Legend of Grimrock (Upcoming Dungeon Crawler game)

[Vaiti]

So there is pretty much no way I'm not getting this, if the video is anything to go by. Ok, maybe it won't be that impressive to some, but to me, it just tickles all the right nostalgia receptors. We haven't had a game like this since Wizardry 8.

Gameplay Video

http://www.grimrock.net/

I caught wind of this some months ago, but at the time thought it was just going to be some generic bland MMO, so didn't pay attention to it. Gameplay video today shed more light on what this is going to be all about, and I'm just boyishly excited about it now.

Edit by Trippy: spelling

[KallDrexx]

That looks pretty interesting

[Mrbloodworth]

Yeah, I would play that.

[Vaiti]

Forgot to mention, they are releasing this on PC, Mac, and iOS as well. With other platforms to be considered once they go live.

edit: Oh, and thanks Trippy

[Mosesandstick]

I wanted it to be Grimlock 

[koro]

Looks really neat, but I'm afraid it's just a little too old-school for my taste. That form of real-time combat is an instant turn-off for me.

Hope it does well though!

[Ingmar]

No Android version to start. 

[Lakov_Sanite]

This loOks awesome to me, day one purchase

[Rendakor]

Looks awesome; I hope they put out a 3DS version although Android would be fine too.

[Vaiti]

Admittedly, the instant combat made me cringe abit as well. But beggars, choosers. I'm happy to see someone, anyone, making games like this again. It's been a good year for me on that front, old school gameplay coming back in force.

[Selby]

I love that type of combat, played games like that for over 20 years.  Definitely going to look into this one.

[ffc]

Add me into the yay real-time camp. Tried the Wizardry PSN demo and this game addresses everything I didn't like about it. Spell casting may be too frantic though.

[Tebonas]

Oh Dungeon Master, how I've missed you!

[DLRiley]

And I'm 10 again.

[Yegolev]

Oh Dungeon Master, how I've missed you!

[Mrbloodworth]

Admittedly, the instant combat made me cringe abit as well. But beggars, choosers. I'm happy to see someone, anyone, making games like this again. It's been a good year for me on that front, old school gameplay coming back in force.

I found it odd for this type of title, not that I don't like the idea of more action ( I really do ), its just in conflict of my memories of games like this. Clearly, we need to overcome that, they look to be modernizing an old style, and its a good thing.

Hell, I hope I can keybind the attacks.

[UnSub]

I watched some videos of Captive not too long ago. Ahh, memories. Never finished that one.

Or Whale's Voyage, but mainly because the game loved to corrupt the single save file.

[Tebonas]

I found it odd for this type of title, not that I don't like the idea of more action ( I really do ), its just in conflict of my memories of games like this.

Your memories of games like this are just faulty.

[Mrbloodworth]

Whut?

[Tebonas]

Grimrock looks like a continuation of games like Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, and Lands of Lore (screenshots provided in previous posting), all of which have exactly that kind of combat.

[Mrbloodworth]

Yeah, I'm not familiar with those titles. Most of the games I played like that had some sort of turn based combat. So, I guess its faulty, in that I do not relate to those titles. 

[Vaiti]

Yep, exactly what it is, namely Dungeon Master. I don't mind that style of combat, I just have a preference in my dungeon crawls for turn based/simultaneous turn based, combat. Played more games over the years following that formula, but this does fit better into making the game more modern. Etrian Odyssey on the DS followed my preferred style, but just felt off in same way I can't quite remember to put my finger on.

[Kageru]

I have fond memories of playing dungeon master in pseudo multi-player (charaters 3 and 4 are mine!) when I was young and certainly have nostalgia going full-force.

...but, this mode was mostly because displaying a 3D environment was such a challenge on the hardware and screen resolution. In the more modern environment it seems somewhat wasteful and an isometric view allows a lot more tactical flexibility (gold box D&D!). Though I guess on a mobile phone platform it actually makes sense again.

[Mrbloodworth]

Well, known perspectives allow you to get away with a number of things. But yeah, this looks like a good fit for mobile devices. I just wonder how far this will go, there have been lots of games that try to "clone" this style, most never make the light of day, and to be fair, we have seen one hallway, 3-4 interactions ( buttons and torch grabbing ) and one mob.

Just how far in development are they? Looks like its mostly just a few halls to test GUI and basic features, I wonder how far along content wise they are.

I have to say though, of all the "dungeon crawls" of old, I spent the most time in Ultima underworld. Not the same I know, but it has roots here.

[Vaiti]

Oh, Ultima Underworld fits the bill. It's a offshoot/branch of the genre. Wizardry 8 was as well if you get technical. It tried to modernize the formula with free movement, and promptly sounded the death knell for the entire genre for some years. It was one of the last serious attempts on PC to make a game like this.

[Nebu]

Yep, exactly what it is, namely Dungeon Master.

Looks like a carbon copy with updated graphics.  The spell system is almost identical. 

Might be a fun, nostalgic trip.

[Talpidae]

Yeah, I'm not familiar with those titles.

That's not funny.

[Vaiti]

Going to visit the guys at Almost Human Oy. Any questions/request from this community?

Also, Notch took notice of them and name dropped them today.

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/10929498601/real-games-for-nerdy-gamers

[Lucas]

Looks fantastic, a real trip down the memory lane: Dungeon Master was the first CRPG I beat back when it was released  

Game entered beta, and there is a new (?) gameplay trailer on the main page:

http://www.grimrock.net/

Edit: direct link to the trailer (youtube) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep97ba_uWXM

[Ironwood]

Look, as much as I'm on side of this (you all know my views on DM et al), and as much as that trailer actually LOOKS glorious, DON'T tell me that this is the 'future' of dungeon crawling.

Guys you're wading in nostalgia and you should treat it as such.  Stop being wanky.

Sorry, but it bugged me.

Anyway, how do we get into Beta ?

[schild]

This is the past of dungeon crawling. Shadows don't make it the future.

Anyway, entered beta? Tell us more.

[Tmon]

They are taking pre-orders now for their April 11th release.  Looks like it's worth the $11.

http://www.grimrock.net/

[Tannhauser]

Hmm may have to give this a shot, $11 on Steam, loves me some dungeon crawling.

[Ratman_tf]

I bought the Might and Magic series off of GoG, but just couldn't get past the old sound, graphics and interface.
So I'll pick this up. Even if it's crap, it's my kind of crap.

[Lucas]

If you want to support the developer, consider buying it directly from the developer's website, instead of Steam or GoG.