Should You Play Grim Dawn in 2024? Classic ARPG Review
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2023
- Grim Dawn is a beloved Action RPG, heralded as a must play for fans of games like Path of Exile and Diablo, but does it still hold up despite the old engine?
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Originally, when I made this video Grim Dawn was a complete title (Crate said Forgotten Gods was their last expansion. However.... we're now getting a major game update, and a brand new (completely unexpected) expansion tying into Crate's upcoming RTS
One of the best ARPG ever made. Single player, lots of content and very diverse in building your character.
What’s great about Grim Dawn and all these non live service games is the multiple mods people have made to give longevity to the game
"No insane crazy content for insane crazy builds". You could not be more wrong my friend. This game has, IMHO, the best gear ever put into an ARPG. Ever seen a fully kitted out DW Belgothian's Blademaster, or Trozan's skyshard Druid? Proc's on-top of proc's on-top of proc's. So many cool and fun gear and skill interactions its crazy! You can make an entire build from the skills given to you by gear alone, or take an existing skill and have it changed entirely by gear. By comparison, a game like D3 has positively mundane gear when it comes to skill and gameplay modifiers.
There really has not been any arpg that offers a true succession to original Diablo. Path of Exile and Grim Dawn probably the most. PoE does provide that dark fantasy atmosphere. Which was the purpose of original Diiablo. It is an arpg. But it's a dark fantasy first and foremost. The direct opposite of power fantasy. Better referred to as mindless inanity. Dark Fantasy is exactly what the story of Grim Dawn screams, but the graphics/art do not reflect with any shred of justice.. Grim Dawn does improve with camera rotation, and at least a bit more meaningful combat. Last Epoch is a joke. It can be something that appeals to some users. But it's pretty much as bland as an arpg can get.
A little thing to add. You can skip to ultimate difficulty with the Forgotten Gods expansion. If you reach ultimate, you can buy a merit in the town to give to another character. It unlocks both elite and ultimate, gives you the quests bonus points for normal and elite (you still need to get the shrines) and it gives you all the teleport points, so you can rush to the shrines/quests. Great review overall
Grim Dawn Season 5 comes out on 5/19/23. Mods Keep this game fresh. One of my favorite arpgs of all time. about 3,000 hours into the game so far.
I just picked this up after getting bored af with Diablo 4. This game rocks, the environments are awesome. And the D2 comparison is apt.
For some reason this ARPG just feel like home to me, despite not having made it through the entire game yet. I like that it's not so super fast like POE. In some ARPG's there's just too much going on for me.
As a fan of single player ARPGs, this game is perfection for me. I've tried PoE, but I just can't get that into it. I feel Grim Dawn does exactly what I want an ARPG to do, while PoE feels like a chore. Also, I've never been a fan of seasons, so that part of PoE is something I never really liked (my first playthrough in PoE was during a season and I didnt realize that the seasonal mechanics from that specific season were not actually part of the main game, which immediately turned me off the game, because it ruined my build). Different strokes for different blokes, I guess lol
This video didn't age well
I think this might the best ARPG ever made.....because everything in the game is thought-out and makes sense. Every detail from character building, to progress and lore/world building is just great.
I’ve been addicted to vampire survivors for the past few weeks and needed something more hardcore and longer with more choice involved and this game is scratching that itch perfectly
I decided to pick it up and I'm about 24 hours just slowly enjoying the story on my first play through - there's a LOT to love in this game and that's before you get to the DLCs. Just brilliant.
I picked this up yesterday, played for 5ish hours, then went back and purchased all the DLC.
I have played GD about 4.5k hours. I have twenty-something 100-level characters each playing differently. I can say money and time well spent. What I especially like is the progression and the freedom to develop your character. There are plenty of challenges both in the early and late game: rogue dungeons, totems, nemesis bosses, celestial bosses, shattered realm, crucible etc. Great also for co-op play. I think for new players the amount of choice can be daunting, but once you get the hang of it, you can really start enjoying this game.
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As for content mods - there are 2 most notable ones that are worth checking out
With forgotten gods expansion you can get items to that let you skip to ultimate difficulty. You will only need to play through the three difficults one time. Then other characters can skip ahead.
Each playthrough unlocks more bosses and uber bosses Tenkiei. You can't even access uber bosses without each play through. Also the loot pool get bigger and better each play through.