I have discovered that the easiest way to install the mod packages in the non-Steam version is to place them in the “DLC” directory instead. By following their instructions, the player would be making files that are practically similar to the files in the official DLC packages. I do have a work-around for this, but before that, Red Hook Studios’ instructions on mod-making would have to be mentioned. This may or may not work, at least according to my experience. People have stated that the localization processes that make files compatible with the game have to be repeated for the non-Steam versions of Darkest Dungeon. For the DRM-free versions of the game on the computer platform, such as the GOG version, having the mods work is not as simple, mainly due to lack of technical support by their creators.

In the Steam version of the game, the mods have to be placed into the “mod” directory of the game, which is simple. The mods that have been made by the fans of the game run the gamut in terms of comprehensibility and user-friendliness, as is typical of things made by fans. The Musketeer’s place as an official class is still not certain at this time of writing, she has yet to get any backstory comic. Her official description was later changed to clarify that she is a class of her own, but the description of her being a re-skin was retained, which can cause some confusion and consternation. This means that the player would be practically getting another Arbalest into the Stagecoach, and another set of trinkets that would have been useful to the Arbalest but cannot be used by her. Yet, she is not a mere aesthetic replacement she is actually a functional class of her own, albeit identical gameplay-wise to the Arbalest. She has a different backstory, different personality and different looks, compared to the Arbalest. The Musketeer was initially described as a “re-skin” of the Arbalest she has practically the same skills and class-specific Trinkets with the same effects as those of the Arbalest. In addition to remarks on the Musketeer and how it is actually implemented in-game, there will also be remarks about the mods that have been made for Darkest Dungeon. This review article is not entirely about the official (and free) Musketeer DLC.

By Gelugon_baat | Review Date: August 15, 2018

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