Legend of Grimrock

A lot of people have been voting this down because they don't understand what this is. It's not a shooter, it's not an RPG, it's not a platformer. You don't need reflexes or skill. It's all RNG and turn-based movement. What this is is an old-school maze exploration game with puzzles and RNG combat. Back in the 80s when this sort of game first came out, it was on a top-down grid like an early roguelike, but with more powerful home computers (and I mean relics like the TRS-80) it had pixels aligned on vectors showing the edges of wall, floor and ceiling tiles in forced perspective pseudo-3D, and turning 90 degrees to the right meant tapping the right arrow key twice because there was no mouse support. It's all turn based, and if that doesn't excite you, you won't like this. But for what it is, it's really not bad. Like some of those early games, the puzzles are sometimes impenetrable, and other times require hunting out a loose stone in a wall... that is always in the same position on every wall. There are gear drops and some inventory management, but even calling this a squad combat game is a bit of a stretch. The mechanics are less complex than the earliest Ultima games. But the graphics are modern and very pretty. If you are nostalgic about crowding around a black and white monitor with friends and having to write down clues on paper to figure them out and losing your way because you lost track of how many times you tapped that arrow key, you might really enjoy this. If on the other hand you were expecting Battlefield 1 or Skyrim, you're out of your mind and should probably play this just to learn how far PC games have evolved. It's very old school fun, but if you're used to anything made in the last decade, you may find it tedious and boring. I enjoyed it, but I probably won't play it a second time.

Like many reviewers I've played RPGs since the late 80s. EOB, LOL, Ultima, DM etc were fantastic games because they had great gameplay. I'm playing this on Old School mode and I'm mapping my round first level and I'm in RPG heaven. The difficulty is pitched nicely for the first level which will give newbies to the genre a steady introduction to old school dungeon crawling. Spell casting is a dream and the auto pick up of thrown weapons is wonderful. I love the fact that the developers have kept the food element too. Scavenging is important in dungeon crawling as it keeps you on your toes and makes you keep looking for your next meal. The monster animations are beautiful; I've bumped into the giant snails and just met the mushroom men. They can sneak up on you if you aren't paying attention! Fantastic atmosphere and wonderful lighting effects are just adding to what is shaping up to be a wonderful game. I'll come back and give a review when I've finished the game.

This game is awesome! I've never played this genre before, but now I can say it is very entertaining. The puzzles are hard, but not unfair and the fighting system is intuitive. Good work Almost Human!

Never really expected another tile based dungeon crawler ala Eye of the Beholder, least of all one with more modern mechanics, super slick graphics, and good puzzles to boot. I'll note with amusement at this time that people raging at Jerry's review has caused it to have a net positive effect on the rating of the game. tldr; BUY THIS GAME.

I've never played Dungeon Master nor Eye of the Beholder, but this game makes me wish I had. The atmosphere in this game alone can keep you wanting to play just to figure out if that plodding noise is just around the corner. And yes, this game can be difficult; but I think that's part of the attractiveness of it: you feel like your accomplishing something by solving a puzzle. It's well paced, authentic, and created with great amounts of love for the genre.