Grim Dawn

The intro, story and so far game play really captured me, it seems more guided and linear than other games, but those are usually less interesting, so its quite still good. Graphics do look dated, for 2016, but once you play a bit longer, its hard to notice it and it somehow starts getting pretty, not to forget the fun it also brings to the Table. But when i wanted to play with others online, it forces me to use GOG Galaxy, there is DRM in this and i cannot be bothered or want to use GOG Galaxy, and requiring something like that for online play is DRM, so i bought in the end, half of the game i could have gotten.

Awesome game by an awesome developer. This is my favorite ARPG by far. I knew about it a long time ago and I regret not getting it when it was new. This game is gorgeous to look at and very satisfying to play. So many ways to play, so many things to try, and an impressive amount of diverse loot/gear. Like Diablo I & II? Like Lovecraftian Horror? Like ARPGs made by developers that actually know what they're doing? If you said yes to one or two of these, I recommend this game. You can expect awesome things when the all the people involved with making the games also play them. Grim Dawn has had massive and awesome updates. Differed Rendering, visuals, balancing (Veteran is now properly difficult), and a ton of other things. Many issues in other reviews have likely been patched. The Devs are great. The game is great. -- (Above review is also my Steam review)

As the title says I have an odd relationship with ARPGs. This can be summarised as, I enjoy them but I don't really care about loot. You're probably thinking that is stupid. ARPGs are all about the loot. Sorry but I just think grinding loot for the sake of a pointless stat in a game is a lesson in futility. No one gives a crap what your DPS is. You can play this game for 1000 hours if you want to but you won't have anything to show for it except your age. Your stats and that fancy armour your character is wearing is a collection of binary data and nothing more. Loot for me, is the thing you collect on your way to a boss, or the end of a story. That is where this game falls down for me. There is no story. Unless you count fetch quests and your character getting possessed without a single attempt at explanation. One dimensional characters you find at random in the world who will throw their overbaring burdons on you depsite not knowing anything about you. There is no presence here to keep me going. Nothing keeping me coming back. Sure, if you are the sort of person who's character stats and ability builds are the number one priority you might get some enjoyment but for me that stuff is secondary and that stuff is very boring. I'll give you an example. Diablo III might have a lot of things wrong with it but going on an epic adventure to destroy a massive Demon is interesting. As are the characters. As are the minor bosses. Yet even in Diablo 3, when the story was done I was done. The combat was satisfying but there wasn't enough to keep me there. Grim Dawn is Diablo 3, with a better skill system and none of the story/character and that is a deal breaker for me.

This is currently the best ARPG that I know. Well paced, good atmosphere and most importantly: it gives you full control how to develop your character. Interesting classes and well balanced skill trees that allow for different development paths within one class. The constellation devotion bonuses add another layer of complexity. In comparison games where you have no control over the character progression and everything is only decided by your equipment are boring. (Diablo 3, Victor Vran, ...) Does that mean that one can take 'wrong' decisions and get a sub-optimal character? Yes, but skill-points and devotion points can be re-skilled if you notice it doesn't work. For a price of course, but money is easy to come by in this game. Summary: Grim Dawn takes the RPG part of ARPG serious. It takes some learning, but is very rewarding. I liked Titan Quest and the Torchlights, but Grim Dawn is more fun than both!

WOW... The story is alright, it's what you'd expect, but with this universes own spin more or less. But the customization and replayability is astounding. 36 DIFFERENT CLASS COMBINATIONS!!! Tons of items... It's awesome. I hope there is a lot more to come. I have been scouring every part of the map so far and on my first character I have 42 hours in the game so far and I just started the DLC. Not only is there 36 different class combinations (including single classes), but every class has different abilites that you can use so your playthrough with the same class can have like 2+ different builds. The game looks really good and it's a lot of fun. It's a little overwhelming how much replayability there is. Definitely worth your money, DLC included. Really look forward to more contect. Thank you CRATE ENTERTAINMENT.