How hard is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead to learn?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a D5 (Abyss): staggering depth, a brutal interface, and almost no onboarding. The deep end.
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Why Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a D5
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How hard is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead to learn?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a D5 (Abyss): staggering depth, a brutal interface, and almost no onboarding. The deep end.
Is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead good for beginners?
No. It's a D5 (Abyss): brutal from the start, steep throughout. Go in knowing that.
A benchmark on the chart
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a reference point: a well-known game that calibrates the scale, so a D5 means the same thing everywhere. Our full training descent, the staged path that takes you from Surface to a game’s real depth, is reserved for underserved games that don’t already have a good guide. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead has plenty.