This game is very, very hard. There is no manual. Even after doing the tutorials you have to rely on long sessions to understand the key mappings, the map symbols, etc. Then, as with most Warhammer games, the hand of fate is stronger in this game than most other games you will play. I am a huge Warhammer fan, but I cannot recommend this game.
You are able to solve the first crime scene easy enough. Then, subsequent connections become harder and harder and not completely logical. If you have 80 hrs to spend making random connections to see if they generate additional clues or questions then this is the game for you. For me, life is just too short.
The graphics are cute, and the story "idea" is interesting, but after spending 45 minutes and dozens of attempts at one of the early puzzles, the juice is not worth the squeeze. It would not matter if there were Terabytes of adventure awaiting. If you cannot get past the first part of the first chapter then the game is not worth it. This is all the more embittering because the cute, kid like graphics lead you to believe that this is more like a Teddy Ruxpin adventure than Dark Souls, but more like Dark Souls it is. I previously had the full game wishlisted just based on the cute premise. No more.
This is a very early Warhammer Fantasy computer game, and it really shows its age. The controls for battle are clunky, limited, and ultimately frustrating as you watch your units get beaten because you were not given the fidelity to control them. Back in the day, you might have played a single battle 300 times to get it right (there were no gaming alternatives), but in today's world, this game is not worth that effort.
I've been to the forums and tried out the patches. It simply does not work. I finally was able to get the game to play on an old XP model by using the independent installation file. If the play had been *fantastic* I would recommend it, but the game play was not that great. There are better Warhammer tactical games out there. Most players are not going to have access to an XP machine. (I also saw some reviews saying that it worked on Win 8 too, but I cannot verify this.) As such, I cannot recommend it.
The game description looks great, but in practice it is tedious and deadly, a bad combination. The actual game play is limited. I forced myself on several occasions to play for around 15 minutes, and then, I had to stop. Finally, I just uninstalled it. The game is listed as in early access, but unless some substantial new mechanics are added, I cannot recommend this one. I will check back ever 4-6 months and see if it changes.
I was really surprised when this game showed up. I had not heard any buzz about it. Wizardry was the first game I played on a personal, portable computer (Apple ][ ), and I have many happy memories of it. The new 3D version is true to the original game. Death is frequent and brutal, and you need to exercise some significant party management skills. Your hands sweat as you try to get out of the Maze before a random encounter kills off one of your prized party members. The controls are a bit clunky at times. For example, in the original game, I remember being able to swap equipment between players, but I have not found a way in this new version. There were also some wanky mechanics where the Maze shifted before my eyes. It was the second level; so it is highly probably a bug rather than some magical effect. I have only been down to the second level, and then, I had to start over because of a random encounter gone wrong (party was *extremely* unlucky), but that is also the way the original game was. All in all, for a game in development, it is already a lot of fun. I look forward to continued play and see the improvements as they are developed.
