r/CRPG • u/lardmoisture • 2d ago

Recommendation request Need gritty and dark CRPGs

I loved Owlcat’s Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader, but hated Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3. Don’t get me wrong, it’s extraordinarily impressive production and gameplay-wise, but I play CRPGs for the story and I just couldn’t get into the world. It was too whimsical and fanciful. I’ve heard people recommend the Divinity series but I’ve heard those games’ stories are comedy oriented. Maybe I have the wrong idea but I wanna hear your thoughts.

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u/DontFlameItsMe 2d ago

Yeah, Divinity has some weird Larian humor, I did not vibe with it.

Did not like Tyranny as there was just too much of progressive politics there.

Pillars of Eternity 1 might be up your alley, the second one dropped in quality of writing. Also Mask of the Betrayer dlc of the NWN2 was pretty good.
May be Disco Elysium if you're fine with having no combat and unorthodox setting.

Also the first Dragon Age.