Grim Dawn

Seems like a great game but this review stays at 1 star until a bug is fixed where an error message comes up in game preventing you from using a controller on any resolution other than 1920x12XX pls fix cause ARPG controls are sucky on PC and this game seems so cool!

Rage review, so let's see how objectivity goes. The game has some very good points, specially for people whom love ARPG. The class and leveling system is very interesting, allows for very well calculated an varied builds, the game is well thought from the beginning to the end-game. Compared to Diablo 3 I would say that it is a lot less polished, something normal, Blizzard has zilions of employees. The game can compensate for that with a much better class and leveling system, this game is not shallow after a while. At least if you love the genre. Compared to PoE, I loved this one more. PoE has much better graphics but I liked this one way more anyway. History and characters are terrible, just as in any other ARPG. You are here for the face melting and the classes and the grinding. That part is what is very good. I ended giving one star because the game tends to update itself every week or so. The update always seems to take 2 Gb. You think that you are going to play GD? Nah, you aren't. You look for something else to do. This time I got frustrated and unistalled. About 35 hours of play and might come back some day, I'd say it was worth the money. Summary: Good ARPG made with little resources. Not so many things and graphics as DIABLO 3, but you get more in other areas. You can feel that this game was made by fans of these kind of games.

I like the game, story is way better than the one in Path of Exile. Definetly not as good as D3. If you can digest "american fantasy" which in this case means "steampunk", you will like this game. World, camera, small details in all locations are amazing and make great immersive (I hate that word) experience. But... I got to level 28 on veteran difficulty and I just could not play anymore. After spending like 50+ talent points I still got like 1 ability. That is BORING as F. I dont understand this design. Waving with my 2 hand axe and clicking swipe every 4 seconds is all that game has to offer? At level 28 in Diablo you change between different skills and runes all the time. Furthermore, gearing is really bad. The only upgrades are at the vendor. But since vendor items are randomized, you need to be lucky to get something usefull. Mind that - usefull, not good. I was gear starved for like 15 levels before I gave up. Its not fun to fight boss that has tons of summons, 20x more HP than you with gear 18 levels below your current one, only to get a reward thats 20 levels below you current hero level. I do not recommend.

I couldn't get into multiplayer, but I was willing to overlook it since I mostly play single player. Unfortunately, I encountered too many annoying issues to be able to enjoy the game and just asked for a refund within hours of purchase. 1) Various controller issues. No DS4 support. Sometimes, controller won't be recognized. Sometimes, I had issues with controller input lag. At times, only some buttons worked. Some menus don't work with the controller at all. When I didn't have technical issues with a controller, I just couldn't get comfortable with their function in menus. When using a controller, this game could use a completely reworked menu that's meant for a controller, instead of simply mimicking a KBM. 2) No quest tracking. Even if I was willing to overlook controller issues and play with a KBM, the lack of quest tracking kills the game for me. I don't like reading through a wall of text to get a mild hint of where I need to go, then spend a lot of time lost not even knowing if I'm even anywhere near the quest location. 3) Very boring beginning. For the first 8 levels or so, all I was doing was holding down a button and watching my character auto attack, one target at a time, against a dozen enemies. I have no idea if skills were available for purchase since the game isn't very good with tutorials. It was mind-numbingly boring.

Bought this game to play with a friend (we both have high end PCs). Cannot play for more than 10 minutes without a crash. To indicate how bad it is, a fan made an entire website devoted to crash fixes! Thus far cannot get it working. Will update the review if/when we can get the game playable.