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Recommended 97.7 hrs on record

The term "the game Diablo 3 should have been" comes to mind pretty readily. A quick rundown on how the game mechanics work, you don't start off as a class (in Grim Dawn, they're called Masteries), instead, you start as a blank slate, you hit level two, and you choose your first one. After you hit level 10, you choose your second Mastery. I wont lie, at first I had my doubts on whether or not I'd like this system, but, after playing for a while, I've grown to love it. You'll find that one "class" you like, and you start trying to pair it with others to make it better. It's an interesting and new approach to the skill tree.



It's an amazing game, and it has it all:



Gameplay? Widely varies depending on the route you take for skills. You want to smash your enemies with a massive hammer? You can. You want to shoot lightning out of your finger tips? You can... kinda. You want to put a cap in a bad guys ass? Oh, you can. A very strong area of the game. Plenty of things to do, recipes to discover, gear to find, loot to grind. With the right build, every combination is viable. That said, towards the end game, you become very gear dependant, which is honestly, probably true for any rogue-like. The issue I have with the gear dependancy is in the late game, you'll struggle if you aren't geared nicely. That last bit is moot in my opinion, I'm not going to dock points because I have pretty bad rng when it comes to loot.



Story/setting? Top notch. It's dark, straight up. You can say to yourself, I wouldn't mind living in Harry Potter's world. Or Star Wars, or Star Trek. I would NOT want to live in Grim Dawn's world. I'd take my chances in Westeros. Never has a single quest made me feel so... "that's messed up" before - the story, and writing is that strong.



Graphics? This might be the weakest area of the game, and even then, it's still a very pretty and good looking game. From desert to forest, from jungle to a city absolutely ravaged. Hills to farmland. It has very diverse biomes, each with it's own set of unique monsters to that biom. It's not the sharpest, or prettiest game you'll ever see, but, I have zero complaints.



I was blown away when I found this game. If you like RPG games, you need this one. I want, and am eager for more Grim Dawn.



9/10 in my book.