Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

aka: Wizardry: Torawareshi Tama no Meikyū
Moby ID: 54719
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Labyrinth of Lost Souls is a new instalment in the long-running Wizardry series of role-playing games, and is part of the Wizardry Renaissance, an effort to relaunch the brand.

The game is very faithful to the early episodes of the series. In a fantasy world, the player controls a party of six adventurers as they descend into a treacherous dungeon. Movement is grid-based, with turn-based combat happening randomly. There are several classes of characters (fighter, mage, priest, thief ...), each with its own abilities (for instance, only the bishop is able to identify object found in the labyrinth). The game is designed to be difficult and unforgiving, so the player must optimize his party in order to survive the trials waiting for him. Between two treks in the dungeon, the party must get back to town to heal, trade and receive new quests. The graphics are minimalistic. The town and characters are 2D artworks, while the labyrinth itself is in simple 3D.

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  • Wizardry 囚われし魂の迷宮 - Japanese spelling

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Critics

Average score: 66% (based on 15 ratings)

Players

Average score: 4.1 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 1 reviews)

Takes me back to Proving Grounds.

The Good
An update to the the old style Wizardry games. Quests are a bit on the difficult side.

The Bad
Dungeons tend to be somewhat bland with few surprises, though in later levels there seems to be more events.

The Bottom Line
Heavy on stat based dungeon crawling, light on graphics.

PlayStation 3 · by Warren Trollinger (1) · 2012

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Developer comments

In 'A Tribute to Acquire', an article in Retro Gamer 240, 24 November 2022, Acquire's Takuma Endo reminiscences about the game: "Our internal team, who is skilled at developing DRPGs, handled this one. It was a download-only title, and we learned a lot from the experience of making it."

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Game added by Pirou Julien.

PS Vita added by MAT.

Additional contributors: MAT, Tim Janssen.

Game added February 18, 2012. Last modified March 26, 2024.