Grim Dawn Definitive Edition

 Xbox One
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. ZTGD
    Jan 25, 2022
    90
    Grim Dawn is still a fantastic game that any fan of the action RPG style will enjoy. There are tons of customization options not only with the game mechanics, but with the character builds as well. It’s a beefy game and with all the expansions added in, this is a complete package that any RPG fan will enjoy and get a ton of time in and while the menu navigations aren’t the best in the world, it’s something that now Xbox fans can enjoy.
  2. GamingTrend
    Dec 20, 2021
    90
    Grim Dawn: Definitive Edition is an overwhelmingly great package, stuffed with hundreds of hours of content, incredible replayability, a variety of distinct classes to choose from, a huge open world ripe for exploration, more loot than imaginable, and fun combat. Despite its age, Grim Dawn holds up incredibly well when stacked against more modern ARPGs and has made a fluid transition from PC to console with only a few minor slowdown issues.
  3. God is a Geek
    Dec 13, 2021
    85
    With varied enemies and locales, and tons of loot, gear and skills, Grim Dawn: Definitive Edition has something to please any genre fan.
  5. TheXboxHub
    Dec 6, 2021
    80
    The gameplay is the real hook here and it'll definitely have you coming back again and again. In fact (and we should whisper this), the gameplay found in Grim Dawn: Definitive Edition is more preferable than that of the recent remake of Diablo II: Resurrected.
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  1. Xboxygen
    Jan 18, 2022
    Despite a basic technical aspect, Grim Dawn Definitive Edition happens to be richer than most of its competitors, no more no less. The class system allowing the player to freely combine them as well as the Devotion and its numerous possibilities can turn any fan of theorycraft and optimisation into an addict. Playing with a controller is pure fun and the exploration and combat phases are constantly rewarded with a plethora of loot. The only real downside is the forgettable musical atmosphere which unfortunately doesn’t fit the action and impedes it from reaching the highest rankings of the genre. More accessible than Path Of Exile and more intense than Diablo 2 Resurrected, Grim Dawn Definitive Edition is a title that should delight Hack & Slash fans.

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. Bigbossbalrog
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    Fantastic game really good. What the hell are people thinking giving this a negative review?
  2. Zille
    Feb 16, 2022
    0
    edit: updated just after i wrote this... will edit if it really change things.

    edit 2: no more crashes so far (they were easy triggered,    edit: updated just after i wrote this... will edit if it really change things.

    edit 2: no more crashes so far (they were easy triggered, seems fully fixed), merit tokens now working and reversed audio fixed too.

    edit 3: constant crashes now on Multiplayer. And if that wouldn't be enough: the crashes destroyed two of my character save files. DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    beeing able to play Grim Dawn on console, the half-hearted port aside, is something many arpg-fans waited for. The game itself makes up for the lazy port if you are desperate for diablo alternatives.

    also should have been like this from day one, really!

    still only 5 points, aside from beeing in deals with gold already, the pricetag is far too high. you get d2r and d3 inkl. dlc for the same. and these are real console ports.

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    i can't believe the price crate charges for this mess. i stupidly pre-ordered and couldn't believe that after all these years they had for the port, elementary things like text scaling or graphics options were completely missing at first. there was then an update a few weeks later that added the missing options. since then, however, the game is no longer playable without constant crashes. important game functions that affect playing with additional characters don't work. fortunately for the developers, most of the trouble starts late in the game, so there are some reviews that praise the game more than due. bad luck for us buyers: updates have been announced and promised for weeks, but until today nothing has been delivered. in crates forum it is said that they are deliberately collecting fixes to be able to offer a big update. how long should this take? and what does this mean for the future?

    i stopped playing six weeks ago and since then wait for updates to get back into it, and now i'm completely fed up with it and wish i had refunded.

    see, i get that crate isn't a triple-a studio with endless resources, but they asked triple-a money for this and to be honest: the time to excuse such things, with them beeing indie-developers, is long gone after years on steam with one of the main arpgs currently on the market. at least make/keep the port near flawlessly playable. i'm not talking about missing nextgen things here, just fix it and as soon as possible. maybe stop working on this new game until this is fully fixed... that should be self-evident given the price your customers paid.    … Full Review »
  3. Laphroiag
    Feb 15, 2022
    4
    Don't be fooled by reviews, praising Grim Dawn, based on it's great steam-release. I wouldn't call it a total mess on xbox, but there are farDon't be fooled by reviews, praising Grim Dawn, based on it's great steam-release. I wouldn't call it a total mess on xbox, but there are far too many problems that need to be fixed and some of them made me stop playing, till promised updates are out.

    That beeing said there only was one update in all this weeks. Not enough for the hefty pricetag and potential buyers should wait and see if there will be future updates. If not, than this should really be played on a pc.

    Crazy that there are Crate employees on reddit and the own website, getting somewhat snappy and short-tempered over critics, so yeah... money well spend.    … Full Review »
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