Game looks nice, I love the wide environment. Unfortunately between the controls and lack of any real tutorial it's a chore to play. You get dumped into the first level with no clue about the controls and are immediately attacked with no time to ease into learning the game. If you like that kind of frustration then this game is for you. Not for me, I get enough of that in real life.
Couldn't get this to run more than a few minutes at a time before it crashes and dumps out. My computer is spec'd far above what the minimum is required. Not sure what's up but had to ask for a refund on this.
Even in early access this is worth a purchase. Love the makeover and also the inclusion of the original graphics as an option. Really cool they built on top of the original code. For me there's a heavy nostalgia kick that goes with this franchise, one of the first dungeon crawlers I got into as a kid so I sort of compare everything else to that experience on an emotional level. Take that with a grain of salt as others may not be as big of a fan. Still, regardless of my rose colored glasses, this game will reward your patience at the old school pace with a good story, deep lore, and pretty much constant dungeon crawling with turn based fighting and perma-death. This is a worthy entry in the franchise.
I am a huge fan of the original Wizardry (1 and 2) so when this came out on PS3 I was in line to get it. Overall it did not disappoint. Yes, the window dressing is different but underneath the anime style makeover it's reminiscent of Wizardry. Well, Wizardry light at least. I like this enough I've played it through a couple times and would probably buy it for the PC from here when it goes on sale. Even with the new release of Wizardry 1 made over here on GOG (also recommend) this is still fun to play. Cons are it's a bit short in comparison, not quite as deep as the originals, and like the originals this is all about the grind. That latter bit is good or bad depending on your preference. If you like turn based RPG's you can't really go wrong with this IMO.
