This doesn’t knock it from being a perfect game in my book for two reasons: insanely difficult puzzles are part of the charm of puzzle games evocative of the ’90s, and, when you do solve them on your own, you feel like a genius. Thankfully, there’s a website that will prove quite helpful if you have this problem. Some of the puzzles are just too difficult. And some talking heads.īefore I get into what I liked, I should probably start with the things I didn’t like – and there’s really only one complaint.
Communicating your goals is mostly done through gameplay and the expectation that you are here to play a game – plus a note or two from the mysterious Island Master. While finding all the glowing rocks might seem like just a giant fetch quest, the glowing rocks are more incidental to your exploration of the island, and you don’t actually need all of them to finish the game. Your only real objective is to solve the mystery of the island, which you think may have something to do with the glowing rocks (no, not thoseglowing rocks – the other ones) you’ve been picking up. Being a rat farmer, by the way, would mean that you level up by eating – and if you eat cheese enough (because you are a rat), you gain stats.
You travel the island in a party of four, selected from 8 classes and 5 races that allow for such combinations as rat farmer. All told, there are 34 (well, 33 plus a secret) map sections you will encounter on your quest to solve the mystery of the island. There are 12 distinct ground-level areas, almost all of which have at least one or two floors of dungeon.
And watch the prologue, while you’re at it.Īs for the specifics on the game: It’s a puzzle/grid fighter/exploration game where you are shipwrecked on and must explore an island ruled over by the mysterious Island Master (definitely no D&D overtones there!). And if I haven’t gotten you to listen to what I believe to be one of the best theme songs of all time, well… get to it. But writing about it now gives me an excuse to write my first actual review, gush a bit about one of my favorite games, and talk about what makes a good sequel. I’ve played through and beaten Legend of Grimrock 2 long ago.
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