Legend of Grimrock 2

I played them all. Dungeon masters, Eyes of Begolder, Ishars, Wizardrys, Realms of Arkania, Lands Of Lore, Betrayals at Krondor ... and more. And Legend of Grimrock 1+2 is the best of them all :)

We (playing it with my newphew) like the freedom of movement, many places to go, up to use where to go first.

This game would be awesome, if it had a pause button so I could make my changes and then return to the fighting.

Loved the original. This one doesn't have quite the same appeal, for some reason (deja vu?), but it's a great game. Brought back very fond memories of the classic "Dungeon Master".

I don't own Grimrock I, but I bought Grimrock II because most of the environments are places that you'd like to be. I think that beautiful environments and nice sounds add a lot to an adventure game. I did not expect several moments of awe. Game was better than I expected it to be. Game does have traps and switches, and some of the puzzles are so hard that, like me, you may end up looking them up. There is no hard level cap but there is a soft level cap -- each level costs roughly twice the XP of the previous level, so you reach a point beyond which you are unlikely to level up. A very good game with interesting character options and real replayability.