Bought the game at launch, but my pc back then couldn't handle it. After a few years I had a new pc, but it still had tons of crashing issues. Despite the constant crashing, I kept playing the game for many hours.
Eventually I switched to other arpg's, with Grim Dawn being my absolute favorite. Recently I saw it sitting in my steam library and nostalgia made me install it again. Installed the CM patch 1.60 and skimmed elite textures and it runs great (fingers crossed it stays like this). For a 12 year old game, it still looks pretty good.
The combat misses impact/oomph, but I forgot how good all the rest was. The cool diverse classes, the indepth character building, the itemization, gigantic diverse world to explore, the amateuristic (yet charming) humor and dialogue. I expected to not like it anymore since Grim Dawn has so much better combat and balance, but damn, just playing for a few hours made me realize how much I loved this game. I have played many arpg's in my life, but there's nothing quite like this.
So thanks to all you out there who made the CM patch possible. even after all these years there's still peopl playing this diamond in the rough.