Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made: Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn is one of the best ARPGS released in the last five years, and it could seriously be one of the best ARPGS ever made. It's one of only three to release in that time, but regardless it boasts fun gameplay, an interesting setting, and Grobles. So at least the gameplay and the setting are good.
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[@Liam4Dead]

The map gets better the more you play, you realize there’s secrets, little areas you missed and they stay remain on subsequent playthroughs. You can also do really entertaining things like skip the entire first act, kill the second act boss and be at Homestead before deciding to head to Burrwich. Currently sitting at 1k hours on Steam with this beast, and I’ve still not done everything.

[@gickygackers]

really, i thought it was like 8 hours of gameplay

[@Liam4Dead]

@@gickygackers Hardcore adds a lot of replayability, especially in theorycrafting how to skip the earlier levels and get some skill points.

[@CraftyF0X]

Bad news (or hoever you interpret it), Im above 4k hours, yet to try everything.

[@CraftyF0X]

@@Liam4Dead I speedrun the living shit out of this game already ( I should after like 300+ character) you can make a lvl 53 char in 1 hour or a lvl 100 in 9 though it depens on the build too. (only with leveling gear and with knowledge what worth doing and how to do it fast as possible)

[@bernhardwinkler9597]

How can you skip Warden?

[@xibal3405]

Agreed, I had a similar experience. Didn't like it at first, but, my god, the class system is god tier. To date my favorite ARPG.

[@ivanmarquez2218]

I fumbled my first playthrough by making an aggresively shitty character. I dropped the game and never looekd back. Ashes of malmouth released, I came back with insight, made a Chad Arcanist/Demolitionist and had a fucking blast. So yeah, more or less the same.

[@bvyup2112]

maybe ill try it again. The item finding didnt catch me like Diablo does. I liked Path of Exile right away but never really played it very long. Both were way better than Diablo 3 though.

[@Gondonr]

It's great but needs major content updates like path of exile. I'd happily pay for them too.

[@tari8228]

same but watching the video and seeing the classes has me excited again

[@xen0bia]

Why is this so common?? I had the exact same thing happen to me... I bought the game a few years back, leveled a character to lvl 25 and just abandoned the game for whatever reason. Then, recently, I played a small CRPG game called Ember, which admittedly was a short bt ok game, so when I was done I wanted something similar and thought I hadn't really given GD much of a chance and started playing it again... That was a month or 2 ago, and now I have 300+ hours of gameplay, wtf! I absolutely love it! PS: I played PoE but didn't not like the endgame stuff at all, as I found it too hard and a hella punishing. I also really hated the elitist community defending the dramatic difficulty curve for the casual players - this was ages ago, so maybe it's different now. This is completely absent in GD. All discussions I've had so far have been positive, a-hole free. The way you want to play and prioritize is your business and the game allows it.

[@Ming_______]

I actually LIKE the map. Something not mentioned in the video is that the world is absolutely full of secret areas not obvious by blindly following the minimap. Including classic stuff like being able to go behind waterfalls. There's also more verticality than in most ARPGs, so the world feels less flat and more like a real place. There's something to be said about scale too, if you find a city for example, it's a CITY, not just a few dinky buildings.

[@riddermark1398]

Grim Dawn is not only my favorite ARPG of all time. It's one of my favorite games of all time. Everything about it is pure quality. From the gameplay, to the sound design, endgame, story, ect. Also, the maps are really fun if you enjoyed solving mazes when you were a kid, which I loved to do.

[@scipocelah6677]

My absolute favorite lore note grouping was on the family who turned cannibal and lured in travelers for food. The writing in the lore notes is usually top tier. Edit: for anyone curious the lore notes are Trip South - Part 1-3

[@juhanipolvi4729]

Also, the notes of a mad scientist that wanted to create new lifeform (human-snake hybrid) and finally succeeded in creating a viable one - but in a VERY nasty way...

[@bobac2816]

I love this game, such a masterpiece

[@sandrothenecromancer6810]

3 k hours spent on it cant go wrong

[@legendaryvicius]

Agreed mate. The game is awesome and still gets supported by the devs and i still play it to this day.

[@jine7123]

As a long time fan of the game, I will highly recommend playing with a mod called Dawn of Masteries - I really can't say enough good things about it. It simply adds so much without taking anything from the game.

[@xayahnepo]

The only issue it can give is, You never complete a run syndrome as you wanna try all the classes haha

[@Shrikil7]

It’s funny that you mentioned hating the human characters and showed John Bourbon specifically because a clone of him is one of the several secret celestial bosses. That said, grim dawn is one of my favorites. My brother and I played the hell out of it a few years ago.

[@seer6251]

lol, John Bourbon is one of my love hate relationships in this game. I have an irrational dislike of his entire being, but for that reason I really like him. Plus, he's the first guy you see, so you can't hate him, but he just exemplifies the 'bland human character' in world's like these.

[@supercato9613]

@@seer6251 The first guy you see is the asshole who still hates you after you killed Krieg, maybe Cronley too but I didn't check

[@smailedog657]

Wait till he finds out who that cook he rescued actually is. Also, Inquisitor Creed is a legend.

[@ezet]

Hard disagree on green being less interesting. The Monster Infrequent (MI) is the best rare/item system in any ARPG IMO (you use loot filter to hide all normal rares/greens anyway). It combines unique items having a set of build defining mods while having the rare system of random prefix/suffix. + and they are target farmable. So you if your build needs specific MI you can easily find one that has the unique mods you need, but it takes a while to find a perfect one as the rare mods are random. And there are tons of those for every skill.

[@StonedDragons]

Fortunately it also has a very good loot filtering system there, playing a necro/shaman full pet build, never want to smack a monster yourself? Tell it to only show items that are either uniques or with pet bonuses. Going an inquisitor/demolitionist build and want to max out that fire damage? (I LOVE this build btw, twin pistols, bursting rounds, everything dies.) search fire items or those that buff class abilities.

[@Prohxyy]

Yeah I second this.

[@quint3ssent1a]

I remember finishing first playthrough with yellow gun, of all things 🤪🤪🤪 smh it rolled almost perfect stats for my dual lightning/fire gunslinger build and i customized it with additional cool things, so that it stayed relevant until the end of the game.

[@radiantfartcloud2041]

I always found it weird though, that MIs get lumped in with generic greens, which are not nearly as desirable.

[@Prohxyy]

@@radiantfartcloud2041 if you don't use the almost unanimously used rainbow mod, yeah it can appear that way. However even a generic green with a rare prefix and suffix are sometimes stronger than some legendaries, so I would suggest getting familiar with which ones are/aren't typically good. That said, almost everything in gd is end game viable.

[@isaacgorski6054]

I can't wait for more people to discover this game. It's truly a diamond game that usually costs $5 just to pick up the base game

[@Live2win1024]

I agree 100%. I followed the game while it was being made. Makers of Titanquest developing a new ARPG!? Sign me up. And still plays great to this day.

[@isaacgorski6054]

@@Live2win1024 I always end up having long breaks from this game because of other games..then I come back and play through like 5 or 6 characters trying to theory craft builds. Truly fun

[@Frostnburn]

Green items actually have more nuances than what you have described in the video, there are these things called "Monster Infrequents", or MI's, which are basically a special class of green items that a number of drop their own unique MI's that isn't dropped by anyone else, and these MIs often have mods that are not easily found anywhere else, or just outright don't exist in other rarities, such as, for example, reducing cooldown of a certain skill, or belts that increases all skills of a certain mastery (which doesn't exist on a belt) or specific elemental conversions that is otherwise hard to get or awkward to use as they may break your set effects or something along those lines.

[@paulwilliams8278]

Grim Dawns after Diablo 2 for me for my favorite ARPGs. After you get some time hunting Nemesis's (they can drop some good good), I think you will like the rep system more. Also, there are on the last tab of the rep vendors, Writs(might be different name) that can double Rep Gain, they are transferable to other characters, so you can buff rep gain per faction on other characters and after first Rep Table Quest Grind, on other characters, you can just do the main and side quests and kill monsters mostly to max or nearly max out the friendly factions. Nemesis's can drop the enemy faction versions, which is nice. Also, I feel items in GD are way more awesome then you let on. Some Purple items(some blues and greens too), completely change skill elemental properties and can really change up builds. I feel you though that it makes you need to check the Grim Calc site whenever you wana make a character, because you might be able to change 3 moves to the element you want, so that ight change what classes you pick for your character some times. Also, I love the devotion system, it gets a bit repetitive after multiple characters, but it does feel good when you finish a constellation that gives a big boost feel really good on your character. Also the big dungeons are pretty fun.

[@craigshelhammer5683]

Agreed on all points,I imagine after he gets enough time in he will learn how the gear can completely change how your character plays(so to speak)

[@bigjoeguy]

I haven't seen many comments praising a certain aspect of your videos. The song sources everytime there's a song transition. Probably a small thing not many people care about but I commend the work you put in always giving the sauce.

[@APedestrian220]

Hooray! I'm so glad you like this one, it's probably my personal favourite. Took me a good while to get into, I gotta admit, but the deeper in I got the more it hooked me. Not only that but every time I take a break, the devs release some big new giga-patch that pulls me right back in. Their dedication to the game is actually crazy

[@HW-ow9zp]

Had played some ARPGs over the years among other games. Tried Grim Dawn once and leveled to like 6 or 7 and said it wasnt for me. Then a while back I tried it again and now I'm 600+ hours and can't stop having fun trying stuff and going after the monster infrequents etc. Man it kinda turned me on to checking out other ARPGs and i continually come away thinking I've probably already played one of the best in this era. Great content man cheers

[@alphapolimeris]

Bounties are a relic of early access. It was "temporary endgame repeatable content" to give players something to do and build reputation. But now, you don't really need to grind reputation: they can all be increased (quite fast) by killing a specific ennemy type. So yeah, bounties are outdated, but it was a welcomed temporary solution to keep players busy during development. GD is the best. It's entirely designed to be fun, which sadly can't be said for "multiplayer oriented" arpg. Which is why I am kind of dreading the fact Last Epoch seems to be going really hard on it's soon to be multiplayer...

[@TheArnoldification]

Is the second part a jab at path of exile? If so, anything in particular you don't like about it? I've played thousands of hours of it and I'd feel bad if someone dropped it because its onboarding experience isn't the greatest

[@helios1087]

Also you can get a lot of rep by just simply progressing the plot and doing side quests. After that - there are mandates that give extra rep and by maxing out reputation you can buy super mandates that has even bigger rep multiplier and it can be shared between characters (which is the point). Grinding Cronley gang and Kymon's/Order rep is a bitch though, but when you unlock nemeses you can hunt them for warrants that work the same as super mandates.

[@salownsu123]

You can design for fun with online servers. The reason I don't play Grim Dawn regularly is specifically because there is no online without cheats.

[@alphapolimeris]

@@TheArnoldification It's not a job at PoE in particular. I dislike the game design implications of making competitive multiplayer ARPG. PoE is certainly an offender, but it's one among many. And since that kind of multiplayer is the norm, it's actually more of a praise to GD than a jab to something, really.

[@alphapolimeris]

@@salownsu123 Of course it's possible. Which is what I hope for Last Epoch. I just haven't seen any recently. But I don't know everything.

[@stephenwilliams9887]

Another great video from seer! Your throw barb series was amazing!

[@coincident]

That's a nice video, and a pretty accurate summary of the early experience of Grim Dawn. I hope you revisit this one later, after you get a lot more hours in, and have explored some of the end-game marvels that this game has: nemesis bosses, rogue-like dungeons, crucible & shattered realm arenas, secret & celestial bosses, etc. Many things change in the end game: getting reputation is easy on the harder difficulties so you can ignore bounties, and green items with good affixes become some of the best items you can hope to find. Looking forward for the next video in the series :)

[@seer6251]

Thanks for the insight! I'm excited to give this game more serious attention, especially in a hardcore playthough. I feel like there's a lot more to see and experience, and adding that kind of stress will push me to the next level. Plus I'm glad to hear rep grinds become easier, it was something I felt was needlessly tedious.

[@davidmills1520]

lol, I have 4300 hours into Grim Dawn and never realized that there was a search bar on the constellation menu until I just found myself rewatching this video

[@teogrom]

U deserve way more subs. Your videos are entertaining, funny , to the point and well edited. Keep it up!

[@seer6251]

Thank you!

[@offlineisonline4224]

Been waiting for this game since you started the seeries. Glad you enjoyed it, it's one of my favorites in the genre. Also glad you called out Shaman, I knew you'd like the big two handed lighting boy.

[@khacoach4340]

Is it weird that after hundreds of hours in, now I want to pick a class solely based on how cool looking the endgame weapon is, lol. Two handed are truly magnificient and your character looks so bad ass holding them big swords.

[@Alex_v1]

I actually really liked the layout of the world and felt like the random obstructions made going through the same static map more interesting on subsequent playthroughs - forcing me to find alternative paths and encouraging exploration. My biggest gripe with the game is probably the dulled colours combined with the grim tone and aesthetic, but what was I expecting eh? The devs/artists did a great job regardless and I feel like they accomplished what they set out to do with the setting. I love the class system a lot, so much experimentation possible. Throwing grenados and canister bombs with the demolitionist is just so damn satisfying - particularly with the ragdolling enemies. Explosions and big hits feel so good. As always, love your videos fam

[@khacoach4340]

Of all the builds you experimented, which felt the most satisfying in terms of killing mobs? I found the melee+ragdoll mobs flying away really satisfying, but your bombing character sounds fun too !

[@arrestedeffort]

In the ~150 hours I've played of Grim Dawn, I somehow never noticed the search bar in the Devotions menu, that would have made things so much easier for me. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll remember it for next time!

[@RivnatZille]

Grim Dawn is by far one of my favorite games, and my favorite ARPG of all times. I've kept a close eye on it since it was first announced, and played it for a long time since I got it on Steam Early Access.

[@gambitgaming7725]

I was so excited to click the upload on this one to see your input. This entire series has been great fun so far and GD has been one of my favourite ARPGs since its release. Agree with everything you said, but I do hope you venture deeper into "endgame" zones and skeleton key dungeons, they are truly challenging at times.

[@Sneaky-Snek]

for anyone seeing this grim dawn is going thru a huge update completely redoing its loot system (less loot, more items you want) and adding a defensive skill (roll, dodge) to every class so you have more agility, the 3rd expansion is in the works

[@osogitzgraymane72]

When covering itemization, you forgot to mention that in greens there are also some Mob/boss specific greens that can be build defining. Also, when doing devotions, when you make new characters you can skip the shrine process by using the Horde mode or The Crucible. Doesnt take that long in a decent group or to find someone whos willing to carry a new character for a bit to get your shrine stuff. I agree with almost all the things said here. Another good video. Keep up the good work!

[@StonedDragons]

He forgot to mention the greatest of all items in the game. Soiled pants. *fling*

[@seer6251]

Thank you very much! I need to experiment more with endgame, I kept rerolling so I definitely missed out on best in slot deliberation and theorycrafting. I'm excited to get into it enough to understand and complete a hardcore run.

[@captntunabeerd]

Love your script and work how you doing your videos. Awesome !

[@SubTonic]

It really is fantastic and one of the best of the genre. My only complaint is that the pacing drags a bit after you defeat Cronely. Once you reach Homestead it gets real good again, and both expansions are absolute winners. Itemization is great, combat is chunky and satisfying, and the amount of Ultimate-viable character builds is staggering. Great balance overall with a few hiccups here and there. I also absolutely love the game's roguelike dungeons, they remind me of the optional super dungeons in the Diablo 2 Median XL mod.

[@khacoach4340]

You captured that little pacing problem neatly. I always wondered why some sections of the game really felt like a walking and mobbing simulator, not that it's not fun, but other arcs are written more tightly.

[@Tom-bi7ir]

Broooo Median XL what a trip forgot all about that epic mod

[@86-panda]

Just hearing and seeing the Maplestory song logo pop up in the corner around 1:40 gets me hyped for that review in your series. Great work as always seer. Been here since almost the beginning of your channel :)

[@seer6251]

Thank you very much! I'm greatly happy to hear you've been with me since the beginning, that is very encouraging! I hope I can continue to make stuff you like!

[@yararex5280]

Such a good game and such a good video! This video series is super wicked awesome pants!

[@bradsanders2198]

You have got to be one of the funniest creators I've watched in awhile. Had me fucking rolling for like 90% of this video.

[@anhdangduc1061]

you did it again. Great video. p.s. I said to myself "this sounds like Maple story!" before the song card pops up!

[@LiathUnicorn]

You forgot one thing about the rep system When you get enough rep you get access to Writs (soulbound) and Mandates (Transferable) that boost you rep gain

[@harrybenson6731]

Great vid as always

[@HeartbrokenHeartshooter]

Anyone who wants to enjoy this more should install the mod dawn of masteries. It’s super super simple to install and increases the class count to like 54. It also fixes the early game a bit. It includes classes from titans quest and Diablo 2+3. Honestly with this mod it’s become my favorite arpg with over 400 hours.

[@johntse8655]

yes, this is the only ARPG game that can simulate all other ARPG and one of the most moddable ever. it is so good that i am itching for version 2 just so that i can give then some money.

[@ZJtraylor]

Was waiting for this one thanks Seer.

[@cutefairykiller]

Ah, the lore notes. When you get on your way to Fort Ikon, you find notes about a family getting more and more desperate as their food and companions fall. Then there's a mention of a mother and daughter by name, the last survivors about the be taken by the grim ennemies - a bit further that one last note, if you pay attention, two of the monsters you slay have those names.

[@fordifly1368]

Just started this game a few nights ago and I’m absolutely hooked. I’m building a Warlord and it’s been incredibly fun

[@ricksticksgaming]

I heckin loved Grim Dawn. Great video Seer!

[@UncleClone]

I also love that you can find special secret areas by reading and following the lore notes, there's even entire quest lines that lead to some hidden fuck fest. Also once you get a decently maxed out faction character you can basically buy XP boosts / Faction writs to make your new characters farm much much faster to skip all the boring W A L K I N G & Misc Grinding.

[@BumphreyYoughurt]

Seer, just so u know u’re one of the few channels I say ”yes!” out loud to when u release a new video 🥰

[@Roanin50]

Ill be happy to watch this series basically forever. Im gonna have to try this game out!

[@kristiantumber1564]

I'm super happy you got round to this one, I've lowkey been hyped for your review on it because it was going to be a blast and every point valid as fuck, I can't wait to see which will be your next pick, I know there at least a few I would dread going through at least. I have a feeling one of the ones you'll cover is "Fate" it was weirdly fun for me but I only ever played the demo but I replayed it like 20 times round my Dad's house as he had a PC worth a damn. Excellent video, which in fact did not suck ass nor balls so good job! 😄

[@Memanruler]

I had the exact same experience with Fate, lmao

[@HazyLooks]

New sub here, man. Amazing editing and script, also the fact that you show the songs you're playing is tight.

[@seer6251]

Thank you! Happy to have you watching!

[@dextervepps8794]

Grim dawn, aka, my favorite steam review. "Diablo 3 has never been more fun. Thanks CE" *30,000+ hours of playtime recorded*

[@BrunoKrost]

I was waiting for this video for so longe

[@Skorpioartex]

Thanks for another great video! On the topic of the reputation being a grind, if you max out a factions reputation you can get a mandate which gives 150% reputation gained and can go into the shared stash. Between these mandates and the Malmouth Resistance selling a potion that gives double experience leveling a new characters can be quick and fun. There is another shared stash consumable in Forgotten Gods that allows you to skip difficulties. This skip token gives you all the waypoints and stat/skill point rewards in the difficulties you skipped. I often use this token and skip to specific parts of normal to get devotion shrines and start my playthrough for real in elite difficulty. I often reaching level 94 (highest level of gear) halfway through ultimate letting me play a lot as my finished build and not a leveling spec.

[@khacoach4340]

If you dont mind me asking, can you show me how Character 1 can get that "difficulty skip" consumable so that for Character 2 I dont have to go thru Normal/Elite again? Thanks a bunch!

[@huggybear2789]

​@@khacoach4340 On the first playthrough (unlocked after defeating Warden Krieg in Act 1-Burrwich campaign) you have to play and beat Forgotten Gods on normal to unlock elite stones. Do the same for elite to unlock ultimate stones. The name of the vendor is Asgra, in Conclave of the Three town area, next to the blacksmith.

[@patstar3808]

Always waiting for this kind of videos.

[@christoffer3719]

ay bro keep up the good work ur definetely going places

[@diabolikro]

Regarding usefulness of green items: It's mandatory that you install Rainbow filter (a mod), or uncheck Rare (Green) items from the ingame loot filter (small ring at the left of your health bar), and show only the Monster Infrequent (also green, i know it's weird, that's where the RainbowFilter comes into play) items, that are as/more viable than blue/purple items. Normal rare items are useless at any level.

[@eredin9595]

Loving this series so far. Keep it up and cant wait for minecraft dungeons!!!

[@fearsbecomephobias2129]

Great review, this game is on sale right now for like $6. Bought it to play on my Steam Deck, looks to be an awesome arpg.

[@nolongermatters4671]

I once posted on grim dawn forums way back when the warden was the end of the current game, waaaay back. I posted, "Could this be a D2 killer?" Now, on diablo 4 videos, I post, "this will not compare to grim dawn" (mostly due to my hatred for diablo 3) This WAS a D2 killer, it is far superior although not a fair comparison really due to the time and technology between games, in short, having played pretty much every game of this genre since diablo one, this is by far my favourite

[@danielj5234]

This is just amazing! Beating the game for the first time on veteran, I'm having such an amazing time!

[@Sturmensky]

Welcome to the dark side. We have cookies, Nemesis bosses, and a bunch of secret areas and quests we won't tell you about.

[@alexgertsog105]

Grim Dawn chads are done binding their time. One of the best ARPGs up to date imho; the setting is especially cool to me (although the three gods dlc was a miss for me, but Ashes of Malmouth is GOAT). Thanks a lot Seer, wouldnt mind seeing you streaming the game or something like that.

[@khacoach4340]

I wish one day when my kids grow up I'll have time to read all the "notes" and lore lol. Now at the end of a tiring day I can only go around and kill monsters haha. But you're right the devs paid attention to world building too, in addition to the phenomenal gameplay.

[@alexgertsog105]

@@khacoach4340 I read through all of them, some of them are really memorable, especially those describing disturbing stuff (like cannibals from the northern mountain or how cthon cultists repurposed a bath house into a blood draining facility)

[@vnshngpnt]

That Sims Making Magic soundtrack on background.. Lmao, instasub

[@Crimson_Fist]

The game has a unique leg armor that is freshly soiled trousers. They give you the active ability to throw said excrement at your enemies. That has to be worth something.

[@Rikkity]

hearing some of the maplestory tracks in this video hooked me into it.

[@joshfarley7584]

This is probably my #1, bare minimum Top 3 ARPG title/franchise right now. I love the class system, I love the setting, and I love the general aesthetic of pretty much everything included. I have owned it since the original release, and have all the DLCs as well. What it does, it does perfectly, and compared to all the modern titles it competes with, I have barely, if ever, found a competitor that really rivals it. Ironically, also in my Top 3 would be Titan Quest, which is just the rough draft of this game's class/skill system, but set in Angient Greek Mythology.

[@9Nifty]

Grim Dawn does 1 other thing very well beyond the dual class system. Proc effects tied to all your skills through constellations. Your grenade goes from a little boom to summoning a meteor shower or a volcano.

[@Willie6785]

yeah i love that stuff, blew my mind when I first realized that's how it worked. I'm a sucker for "on-hit" builds so it was heaven

[@marcusdranz]

The only issue is that, unless you're busting your balls (or having your balls busted) on the higher difficulties, the only thing that meteor shower is gonna hit is a boss or really tanky named enemy, because grenados hit like they were dropped from a B-29.

[@Fsynergy]

hell yeah, was waiting for this

[@yurikendal4868]

What I like is that green items, its possible to break them down when the inventor has that skill and you find the dynamite/iron bits to do it with.

[@withnofiller]

"Drumroll please! Actually nah never mind couldn't find the sound effect" 😆 Loved this one

[@danielivanov3092]

Amazing content as always! Please do "Sacred" next :D

[@KanetsidohiKanotoush]

I played Titan Quest after Grim Dawn, and even if there are similars things going on, Titan Quest bored me very quickly and I didn't even made it to level 20. Among all that I didn't like there were some map constraints, and also a bug with the loot. Loved the fact that a caster class wasn't forced to wear robes On the other hand, I loved Grim Dawn from the start and each new play with a different class, just makes me love it evern more

[@gingerman9925]

I love your videos man this shit is super entertaining

[@josephjames9090]

That maplestory music is a direct way into my heart I have to sub

[@GeorgePerakis]

I love this game. I actually liked the world. I like the fact that it isn't procedurally generated. The dungeons feel like they're laid out to actually be interesting rather than just glorified arenas to rip and tear through. The world is fun to explore. Though I wish they'd make the map transparent so I could walk around while having the map open to plan out my pathing more easily. If you just use the map you won't have any trouble finding your way around the somewhat labyrinthian map layouts. They just need to make that shit transparent.

[@khacoach4340]

Omg I remember how efficient that was in Diablo 2.

[@petrasb1]

It is, check game options. I am pretty sure I have made it transparent to my liking.

[@unityofvitality-5875]

the map is perfectly fine honestly none of the areas are *that* big it just takes a little bit of walking around and its not like its boring bcs theres enemies in all undiscovered parts

[@Mecanotech]

I fixed this by setting Map to the Tab button. I open it easily with my pinky finger. Open close open close.

[@emmanuelhernandez3200]

Oh yes I have been waiting for this video!.

[@Shiningforceking]

I tried and tried, Even bought the game twice, but the fact that monster scales with the character gives me the feeling that I'm grinding for nothing.

[@Dextrome]

I loved grim dawn from the first time I played it, but titan quest was my favorite ARPG before that so it makes sense I'd love grim dawn even more I agree the maps can be a bit frustrating but after a couple playthroughs it's not hard to find your way

[@gurnhawk]

An excellent video, perfectly balanced like the first nemisis that most players run into.. :D Here's a few extra things to go with the awesome video; 1. The reputation bonuses and writs/mandates you can buy from faction vendors that boost the gains for current and other characters, including the random dropped writs/mandates for enemy factions to help them cheeky nemisis bosses spice your world up before your ready. (You also gain reputation for killing opposing faction heroes and bosses from memory, which is nice and worth noting. Reputation carries over between difficulties) 2. The augments that can only be obtained from faction vendors are huge for higher difficulties when balancing out builds for resistances. Craftable components and purchasable augments from faction vendors are something everyone should at least be aware of for ultimate difficulty. 3. The optional hidden super bosses that take serious time and commitment to defeat. It's been a while I think there's 4? Not recommended for casual players. Yeah good luck with those... >:D 4. The rogue like skeleton key dungeons are a blast and a serious challenge, recommended for levelling/gearing characters too. (even more fun to complete with friends) 5. There are secret areas that while most are trivial, some are pretty awesome. 6. The loot filter probably overlooked as a standard nowadays but it is still pretty good, especially in later stages. 7. It has coop! (all parties need to have the same dlc in order to play together if memory serves me well) Love your content and super happy you found time for this gem of a game!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

The biggest improvement this game made over Titan Quest in my opinion was RADICALLY increasing the speed of character development. In Titan Quest your characters levelled up at a glacial pace, taking maybe 1-1 1/2 hours of hard grind to gain a single level, and the need to pile ever-increasing amounts of your limited supply of skill points into increasing your mastery before you were allowed to buy a new skill (rapidly going up to first six and then eight aka. 3 entire levels' worth at the highest tier) sucked balls, meaning you could spend hours of gametime without being able to make a single meaningful addition to your character's skill set. In Grim Dawn you level up more than TWICE as fast as in Titan Quest, and the cost to unlock the next tier of skills on your mastery tree didn't go higher than a mere 5 points until near the very top, meaning you could acquire a new skill every couple of hours if you wanted. HUGE upgrade.

[@dynaelder5037]

This is my favorite. Grim Dawn took over my life and it's still going with another expansion coming this year.

[@Evilfetus15]

I love grim dawns map. My favorite map in any arpg, actually.

[@josquinlanglois2554]

Disagree with some of your points. It's true that green items shits out the ass of every mobs in the game but the item design are by far the most fun and complexe I ever seen in an arpg. I don't know if you made it to endgame but when you start digging into those purple items and understanding damage conversion the whole game becomes a mine of possibilities. Reputation also isn't meant to do bounties, you just do your normal playthrough through veteran, elite and ultimate difficulties and killing mobs that gives reputation for every factions actually puts you near the top at the end, unlocking all the cool loot as you progress.

[@seer6251]

Good information! I was so reroll happy that I never reached the final difficulty. Always petered out on a character around lvl 60-70. For the next, more thorough review of the game, I'll be trying to see as much as humanly possible.

[@josquinlanglois2554]

@@seer6251 Yeah I saw in the video you had like 10 different builds lol, I'm the same.

[@curocks8360]

@@seer6251 Be sure to look into Writs and Mandates to help with reputation. Writs grant +50% reputation. Mandates grant +150% reputation.

[@sergei_gruntovsky]

Green double and triple rare items are sometimes god tier. (Green prefix, suffix, + monster infrequent base)

[@jamesdipego8240]

I forgot you existed till I saw a video of you and was like... "I know this guy..." sat down and listened while I ate my free wings at B-dubs for Veterans Day and quickly remembered why I binged all your content in the past...

[@TheDaveDouv]

Me about to close my browser.. Kerning city OST starts playing.. Well you got all my attention now 😅

[@Pizzoots]

I actually love the maps in this game. I feel like them being annoying to navigate actually helps with the world building and it forces you to explore further off the beaten path rather than just running to the end. It’s always fun when you come across a cave and you aren’t sure if it will be a system of tunnels that lead all across the map or a nest filled with monsters and a boss. Also I know Malmouth is super annoying for a lot of people but I did also kinda like it because I can’t remember the last ARPG I played that had an urban city-like environment where you weave in, out, and around buildings. Sure it can make navigation confusing but I still like it, or at least appreciate it. Also you forgot to mention the built in loot filter!!! It is so insanely useful especially considering how many greens drop compared to TQ. The game has so many QoL features that other ARPGs lack, even PoE. Lastly I just want to say that I think the game is a perfect balance between complexity and simplicity. It’s pretty easy to understand all the mechanics since there aren’t THAT many, but they go pretty deep while not overwhelming the player and they don’t shove them all in your face at once. There’s actually a LOT of end game stuff to do and it basically all revolves around combat, instead of doing boring shit like fishing, growing a garden, mining, etc.

[@seer6251]

I think all your points are agreeable! I can actually appreciate complicated navigation for its thematic purposes. That honestly does enhance the idea that things are very messed up. But it might go a little overboard lol. There's a crazy amount of red herrings, and it's so easy to get lost, even during basic events. But, knowing that I won't soon forget about the map in this game, I can appreciate how they did it. And I wanted to mention the loot filter! I can't believe it kept just slipping my mind, considering it's one the best ones I've seen in a base ARPG. All in all, this game feels like they put fun combat first, and skipped all the distractions (like you said, fishing, gardening lol) and it was refreshing to play. I kept wanting to try out new builds and that really excited me. Only pitfall of that was I haven't reached the final difficulty yet, because I keep wanting to try new things around level 60-70 lol. For the next video, I'll have seen as much as possible.

[@paulwilliams8278]

@@seer6251 another thing nice about the map is sometimes you can just walk right off the map and discover secret locations and quests. Sometimes even a vendor or shrine.

[@Pizzoots]

@@seer6251 yeah the amount of builds and class combinations to try is a blessing and a curse because you might not ever reach end game because you just want to keep trying some new combination that you think might be OP lol. I actually tried getting into grim dawn 3 different times and never got past halfway through the second act because the map was confusing. I recently picked it back up and have actually kind of figured out there level design philosophy which helped me navigate through the game with ease and I have been sucked in ever since. 90% of the time, they just want you to go north lol

[@APedestrian220]

@@Pizzoots Honestly understand this so well, I have 2 main favourite builds but every time I find some new legendary item that gives skill bonuses to a unique combination it gets the character creation gears turning and I make another char, it's absurd

[@FellTheSky]

Cant wait for them to release the next one. Edit: The green items are mostly worthless, but sometimes they come as a rarity drop of some boss, and often they have a cool abilities such changing your fireball damage type to ice, which is awesome.

[@wiefdiwbofdbw]

Crate fucked up tho and produced their city builder instead of Grim Dawn 2.... I bet if they focussed on GD2 with more multiplayer it would have been mad successful..

[@capturefield4949]

The “see my script” line while it being in the script was fucking genius 😂. Have my sub

[@HeartbrokenHeartshooter]

On the devotion points system, you can respec those but keep bonuses from constellation you’ve already unlocked. It’s deeper than you think. Just takes a lot of playthroughs

[@Knjklj]

Good shit, Seer. Always wondered how good it actually was, some day I'll try it out.

[@joostdelaat2899]

it is to date still one of the best games i have played in my life (specially because I was chosen back in 2013 to be a playtester for GD) the community is great, the devs are great and the game atmosphere is fantastic. Having more than 12k hours in this game, I might say it was too addictive for me. Sadly the last years I haven't touched the game, I might do a revisit and see what has changed in the past 4 years. nice video!

[@godofdeath8785]

Holy fk 12k hours in this game i have only 5 hours while

[@TowerBooks3192]

This game gave me an early access curse. I used to play games to death when in early access but then drop it when I feel burned out and never pick it up again. I think I only completed it twice with 2 different characters and then I am stuck in limbo with rerolls and second guessing myself. This is the best ARPG in my opinion and surely sits comfortably between Diablo 3 and Path of Exile in terms of complexity. The setting initially turned me off and I was unfamiliar with the Titan Quest engine but man when it clicks it will hold you and never let you go.

[@ChangoFrett]

The map is static, but the pathways are not. There will always be different pathways blocked off with each session you start. This includes overworld and interiors.

[@XxgoodbudsxX]

I'm glad I found this channel

[@gemsimov]

Grim Dawn just looks as though something's off. As though something is wrong about it. I can't quite put it, but it's definitely there, and the best way to describe it would be what you said - this game HAS to make you like it, it HAS to win you over. You don't just get swept up by it, be it from seeing it or listening to someone talk about it, you have to slowly fall in love with it... Good video. You almost make me want to play it!

[@calebmontgomery3557]

This is the video that made me decide to buy this game. The only isometric ARPG I played before was about 10 - 20 hours of Diablo 3; now I'm living large like a big brain gamer.

[@casualgamer7583]

Had an amazing month playing grim dawn everyday. Superb game.

[@OctopusWilson]

On the Titan quest vid i said "do Grim Dawn and I'll sub", i have subbed

[@_Jay_Maker_]

_Dawn of Ascendancies_ along with the mob density increase mod make this game absolutely, totally insane to play. It's my favorite ARPG by a huge margin.

[@Nandi8888]

One of the most game that i palyed from early stage 2016 till 2019. And i published on the forum more then 20 - 30 build in that time, wich are still popular for update some of the builds i craeated or giving idea of some mechanics.

[@ggez3933]

i would recommend using the rainbow filter mod. It makes sorting gear fast so much easier, and is a really good QoL mod. You can just add it and it will run client side and won't affect any characters that you already have

[@Miraihi]

Didn't know about Reign of Terror mod, this sounds so cool!

[@connorhamilton5707]

Overall I love it, and I've only really built one character so far. So many cool things you can do. Maps are kind of an issue, but not that much, with clustered buildings in Malmouth being the only areas really difficult to navigate. As someone who couldn't make up my mind early in the build process, I can say it does get really expensive after a while to keep redoing my skill selection. Roughly every twenty skill points reset ups the cost, and it goes up to like 15-20k bits per skill point reset. It took me several million bits to reset my build when I finally decided what I wanted to do. All equipment is somewhat predictable, as prefixes, suffixes, and base items all provide specific types of bonuses (the value is random, but you will always get pierce resistance with the prefix "impenetrable", and you will have a higher range for the bonus on higher level equipment, for example). The rarity of the equipment is determined by the highest rarity between it's prefix, base, or suffix. So green rarity means it has at least one of a green prefix, base, or suffix, but the game doesn't actually tell you how many or which they are, and they end up appearing fairly frequently. Epic (blue) and legendary (purple, level 50+) equipment usually don't have prefixes or suffixes, but they have powerful, potentially build defining effects. Gutsmasher provides big bonuses to a physical Eye of Reckoning build for example, and converts all fire damage it would do to physical damage. The loot sorter is very good, and at the very least you should make it so yellow and grey equipment don't show up, as they are generally not worth looking at. The most annoying thing I've encountered so far is actually farming monster infrequent recipes, specifically Deathstalker. The farming itself isn't bad, but there is only one Deathstalker when you load in, and you have to go find it, kill it, and hope it drops the recipe with it's low drop rate. If it doesn't, you have to exit to main menu and repeat. Two mods that are extremely helpful (and not invasive to gameplay for those that want to basically play without modded stuff) are the Rainbow Filter mod to make reading and evaluating gear much easier, and Grim Dawn Item Assistant to give yourself some freedom from cramped storage with infinite easily searchable space in another window.

[@vasilisstamatakos2016]

Every arpg lover is"doomed" to fall in love with this game. In other words, can't wait for Grim Dawn 2! Cheers!

[@TheWatersux]

I still remeber that chilling story of mother and daughter escaping from monster in northern mountains. As they escaped the food became sparse and they slowly sucumbed to canibalism, becoming monster that you kill after.