Hello everyone.
I’ve been an ARPG fan for a long time since my early years playing countless hours of Diablo 1/2. However, I never played Diablo 3 due to some bad decision from Blizzard (agressive DRM, no offline mode, Auction House). I played an assortment of other RPGs (Dungeon Siege, Torchlight, etc) but none of them really got to me as D2 did - that is, until I played (and loved!) Titan Quest, which clearly felt like a level above D2.
I bought Grim Dawn on early access about a year ago as soon as I heard that the people behind TQ were working on it, I wanted to support the development of the game as soon as possible. However, I did not play the game until last month, after hearing it was finally released.
To be honest, after seeing the intro and starting a new char, the first impression of the game was “meh, maybe I should go back to Titan Quest”. However, after playing for about 4 hours, my impression of the game went from “meh” to “WOW, nevermind Titan Quest”. It’s really a pitty because I remember the TQ cinematics being really cool and captivating especially for new players, but I do not feel the same about GD’s.
Anyway, cinematics aside, the game content is absolutely phenomenal and of extremely high quality, and it feels like a level above TQ. I had quite a high expectation for Grim Dawn, and you people managed to exceeded that expectation by a mile. So congratulations to everyone on Crate for making this brilliantly-good extremely high quality ARPG, like I’ve never played before in my life. 
I’ve reached Homestead at the moment, and exploring each new area is so damn satisfying. You managed to surprise me on so many elements of the game that Titan Quest did not have; such as more open-ended maps with optional areas and side-quests, non-linear quests with more than one possible ending, depending on the player’s decisions, etc. - and in particular - beating the final levels of the Steps of Torment felt like such a HUGE accomplishment, especially after you guys set the mood for it (one-time key, no rifts, and extremely challenging - I was literally scared).
I could go on, but this post is already big enough… long story short: I’m loving it
Awesome job Crate, keep it up. 