Posted on: March 1, 2020

bruplex

Games: 34 Reviews: 1

Great Throwback Wizardry Title

I'm a big fan of the NES Wizardry games (the two released in North America) and Wizardry V for the SNES. I recently bought a repro cart of Wizardry: Throb of the Demon's Heart for the SNES, but the ROM is super glitchy. I had avoided Labyrinth of Lost Souls because of the low ratings, but the more I read, it seemed like some gamers had a problem with the old school Wizardry formula vs. the execution of the game itself. That's fair. However, if you like the old school dungeons crawlers, this game is an incredible experience. Break out the graph paper! (Actually, the in-game mapping is pretty good, so you may not need to). Besides sticking true to the older Wizardry style of gameplay, the UX is well-done—smooth, intuitive, and easy to navigate. Visually, it's a nice visual upgrade and I much prefer the anime-style graphics vs. the traditional Wizardry artwork of "trying to make the game developers look like heroes". I have played through Wizardry 8 and Tales of the Forsaken Land, and I much prefer the game style of Labyrinth of Lost Souls. I like the straightforward battles (Wizardry 8 could have some tedious encounters) and the confined but familiar pace of older dungeon crawlers. I'm surprised it took me so long to finally play this one. While it's not for everyone if you like the early Wizardry games this one is a love letter to the dungeon crawling days of yore.

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Posted on: November 25, 2023

NoctisFer

Games: 468 Reviews: 2

wizardry town of imprisoned spirits TOO

I want the sequel please GOG bring this game and translate to English. Only Japanese BTW.

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Posted on: March 13, 2020

fractalier

Games: 241 Reviews: 3

Clumsy and Disappointing

Not even as interesting as Wizardry 1 or 2, this new Japanese edition is certainly not geared for old-time fans like me. The interface is highly limited and clunky, there is no tutorial or manual anywhere, and one has to guess which keys move you where, and that's just the sad beginning. Creating characters isn't as reasonable as once was either, and no direction and/or advice is offered anywhere. I am a huge fan of Wizardry, as having played them all; maybe that's why this is such a dreadful disappointment. Pass.

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Posted on: August 1, 2025

Vamp898

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Games: 54 Reviews: 1

Solid and good Wizardry Entry

Many Wizardry fans probably know that Wizardry, since it exists, took a lot of different roots and experiments. The last experiment, Wizardry 8, pretty much killed the franchise... almost. While the west gave up on Wizardry after the debacle that was 8, the Japanese went back from these experiments and focused on the earlier titles that where most liked by the fans. And this is the result. From the visuals, there is no doubt that this is from a Japanese developer, but other then the looks, this is good old Wizardry. Like "The Five Ordeals" this is back to the roots and yes, some people don't like oldshool dungeon crawler so if you don't... you should not buy one. It is not 100% oldshool though. Obviously the graphics are 3D (except the sprites which are 2D which i personally prefer), but it does come with some improvements/quality of life features other modern Dungeon Crawler have too. For example, outside of the Dungeon, you no longer have to walk around the town but can just directly select where you want to go (Basically like in TRPG). It seems like some people dislike that but the game is already very long, that is a good improvement to save you wasting time and, as said, all modern dungeon crawler do this, for a good reason. Also most of the stuff is explained inside the game, you do not have to read a 100 page manual to be able to play the game. So its not 100% authentic but lets be honest, that would be unrealistic to expect. But imho these are rather minor changes, the overall tone and look&feel that made Wizardry famous to begin with is there, just transported in the modern age. Overall it is weaker than "The Five Ordeals", there are no DLC (there is one, but no new), there is no tool to create your own adventures and so on. Its a port of an PS3 game, nothing more, nothing less. If you want more, you have to get Five Ordeals which comes in at a higher price too.

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Posted on: February 6, 2020

clambumper007

Verified owner

Games: 73 Reviews: 2

It's ok

The game is ok, I guess? their is no tutorial to speak of and the game essentially tells you nothing, right from the get go you pick a character you want to play and get a random amount of points to place in your stats like any basic RPG, BUT each class has min stat requirements that the game does not tell you so you have to play a guessing game on your stats to pick a class, moreover their are classes that are alliangment bound and their are classes that you can never even get unless you get really lucky with the random stat generator, or use your 1TIME DLC FRUIT that you can NEVER GET BACK, even if you start a "new game", also the quest requirements are all random drops so the 1st quest can take you 5min or 25min to complete, depending on if you have someone who can appraise the item like a bishop or GRIND pitiful amounts of money from mobs to pay for appraisal. Leveling up is a crapshoot since you don't choose where your stats go which would be fine but apparently you can LOSE stats on lvl ups? why? so i can get punished for leveling up in an RPG for doing nothing more than playing the game. lastly this game has REALLY BAD directions, some quest givers will send you out to get something that you'll have to grind for but then also say "it's in the mid levels of the dungeon" Bruh that's 2-3 FLOORS you have to FULLY MAP unless you get lucky and go the right direction the first time. This game is good for a couple of hours and at a discounted price it's not bad but anything above $10 is a really hard sell, this game gets very repetitive and pretty much plays its' self, if you can get past the crushing difficult beginning lvls 1-3 the game becomes insanely easy after since their is pretty much no weapon veriety, it'll be the same weps and armor with just a +1or2 tacked on to the end.

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