Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG

Cool game, keep in mind it feels "early access", so yes, it has stability problems and some bugs (fortunately devs fixed one of more annoying bug which blocked many side quests very quickly after reporting it on Discord!). It has many small things and mechanics in it, which doesn't feel very developed, but its base for something really good. For example all sorts of relations with factions or even wellbeing of towns (you should carefully choose what to sell and where to trade, because sometimes you can basically destroy their economy) are interesting and make gameplay more dynamic. It just needs more variety of NPCs, quests, maybe some random events on map? Something what would make world more alive. Another thing which is already nice is combat. It's maybe even TOO fast, I was surprised, how quick is pace of fighting in this game. Even if it has rather large (unfortunately there are only few templates) maps for quests, all animations and choosing skills doesn't feel like drag. Skilltrees also allows for few ways of playing and when myself I'm not good at buildcrafting, I noticed that almost all of them are very versatile. It allows for really many combinations of classes, still…

this game really needs workshop asap

Promising sandbox RPG with a reactive world and multiple ways to approach objectives through stealth, negotiation, assassination, and disguise. Reputation, factions, and player choices can influence the world. The combat is good, though it can can become repetitive due to limited enemy variety. The quest system could benefit from more interconnected and varied outcomes. Overall, the game has a strong foundation and a lot of potential, especially if it continues expanding its combat depth and dynamic sandbox systems.

Slow updates. Meh game. Content is being hold back in Early Access to not break savegames. I mean its an early access title, so breaking saves is normal and content should be tested before release. But who cares, it's mediocre anyways, but negative things overweight. I've it in my library for some time, did play it some time and it's just extremly barebones and boring and new content comes all year or something. It's also very bugged at some points and as you can see there are barely any hotfix updates. It's not BAD, but its just not very good.

Really enjoying it so far! It starts off a bit slow, but once it gets going, it hooks you. The combat system in particular is satisfying.

meh