This game should be taught in schools

[Arreghas]

This game is actually an extremely good educator in terms of arithmetics, statistics and risk management.

If those three elements were better understood, a lot of people complaining the gmae is RNG or too hard would actually like the game.

Also, this game tests a fourth quality : resilience. The ability to rebound after a bad event in order to recover and win. Something that is also useful in everyday life.

TL-DR ; this game can actually teach you valuable life lessons. Enjoy them and become better from them.

[a real miko (true)]

I don't know if something featuring a plot about cthuloid monsters and the implications of helplessness and futility that carries would be good to have as a teaching tool. Also, just kind of a bad idea.

[Lowbei]

Originally posted by Unnaturally Bordered Triumph:

I don't know if something featuring a plot about cthuloid monsters and the implications of helplessness and futility that carries would be good to have as a teaching tool. Also, just kind of a bad idea.

"Teacher! it says I just caught syphalis! whats that?"

[Quench (RNA)]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Darkest Dungeon. The RNG is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of statistics most of the crits will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Reynauld's kleptomaniac outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from 16th century Italian literature from the Dukedom of Ferrara, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these crits, to realise that they’re not just deathblows- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Darkest Dungeon truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in the Ancestor's existential catchphrase “Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer,” which itself is a cryptic reference to H.P. Lovecraft's novel The Mountains Of Madness. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Red Hook’s genius wit unfolds itself on their PC screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Shambler tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the Vestals’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

[Lowbei]

lol no, the game doesnt require a high iq. the games mechanics are simple.

[Quench (RNA)]

@Lowbei: it's a copypasta joke, i wasn't being serious: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-be-fair-you-have-to-have-a-very-high-iq-to-understand-rick-and-morty

[Lowbei]

Originally posted by MonstranceClock:

@Lowbei: it's a copypasta joke, i wasn't being serious: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-be-fair-you-have-to-have-a-very-high-iq-to-understand-rick-and-morty

ahhh gotcha

[Lienhart]

Originally posted by MonstranceClock:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Darkest Dungeon.

I am trying so hard not to laugh at this comment.

[David]

Originally posted by MonstranceClock:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Darkest Dungeon.

I see what you did there :P

[EggSaladologist]

Originally posted by Shiro Hayate:

Originally posted by MonstranceClock:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Darkest Dungeon.

I am trying so hard not to laugh at this comment.

It's a meme you dip.

[RJJameson]

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

Originally posted by Shiro Hayate:

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Darkest Dungeon.

I am trying so hard not to laugh at this comment.

It's a meme you dip.

Maybe why he's laughing at it?

[Gazzza]

Yes it would be great for our youth to learn the benefits of gambling and the brothel for when you are stressed out

[White Shadow]

Games in general are very good at improving on our skills, because each game requires building of some sort of skill in order to become good at it, whether it's using your head for strategy games or learning to make snap decisions in a fast-paced FPS.
This game is definitely great for teaching how to plan ahead, strategise, and adapt to a situation that started to go south.

[ikill4laffs]

You would be surprised but there are schools that teach you through playing video games in class. Too bad this was AFTER I graduated...

[Zunkin]

The horror elements really keep the game from being suitable for young children, but other than that you do have a point about it being a good exercise in some basic math, critical thinking and risk assessment.

[General Plastro]

Besides Command n Conquer, I find that manager games are far more adequate in teaching the stuff you describe.

At least i remember enjoying Roller Coaster Tycoon when was 10 or so years old.

There's also Panzer General and it's derivative modern clones, which are essentially unbalanced Chess + RNG.

There was also Classic X-com, but that game might be way too complex for children.