FINALLY! Either GOG caved under pressure or someone came to his/her senses at last, eh?
Such a true labour of love, well worth the (excruciatingly long) wait for any Wizardry fan. Don't miss out on it!

As a newly minted fan of wizardry I grabbed it.

Its great fun, if you love that series, you will like this.
its definitely a labor of love and toil that's for sure, despite the controversial nature of the dev, I am glad to see this here.

I'll join the rest that already asked: Is this a joke game? Why all the hype around this release? Serious question.
All I see is an average dungeon crawler, yet some go ape shit because of this release. I mean, yeah, the guy worked on this for 20 years, but that can't be all.

I always say there is a reason why people say something isn't finished, even to this day. I've tried the version 2 a couple of times and this review sums up my thoughts: https://techraptor.net/gaming/previews/embracing-your-inner-grognard-with-grimoire-heralds-of-winged-exemplar

I don't need to be a hardcore "grognard" to see that the game is trying very hard to look impressive on paper, but is ultimately unfinished. At one point you need to stop putting more in, and start executing what you already have really well.

Some say limitations makes you more creative (especially in those early days where resources actually were limited) - in 2017/2019 it's inexcusable.

Bought on Steam when it first came out, really good game. Reminds me of the classic I own here and have been playing for 20 years + .

Highly recommend it.

Really not a fan of the dev, but apart from that, is the UI really that clunky and is the jank worse than let's say "Inquisitor" or "Gothic"? I can put up with some jank if the rest is really good, but that's about all I can take.
Also: Does it run in WINE and is there a Linux port planned?

Thank you, the review really helped me understanding the buzz around this game!

It's not not for me, that's for sure, but hey, that's okay. :)

Since you have apparently played it, perhaps you could answer at least some of the questions I askked earlier in this topic?

Also, does the game have any option to change a character's class?

Say, you put 20+ years into your opus magnum(not many persons out there doing that, correct me if I'm wrong) and bring it to perfection then what your behaviour would be if world doesn't meet your expectations?

*gets popcorn*



I'll form my own opinion one day when I get this game. But this review is essentially what I reckoned from all the noise. Thanks for posting.

Here are the answers to your questions, courtesy of Wolfram_von_Thal:

1. No, your party isn't necessarily permanent. You can always pick up NPCs on the road - they are almost overpowered in the first hours of the game, so it may be a good advice to pick up one or two of them if one finds the game too hard. There is a place where you'll be able to get your own characters back.
2. yes
3. skills improve both by using them and by you distributing skill points to them.
4. In my whole playtime (about 300 hours) my characters aged about two years and it didn't matter. I don't know what happens if they get older, but there are means to rejuvenate them later in the game.
5. As far as I remember: No. Resurrection halfs your character's constitution but it restores over time to normal.
6. In my experience healing is important in the first parts of the game and it's effective enough, later in the game I didn't even bother about it as my party was strong enough to survive every battle.
7. I don't even know if there is a levelcap but realistically you won't get higher than to level 15 in one game. I didn't reach this level with any of my characters as I multiclassed them. Multiclassing is a good idea as it increases your HP and makes your characters more versatile and gives you the possibility to get access to the nifty special classes (Pirate, Assassin and the wonderful Jester).
8. At the beginning it's relatively demanding to survive but with enough knowledge it works pretty well (again: it's a good idea to pick up one of the recruitable NPCs if the game seems to be too hard at the beginning). There are certain enemies in the game that have a very mean attitude and use brutal instakill attacks that can wipe out your entire party - even if this party is on level 10. They are seriously overpowered but can be countered with the right kind of magic. Later on the game can be almost a breeze if you know how everything works. That's how the game rewards your dedication and it's a great feeling if your party grows from a ragtag band of weaklings to a battle hardened veteran adventurers.
9. There are a lot of missing hits going on with inexperienced (and/or tired) characters.

Given the historical delays, I would be more concerned about getting updates on gog.

Thanks for this. I don't support terrible people.

I might get angry. Yes, it's a pity but it's life. The dev did not die, did he? Some have luck and some don't. He wrote GOG was only 1 store of many so nothing actually happened. Calling people names is NOT the right thing to do and only shows that the guy maybe should start to grow up and calm down.

this looks pretty cool, will wishlist for later