter nights is basically a video game version of the pen and paper table top d&d game.

[Oraistesu]

Originally posted by JuLLe:

DD means Darkest Dungeon, DnD means Dungeons and Dragons. a completely different kind of game. There really aren't any similarities between them besides fantasy and rpg elements

Actually, the 1st edition of Dungeons & Dragons is not all that dissimilar from Darkest Dungeon; both are punishing, player unfriendly experiences with heavy reliance on random number generation. Actually, of the two, Darkest Dungeon is probably the friendlier experience in that rolling new characters is easier, healing is much more abundant, characters have significantly more health, and characters can survive at low health totals for much longer.

Of course, from the 3rd edition of D&D on, D&D has moved further and further away from its brutal origins.

[abcdif]

Originally posted by Gulthor:

Originally posted by JuLLe:

DD means Darkest Dungeon, DnD means Dungeons and Dragons. a completely different kind of game. There really aren't any similarities between them besides fantasy and rpg elements

Actually, the 1st edition of Dungeons & Dragons is not all that dissimilar from Darkest Dungeon; both are punishing, player unfriendly experiences with heavy reliance on random number generation. Actually, of the two, Darkest Dungeon is probably the friendlier experience in that rolling new characters is easier, healing is much more abundant, characters have significantly more health, and characters can survive at low health totals for much longer.

Of course, from the 3rd edition of D&D on, D&D has moved further and further away from its brutal origins.

Warhammer rpg (second edition) is brutal.