Game News Legend of Grimrock 2 Released

[MicoSelva]

First non-Kickstarter game I've D1P'd in a looong time.

First Codex review by Infinitron incoming?

 

[Baron Dupek]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/296530/
Well, the reviews.

People bash CK and encourage to play LoG2 instead.
On Codex people bash LoG 1/2 cause it's real time combat.
C&C

Spoiler

Yeah I know there're other aspects and problems but that's most important part.

 

[Infinitron]

First non-Kickstarter game I've D1P'd in a looong time.

First Codex review by Infinitron incoming?

Nah, DU is doing it.

(Hopefully it doesn't take him five months after the game's release to finish this one.)

 

[Decado]

It's good but the information provided in the manual is fucking terrible.

What are "light weapons" and "heavy weapons"? Do they mean one and two handed? What the fuck? Why can't I find this out anywhere?

A weapon's description says what type it is.

Yeah but you only learn that after you pick up the weapon. In other words, there is nothing that says which weapons are light and which are heavy. I wanted my knight to be a sword/board warrior, but I picked heavy weapons. Are there any swords classified as heavy weapons, or all swords light weapons? If they are both, which ones are which? And the how the fuck do I tell before I pick the skill for my dudes?

 

[Decado]

Anyway, they did a pretty great fucking job here.

I was leery about the combat square dancing but they seem to have taken care of it in ways that are satisfactory. You can still square dance, but some enemies will beat you to the punch and get free flanking hits. I think that is a fair compromise.

 

[Cyberarmy]

I think it was a safe bet to assume that most one handed weapons are light where as 2 handed ones are heavy at acharacter creation. You can also read skill description for heavy weapons, it says something like "after a certain level you can use heavy weapons with only 1 hand"

 

[Decado]

Yeah I gathered some of that. But then of course, one of the first weapons I got was a bone club that was classified as "heavy weapon" but was one handed. Double you tee eff.

 

[Infinitron]

Yeah I gathered some of that. But then of course, one of the first weapons I got was a bone club that was classified as "heavy weapon" but was one handed. Double you tee eff.

I think it's more like "crude" weapons are heavy, "elegant" weapons are light? Meh.

Yeah, it sucks and they should fix it.

 

[Decado]

All I want to know are some basic outlines of which weapons fall under which category, so I can plan accordingly.

 

[Scroo]

I was confused by this too, I wanted to have 2h-axe wielding minotaur barbarians in my front row and was pretty confused when the bone club was a heavy weapon, a flail I found later was a light weapon though. I dunno this seems a bit random, doesn't it?

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's so awesome! Best dungeon crawling ever.

They improved everything and playing on Hard is actually hard. Love it! I really hope the game does well and they continue making bigger, deeper, and better dungeon crawlers.

 

[Metro]

It's so awesome! Best dungeon crawling ever.

They improved everything and playing on Hard is actually hard. Love it! I really hope the game does well and they continue making bigger, deeper, and better dungeon crawlers.

 

[Gord]

It's so awesome! Best dungeon crawling ever.

They improved everything and playing on Hard is actually hard. Love it! I really hope the game does well and they continue making bigger, deeper, and better dungeon crawlers.

Ok, who are you and where did you hide Vault Dwellers body?

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller's a fanboy now. (Just don't forget to finish the WL2 review, VD.)

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Does this mean they can already post an official "It's so awesome! - RPG Codex" blurb on the game's page?

 

[evdk]

So, how do I kill the underwater goblin bastards? To borrow a quote, what am I supposed to use, harsh language?

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's so awesome! Best dungeon crawling ever.

They improved everything and playing on Hard is actually hard. Love it! I really hope the game does well and they continue making bigger, deeper, and better dungeon crawlers.

Ok, who are you and where did you hide Vault Dwellers body?

The first was ok - good dungeon atmosphere and puzzles, a bit repetitive, very poor character system, relatively easy combat.

The second one:

- improves the character system (still basic, but way better and way more fun)
- combat seems to be harder
- the atmosphere is glorious
- what seems to be a very open world with well done outdoorsy environments, a lot of inventive stuff like underwater exploration
- a superb and detailed automap which you will need
- great and rewarding exploration

What's not to like?

PS. Way better than MMX.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Vault Dweller's a fanboy now. (Just don't forget to finish the WL2 review, VD.)

I've recruited another developer* to co-write it to ensure that all standards the Codex is accustomed to are met. Said developer is still playing it, so I'm waiting for him to finish it. I wrote 4000 loosely arranged words in the meantime, so you should have it in 2 weeks or so.

* I made him an offer he couldn't refuse:

"Excuse Me, Sir, do you have a moment to talk about Wasteland 2?

You see, I'm working on a review for this very magazine and it occurred to me that by inviting you to co-author it (and splitting all the female attention that will undoubtedly come our way after completing such a worthy task 50/50), we'll make the review twice as epic. Possibly thrice."

 

[Infinitron]

I've recruited another developer* to co-write it to ensure that all standards the Codex is accustomed to are met. Said developer is still playing it, so I'm waiting for him to finish it. I wrote 4000 loosely arranged words in the meantime, so you should have it in 2 weeks or so.

* I made him an offer he couldn't refuse:

"Excuse Me, Sir, do you have a moment to talk about Wasteland 2?

You see, I'm working on a review for this very magazine and it occurred to me that by inviting you to co-author it (and splitting all the female attention that will undoubtedly come our way after completing such a worthy task 50/50), we'll make the review twice as epic. Possibly thrice."

Personally, I dislike "2 for the price of 1!" reviews unless it's written by 2 people who are in agreement on everything (and settled their disagreements prior to writing the review). I'd rather read one person's thoughts, uninterrupted by someone else's opinion, not because it might be different but because the angle might be completely different, which isn't as good as one might think.

If there is a need to have a different opinion representing a different group/point of view, it should be presented in a second review.

Ok, who are you and where did you hide Vault Dwellers body?

 

[Darth Roxor]

PS. Way better than MMX.

such achievement

 

[Vault Dweller]

"...unless it's written by 2 people who are in agreement on everything (and settled their disagreements prior to writing the review)."

 

[Baron Dupek]

What about food? There is Farmer who gain XP by eating. So Hunger is no longer a factor if it ever was before

 

[Thane Solus]

got to give them props. They had a decent success with the first game and they built upon it, making a good game, so i hope they will continue like this. Didn't play it much, since in these games i prefer TBS, but its a good indie game overall.

woa i am trying to be objective on Codex... Who stole my pills?

 

[Rivmusique]

First non-Kickstarter game I've D1P'd in a looong time.

First Codex review by Infinitron incoming?

Nah, DU is doing it.

Haven't played it. Got bored with the combat system.

Can't wait.

 

[Themadcow]

"...unless it's written by 2 people who are in agreement on everything (and settled their disagreements prior to writing the review)."

You could always play rock, paper, scissors to decide who's right.