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Legend of Grimrock - April 11th PC release [Mac/iOS later]
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Deleted member 17706
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Going to pre-order on GOG for sure!
Minsc
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From the Grimrock forums:
DRM free copy + Steam key! Also, I believe the achievements in this game are designed to extend unique challenges, so it is a disappointment they didn't implement them outside of Steam (afaik) for people who want to order on GOG:
Sounds to me like direct is the way to go this time, the cheevos could add quite a bit of interesting replay mechanics.
DRM free copy + Steam key! Also, I believe the achievements in this game are designed to extend unique challenges, so it is a disappointment they didn't implement them outside of Steam (afaik) for people who want to order on GOG:
Sounds to me like direct is the way to go this time, the cheevos could add quite a bit of interesting replay mechanics.
It seems like the big advantage for going to GOG MIGHT be the fact you can redownload the extras whenever you feel like it, and even then it may be covered for all I know.
And yeah, I can be disdainful of Achievements at times but that's just exasperation with the mindset some have and how some games really shouldn't have them. This seems like the kind of game where they'd make some sense and offer extra value in regards to adding extra goals to pursue.
And yeah, I can be disdainful of Achievements at times but that's just exasperation with the mindset some have and how some games really shouldn't have them. This seems like the kind of game where they'd make some sense and offer extra value in regards to adding extra goals to pursue.
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
Hot damn!
Preordered steam key went thru smooth as butter.
Preorder extras are kinda nice too
Preordered steam key went thru smooth as butter.
Preorder extras are kinda nice too
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Bought!
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Deleted member 17706
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Ah, damn. I may have to go direct.
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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Might have to get this from their website to support finnish devs.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmm should I give in and buy? D:
Huge fan of Wizardry 7 + 8.
Huge fan of Wizardry 7 + 8.
Of All Trades
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In what terrifying universe is Lands of Lore 2 a classic?
And I disagree on your M&M ranking, IMO 7 is a strong refinement over 6. 7>6>>8>>>>9. Both are worth playing, though, along with 4+5.
RPGCrazied
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Looks cool. Not a big fan of first person games though.
That's how I'd rank them too. Worlds of Xeen is great.
I agree with all of this, though I still haven't gotten the nerve to try M&M 9.
IblisGinjo
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Pre-ordered. I'll play this while I wait on my GTX 680 next month.
alexandros
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Steam achievements.
Palette Swap
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I hadn't heard of this game before clicking the thread 5 minutes ago. It is now preordered.
And if I like it, the iOS version will follow.
And if I like it, the iOS version will follow.
Herbspiceguy
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Preorders (Steam or GoG) are up.
Confidence Man
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lol you too? Also this may seem trivial to most...but what is the soundtrack like? Are they aiming for a specific feel/or with battle encounter music, or is it mostly atmospheric/ambient noises?
It's going for the same high fantasy aesthetics of those classic dungeon crawlers, except with infinite more graphical detail. I love it.
Mauricio_Magus
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I really want this to be good, I'll get it for steam
Sentenza
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While I agree that the art design could be better (just look at The Dark Spire omfgomfgomfg!) I do think it's nice to see a new Dungeon Crawler with a non-anime aesthetic, there's just not that many of them aside from the aforementioned The Dark Spire and I don't mind a little variety in my dungeon crawler genre.
Get out :I
We've got room for both styles of aesthetics, we get western developed stuff like this, while Atlus keeps making Etrian Odyssey games which have my favorite cutesy style for these games.
Although, I think I'd like to see From-style aesthetics, but I think that's something hard to grasp that can only be attained BY having dark fantasy filtered through a Japanese perspective, even when it's not consciously Japanese styled.
Although, I think I'd like to see From-style aesthetics, but I think that's something hard to grasp that can only be attained BY having dark fantasy filtered through a Japanese perspective, even when it's not consciously Japanese styled.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
On the contrary, I love this one much more with art because it's not shitty animu that plagued the genre post Wizardry.
I miss Wizardry 8, I hope this one refuels that.
I don't understand. I already have plenty of regular graph paper. I was talking about the graph paper PDF that comes with the Grimrock preorder that's all pretty. It looks awful printed from my iffy inkjet.
jaundicejuice
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Pre-ordered. Been meaning to do that for a few days.
charlequin
Banned
Someone's salty!
I don't think it's too much to wish for a modern game that takes the broad strokes of the low-fantasy, down-and-dirty dungeon aesthetic and executes it with some of the imaginativeness, elegance, and style of the best parts of other RPGs (including, say, the stratum concept art from EO) while avoiding some of the embarrassment and off-key elements of the same (including, say, the more extreme parts of the character art from EO.) Grimrock seems pretty journeymanlike on this score to me -- the art is perfectly functional but entirely lacking in distinction.
All that said, preordering this and looking forward to it quite a bit.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I'm just happy that for once, the first person dungeon crawling RPG doesn't have moe artstyle or that annoying Class of Heroes bullshit art, evoking that of Wizardry 8's.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh didn't see this, thanks!
StoppedInTracks
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Lands of Lore 1 undeniably is. LoL2 not that much, LoL3 even less (not at ALL)... even though I loved part 3.
World of Xeen is the pinnacle of M&M series for me but sometimes during some days I can put M&M6 over it. It depends on my mood.
7 is just really bad. It really soured me after the perfection that was Mandate of Heaven. I hated even the box art for it.
I were to rank all the M&M RPG titles:
M&M6 >= M&M4+5 > M&M3 > M&M8 > M&M2> M&M7 > M&M9 > M&M1
There was also a M&M title made on the M&M3-4-5 engine called Swords of Xeen. It reuses all assets and is a fun romp. I don't think it was released in retail though. Only in eastern Europe maybe?
Actually, now that I've seen the portrait options for this there's one angle of EO's that I miss here: 50/50 gender split for portraits. I like to keep my parties a balance of both, and I see only ONE human female there. Not a serious issue, especially if this is friendly towards bringing in your own, but it'd be nice if the options where there innately.
DiscoJer
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It's the first project from an indie company apparently consisting of 4 people, being sold for $15 ($12 if you pre-order).
Is it really fair to expect production values better than full retail games from Japan like EO or even CoH? Or even the old Western games before the genre went belly up here?
Is it really fair to expect production values better than full retail games from Japan like EO or even CoH? Or even the old Western games before the genre went belly up here?
Given that this is about static pictures I don't think it's TOO unreasonable. But it's more or less moot if it has the capability to import pictures of your choice (or if they added more since the picture I saw), which I'm actually kind of expecting already is there or will end up one of the first things patched in.
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