

Having a great time with this. The story gets out of the way fairly quickly and you're just given free reign to explore an island with satisfyingly varied environments and interesting puzzles. The combat is quite tough, even on normal difficulty, but in my opinion this is essential because it makes levelling up and finding gear satisfying. The non-linear progression also means that you can just come back once your team is stronger. Love the way the real-time combat works. Combination of coordination and having to think on your feet. Enjoying this more than Grimrock 1 (which, due to its linear layout, had me constantly anxious about leaving things behind and the potentially very dull backtracking I would have to do if I solved a puzzle in my head later on, or realised I needed an item I'd dropped)