Grimoire Thread

[Zorba the Hutt]

Imagine some random steamtard just checking out this game for the first time, discovers a whole new world...

 

[artakserkso]

OMG YOU GUYS!

ITZ REAL!

 

[Viata]

. Viata seems to be going for a speed run.

Not that. I want to make sure the game can be finished. I only have one more week before college, gotta make sure it's possible to finish it.

 

[DavidBVal]

Imagine some random steamtard just checking out this game for the first time, discovers a whole new world...

He might want to wait a week or two since deleting everyone's saved games before boasting about IQ...

 

[Lambach]

Imagine some random steamtard just checking out this game for the first time, discovers a whole new world...

Cleve is implicitly comparing splitting the atom with developing one of the buggiest blobbers ever released. I don't believe that above-average people should be modest and humble just to avoid hurting average people's fee-fees, but goddamn, talk about delusions of grandeur.

 

[valcik]

He might want to wait a week or two since deleting everyone's saved games before boasting about IQ...

Jumping at high horse only a couple of hours after blaming hax0rz for his own royal fuck up in his own code is a part of good ole Cleve's charm, you can't expect anything else. These huge neanderthal balls of his must be responsible for that! Let him galloping at full speed for the lulz, until he inevitably ride into another problem knocking him off for a day or two..

 

[Dexter]

From the Rock Paper Shotgun article:

In perhaps the greatest divergence from what we now call RPGs, your team of characters have no personality whatsoever, let alone interact with each other

Alec "biodrone" Meer, your RPGs are nothing but lies and balderdash and have nothing to do with Heralds of the Winged Exemplar.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Magic Mouths

 

[J_C]

From the Rock Paper Shotgun article:

In perhaps the greatest divergence from what we now call RPGs, your team of characters have no personality whatsoever, let alone interact with each other

Alec "biodrone" Meer, your RPGs are nothing but lies and balderdash and have nothing to do with Heralds of the Winged Exemplar.

Funny thing is, he is right.

Although he is missing the point that it is not about a game being easy or hard, it is about being easy because of simplified mechanics. Old games could be easy, but they still had interesting, complex systems (e.g Fallout). Today's games are easy because they are simple as a rock. (There are exceptions of course)

 

[DavidBVal]

Uh oh...

http://steamcommunity.com/app/650670/discussions/0/1471967615862858084/

Grimoire 1.2.0.14 Update
Version 1.2.0.14
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Force source of truth to globally ID items preset by vendors for display

Fixed Music and Stealth improving on a single learning point success

XP Adjusted on Rockwyrms, Giant Bats, Festerboils and Fire Beetles

Enmity decay fixed for NPCs, they will eventually cool off if atrophy flag set

Confirm end game in Combat dialog

Fixed "animeng" assert #726 Failed link spawn because of monster condition block

Fixed "Knock-Knock" crashing locks with zero difficulty set only opened by keys

Reduced tooltips hover time

Fixed "Amulet of Might" crash on wrong spell channel

Fixed bad CGX index in Samhain Underworld

 

[udm]

Not that. I want to make sure the game can be finished. I only have one more week before college, gotta make sure it's possible to finish it.

of millennials

 

[dionizeno]

Haters gonna hate. All the librul-faschists want is engage us in stupid discussions about w/e (funny) bullshit Cleve pulled and make people forget that he wrote and actually released a great oldschool crpg. Ignoring their mimimi and banning them is the best way to go - at least on steam.

 

[Haba]

FUCK!

64 AC seemed a bit too good to be true...

 

[cvv]

One thing I don't like are the meta self-references, like the Orb of Codex or the Cornerstone of Hyperborea. I appreciate Cleve's ability to make fun of his history of failed promises and crushed dreams but goddamn, does it disturb the immershun. I could swallow these wink-winks if they were really hard to find and weren't so frequent. For me, a blemish on a momentous game.

 

[Musaab]

The one thing I think most SJWs haven't realized in this game is that Male and Female characters aren't equal.

 

[Haba]

One thing I don't like are the meta self-references, like the Orb of Codex or the Cornerstone of Hyperborea. I appreciate Cleve's ability to make fun of his history of failed promises and crushed dreams but goddamn, does it disturb the immershun. I could swallow these wink-winks if they were really hard to find and weren't so frequent. For me, a blemish on a momentous game.

Just wait until you meet the Entity. You will LOVE him...

Also, I love how you can sell cursed items along for their full price...

Spoiler

 

[groke]

One thing I don't like are the meta self-references, like the Orb of Codex or the Cornerstone of Hyperborea. I appreciate Cleve's ability to make fun of his history of failed promises and crushed dreams but goddamn, does it disturb the immershun. I could swallow these wink-winks if they were really hard to find and weren't so frequent. For me, a blemish on a momentous game.

Considering the presence of pastry-based WMDs and ACME-branded vending machines in Hyperborea, my suspension of disbelief is much too deep to be disturbed by such things.

 

[Roguey]

John Walker and perhaps whoever he's arguing with is conflating skill ceilings with skill floors. Almost all RPGs back in the 80s and 90s had high skill floors, even if their ceilings were pretty low (e.g. Might and Magic, Fallout, even Torment if you actually try to fight things). There are grognards who want that high barrier to entry to keep the dummies out, even if many modern designers disagree.

Perhaps he changed it for release, but my experience with Briarwood and Aquavia in the superdemo wasn't all that demanding once I started my serious attempt at getting through it. Meanwhile, those unable to clear the skill floor think it's one of the most harrowing experiences ever.

 

[Lady_Error]

FUCK!

64 AC seemed a bit too good to be true...

Yeah, I noticed that too. Though the minus AC is triggered differently by different armor spots and on different characters, so it's worthwhile to reshuffle a bit. We should also check whether it is just a display error, or whether some buggy shit happens in combat when it is in minus like that.

 

[Rostere]

In terms of self-references and verisimilitude you should compare Grimoire to the Zork games, I think. If you have once gotten used to Zork, then you will find such things like ACME vending machines more easy to swallow.

BTW: Contribute to the Wiki!

 

[PowerTorment]

Still no key. Waiting... waiting... waiting...

 

[DoomIhlVaria]

Still no key. Waiting... waiting... waiting...

All the keys have been sent out. You should probably message Cleve on IndieGogo if you haven't received yours.

 

[Lazarus]

Mac users: The other day I posted a wineskin wrapper to run Grimoire on Mac, and I've realized there was a problem with it. Although sound effects worked, it wasn't playing the MIDI music! Personally I had other music playing, so I didn't even notice. I've now fixed the problem and here is the new wrapper with everything working. It won't break your saves ;-)

https://mega.nz/#!ZFgFRDpK!94US6qfhUP5xLuL6Fi9TtiLbdx2mMtoUbKYaqhMTEAo

Unzip, show package contents, & there is an empty Grimoire folder in Program Files. Copy your Grimoire files into this folder (no subfolders), and Bob's your uncle.

:terrorist:

Awesome! Thanks!!

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Still no key. Waiting... waiting... waiting...

All the keys have been sent out. You should probably message Cleve on IndieGogo if you haven't received yours.

Yep

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Currant?