Blightfall. Not even close to new but I missed the hype from when it originally came out. Thaumcraft 4 is as fun as I remembered and the rest of the pack does a great job of supporting it without overshadowing it, and there's an interesting storyline.
The early game was pretty grindy finding ores, I did lots of branch mining since I wasn't strong enough to fight the taint in caves. The game really picks up once you can start making ethereal blooms.
I do find myself missing newer features though, especially boats that actually work. It's a lot easier explore by boat than to try to fight through the taint, but damn those things are fragile.
I was going to suggest some written stories until I saw you wanted movies, shows, or games which this definitely isn't. I'll still leave this here though in case anyone else passing through is interested: