Battle Demon Snails In Legend Of Grimrock

@teh_destroyer said:

This looks pretty rad, where is my quick look?

I'm interested also.

This looks pretty rad, where is my quick look?

That spell casting would be cool if you could use the numpad. 934 Enter BLAP BLAP BLAP

hmmm....i would prefer if this were turn based.

Me have hardon

Reminds me of Wizardy 8.

This looks like it could be a lot of fun.

I see myself buying this during some future Steam sale.

@GreenOcelot: YES! Dungeon Master is exactly what I thought! Such great memories on the Atari ST, I am super interested in this now.

Looks really neat. I anticipate dropping $5 for this on Steam sometime soon.

Seems alright, although I feel Demon's Souls(& soon Dark Souls) has really eclipsed these kind of dungeon crawlers and brought them into the modern era. Not to say these games shouldnt exist anymore but i'd personally rather see them evolve, and this looks like more of a throwback than anything.

@Lind_L_Taylor said:

@AuthenticM said:

This game looks very refreshing.

Looks archaic from me. Like 20 years old technology.

precisely

This game looks very refreshing.

This game looks very refreshing.

wow!!!! this is basically Dungeon Master but with modern graphics. Awesome!! Used to play DM on my atari ST.

I can see this getting old real, REAL fast.

Oldschool - OK
Shit dungeon design and layout - Not OK
 
People here seem to forget how bad going through identical looking environments was, try going back and finishing something like Wolfenstein now, from start to finish and even that had more variety in walls and nostalgia going for it (yes I know it's an FPS not an RPG, first thing that poped into my head, sue me). Later Might and Magic titles likewise did not even look as bland. I'm all for this type of game but if it has you going through dungeones like the one in this video, fuck it.

Oooh - retro gameplay nostalgia with a modern look? Count me in!

Wow finally an update to dungeon master, lookfing forward to getting this.

Seems alright, although I feel Demon's Souls(& soon Dark Souls) has really eclipsed these kind of dungeon crawlers and brought them into the modern era. Not to say these games shouldnt exist anymore but i'd personally rather see them evolve, and this looks like more of a throwback than anything.

I was actually really surprised by this. I normally loathe games of this genre, yet apart from the guesswork spellcasting, this was surprisingly compelling.

oh man that footstep sound got on my nerves, hopefully there is a slider just for that in the options, because other than that it sounded, and looked for that matter, pretty good

how did this dungeon crawler get in my screen saver...

was gonna say it looked ugly, but i guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
zing...

I've been avoiding reading up on this game as I feared I would want to play it immediately if I did.....yep...should have listened to myself....

Looks great, I just hope there will be lots of paths to choose from and more diverse environments

Woow. I really like what I see. Eye of the Beholder 2011, here I come!

the only thing i did not like was the sound effect for getting hit. Sounds like the big cow is a small man. Exept for that it does look awesome.

Considering my childhood had more to do with Zelda, Mario, and Commander Keen with only rudimentary experimentation with games like Ultima Underworld, I'm gonna have to say it doesn't look very good. At all. Doesn't appeal to my sensibilities.  
 
Hope you guys love the shit out of it, though.

I could totally see myself playing the shit outta this game.

I don't know if anybody mentioned it yet, but i played the bejeezus out of Anvil of Dawn.  This makes me want to play that game and this game.

@Karkarov said:

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@KillyDarko said:

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@fedorajay said:

@KillyDarko said: I think there have been a few episodes of 1UP's Retronauts and Active Time Babble where they've been talking about the modern japanese dungeon crawlers. I think I read something on Hardcore Gaming 101 about it as well, but I can't find the article right now.

For those interested the Japanese Wizardry that was recently released was specifially.... "Wizardy: Labyrinth of Lost Souls". It is available on PSN only. It is pretty solid too if a bit light on the story, difficulty ramps up well also. It starts fairly simple then gets sort of rough, then turns into every battle end in you dieing if you screw up.

A somewhat sensible difficulty curve? That's almost blasphemous for a Wizardry game. The last western developed part in the series, Wizardry 8, threw you against some serious shit in the first few minutes of the game. If you didn't flee/avoid a lot of fights you'd have a hard time even reaching the first city in the game. And then of course, everything scaled with your level, so you'd always encounter enemies at least 5 levels above you. I love that game, but it was ridiculously unfair.

@fisk0 said:

@tourgen said:

@fisk0: I just installed my Wizardry 8 CDs yesterday. Amazed I still had them around. Time to take a serious crack at it!

Just don't forget to run the game in administrator mode, otherwise you'll get lots and lots of odd glitches (the game will still work, but most items, and some monsters and NPC's will have disappeared).

holy shit. THANK YOU.

Yes! If they get the loot portion of the game right this is going to be fantastic!

@tourgen said:

@fisk0: I just installed my Wizardry 8 CDs yesterday. Amazed I still had them around. Time to take a serious crack at it!

Just don't forget to run the game in administrator mode, otherwise you'll get lots and lots of odd glitches (the game will still work, but most items, and some monsters and NPC's will have disappeared).

@fisk0: I just installed my Wizardry 8 CDs yesterday. Amazed I still had them around. Time to take a serious crack at it!

@Karkarov said:

@fisk0 said:

@KillyDarko said:

@fisk0 said:

@fedorajay said:

@KillyDarko said: I think there have been a few episodes of 1UP's Retronauts and Active Time Babble where they've been talking about the modern japanese dungeon crawlers. I think I read something on Hardcore Gaming 101 about it as well, but I can't find the article right now.

For those interested the Japanese Wizardry that was recently released was specifially.... "Wizardy: Labyrinth of Lost Souls". It is available on PSN only. It is pretty solid too if a bit light on the story, difficulty ramps up well also. It starts fairly simple then gets sort of rough, then turns into every battle end in you dieing if you screw up.

A somewhat sensible difficulty curve? That's almost blasphemous for a Wizardry game. The last western developed part in the series, Wizardry 8, threw you against some serious shit in the first few minutes of the game. If you didn't flee/avoid a lot of fights you'd have a hard time even reaching the first city in the game. And then of course, everything scaled with your level, so you'd always encounter enemies at least 5 levels above you. I love that game, but it was ridiculously unfair.

I love the look, and old school throw back, but the minimalist atmosphere is killing it for me. Needs some music, or ambient sounds to give the game some presence,  Also the sound FX are marginal at best.  

guessing dave took his pants off to watch this.

I was super-excited for a Dinobot game but then I realized I had misread the title.

I hate first-person games that tell me I'm controlling multiple people.

Oh wow this looks exactly like I wanted those games to look. Can't wait.

this makes my dick hard. there are not enough eotb clones out there.

@KillyDarko said:

@fisk0 said:

@fedorajay said:

@KillyDarko said:

I'm so happy that someone is still making a game like this! Consider my money yours :)

100% Agree. Loving this!

The genre never fully went away in Japan though, as far as I know they still make lots of Wizardry games over there (one of them supposedly was released in the west this year, but it's not out in Europe yet), it's rare to get releases over here anyway, at least if they aren't for cell phones, like Doom RPG.

First of all, thanks for the info! :) Now, I take it there aren't many (if any) being made for the PC in Japan, but do you happen to know of any? Pretty please with sugar on top...? ^^

I don't think many of the japanese games are for PC anymore sadly, I actually think most of them are still PlayStation 2 exclusives, though I guess more and more is coming out for PS3. I think there have been a few episodes of 1UP's Retronauts and Active Time Babble where they've been talking about the modern japanese dungeon crawlers. I think I read something on Hardcore Gaming 101 about it as well, but I can't find the article right now.

isn't this bassically just first person dungeons of dredmor in a lot of ways

@fedorajay said:

@KillyDarko said:

I'm so happy that someone is still making a game like this! Consider my money yours :)

100% Agree. Loving this!

The genre never fully went away in Japan though, as far as I know they still make lots of Wizardry games over there (one of them supposedly was released in the west this year, but it's not out in Europe yet), it's rare to get releases over here anyway, at least if they aren't for cell phones, like Doom RPG.

@CrashTanuki said:

@fisk0: Depending on your requirements for these kinds of games, there are a decent number of them out there. I know Class of Heroes on the PSP is pretty similar to what I played of Wizardry and there are others that do unique things of their own in SMT: Strange Journey and the Etrian Odysssey series on the DS. Those have all come out in NA and are on region-free systems, so anybody can get them if they're interested.

Personally I don't own any of the current hand helds, so I meant for consoles or PC's (there's a new Wizardry game out on US PSN, and awaiting release in the EU), but as 3DS and PSP are getting into affordable price ranges, I might pick one up and then it's good to know there are first person dungeon crawlers available on there as well. :)

WOW! Dungeon Master returns