Recent reviews by Fisherman

What a journey!

It's the kind of game you don't want to put away, it doesn't force you to backtrack with cheap tricks, it creates this sense of mystery that when you do go back to places you visited before, it's because you really want to unravel what's there.

It also feels like over time you start mastering its systems in a very organic way, simply by playing and being attentive you learn to read the world's language and understand where the secrets are and how to overcome its challenges.

Hyper Light Drifter is a beautiful masterpiece!

Great game, highly recommend!

A deckbuilding roguelike that increases complexity in a masterful pace and keeps on giving even after finishing runs after runs.
Every time you finish you unfold a bit more about the lore, characters, world and there's always some mystery or something intriguing to chase in the next run.

You also get access to more content (cards, skills, classes) in a thoughtful pace as well, I never felt overwhelmed playing it yet I learned so much about its systems so far (statuses, card/passive combos, consumables, etc).

Some passive/card combos can be a bit unbalanced and make you snowball through and obliterate entire runs. Not a criticism though, it's actually fun to try and find those OP combos.

Writing with only 16h of gameplay:

If you loved playing Diablo 2 as a kid (like myself), Grim Dawn is THE ARPG to buy!

Just forget about Torchlight (and all the b@#$%&t about it saying it was made by the same team from Diablo 2).
And forget about Diablo 3+ (and all the b@#$%&t about it saying it's the successor for Diablo 2).

And go ahead and buy Grim Dawn.

Here's why:
I played both Torchlight and Diablo 3 (and PoE and Titan Quest), and they won't even come close to make me feel like I'm back in my teens playing Diablo 2 with my friends.

Grim Dawn does it!

All the ambience, the sound tracks, the atmosphere, the theme. All the darkness, the condemned world, the shading, the monsters, the bosses. All the item hunting, the items themselves, the skill trees, the character evolution. They all feel very much like Diablo, WAY MORE than Torchlight and Diablo 3 (and Path of Exile and Titan Quest and ... ).

Sometimes when I'm playing I get this strong feeling that Sometimes I get the same feeling I get when exploring a dark, hellish dungeon from Diablo 2.

I strongly recommend this game if you like Diablo 2, and I want to say

Excellent game, anxiously waiting for the Wild Hunt!