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Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

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The Legend of Grimrock Website announces the release of Almost Human's dungeon crawler, which is available at a 10% discount from their site, GOG.com and Steam. Here's a release trailer, and here's a bit on the game:

Legend of Grimrock is a dungeon crawling role playing game with an oldschool heart but a modern execution. A group of prisoners are sentenced to certain death by exiling them to the secluded Mount Grimrock for vile crimes they may or may not have committed. Unbeknownst to their captors, the mountain is riddled with ancient tunnels, dungeons and tombs built by crumbled civilizations long perished now. If they ever wish to see daylight again and reclaim their freedom the ragtag group of prisoners must form a team and descend through the mountain, level by level.

The game brings back the oldschool challenge with highly tactical real-time combat and grid-based movement, devious hidden switches and secrets as well as deadly traps and horrible monsters. Legend of Grimrock puts an emphasis on puzzles and exploration and the wits and perception of the player are more important tools than even the sharpest of swords could be. And if you are a hardened dungeon crawling veteran and you crave an extra challenge, you can arm yourself with a stack of grid paper and turn on the Oldschool Mode which disables the luxury of the automap! Are you ready to venture forth and unravel the mysteries of Mount Grimrock?

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:50

Ray Marden

I am a terrible person - I've seen the game's title pop up here and there, but I just wrote it off as another indie fad.

Noting the comments, I checked out the website and watched the demo video...and immediately purchased it. This looks like a good, straight forwarded classic PC dungeon crawler. Huzzah!
Nice, clean look to it, too.
~~Edit: "MapViewOfFile failed." /Sigh /DamnIndies~~
Edit 2: Ninja-patch fixed my issue. Back to Huzzah!

Down to a handful of quests in Skyrim; going to be playing this soon,
Ray

This comment was edited on Apr 11, 2012, 21:18.




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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:43

Sepharo

Krovven wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:40:
Sepharo wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:39:
Damn, game kept locking up and then my screen would go black and it would come back only to do it again. Then it sent my video card into a crashing fit ending with a blue screen. Last game this happened to me with was Bastion and I never got it working despite upgrading various drivers.

Hopefully getting the newest video driver will fix this and not be Bastion all over again for me

Really didn't want to deal with this stuff today (or ever).

Does Bastion still not work?

I tried after the past two driver updates I did but it still kept crashing. I suppose I'll try again after today's upgrade. Current drivers are from December.

Here is my 2 year old machine.

edit: Oh and the Bastion demo in the browser worked just fine




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:40

Krovven

Sepharo wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:39: Damn, game kept locking up and then my screen would go black and it would come back only to do it again. Then it sent my video card into a crashing fit ending with a blue screen. Last game this happened to me with was Bastion and I never got it working despite upgrading various drivers. Hopefully getting the newest video driver will fix this and not be Bastion all over again for me Really didn't want to deal with this stuff today (or ever). Does Bastion still not work?

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:39

Krovven

Also not sure where the price difference is you guys are referring to. I see $13.49 on their site now, and $13.49 on Steam. Pre-order price I paid directly from their site was $11.99. Edit: Of course there is also the bonus stuff that came from ordering directly, that at least currently is not on Steam.

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:39

Sepharo

Damn, game kept locking up and then my screen would go black and it would come back only to do it again. Then it sent my video card into a crashing fit ending with a blue screen. Last game this happened to me with was Bastion and I never got it working despite upgrading various drivers.

Hopefully getting the newest video driver will fix this and not be Bastion all over again for me

Really didn't want to deal with this stuff today (or ever).




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:36

Wolfen

Krovven wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:31: Wolfen wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 19:54: Not that I doubt Ill love this game and think it was worth every penny. But I just realized its cheaper on Steam and I would have saved a few bucks had I not pre-ordered directly from them. I feel kind of duped. =\ You also got a DRM free version if you pre-ordered directly from the website...So you actually got 2 copies for $12. Hmmmmmm. I did not consider that. Good point. I just checked the link from the registration email and sure enough there it is. Thanks for the reminder. =)

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:31

Krovven

Wolfen wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 19:54: Not that I doubt Ill love this game and think it was worth every penny. But I just realized its cheaper on Steam and I would have saved a few bucks had I not pre-ordered directly from them. I feel kind of duped. =\ You also got a DRM free version if you pre-ordered directly from the website...So you actually got 2 copies for $12.

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:27

ASeven

God damn hidden buttons everywhere. Even in the first room where you start.

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:25

Cutter

Takes a bit to get into the rhythm for combat but after that it's good. The magic system is far too cumbersome. Otherwise I'm loving every minute of it.




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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:24

Wolfen

nin wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:13: Yeah, it's perfectly understandable that that wouldn't make the best first impression with potential customers. I bought it off their web site and assumed it would be the same as the steam price... Oh well, something to look out for next time... Right. You get me. And I agree. Lesson learned. I bought off their site too paying through humble bundle. Either way... my weekend will now be filled with dungeon crawling. Ahhhhhh it's been years since a nice dungeon crawler like this.

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:13

nin

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:08:
Wow it's not often that something gets unviversal praise here, so how does this play? like the old dungeon masters and dungeon crawlers.. just better?

http://youtu.be/dzIiXx-8BHc

edit:

Oh I even emailed them directly and mentioned this. But I told them I don't want the difference. I just wanted them to know that seems like a stinker kind of thing to do.

Yeah, it's perfectly understandable that that wouldn't make the best first impression with potential customers.

I bought it off their web site and assumed it would be the same as the steam price...

Oh well, something to look out for next time...

This comment was edited on Apr 11, 2012, 20:18.




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:12

Wolfen

nin wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:07: Well, if it makes you feel any better at all, those dollars went directly to the dev. Oh I even emailed them directly and mentioned this. But I told them I don't want the difference. I just wanted them to know that seems like a stinker kind of thing to do. Even though I haven't played yet, I again will state it was probably worth every dollar. And from the few reactions here so far I seem to be right. I am very happy some one made a game like this. I just hope in the future they re-evaluate these kinds of promotions. I still can't wait to get home and play it. And awesome sauce they get every dollar. Indie Devs for the win. =)

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Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:12

ASeven

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 20:08: Wow it's not often that something gets unviversal praise here, so how does this play? like the old dungeon masters and dungeon crawlers.. just better? Pretty much, yeah.

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:08

eRe4s3r

Wow it's not often that something gets unviversal praise here, so how does this play? like the old dungeon masters and dungeon crawlers.. just better?

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 20:07

nin

Sepharo wrote on Apr 11, 2012, 19:56:
I had to restart my Steam before it changed from the pre-order to the actual game.

Installing now.

Mine did the same thing. I initially expected the preorder to kick off the main game download, and when it didn't, I went looking in the list, trying to find it. The preorder was gone, but the main game was there.

But I just realized its cheaper on Steam and I would have saved a few bucks had I not pre-ordered directly from them. I feel kind of duped.

Well, if it makes you feel any better at all, those dollars went directly to the dev.




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 19:58

ASeven

After playing a couple of hours I knew this was my GOTY. It'll take an amazing game to replace this one. This game is everything I wished and more and when the modtools come and we start seeing custom dungeons or remakes of old dungeon crawlers... This is a 10/10 game. Perfect in everything it does.

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 19:56

Sepharo

I had to restart my Steam before it changed from the pre-order to the actual game.

Installing now.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 19:54

Wolfen

Not that I doubt Ill love this game and think it was worth every penny. But I just realized its cheaper on Steam and I would have saved a few bucks had I not pre-ordered directly from them. I feel kind of duped. =\

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 19:45

dangerman77

Best $12 I have spent in a long time. Old school mode = heaven. My desk is covered in eraser shavings. I haven't drawn game maps in ages.

Re: Ships Ahoy - Legend of Grimrock

Apr 11, 2012, 19:41

nin

Very rarely is a game exactly as good as I hoped. 30 minutes in, it's everything I wanted it to be.

REALLY hope it sells well for them!




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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