Hey it's me

Off Topic Introduce Yourself
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Hey, I’m Rainy Plu :slight_smile:

I’ve been playing this game for a few years now and never managed to sign up… But I think I’ve realised by now that this is my favourite game of all time, so I thought it was time to finally become an official member of the community.

Some things about me: I’m a young man, happily married to my soul mate. I am a big music lover and I am very nerdy about progressive rock/metal, but I like many genres and styles. I love video games, especially Grim Dawn (Still haven’t gotten over how good it is!). My favourite class, aesthetics-wise, is probably occultist? But I love soldier and demolitionist too.

I made a review of Grim Dawn on steam recently that I thought would be cool to include here:

"I really love this game. It’s probably… no, definitely, my favourite game of all time! I bought it the first time in the summer of 2014 and at this point it was still in early access and wasn’t as developed yet. At first I didn’t really know what I was doing and I wasn’t super impressed, but fast forward a few months and I played it again and something just clicked. I thought this game was so good! I’ve been hooked ever since.

Later on I started playing it with one of my good friends, we had a ton of fun, and then I met my wife in 2016 and I bought her the game as a surprise. She really loved it and we’ve been playing it together on and off since.

Grim Dawn is such a great ARPG and it really holds a special place in my heart. I love making characters and trying out new builds. There is a great amount of complexity in it, with the dual class system and devotions etc., but not to the point where it’s too much. There is a massive amount of replayability in the game (as you can see from my hours played) and it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great game to play solo or with your friends and loved ones. There is also an expansion coming out soon which I am really looking forward to.

Overall, I can warm-heartedly recommend this game to fans of Diablo-style ARPG’s or RPG’s in general.

“Iron well spent.” ;-)"

I guess my introduction got a bit long, thanks for reading though! I am happy to be a member of the community of such a great game. Thanks to the devs as well for all the love and care you pour into this gem.

I’m gonna get back to ‘Grim Dawning’ now :stuck_out_tongue:

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Welcome to the forums. Glad to hear you have been enjoying GD. :slight_smile:

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Damnit, I never thought to leave a Steam review with “Iron well spent!” in it. Now this failure will haunt me for the rest of my life. THANKS.

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Happy to have you here. Time well spent. :wink:

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Hello Rainy Plu,

and welcome to the forum and grim dawn

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Hey hey, death is only the beginning.

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welcome to the forums!
I got into this game pretty much around the same time you did, wish I could get my wife to play it…
I also love progressive rock!
you’ll fit right in

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Thanks to everyone for replying! It really means a lot to me and it’s great to be welcomed in such a way. I’ll say it again - Super happy to finally be a member of such a friendly and great community for an amazing game.

It’s also great to see that others here are into the same music as me :smiley: I’ll probably post some music links in the thread for what we are listening to!

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I like prog rock too, my stupid peninsula has some tradition in that field : Banco del mutuo soccorso, Osanna, Area, Premiata forneria Marconi are all prog rock from the 70’s. Check em out if you never heard. Non italian stuff i love High Tide and King Crimson above everything else.

Edit : If you don’t mind space rock/psych stuff don’t forget to check hawkwind (old lemmy’s - from mothörhead - band)

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Man, rock progressivo italiano from the 70s is amazing! Although I usually don’t understand what they’re saying… I’m also a huge (early) king crimson fan, my favourite band is gentle giant though

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Check High Tide, thx me later.

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Thanks for the recommendations, I’ll be sure to check them out. I think I’ve heard some of Premiata forneria Marconi because they are highly rated on Progarchives, I think? Or maybe it was another Italian prog rock band, not sure.

Have you heard of L’Ira Del Baccano? They are a pretty new instrumental prog rock/stoner/metal band from Italy. I stumbled upon them totally on accident a while ago, good stuff.

I wouldn’t say my country has a big history of prog rock at all (I’m from Denmark, living in Sweden currently) but we do have Anubis Gate which is a great Prog metal band. My wife loves them. Highly recommended as well.

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I’ve been meaning to check out Gentle Giant. What album should I start with?

Well, I’m a huge fan of Dream Theater, it’s my favourite band, and Porcupine Tree… I love Rush and Yes too.

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Check High Tide, thx me later.

will do! I also have a suggestion for you, that is if you don’t already know them, check out the (italian) band ‘Syndone’

I’ve been meaning to check out Gentle Giant. What album should I start with?

‘Octopus’ is a good starting point as it quite sums up what they were about

funny thing, progressive rock is mostly not the best choice while playing Grim Dawn as you will miss a lot of what’s going on…

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@ Rainy Plu I’ve seen L’ira del baccano live because i like desert/psych/doom etc…

They played at a “stoned hand of doom” (it was a stoner/doom festival that used to happen in summer/spring here in rome but sadly isn’t a thing anymore) and they left a good impression to me.

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thanks are in order, I listened to the first high tide album this evening and liked it!

although I must say that I find it a bit incoherent from time to time, also has to do with the production quality of 1969, combined with the washes of overdrive.
I suppose this is a band that needs to grow on you, I wouldn’t list it in my top 10 (yet) but it’s alright

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welcome to forums :cool: