Legend of Grimrock

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

8
Good:

6
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Great revival of old-school RPG style.
Clever puzzles.
Intense combat.

Cons:

Can be frustratingly difficult.
Staid sounds and visuals.

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Last revision on January 26, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Great revival of old-school RPG style
Clever puzzles
Intense combat
Surprising twists to the storyline keep you interested
Atmosphere is great at generating tension

Reviewers Didn't Like

Can be frustratingly difficult
Staid sounds and visuals
Captures everything that's not fun about old-school RPGs
Limited resources may frustrate some
Can't craft potions with spells

Expert reviews and ratings

Classic dungeon-crawling brought back to...

By PCPowerPlay AU on June 14, 2012

Anyone who was weaned on games running on a 286 will remember that back in the day they had to make do with very limited resources - so games like platformers were flat 2D (no Trine goodness), shooters were top-down scrollers (aka 1942), and FPS didn't...

By PC Authority on May 23, 2012

One thing your reviewer here today never thought he’d ever be doing again is playing a flick-screen role-playing game, and even more perplexing is the fact he’d be enjoying it too. Only to an extent, but enjoying it nonetheless. Deader than those...

By Strategy Informer on May 09, 2012

Long before Mass Effect's Reapers and Skyrim's arrows to the knee, there were games like Eye of the Beholder: first-person dungeon crawlers that fell by the wayside with the advent of 3D graphics. Developer Almost Human has made such a triumphant...

By GameSpot on April 19, 2012

A very devoted homage that nevertheless brings back a golden era – provided you lived through it the first...

By PC Gamer on April 17, 2012

A quiet, moody triumph. It's not for the impatient or easily-distracted, but it's for exactly that reason that Legend of Grimrock is such a substantial and atmospheric slice of thoughtful dungeoneering....

By PC Advisor on April 15, 2012

Legend of Grimrock was one of the first brand new titles announced on Good Old Games when the digital distribution site decided to extend itself beyond merely the classic titles of yore and into the modern era. While more recent games were announced,...

By Cheat Code Central on April 11, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the company of a grid-based, first-person dungeon crawler in the year 2012. No, you are not dreaming. You've just been presented with Legend of Grimrock from the folks over at Almost Human. Whether this brings back...

By Destructoid on April 10, 2012

Underneath its gorgeous sheen and striking atmosphere, Legend of Grimrock is an unapologetic nod to PC gaming's earlier days. Playing it reawakens those same feelings of excitement I had back when I got into early dungeon crawler RPGs for the first...

By ign.com on April 09, 2012

It would be easy to dismiss Legend of Grimrock as little more than a first-person party-based RPG nostalgia trip. A group of adventurers. A dungeon. The promise of loot. Magic, monsters, and mayhem. You wouldn't know it by looking at the likes of Mass...

By GameSpy on April 04, 2012

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