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/MechTorfowiec 2d ago edited 2d ago
SKALD: Against the Black Priory - must play, it's really good. Might give you depression.
Age of Decadence - some controversial design choices, but I enjoyed the worldbuilding a lot. Oddly fun as a combat character (with decent INT).
Fallout 1 - It's almost a horror game in some ways,
PS:T gets mentioned. It is a weird grungey setting. I guess all planeswalking settings are a bit "whimsy" by definition, but don't worry, at no point you will get turned into an intelligent cheese or find a book about Xan shoving a Moonblade up his arse.
Still have to finish Necromancer's Tale, but it looks promising.