I have put about 6 hours into this game at this writting, so I havent gotten too far as of yet. The story isn't bad and the music is OK, and the game is fun, however the controls are a bit of a pain for an ARPG. Just trring to jump over a short distance can leave you wishiing the distance was shorter. Needing to hold down 3 buttons with your left hand and hitting the space bar at the right moment can cause a lot of reoeat trys just to clear a short distance. The good: The music fits the mood for the area you're in. Combat is intuitive and fun. The story they are telling could be better, but is good. I like the graphics, they look good. Riding a mount is OK but needs work. Shapeshifting is fun and can be devistating. All keys can be remapped. The Bad: There is a high learning curve for all of the controls (and there are a lot). The native controls for the game are all left hand for movement (WASD, left SHIFT, left CTRL) this can be bad for those of us with large hands or disabilatys. The Ugly: I tryed remapping some of the keys to my multiy button mouse and the game didn't like it at all. The game actually forced me to double tap those mouse buttons. This may be a system issue but byer beware.
Bad review (not for the game) but what the hell I have been playing Grim Dawn since it was in Alpha (build 8), and have watched it grow to the fanominal game it has become. If you are a fan of ARPG's, light horror, beat em up's, hack n slash, or loot em up's this is a game you must own. The dev's at Crate Ent. keep the game up to date, have made 2 expansions, and working on a third expansion for a game that was released in 2016. That is commitment from a dev team who listens to thier player base even though they are working on other types of games. There is only one other game I have invested over 1000 hours into (D2 anyone), and I have put more time into GD then I did with the other. Grim Dawn has zombies, monsters, animals, weird animals, corrupted animals, demons, ghosts, spirits, gods, even things I still haven't figured out yet and you get to fight with them all. What more can you ask for. If you are one of those who cant invest more than a few minutes at a time into your gaming then you may want to steer clear of GD. This is because each of the rift gates are 30 minutes to an hour apart (depending on play style). (Rift Gates are for lack of a better term, check points) Maybe one day I will write up a proper reveiw for GD on GoG
