Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

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  1. richardcran67
    Aug 7, 2017
    0
    I heard about the mixed reviews but thought they were just trolling. Well the sad thing is they were trolling, the positive reviews! :( The game is every bit as bad as the naysayers say and any positive reviews are just by people for this RPGCodex site where they have a cult following for the insane developer for this game. Don't get fooled!
  2. CrispyCali
    Aug 6, 2017
    0
    Lol, looks and plays like something your granmother would. 40 bucks for a pos like this. just kek! Graphics are bad, sound is just loops. Combat is slow a.. clicking.
  3. Crapsby
    Aug 9, 2017
    0
    Game is terrible. Looks and moves like an ancient game from the 80's but without the charm and style. Crashes everywhere, missing features and bugs galore. Barely playable and unbelievably slow combat. 40 dollars for this , that uses stolen assets in sound and code is disgusting. Dev is also a crazed, racist misogynist with the biggest ego in the world. Cleve Blakemore was a nameGame is terrible. Looks and moves like an ancient game from the 80's but without the charm and style. Crashes everywhere, missing features and bugs galore. Barely playable and unbelievably slow combat. 40 dollars for this , that uses stolen assets in sound and code is disgusting. Dev is also a crazed, racist misogynist with the biggest ego in the world. Cleve Blakemore was a name synonymous with this but now we can add scammer to the list. Avoid!… Expand
  4. Themadcow
    Aug 4, 2017
    10
    Ask yourself if you remember the golden age of RPGs before they got ruined by endless dialogue, romances and dumbed down gameplay - if yes, you might be interested in Grimoire, which rewinds the clock back to the Wizardry 7 era. Sure, its effectively an indie title so lacks a bit of polish and maybe has the odd bug. That's no reason not to enjoy the deep character creation, hugeAsk yourself if you remember the golden age of RPGs before they got ruined by endless dialogue, romances and dumbed down gameplay - if yes, you might be interested in Grimoire, which rewinds the clock back to the Wizardry 7 era. Sure, its effectively an indie title so lacks a bit of polish and maybe has the odd bug. That's no reason not to enjoy the deep character creation, huge environments, tactical combat (no you can't just spam your strongest attack) and care that has gone into a 20+ year development. I'm inclined to rate this as the best RPG of 2017.… Expand
  5. Petardo
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    I love Wizardry 7. I think it is one of the best designed RPG of all times. I have played and finished five times so I can compare it with Grimoire, that is almost a clone of that RPG gem, very fairly.

    In a few words: Grimoire is just broken and unfinished. Grimoire looks very similar to Wizardry in almost every aspect, the appearance, the gameplay, the GUI, the atmosphere... It    I love Wizardry 7. I think it is one of the best designed RPG of all times. I have played and finished five times so I can compare it with Grimoire, that is almost a clone of that RPG gem, very fairly.

    In a few words: Grimoire is just broken and unfinished.

    Grimoire looks very similar to Wizardry in almost every aspect, the appearance, the gameplay, the GUI, the atmosphere... It really catches that old-school feeling but, it just that, appearance...
    The most important part of a good RPG is the design, the code that is is behind the scenes. And I'am sorry to say, that Grimoire fails. Wizardry 7 is a game very well balanced, the mechanisms work very well from the beginning of the game to the end. And that is something super hard to do, even new RPGs of AAA quality fails in that aspect, or just have an over simplified systems. There is no new RPG as deep as Wizardry 7 at all, and Grimoire even trying to copy their gameplay during 20 years and finally it is just a broken mess:

    The levelling system is broken, the combat is broken, the looting is broken, the encounters is just a joke. After playing it for 80 hours the disappointment is so huge that I needed to start a new Wizardry 7 game.

    Just play the old classics like Wizardry or Might and Magic, or modern RPGs well designed like Lords of Xulima, Legend of Grimrock or Underrail.    … Expand
  6. Bootdisk
    Aug 9, 2017
    0
    Stay away from this overpriced, overhyped, clunky, ugly-as-hell, bug-ridden 20-years-in-the-making abortion of a videogame.
    A waste of bytes, time, and money.
  7. Sampowa85
    Aug 7, 2017
    0
    Interesting concept but terrible execution at a ridiculous price. Game is ugly, with the worst sound ever, which is on a 2 second loop it seems. What is more is that much of the sound assets are stolen from other sources and uncredited like the Monty Python run away sound. Buggy and slow combat with a barely usable UI that makes doing the simplest task a chore. Avoid!
  8. DamianK
    Aug 9, 2017
    0
    Had to register here to warn people about this 'game'. It's a buggy mess that will devour your saves after every so-called patch that just introduces more problems! Avoid buying for now and at this price! Even at best this game deserves to cost around 10 dollars max given it's shoddy production values as apart from its history and the memes behind it, it is inferior by far to such bargainHad to register here to warn people about this 'game'. It's a buggy mess that will devour your saves after every so-called patch that just introduces more problems! Avoid buying for now and at this price! Even at best this game deserves to cost around 10 dollars max given it's shoddy production values as apart from its history and the memes behind it, it is inferior by far to such bargain crawlers as Elminage Gothic. The positive ratings here and on steam are mostly either by Cleve and his family with fake accounts or troll ratings from the RPG Codex website which has a cult following of this racist and unhinged developer who is fond of deleting and blocking any user on Steam from his forums if they have genuine criticism of the game. Shoddy practice that doesn't deserve your money!… Expand
  9. OzoneGrif
    Aug 29, 2017
    0
    The game itself is not good, way shorter than marketed, and the audio is terrible. The UI is clumsy, the monsters are boring. After a bit, you will keep using the same attack configuration over and over again. And every time a patch comes out, your saves get corrupt. The author of the game was begging for good reviews on Steam in a News. I nicely told him to not do that because goodThe game itself is not good, way shorter than marketed, and the audio is terrible. The UI is clumsy, the monsters are boring. After a bit, you will keep using the same attack configuration over and over again. And every time a patch comes out, your saves get corrupt. The author of the game was begging for good reviews on Steam in a News. I nicely told him to not do that because good reviews come in naturally when people think the rating is not fair. I got permanently banned for this comment. Just wow. So yeah, I'm *butthurt*, here comes the zero.… Expand
  10. mulligan
    Aug 27, 2017
    4
    When a game scores all 10s, or all 0s, you know something is up :) Fanboys gunna be fanboys, haters gunna hate. It isn't a 10, that's for sure, and it certainly isn't a 0. Its real score is hard to measure. It has many good points, some excellent points, and a whole bag of bad to outright horrific ones. How much weighting you apply to all of these is going to determine what you think ofWhen a game scores all 10s, or all 0s, you know something is up :) Fanboys gunna be fanboys, haters gunna hate. It isn't a 10, that's for sure, and it certainly isn't a 0. Its real score is hard to measure. It has many good points, some excellent points, and a whole bag of bad to outright horrific ones. How much weighting you apply to all of these is going to determine what you think of it. I am a blobber fan and have been since they first came out. Grimoire tries to bring back those 80s and 90s times, but fails, due to a kiunky broken interface, partly or totally non-functioning aspects, a total lack of balance, and a myriad of other very obvious failures. I'd love to give it a good score, but I can't. I have a lot of Grimoire steam time, but I just stopped playing. I can't takes no more of this broken mess. :(… Expand
  11. Primenumber
    Aug 6, 2017
    0
    This is a very bad game. Looks so amateurish and is very slow and buggy. I know old people like these games but its a bad game and looks bad even for 1970.
  12. Bobbiesmythe
    Aug 5, 2017
    0
    Played it for 16 hours now, and the further you play, the worse it gets. I had wanted to give it a chance as the idea was great, but it looks like I wasted my money. Game is unbearably slow and clunky, reminiscent of first time amateur efforts in gamemaker or RPG maker. The UI is horrible and makes everything a chore. There are no hotkeys! Graphics are below par even for 30 years ago and aPlayed it for 16 hours now, and the further you play, the worse it gets. I had wanted to give it a chance as the idea was great, but it looks like I wasted my money. Game is unbearably slow and clunky, reminiscent of first time amateur efforts in gamemaker or RPG maker. The UI is horrible and makes everything a chore. There are no hotkeys! Graphics are below par even for 30 years ago and a drab and lacking in quality animation and charm. Sound is a grating loop of random sounds. Worth maybe 5 dollars when the dev patches out the bugs and maybe adds hotkeys and tries to salvage something, but at this price stay way away!… Expand
  13. The-Weary-Cuck
    Aug 11, 2017
    10
    In my opinion, this is the best RPG in the modern gaming world. Excellent work, Bioware. Under the glorious enlightenment and guidance from EA, a game publisher with precise long-term vision in future game development, Bioware finally manages to make a RPG suitable for everyone, but not just a game accessible only to a minority of hardcore RPG players.

    DA: Origins is an old-school and    In my opinion, this is the best RPG in the modern gaming world. Excellent work, Bioware. Under the glorious enlightenment and guidance from EA, a game publisher with precise long-term vision in future game development, Bioware finally manages to make a RPG suitable for everyone, but not just a game accessible only to a minority of hardcore RPG players.

    DA: Origins is an old-school and medicore game only appealing to a tiny market niche. DA II breaks the medicority, and introduces the popular mass effect decision tree and button-mashing mechanics, which attracts tons of Call Of Duty (COD) and action gamers around the world, contributing to its great success. However, it still suffers from a linear and small game world, and repetitive dungeons.

    DA: Inquisition evolves from its predecessors by combining the best elements of 2 popular RPGs in modern era. It adopts the sandbox open world, lightweight RPG perspective and enormous fetch quest system from the highly praised Elder Scroll Skyrim, as well as the popular decision tree mechanism and the combat elements from another Bioware's master piece, Mass Effects 3.

    By having a cohesive reasonance of 2 best elements from 2 outstanding RPGs, and adding tons of creative elements, this game simply becomes one larger than the sum of all parts. You have a large world to explore, tons of item collection and FedEx quests to play with, and the best button mashing mechanics to finish off your opponents. Skyrim and this game is great because they both remove the annoying character stat building mechanism. Stat is now only granted from equipment, how amazing and creative, isn't it? In addition, this game adopts the perfect RPG gaming style of Skyrim, i.e. explore first, just forget the plot, which removes player's frustration to recall memory about the main quest and story line. This is just like a great and sincere invitation to all COD fans and action gamers, as well as any potential causal gamers. It caters for the taste of all gamers around the world via greatly enhancing its accessibility. It is a master of everything rather than a jerk of all trade. This is a game for everyone!

    You may worry about that the return of the old-school tactical view from the mediocre DA:Origins may ruin your fantastic game play experience. Don't worry about that, it is just implemented for those hardcore players for their happiness in pausing the game all the time, breaking the pace of combat. This game can be handled easily by controlling your own character only under an action game style. The tactics setting of companion is simplified to an user friendly level for further accessibility. In contrast to DA: Origins, you can’t set up some complicated tactics for your companions, but this is unnecessary anyway. Friendly fire is disabled by default, so just forget your companions, and let them either fight or fall. You can handle fights easily by charging upfront and having high reflex in right timing of attack, dodge and button mashing. You can enjoy a fluid flow of combat all the time!

    Overall, by removing the complexity and annoyance from old-school RPG, adding the best elements from 2 most famous modern RPGs, and introducing an exciting button mashing combat mechanics to the game, this game has reached the highest height of RPGs that none in the world could ever reach. This is a milestone of RPG development, and should be referred to in future development of RPGs. Today is an important day that marks the beginning of revolution in RPG history! A new era of RPG has come! From now on, we can step forwards and forget about all classic RPGs in the old-school days. Everyone, express your praise and gratitude towards our beloved developers, and join us to have fun in this master piece of art now!

    In case if there are expansions or sequels for this gift from god, which are highly probable considering how successful this game is, we really hope that first-person shooting mode, QTEs and the mechanism of climbing tower to reveal map can be implemented. This will further induces passion from every gamers, because these elements are universally regarded by every gamer as the best features that have ever existed in shooter and action games!

    By the way, I am looking forwards to see at least 1000 DLCs for this game, because its scope is so huge, and with so much potential to further expand on. Don't keep us waiting, our wallets are ready! We hope that our beloved developers will listen to our suggestion and request, and release the DLCs and expansions ASAP for us.    … Expand
  14. Rostere
    Aug 5, 2017
    10
    Excellent value for money at just above 30€, since there is not much competition in this genre. Following the development of the game (by the last living Neanderthal) was alone worth the price. If you like blobbers and in particular Wizardry 6 and 7, you will love this. Don't listen to the ?casual? reviewers - Cleve has made a lot of butthurt online enemies who use every opportunity toExcellent value for money at just above 30€, since there is not much competition in this genre. Following the development of the game (by the last living Neanderthal) was alone worth the price. If you like blobbers and in particular Wizardry 6 and 7, you will love this. Don't listen to the ?casual? reviewers - Cleve has made a lot of butthurt online enemies who use every opportunity to trash talk about Grimoire.

    Apart from the fire beetles and stinkbeetles, I have this far encountered zero bugs. Very professional sound effects and memorable high-quality music. Graphics are crisp and top-notch from what you would expect from a 1994 PC game. The game itself is full to the brim of the joy of RPG exploration and discovery, both in terms of items, character advancement, map exploration and easter eggs.

    Gameplay is harsh, but fair. Beware of a steep learning curve if you are not used to classic blobbers. Remember to try out different starting points - chosen in the configuration menu - if you find things hard (one of the easier ones might be Sanctuary, then make a beeline for recruiting the fairy). Remember to exit the game for changes in graphics settings to take place. A manual could be helpful (and one is currently in the works), but figuring out the game yourself is almost more interesting.

    I have played the game on Windows 7, but I am quite sure it also works in Wine using TiMidity and the appropriate DLLs.    … Expand
  15. Baff
    Aug 6, 2017
    10
    Pure Incline!. The best 1st person, party based RPG in at least 15 years, without a doubt.
    If you loved Wizardry 6 & 7 and are looking for more, this is it. Lots of story, puzzles, stats, complex combat, huge gameworld, recruitable npcs, lock picking. Wide variety of spells, items, monsters. Some crafting/alchemy, with a lot more coming in a future patch. NPC factions and multiple    Pure Incline!. The best 1st person, party based RPG in at least 15 years, without a doubt.
    If you loved Wizardry 6 & 7 and are looking for more, this is it. Lots of story, puzzles, stats, complex combat, huge gameworld, recruitable npcs, lock picking. Wide variety of spells, items, monsters. Some crafting/alchemy, with a lot more coming in a future patch. NPC factions and multiple solutions to most goals. There haven't been any blobbers with this level of detail in a very long time and there likely won't be for an even longer time to come. Easily worth the money for anyone who enjoys this kind of game.    … Expand
  16. Cama77
    Aug 12, 2017
    0
    Rubbish game. Week on, patches just break other things and overwrite saves. Others have written what is with the game so all I'm adding is that it's just as bad now as it was then. Keep your money in your wallet until if and when this game is stable and fixed which given the developer, could take 20 more years. PS. Ignore the positive reviews and almost invariably they are written byRubbish game. Week on, patches just break other things and overwrite saves. Others have written what is with the game so all I'm adding is that it's just as bad now as it was then. Keep your money in your wallet until if and when this game is stable and fixed which given the developer, could take 20 more years. PS. Ignore the positive reviews and almost invariably they are written by trolls from the cult of Grimoire at RPG Codex so shouldn't be taken seriously.… Expand
  17. Pharod
    Aug 4, 2017
    9
    While the game isn't polished yet and lacks documentation (which is in the process of being created by the developer at the moment of this review), Grimoire is an exceptional first person dungeon crawler straight out of the 1990s. Anyone that is nostalgic for the games of that era will enjoy this game for what it is: brutal, complex, and ultimately rewarding once you can finally level upWhile the game isn't polished yet and lacks documentation (which is in the process of being created by the developer at the moment of this review), Grimoire is an exceptional first person dungeon crawler straight out of the 1990s. Anyone that is nostalgic for the games of that era will enjoy this game for what it is: brutal, complex, and ultimately rewarding once you can finally level up and gear your party in order to return to a previous era that kicked your butt. There is no quest markers and the interface is rather archaic, so gamers new to the genre may be overwhelmed at first. As a veteran of the genre, I highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoyed tile-based classics such as The Bard's Tale series, Might and Magic 1 - 5, Wizardry 6 - 7, etc. To other gamers, I'd hold off on buying this game for a few more weeks until Cleve finishes the manual and/or releases subsequent patches in order to "iron out" some of the kinks the interface lacks.… Expand
  18. LJ40
    Aug 5, 2017
    10
    Anyone who loved the old school dungeon crawlers (especially the Wizardry series) absolutely cannot go wrong with this title. The sheer amount of content included boggles the mind.
  19. Pretty
    Aug 5, 2017
    10
    As a furry and a redditor of trans-colour, there aren't many games that represent me. in Grimoire I can be whatever I want I can be a Naga or a Drow the possibilities are endless!

    I am currently playing the game as we speak sure there might be a micro issue or two but they are patched in mere minutes. The game is literally perfect!
  20. nordlys
    Aug 5, 2017
    10
    This game should have been released back in 1997, but better 20 years late than never. A total tribute of love to Wizardry 6-7, the kind of true CRPG which ain't being made anymore. If you grew playing RPGs in late 80s and early 90s, this game will make feel like a kid again.
  21. Maelflux
    Aug 5, 2017
    10
    I love this game so far. It is the throwback to classic dungeon crawlers that everyone has been waiting for.

    I don't just want to play this game I need to.
  22. Vorvek
    Aug 7, 2017
    10
    A relic of an age long forgotten by everybody except a few Japanese developers that didn't fully understand what made Wizardry great. Grimoire is a great experience unlike any other. Had it been released back in the 90s it would have a huge cult following nowadays, easily larger than, say, DW Bradley's mediocre Wizards and Warriors.

    Grimoire is a hardcore game for purists. If you are    A relic of an age long forgotten by everybody except a few Japanese developers that didn't fully understand what made Wizardry great. Grimoire is a great experience unlike any other. Had it been released back in the 90s it would have a huge cult following nowadays, easily larger than, say, DW Bradley's mediocre Wizards and Warriors.

    Grimoire is a hardcore game for purists. If you are not into Wizardry, you won't like it. If you cannot look past the dated graphics, you won't like it. Sound design is poor, but it has sound, which is more than I would have said for some of the games it comes after.    … Expand
  23. Arthandas
    Sep 1, 2021
    10
    The true spiritual successor to Wizardry 7, not for filthy casuals. Greatly improved since the release 4 years ago (manual included). No other game today will let you experience such magical adventures.

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  1. GameStar
    Sep 3, 2017
    30
    Classic RPG in the style of Might & Magic and Eye of the Beholder that was published in an unintuitive and unfinished state and without manual.
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