So... obscure indie ARPGs to recommend?

Recent games preferred over 10 year old ones (so no grim dawn or titan's quest). Everyone knows about Lost Ark and Last Epoch, too; let's see some relatively obscure ones.

GGG needs some competition and it seems prime time to highlight budding contenders. It didn't last, but we got a decent game out of people disgruntled with diablo 3, so I'm hoping we can get a decent game out of people disgruntled with PoE.

You could try Nordicandia.

It's being released on Steam this Friday, September 2nd.
It's a semi-idle rpg but with a lot of itemization and crafting possibilities, but less hassle than PoE.

Don't let the simplistic graphics fool you, there's a lot of game mechanics under the surface!

Free to play so might as well give it a go :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1503790/Nordicandia/

my fav is Chronicon

The Slormancer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1104280/The_Slormancer/
crazy combat

Gameboy Advance:
Shining Soul I - Leans more into Diablo 1 feel. You'll be spending majority of the game kiting enemies and unleashing your charged attacks.
Shining Soul II - More polished sequel. Most OP Class is a Wolf-Man who does Cyclone/Whirlwind with Knives.

Nintendo DS:
Soma Bringer - Has up to 3 difficulties with multiple characters. You can pick any class on any character. Infinite Respec.

PC:
Throne of Darkness (You Control a party of up to 4 Warriors in Feudal Japan with Monsters & Demons too - Has different quests for each Clan you start up as)

Nox (Made by Westwood - Has 3 different classes with different endings)

Chronicon (As somebody mentioned already - Feels like a cross between Diablo 3 (Infinite Levels), Grim Dawn/TQ (Uses the similar shapes on skill/passive tree) Has 4 Classes that have some similar build archetypes in PoE (Righteous Fire without self Damage)

Hellgate London / London 2038 (Community run Private Server)
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing : Final Cut

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thargun wrote:

The Slormancer

Got this one, and loved it. Early access so not much to it but I got to the story content limit and unlocked everything you could buy with gold.

Give that 4 years of development and I'll play the shit out of it.

ARPG market looks like it's turned to low quality junk, or always online DRM + MTX + pay to play + pay to win (some combo of those), which basically means it's a dead genre for me. Like a brother who's now excommunicado.

What do I want? Pay straight up for the game, no MTX, have both online and offline functionality. DLC in the form of expansions to the content is fine. I like mods, they add virtually unlimited content/features to the game.

The last solid ARPG game we got that fits the above category? Grim Dawn.

I've been really enjoying 'V Rising'. It's part arpg + some valheim/terraria vibes.

It's early access on steam but full game and plays really well.

This might be interesting, started in South Korea in early 2022, now coming to Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1549250/UNDECEMBER/

official site:
https://undecember.line.games/#firstPage

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JimmyWoodman wrote:

This might be interesting, started in South Korea in early 2022, now coming to Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1549250/UNDECEMBER/

official site:
https://undecember.line.games/#firstPage

It's playable from today - 10th October as part of Steam next fest and then full release on 12th October

It sounds obnoxiously P2W but will give it a go.