Legend of Grimrock

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Description

Legend of Grimrock is an old-school dungeon crawler with gameplay similar to Eye of the Beholder, but with more advanced 3D graphics. The player creates a party of up to four characters, assigns them various weapons and armor, and they can also cast spells. Swinging a weapon is handled by clicking on the character's weapon icon which takes a little time to reload before the character can swing again. The game features auto-mapping as the party explores the areas, similar to that of Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, which can be turned off for hardcore players who wish to relive the early years of dungeon crawlers where an auto-mapping feature was not present.

The story focuses on four prisoners who receive a royal pardon, the moment they are thrown into the dungeons of Mount Grimrock. The king hopes that one such group of prisoners will one day conquest the mountain and be able to tell of the secrets of this ancient place, but so far, nobody has come out alive. While trying to escape from the mountain, the party will encounter many tunnels, traps, contraptions and dangerous creatures as they fight for their lives.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping
• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
• Genre: Dungeon Crawler
• Legend of Grimrock series
• Scripting language: Lua

User Reviews

Nostalgic dungeon crawler with pacing issues and a lack of variety

Windows

Daniel Saner (3237)

Critic Reviews

ZTGameDomain	Windows	Apr 19, 2012	9 out of 10	90
ComputerGames.ro	Windows	Apr 18, 2012	85 out of 100	85
Indius	Windows	Apr 22, 2012	17 out of 20	85
GameOver (Greece)	Windows	Apr 25, 2012	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Apr 11, 2012	82 out of 100	82
DarkZero	Windows	May 16, 2012	8 out of 10	80
NZGamer	Windows	Apr 24, 2012	8 out of 10	80
Gamereactor (Denmark)	Windows	Apr 27, 2012	8 out of 10	80
PC Gamer	Windows	Apr 17, 2012	80 out of 100	80
Game Debate	Windows	Apr 04, 2012	7.5 out of 10	75

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Awards

• GameStar (Germany) / GamePro (Germany)
  • 2012 - #4 Best Indie Game / Mod of the Year (Readers' Vote)