Legend of Grimrock 2
Legend of Grimrock 2 is a dungeon crawling role playing game with a modern execution but an oldschool heart. A group of four prisoners have shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex. The island is filled with ancient crumbled ruins, mysterious shrines and a vast underground network of dungeons and mines. If the prisoners wish to make it out alive, they have to overcome the challenges devised by the ominous mastermind of the island. Powers of perception and logic are more important than sheer force is, since Legend of Grimrock 2 puts a heavy emphasis on exploration, survival and challenging puzzles. Discover powerful ancient artifacts from hidden secret chambers and buried treasures. Arm your champions, cast spells and craft enchanted potions and bombs to aid you in fighting the dreadful monsters in highly tactical real-time combat.
Steam User 27
Grimrock 2 is a great game if you want to wildly fluctuate between "MY BRAIN IS HUGE" and "I'M THE DUMBEST AND MOST BLIND PERSON IN THE WORLD"
The base gameplay is pretty great, with lots of puzzles to tease your brain and lots of secrets to find. Grimrock also does the thing where if you know where to look, either from being really observant, or from just knowing things from a previous playthrough, you can get near endgame gear pretty early, which is the best way to reward the player for secret hunting. There's a hunger mechanic but food is plentiful enough that you shouldn't have to worry about actually running out. Combat can get a little trivialized against a single enemy if you're out in the open with room to move around, but that's not always the case.
Game looks good: environments are distinct to the point where you shouldn't get too confused about where you are if you're doing that "can't use the map" challenge, enemies are all unique and don't blend together, and important game/puzzle design assets are all clearly signposted. Unless something is deliberately hidden in darkness you should be able to see the buttons and ladders the game wants you to see.
Game sounds good: weapons and spells sound like they have the appropriate impact, enemies sound distinct to the point where you can tell whats in a closed room, the ambient sounds for areas are pretty good and appropriately creepy at times, and the times when full blown music kicks in are great.
There's a lot of different character creation options and skills to choose from, enough that two people can play with completely different setups. There's the usual issue where people have metagamed the "best" race/trait/class combinations, but on a regular playthrough there's no need to try to be super optimal.
The only things that I would consider bad is that some solutions are set up in such a way where if your brain doesn't click with that the developers intend, you'll be stuck for a long time and might end up looking solutions online because what you're supposed to do is so far out of left field from what you expect that you'll never think of it. Some skills are definitely not as good as others and might end up feeling like a waste of skill points. There's a very important item, where if you don't understand its value you might leave it somewhere because it's essentially worthless aside from its one use and forget about it, in which case say goodbye to the real ending, which isn't a great feeling and really discouraging if that happens.
Grimrock 2 is a great game, awesome dungeon crawler, a straight improvement over the first game in everyway, to the point where the first game is essentially obsolete now. I give it a "WHY WON'T THIS LEPRECHAUN LEAVE ME BE" out of ten, would absolutely recommend.
Steam User 6
Both Legend of Grimrock 1 & 2 are amazingly reproducing the feeling of old dungeon crawler games! Epic!
PS : Don't forget to do multiple saves.
Steam User 7
Main menu music slaps harder than the first game.
Played this game immediately after the first. I gotta say, I have somewhat mixed feelings about it.
First, the good!
- bosses are awesome
- soundtrack is awesome
- environment is awesome
- combat is fun (and awesome)
now the reason i have mixed feelings:
Unlike the first game, several of the puzzles in this game are just downright cryptic and vague. Not to mention, since this game is "open world", puzzles can span across the entire island making you run around looking for what's what. And even then, half the clues or even start of the puzzle can be completely hidden from view. I had to look up how to solve a couple things only to find out there was a pressure plate that I couldn't see because the game's lighting wouldn't let me see that far.
The biggest problem is that it isn't a "d'oh! I'm so silly, I should've seen that!" It's a "I literally couldn't have seen that." Not just lightning too. Like i mentioned, some puzzles were EXTREMELY vague and made no sense even with a guide to explain it. (Especially that stupid pillar/lever puzzle in the castle. what the heck was that?!)
Anyways. I think I prefer the first game, to be honest. However, this one is really good too. It looks gorgeous and added some QoL things missing from the first game. Actual boss fights, music, a lot more variety of monsters, weapons and gear.
I would definitely say get the first game. If you loved it, get the second to atleast try it out. It's 100% worth playing through to the end. Even if you get stuck and have to look up some guides ;)
Steam User 5
Build your own party. Have at least one spell caster. Pay attention to what you see, read, and hear. Study the map attentively. All puzzles are logical and can be solved without any meta guidance. There are more golden locks than golden keys: take what you need only.
Steam User 4
10/10!
Year 2024 and still the best DRPG of all time...
Steam User 5
A truly amazing game ! The devs went "Our first game was very good, but we can do better" and created a sequel that's better in EVERY way. Interesting enemy design, beautiful environments that still hold up 9 years later (I played this in 2023), fun combat and level design that makes you want to keep exploring just a bit longer even though you have to leave for work in 2 hours. Highly recommended and I hope that someday we'll get a Part 3 (which sadly probably won't happen). Time to try Druidstone !
Steam User 3
My good old memory, I love Dungeon Master.
I love Grimrock.
I really appreciate these works.
Thank you, Almost Human!