Posted on: June 21, 2024
Leginsky
Verified ownerGames: 80 Reviews: 8
Messy, janky, unfinished
I was thirsty for games like Wizardry 8 and somehow stumbled upon this one. I risked buying it and... To start with, it runs flawlessly on Windows 11. I haven't experienced a single technical issue in my over 50 hours of playtime. As for the game itself... it's one of the worst rpgs I've ever played. Messy, janky, and ugly. Unfinished, inconsistent, and full of conflicting design ideas. A total waste of time. The only redeeming qualities are the dungeon design and character progression. Everything else is bad. Story and writing are unbearably cliche, cringy, and simply retarded. Combat is a mix of turn-based and real-time which is actually neither. It's clearly unfinished and probably even the devs wouldn't be able to fully explain how it works. And it's mind-numbingly boring and repetitive. The graphics are ugly and dull. It's also the jankiest game I've ever played - even the horizon line wobbles! While the dungeons are quite good, the overworld is just a vast empty area marked out by walls of forest. UI is clunky and inconsistent; using an item from inventory or choosing a spell to is a pain in the neck every single time. I spent 55h struggling with this game, and only got 3 final dungeons left. However, the final straw came when a group of overpowered Jungle Vines showed up out of nowhere. I was too tired of stupid hit-and-run 'combat' to endure it for another half an hour or so (the game is also terribly unbalanced). So, I quit. There are so many better games out there. I had to write this review just to get it off my chest. I understand that the development of this game was troubled, and transitioning from Wizardry 7 to a fully 3D game was a difficult task... but it doesn't justify releasing something like this in 2001. Even Wizardry 6 holds up much better in 2024. People who praise Wizards & Warriors as a hidden gem are most likely old-schoolers with their judgment clouded by nostalgia. They don't make games like this anymore, and that's a good thing.
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