When comparing Grave vs Darkwood, the Slant community recommends Darkwood for most people. In the question“What are the best single player & open world survival-horror games on the PC with a focus on base building?” Darkwood is ranked 10th while Grave is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Darkwood is:
Darkwood is a top down game that has dark murky graphics with misty fog that fit the mood really well and awesome lighting effects from the players flashlight.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Surrealist world that changes every night
The world changes on every passing night giving the game a unique and original twist.
Pro Light based fighting
All weapons in game are light based and used to fight darkness.
Pro Day and night cycle
There is a day/night cycle in Grave, with the night time events being different in that there are new regions that are able to be explored as well as different dangers awaiting.
Pro Survive the Night Mode
Survive the Night Mode has been added as a gameplay option, though it does cost $10 currently.
Pro Oculus Rift support
There is built in support for the Oculus Rift.
Pro Beautiful top down graphics that illustrate a creepy and murky world
Darkwood is a top down game that has dark murky graphics with misty fog that fit the mood really well and awesome lighting effects from the players flashlight.
Pro The random generation of the game makes it all the more terrifying, as you never know what will come next
The game is really dark, has a lot of atmospheric tension, and is randomly generated to keep it from being to predictable. This way the player never knows what will happen next, which ups the element of surprise by quite a lot.
Pro Extremely replayable thanks to the random generation of the game
The maps are randomly-generated, adding extra replayability value since you never know what you will find with every new game.
Pro Optional permadeath makes for an easier time for those that want it
If you die and don't want to start from the beginning losing all of your progress you don't have to.
Pro Immersive sound effects suits the game and its creepy environments well
Sound in horror games can really make the difference on whether it’s scary or not and Darkwood's has really awesome sound.
Cons
Con Not released yet
Grave is not released yet with no publish date set. A demo is available to the backers of its Kickstarter.
Con May start to feel extremely tedious
It's very hard to find valuable gear in this game. Most of the caches the player finds will be filled with items that can be crafted into useful gadgets, and even they are very rare.
Not having good gear means that you will be dying a lot, especially in the early stages of the game, since you will be venturing to find anything you need while being practically defenseless.
While pretty fun at first, scouring the map with little to no protection will start feeling pretty tedious soon enough.
Con Poor tutorials
The short tutorials in the game do not do a good job of explaining certain aspects of the game such as cooking or leveling.