Legend Of Grimrock: calling all dungeon crawling fans.

[akeley]

http://www.grimrock.net/

This is a "proper" indie title that was in development for quite some time now. Released on 11th of April - can preorder now with lots of goodies and unbeatable price of 12 bucks.

It`s an old-school PC style dungeon crawler. Think Eye Of The Beholder, Dungeon Master, Wizardry. If you`re a jRpg fan - Etrian Odyssey or Class Of Heroes.

Why I`m excited:
-proper, "serious" atmosphere: none of this recent indie RPG parody/ironic style.
-totally grid based with real time combat
-puzzle/trap heavy
-automap - but also option to switch it off and get your grid-paper out :)
-you can get it from three sources: GOG, Steam, or straight from their site - for a DRM hater like me this is great news.

Definitely worth checking out, nothing like it is being released anymore.

EDIT: hope it doesn`t count as "advertising": I`m just a fan, spreading the word etc...

[Slacker Magician]

I prefer to stick to the classics, new dungeon crawlers never turn out to be much fun (for me anyway).

[TheRealSpiders]

Hmm, $12.00 is certainly tempting. I have spent more on worst looking games.

[Slacker Magician]

Any idea if any of the pre-order bonuses are of physical nature?

[akeley]

I prefer to stick to the classics, new dungeon crawlers never turn out to be much fun

This is unfortunately true. I like Japanese ones, but they`re a totally different story. This game is actually the only western indie RPG (apart from Knights of The Chalice) I think is worth trying out, rest leaves me cold.

So far, it seems to press all the right pressure-plates (pun intended) regarding gameplay, looks rather good too - and I like how they listened to fans during development (old school mode with no automap, accessibility mode for a disabled fellow) So, 12$ is a plunge even mega-skeptic like me is willing to take ;)

I think it will be only 15$ retail price anyway, so you can wait for reviews - I`m sure to say few unbiased words after I play for a bit. I think bonus thingies will be purely digital - it says something about grid paper "you can print yourself" here: http://www.grimrock.net/buy/#preorder_bonus - but that`s understandable, for that money it would be impossible to send physical products.

[Slacker Magician]

This is unfortunately true. I like Japanese ones, but they`re a totally different story. This game is actually the only western indie RPG (apart from Knights of The Chalice) I think is worth trying out, rest leaves me cold.

I tried Etrian Odyssey and Class of Heroes, just couldn't get into them. Does this one have some sort of plot?

[Wyrm]

Looks like I'll be waiting for this one to come out before I get my hands on it.

[akeley]

I tried Etrian Odyssey and Class of Heroes, just couldn't get into them. Does this one have some sort of plot?

I love Etrian for the mood and unforgivable gameplay. Doubt there`ll be any serious plot in this one - there`s something about prisoners escaping - but I figure "plot" writes itself in puzzles and combat. Just like in EoB/DM

[Pimpalicious]

I will be getting it on GOG, not decided if I want to preorder or wait until later though.

[Muscab]

Gog has a good offer of this game including 8 free awesome bonuses. I will try to get this good looking game when it will be released.