It is also BY FAR the best free-to-play game of all-time, and I don't even think there is a close second. It's innovative, it's developers are constantly pushing the envelope, and with it's recent (well, in the last couple years) addition of Solo Self-Found, it also has some of the aspects I love about Grim Dawn. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Path of Exile. I am basically selling Grim Dawn to those who love playing Diablo 2 as a self-found loot hunt. If you play the vanilla version of Diablo 2, you have to be on Battlenet realm to access these features, and that limits your stash space to nothing.
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I never played any expansion/DLC though, only the original.Īlot of people here like to play Diablo 2 with a mod called PlugY, which allows for infinite storage space and enables Ladder-only runewords. But compared to Grim Dawn, what aspects in PoE is not as good?Įdit: Btw just as an FYI I am one of those that actually think D3 was pretty good. It's IMHO the next-gen DII and and I think it's skill system is really cool. I liked PoE for a time though and I still think (even after stop playing) it's a game that has practically zero flaws. So may I ask you to summarize the downsides of PoE that you mention above? I know DII well, but never played neither titan quest nor torchlight. Never pllayed it, but I gotta admit you sold it well, hehe. If you aren't a person who gives a crap about ladder races or online economies, there is no other choice for the king of the hill.
It's turned into one of the great games of recent years. There isn't any real toxicity in the Grim Dawn community, just a couple thousand people who love ARPG mechanics. On top of all that, the developers are totally focused on listening to the hardcore community, and even a cursory visit to the forums will show evidence of this. There is no reason any ARPG fan shouldn't have a copy of Grim Dawn on their computer. It combines the best aspects of Diablo 2, Titan Quest, Torchlight 2, and Path of Exile and has very little of the weaknesses of any of those games. This game has always been good ever since it was released, but they have not only vastly improved optimization, but the expansions (and coming expansion) have fleshed out all it's weaknesses and turned it into an absolute juggernaut of the genre. The fact that the drops aren't balanced around thousands of people playing means you are always finding something exciting and making progress that doesn't rely on other people. While you can certainly team up with friends, no ARPG (outside of maybe Torchlight 2) has ever been this solo-friendly. There are a myriad of potions that give actual buffs and resistances.īottom-line: The game is accessible, deep, fluid, and best of all, it is a totally solo experience. Picking up gear is necessary because gold (iron bits in this game) is scarce and absolutely necessary and meaningful to your success, yet thankfully your inventory is always big enough that you aren't constantly porting back to town. It brings back the idea of farming certain bosses for certain items. It currently has six acts and is expanding to eight. There is a wave-mode called the Crucible if you need to get yourself a level or two and some quick loot. The more of certain types of enemies you kill, the more lucrative spawns start appearing. There is a faction and reputation system. There are more Legendary Items and gameplay defining sets than one can count. If you liked the resistances and the role they played in Nightmare and Hell in Diablo 2, you will be happy to know that Grim Dawn has at least twice as many you need to manage to survive. Every piece of gear can be enchanted (in this game called augmentation). Then you have a Devotion tree of dozens of Constellations to further certain aspects of your build. You have your main mastery, your supplemental mastery.
The core of any game like this is the skills and the loot hunt, and this game has both in spades. There are more secret areas and dungeons than you can shake a stick at. But it is faster, it is tighter, the monster density is infinitely better. It's basic premise is based on Titan Quest, it's engine is based on Titan Quest. Well, Grim Dawn takes the best aspect of Titan Quest (which in my mind is the dual-mastery system that allows dozens of class possibilities) and eliminates the glacial pace of that game. Many people (especially here) actually prefer Titan Quest to Diablo 2. Grim Dawn is without question the main successor to Diablo 2 in every way. I know we have had some limited discussion of this game before, but with a new expansion on the horizon (Forgotten Gods), and this forum's general love of the loot-hunt, ARPG genre, it is really time to give this game it's due.
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