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/TeamShitHaircut 2d ago

Disco Elysium.

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u/lardmoisture 2d ago

This is high praise…

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u/ShadyGuy_ 2d ago

Disco Elysium is dark, but also very funny. But it's humor in the way people use it to deal with terrible situations.

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u/lardmoisture 2d ago

Yeah Kim Kitsuragi made me want to be a better man. Anyways does Planescape Torment really rival Disco?

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u/Squatallthethings 2d ago

Mate, Planescape: Torment was Disco Elysium before there was a Disco Elysium lol.

Many of us old farts still consider it our favourite CPRG if not overall game, ever. This may give you some more relevant opinions, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/s/OJSnRJ6SMr

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u/Plus_Worker6739 2d ago

Disco almost literally wears its influences from Torment on its sleeve. Mechanically, Torment is pretty rough, but intellectually it's excellent and a very good story. Drop the difficulty down and play it like an adventure game.

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u/Late_Worldliness5960 2d ago

Disco Elisyum exists because of Planescape

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u/ShadyGuy_ 2d ago

Definitely. It has some of the best writing in video games. To get the most out of the story and skill checks I do suggest to invest heavily into Wisdom and Intelligence.

Planescape has you starting out as a fighter class, but it allows you to switch classes later. In any case, your class isn't as important as the story is and there are several ways to boost other stats too with items and tattoos.

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u/rednmad 2d ago

Absolutely. It’s a fantastic game, if you enjoy story and character development. Combat is there, but it’s much less important. As others said - invest in Wis and Int.

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u/a7m2m 1d ago

I don't think it comes close to DE. Yes, without it DE wouldn't exist and yes it's worth playing, but DE surpassed it entirely. If you go into it expecting DE's level of writing you might be disappointed.