Came back to DD1 after a few years

[clarkeveritas]

Getting the mods to place nicely can take a little bit of reading..... but if anyone played either vanilla or with mods but many years ago:

It's literally the DD2 I was hoping for.... it's DD1 Vanilla with-
SO many new classes. SO many new items/gear/etc
MANY new dungeons, new bosses, new things to build in town, new upgrades.....

All i wanted from DD2 was a bigger, badder version of the first game. Anyone like me who has been out of the DD1 loop for a long time and was turned off by the DD2 announcement (and execution)- this IS DD2. The idea that I have a "new" DD to play that's the first one on SO many steroids- I'm freaking thrilled.

There are mod collections in correct loading order for anyone having trouble getting it to run. And hell, even if you have trouble running 300 mods and have to instead only have 50, 100, whatever, it's still a hell of a lot of new content.

Between Arma 3's mods and this- my steam backlog is going to get SO much worse.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Not really into modding. Too much stuff that disrespects the original, even if it's just balancing changes. I'd like to play new campaigns, but I don't want rebalancing that messes with my idea of how the units should behave.

I have the same problem with the original DLC's. They detract from the original game in some aspect, and I may have enjoyed them more if they were presented as a separate campaign. But piling everything into one campaign gets really bulky and loses value, to me.

[clarkeveritas]

That’s part of why mods are so cool- you can add as much/little as you want or not at all.
In the case of DD1- I like how most of the added stuff you really wouldn’t know it was there if you weren’t familiar with the game. The new classes, gear, and trinkets just give more flexibility/variety with your parties and the new dungeons give you more places to explore/loot etc.
The stuff I won’t be using is all the nudity and/or anime stuff. I know since it’s a small, 2d game it’s much easier to add custom images and whatnot….. which explains why so much porn is on the workshop and nexus, but I still find it odd how popular that stuff is….
In the event I was thinking “gee, I’d really like to look at an attractive female”, Darkest Dungeon would likely not be my first choice.