Best RPG game!

This game is just what Diablo 3 should have been.

It's more of a predecessor of Diablo 2. It's dark, it's gothic.

Lots of items and skill variety and the to playthrough the story was a blast. It keeps you constantly going as your character develops and you just want another upgrade before logging out.

The only downside so far in my opinion is the Multiplayer mode.

I didnt had any crashes or the like, but you can basically compare it with Diablo 2 Open Battle Net. So its possibly to play with a cheated character and ♥♥♥♥ like that.

If they would put a bit of work into a Multiplayer mode with server saved characters like closed bnet, it would be a hell of a game.

Either way, you can put hundreds of hours into it and playing with friends you know is still a blast.

Saddle up boys, I'm here to tell you about a PC hidden gem. Why is it hidden? More people should know about it - hell, more people should have it. Let's review it. Spoilers btw.


Grim Dawn was something I had in my wishlist for quite some time - since the game was still considered to be Early Access in fact. It was only recently that I had found myself playing hours upon hours dedicated to a single ARPG. I strongly feel like the developers of Crate Entertainment didn't just make a game, but instead wrote a love letter to those who've appreciated classic ARPGs such as Diablo 2 and Titan Quest. Grim Dawn captures the aesthetic of a somber, wicked world that puts you in the spotlight of it all. The plot is centered around an ongoing epidemic with Aetherials, Chthonians, Undead, and even a group of human enemies known as Cronley's Gang. The story starts with you about to be hung for being posessed by an Aetherial. In the middle of your lynching the Aetherial spirit nopes out of your body and Captain Shootygun McCree uses his amazing dexterity to High Noon the rope and save your life. You remember absolutely nothing, from here on it's a fresh slate. But that comes with some consequences. Due to your Aetherial posession, you have the ability to conjure up rift gates that majik people to other rift gates that you'll find around the landscape of Carin. People may not trust you - because to them, you're a demon; and you'll come across many people who are outright crazy - let me be the first to say, your decisions matter. Not end-game changing, but they matter.

Now I could go on about the gameplay features, and they're good too, don't get me wrong but I really want to talk about the story and underlying lore that hardly gets mentioned. Every once in a while you'll come across a note or a page from a journal or diary and you'll start to piece together the stories of some of the inhabitants of Carin. Whomever wrote these pages is absolutely fantastic. I've hunted down many of these and they really do highlight the kind of world you're in. One story told the tale of a son waiting for his father to come back but never does - we're assumed he's dead since the journal mentions his father being on a trip to the north, where the Aetherial invasion started. Another details the story of a family trying to head south but ends up being blocked off, their horse dies and the remaining survivors have to resort to cannibalistic tendancies to sate their ever lasting hunger. You start to realize exactly what you've been thrown into. And it's not pretty.

From a gameplay standpoint, I'd place it rather high. As it currently stands, there are the 35 quests that can be completed as well as the Crucible for you to tackle on. Character customization is rather lacking but build variety more than makes up for this. Without mods, there are 6 different classes - or as the game refers to them, as "masteries" - and when you hit level 10 you then have the option to take on a second class to form quite a unique variety of play styles. Each mastery feels unique and fresh, and the skill trees are fleshed out to reflect and compliment the feel of the masteries very well. Do you wish to use pyrotechnics, grenades, and pistols to blow your enemies apart? Or perhaps you're one to use nature itself to rip your enemies to shreds? The options are in your hands, which I really do enjoy. My two main characters are a Pyromancer (Demolitionist + Occultist) and a Blademaster (Soldier + Nightblade) which I highly recommend you try out if you get the chance.

Loot is fun to acquire but there are plenty of times where I'm finding things I don't ever need and can cometimes result in my character being undergeared - not to say this is necessarily a bad thing however. When I find something that I can actually use to compliment my build it feels gratifying in its own right. With the addition of the Crucible you are rewarded with plenty of loot chests to give you plenty of tasty gear.

There is one thing I'm not a fan of - and that is, that in the current state of the game there is no form of transmog system in place. I know this is more of a Diablo/WoW thing but it can easily be adapted. The High-End gear looks good, it really does, but having that freedom to the player should be something in place.

All in all, I'm very pleased with Grim Dawn and am very looking forward to what Crate has in store for us in the near future. I'd give it an 8.5/10 in it's current state.

True spiritual successor to Diablo 2.

Better than the Diablo series...
I am serious.

Update: thanks to all - problem solved, it was wireless mouse acting up, reducing the distance between mouse and computer solved the problem. Otherwise the game is good.

Titan's Quest of Exile.

I'm an experienced player of Diablo II. I can tell you securelly: This game is incredible. For me, it is the best hack'n'slash I have played. Everything, EVERITHYNG, is very well done. I bought in a few days, and I don't stop to play. Was a time a game like this locked me.

- Maps are incredible large. The world can be 8 times greater than Diablo II.
- Class customization is incredible and awesome. You can use two classes and a sistem of Devotion than makes your character unique.
- Large content. They are making DLCs, I hope they never stop.
- Lore and ambient incredible.
- Engine awesome. Corpses fly away and explouds on dust. Nice!
- Rift system for mobility. Very smart.
- You can use fire guns.
- Factions and quartermaster system.

This is what I discovered by myself from now. I'm playing more and more... If you are curious and like the game style, just buy and try it. You will not be desapointed.

Note: 10/10. I will dye playing this game. Devs, give me content for a life, please.

This game is the unforgettable game as same as diablo 2,althrou the background isn't impressive,but the others can make up it.

I've been a huge fan of hack n slash dungeon crawlers for a long time. Fiance and I love co-op games and are always looking for more to play. We've done Torchlight, Victor Vran, Diablo, Van Helsing etc. and after hearing great reviews about Grim Dawn decided to finally pick it up.

I have to say it was a headache from the start.

I know not everyone agrees, but I myself prefer to use a gamepad/controller whenever I can, especially in games with excessive clicking as it kills my wrist (I'm looking at you, torchlight...) so for ergonomic purposes I prefer a controller. I was thrilled to see "FULL CONTOLLER SUPPORT" on the store page, so we both got our controllers set up, got the LAN game running, and then spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out why the controllers didn't work. Well, apparently what the devs consider "full controller support" actually means "Lol some buttons work, but not all of them, and definitely not in the usual configuration that every other game in history has ever used." Left and right TRIGGERS to select items and advance dialogue? Not "A" button? Wtf? We couldn't even navigate the menu or speak to the first npc in the game, had to give up and resort to the old mouse and keyboard. I figured, fine, whatever, I'll just use the damn mouse.

It just got worse from there. Horrible confusing UI and lack of information. Tutorial tips will occasionally pop up, but only when you DONT need them to, and block your screen so you can't see what you're reading/clicking on/fighting. That happens a lot by the way- things popping up randomly on screen and blocking your view. Hell, even the world items like trees and shacks and rocks and tombstones etc. all block your view a lot so be prepared to rotate the camera constantly. One time in an underground area I was in the middle of a huge fight with a dozen enemies, and somehow through the onslaught of clicking (as a hack and slash, this game REALLY pushes the "click everything repeatedly" strategy) and SOMEHOW accidentally clicked on a shrine (Shrine? What's a shrine? The game doesn't tell you ANYTHING so everything is new and confusing) which opened a huge window that blocked my entire screen and I nearly died. That was fun...

Speaking of confusing, the game is unecessarily complicated. I LOVE lore. I love learning and delving deep into history and bestiaries and all the dark secrets of games. I've spent THOUSANDS of hours in other games doing just this. But Grim Dawn really throws you into the dark and then everyone else acts like they know wtf is going on, when you don't. Not just the story and plot but also the entire game mechanics. What does this skill do? What type of damage is this? What's the difference between frostburn and cold? What do all these skills do??? Each skill is explained in a long paragraph purposely obfuscate and convoluted essay about the history of arcane arts and then at the end says "does 2-4 fire damage" with no real explanation of wtf the skill / power / item / weapon/ whatever actually DOES. If you like mysteries and being confused a lot, this is the game for you, but it seems the devs wanted to make their game really deep and dark and edgy and purposely complicated, when it was not necessary. I may have felt a bit lost in Dark Souls but this is a whole nother level. Once you discover the Devotions screen you'll understand what I mean by "overwhelming..."

Despite being complex the game itself is actually quite boring, the plot is generic and the enemy AI is very predictable. Battles are soooo repetitive, it's literally just clicking simulator 2016, and I've played plenty of ARPGs but this is too much. There's no point in any real strategy or tactics or theory crafting because anyone who clicks fast enough and pushes hotkeys fast enough can win.

Multiplayer is a joke too, I'm not sure WHY the devs decided that NPC dialogues system in multiplayer works where ONLY ONE PERSON can listen to an NPC, and everyone else gets locked out of dialogue. Meaning whoever talks to the NPC must parrot back the whole conversation to the other players or they won't know what happened. Why???? Every other multiplayer game has been able to deal with this fine. Grim Dawn really enjoys leaving its players in the dark...

Loot is also quite uninspired and samey, at just level 5 I was already selling 99% of my loot because it's garbage, its just another "collect everything, go sell everything, collect everything, go sell everything" clone where once in a blue moon you might find something good.

I had high hopes but I think I'll just stick with Diablo, or PoE, or go try out Titan Quest since Grim Dawn is apparently the successor to TQ. Other people love this game and swear it's amazing so it might be worth trying out but to me it just seems very unfinished and not worth my time. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way as there are hundreds of other people all chiming in with their disappointment as well. This game is either "love it" or "hate it" so it's up to you.