I perished in the flesh pipes of Darktide's Depths of the Damned update, and you will too
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide continues to cling tightly, perhaps even aggressively, to my Steam installations, my occasionally waning interest repeatedly re-sparked by the addition of akimbo-autopistolling chem fiends or haughty toasterpeople. A live service sucker, it makes me. Today's Depths of the Damned update, the grimdark co-op shooter's biggest since the Skitarii rocked up, continues the…
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's Depths of the Damned update, the game's most substantial expansion since Skitarii arrived, plunges players into the toxic waters of Tertium's water treatment facility. This massive new mission is as revolting as it is captivating, featuring a fetid green liquid flowing through cavernous spaces, dark moss sprouting from the moisture, and blasphemous new life growing on cages that the complex's former gangster owners likely never intended for decoration.
The facility's denizens are not amicable, actively utilizing the space's expansive sightlines to rain down lasgun fire while their fellow cultists charge into melee range. The Spillway's interior is even more unhygienic, covered in daemonic growths that have essentially become an integral part of the structure. Entire rooms are festooned from floor to ceiling with the muck, creating a playable Fantastic Voyage experience where Raquel Welch, if she were an Ogryn, would find herself in a situation quite similar.
Despite this, the Spillway doesn't offer the radically different feel that some other post-launch operations have brought to Darktide. Instead, it stands as a more conventional oscillation of fierce wave combat and quieter traversal, though it does try to incorporate some smaller twists along the way. These include daub of gang graffiti marking the safer path through the labyrinthine pipes and an ambush by a traitor Captain, a foe typically reserved for the final boss in other missions.
The update's final boss, while not entirely fresh, represents a significant challenge. This boss advances through phases, unleashing ruinous AoE attacks and cackling through invulnerable periods, embodying the mad space wizard he is. To emerge victorious, players must ensure their squads are more attentive and skilled than my band of AI bots, otherwise, they too will end up like me: a psychically flayed corpse, fallen without glory inside a lair made of poo chutes.
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