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Thread: Legend of Grimrock - I don't think Elder Scroll V has much to worry about!

  1. 29-Nov-2011 #1
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    Legend of Grimrock - I don't think Elder Scroll V has much to worry about!

    Have I just timewarped back 20yrs? I'll swear I was playing games like this on my Amiga 500 in the 80s?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep97ba_uWXM#!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gD86GBArjA
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    I'd be SO psyched if it were 1989.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    I'll swear I was playing games like this on my Amiga 500 in the 80s?
    This is precisely the reason why I think this looks ace! Kickin' it ol' skool...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rancid Carcass View Post
    This is precisely the reason why I think this looks ace! Kickin' it ol' skool...
    Surely it would get dull very quickly these days!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Surely it would get dull very quickly these days!?
    Well there are still a lot of people who absolutely adore this gaming style, who aren't into games requiring quick reflexes and button masking. Can't say I'm one of them, but I understand where they're coming from.

    This is a turn-based, slow burn dungeon crawler RPG, Skyrim is an Action RPG. Comparing them is like comparing Tomb Raider to Monkey Island (i.e. they're both adventure games, but of a totally different flavour).
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    ^^ Is it turn based? It's realtime really isn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    ^^ Is it turn based? It's realtime really isn't it?
    Actually yeah, it seems to be sort of semi-realtime, albeit grid based. Essentially though, it is a tactical dungeon crawler, which is a whole different experience and demographic to something like Skyrim. Also, in addition to Windows, it is being developed for mobile platforms (iOS and eventually Android if it's successful enough) and, you know, I would actually buy something like this to pick up and play on the bus trip to work, etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by krakenslayer View Post
    I would actually buy something like this to pick up and play on the bus trip to work, etc.
    Yeah, it's one of those games you'd just dip into when have an half an hour or so to kill. It's certainly not a case of Skyrims I'll-just-sell-these-items-and-next-thing-you-know it's-three-hours-later-WTF! type of gameplay.
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