If I can get through the narrow and squeezing corridors spike traps on the floor and other players, I'm a good chance of getting a blue glowing stone that can open an exit port. (Be awareof co-op people can only be played with only one player, and not the entire group that is quite costly for a game that is best played with friends.) There is also the red glowing portal to go deeper into the Dark And Darker Gold dungeon, to find more challenges and rewards, however I'm still not brave yet.
Things become a little more calming in a well-balanced group consisting of Fighter, Cleric, and Wizard, (or Barbarian, Rogue or Ranger) however it's only two steps away in Dark and Darker's classic cramped dungeons that make me long for the open-air adventure of other PvPvE adventures. If I do manage to escape and escape, I'll immediately trade all my items from the merchant menu and put the gold coins into my bag before I embark on my next adventure wearing only the gear I have in my backpack.
This is the place where Dark and Darker is most like Escape From Tarkov; buying smaller amounts of better gear from the merchants and making permanent upgrades to your classes is a routine. I'm not the type of person to throw about the term "Sisyphean" but the possibility of my loot falling down the hill is more threatening that other extract games. Instead, I focus on the level-gated upgrades to my perk slots and swapping my active abilities to those of the Fighter as well as Rogue characters I'm leveling.
Dark and Darker's first person melee combat is similar to Skyrim: slash Step back then slash, block receive an arrow hit regardless of blocking the arrow, and then repeat. It's why I'm often spending time doing the W and S walk around using a skeleton fearing that I might be slammed backwards by an enemy player (or even the door that is closed) and get an entire run cut down.
Weapons can be used to perform automated combos that you can see on your reticle -diagonal right and diagonal left. Then a thrust to the sword that a Fighter begins with. It's above the monotony of Tamriel melee, however, it's not as skilled in the same way as Chivalry 2. That's the main reason for my initial complaints. Dark and Darker's method of Cheap Dark And Darker Gold retaliating against the damage of enemies, whether the AI as well as players requires an a great deal of ability than its combat system can perform. This isn't Chivalry 2. nor a FromSoftware game.