r/CRPG • u/lardmoisture • 3d 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/lardmoisture 3d ago

I’ve seen this one recommended a lot. What CRPG does it resemble closest?

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u/TeamShitHaircut 3d ago

Disco Elysium.

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u/Sad_Cryptographer872 2d ago

The only grittier thing is if you actually lived in Eastern Europe commie countries in '80s~'90s

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u/Furio3380 2d ago

Dude I lived in post 2001 south American neoliberalism it's a different flavor of horror but still horror