Posted on: December 15, 2019

GregT_314
Games: 1132 Reviews: 45
If you need a review, it's not for you
The market for this game already know it exists, and they'll be well-satisfied with the result. For everyone else, this sprawling game is a love-letter to retro western RPGS - but unlike something like Legend of Grimrock or Pillars of Eternity, which capture the limitations that defined beloved games without necessarily emulating their flaws, Grimoire mostly emulates the awkwardness of the era - complex unintuitive systems that require reference to an out-of-game manual; brutally slow pacing where basic journeys can take hours; bugs and interface problems. The fact a single person has made such a vast game is amazing; but the fact a single person should also have trouble providing basic quality assurance for it is entirely unsurprising. If you don't already know you want it, best stay away.
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