Grimoire Heralds of the Winged Exemplar - A grand Dungeon Crawler


Best RPG of 1996 :confused::D, is now at Indiegogo: http://www.indiegogo.com/grimoireforever

The Ultimate Retro Old School Computer Fantasy Roleplaying Game in Development For More Than 17 Years Is Now Approaching Completion!!! If the above video has not yet convinced you (not) to pledge, and if you have no idea who Cleveland M. Blakemore is, be sure to check out this thread for Cleve's posts before you even consider pledging. Long story short, this game and the man behind it have long been a part of the RPG Codex lore.

For what it's worth, $25 is supposed to get you a digital copy of the game, and the promised release date is May 2013.
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  • 600 hours of play possible in a single game
  • 244+ Maps in the game to explore!
  • Turn-Based strategic combat
  • 144 context sensitive magic spells
  • 14 races, 15 professions, 50 skills
  • 64 intelligent NPCs with 8000+ Words in Vocabulary
  • Full Sentence Communication with NPCs
  • 240+ monsters each with special powers and defenses
  • 1000+ items, Carry Containers, Global Party Inventory
  • 30 conditions, from Confusion to Disease & Lycanthropy
  • Automapping, Autowalking, Autohealing
  • Global Map Atlas With Position Marker
  • Quest Journal, Hint Prompting, Help Facility, Mini-Quests
  • Complex LockPicking Interfaces for Doors & Chests
  • Challenging Puzzles and Rich Interactive Dungeons
  • Browsable Character Library for up to 100 characters
  • Up to 12 Commented Postage Stamped Savegames
  • Multi-themed GUI and customizable screen layouts

Enhancements Planned During Next Six Months :


  1. Increase screen resolution to 1024x768 and viewport size to 720x600
  2. All new title screen with animated logo
  3. New animated intro, cutscenes and in-game animation sequences
  4. Integration of additional monster and magic spell animations
  5. Improvements to animation engine and transitions
  6. Detailed improvements to user interface and icon presentation
Achievement of Funding Goals :



  1. New music score & sound effects
  2. Additional animation sequences to enhance all aspects of gameplay
  3. Possible ports to IOS, Linux, IPad and Android platforms
  4. Work begins immediately on sequel after release
 
Personally never had faith that this would release on time.

The Developer has an extensive history of missing his own deadlines with 'last minute changes'.

Probably vapourware....

Also $40 is a lot of wedge to put down for this sort of game.
 
Dont get me wrong if it was released for about $20 I would take a punt on it and have a go.

I am a sucker for this type of game.

I just dont believe that it will ever see the light of day though.

The developer is either :

1)an epic troll
2)a perfectionist
3)incapable of assessing accurate timelines for the work involved
 
This does look interesting but $40 seems way too much especially if it releases right after the steam summer sale.

There is a thread on the steam forum about the price and this is the developers response in that thread.

GOLDEN ERA GAMES [developer] 7 Jul @ 5:16am
This game is not shovelware. It's not a casual game. It's not trying to appeal to a wider audience to make more money by dumbing down to lowest common denominator. Coming from a society that has dumbed down everything to cater to them since the day they were born, many newbs will wonder what the fuss is all about. Grimoire is for elite connoisseurs of computer roleplaying games with very refined tastes. If you don't think a game like Grimoire is worth $1000, much less $40 then you probably are not a fan of these kinds of games. You are welcome to look on the Steam store, on GOG, on Humble Bundle or anywhere on the internet to find a similar game. You won't find it because it doesn't exist. Even the Wizardry titles are just pale shadows of Grimoire now, they are forerunners but Grimoire gets it all right. Grimoire is the gold standard for these sorts of games. People who believe this was going to be just another blobber will discover they were sorely mistaken. Grimoire is the first and possibly last game of this calibre, at least until Grimoire II arrives.

P.S. After what is likely an opening discount, Grimoire will never be discounted or put on sale ever again. You will never see Grimoire sold for $15 but in 8 years you might see it down to $20. In the meantime, I guess you won't be playing this game if you're not respectful enough to pay what it is worth as product. I am amazed at the shovelware people pay $50 for without thinking but believe because Grimoire has an old fashioned aesthetic it must be worth less that those titles. Neanderthals have an older aesthetic too ... 300 pounds of muscle, six foot tall with an 1800 cc brain and the ability to see in the dark. I don't know that this implies they were inferior to modern people.
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He comes across as a bit arrogant to be honest.
 
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Mr-Xoc said:
He comes across as a bit arrogant to be honest.
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I saw some comments posted on one of his YouTube videos (between him and a member of the public), and although I don't think he began the insults, it still didn't do him any favours since he was still replying in the same way as the other person. Looks bad, IMO.

As for the game, well, it does interest me but I fear that some aspects of the old fashioned style won't be too my liking. I'm not paying $40 to find out either. There's a load of variables evident in his presentation videos which have me very interested, though.
 
Also in the comments -
Grimoire is a quality game for distinguished monocle wearing top hat and tuxedo connoisseurs of roleplaying games. This is not another whackamole begware lowest common denominator sewer skimming bottom feeding title. I would recommend that regular Steam consumers have a doctor standing by before playing Grimoire as the shock to the system could lead to a trip to the emergency room. It's not like anything they are used to seeing up here. This is the true old skool goodness. You may think you are prepared but rest assured you probably have not seen this much awesomeness anywhere in the past 20 years.
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