Snapshot King
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Man, I think I shit the bed on my stats. I minmaxed my fighters Strength and Vit all the way, but now I'm constantly missing shit because I didn't put a single point into dex. Hrmmm...
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Legend of Grimrock |OT| harvinaisen kova kakku
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Tokubetsu
Member
Haha YES! I just started but on the safe side, I decided to at least get my fighters dex out of the negatives. Looking like I made the right call. #swerve
i did the same, but still my minotaur misses a lot more then what i'd like...
i can't wait for tomorrow to play it again... and while i don't want any kind of spoiler it's hard not reading anything related to the game...
it's been a while since I felt this way for any game...
edit:
sinitar seems like we totally share interest for the same genres XD
http://www.abload.de/img/grimrock2012-04-1118-8nb87.jpg
Anyone on the 4th floor (or past) wanna throw me a hint on this? I'm hard stumped on it.
EDIT: Oh wait... I just had an idea.
EDIT 2: Ok commence hint giving. Argh my brain.
Anyone on the 4th floor (or past) wanna throw me a hint on this? I'm hard stumped on it.
EDIT: Oh wait... I just had an idea.
EDIT 2: Ok commence hint giving. Argh my brain.
IblisGinjo
Member
So, I'm standing outside a door with a chain, I pull the chain - the door opens - I see whats inside, think "OH shit!" and yank the chain again as fast as I can.
I lol'd because I imagined everyone else here doing the same on the exact same door
If you're talking about the 3rd floor, yeah......I did the same thing.
bengraven
Member
Drop a rock on the ground and pull the chain?
Ha, I don't know, I'm not there yet.
EDIT: oh, that's not a chain.
TouchMyBox
Member
I gave out a bit of a scream when I encountered the first spearman.
Stand on the plate until you hear the third chime, wait a second and throw a rock. With any luck, it'll go through the teleport that appears for a split second. You can also get a goodie by using that teleport yourself later.
Anyone found out a way to get to the platemail(?) behind a locked grate on the 5th level(accessed by a pit from the 4th level)?
I've done that, the rock goes way too far and doesn't land on the plate on the other side. If I weigh the plate down a toss a rock from a distance it goes into the teleporter and just vanishes.
I wonder if I'm bugged or something.
My rocks end up here: http://www.abload.de/img/grimrock2012-04-1119-37zeb.jpg
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Good to see the game doing well on Steam and that's without relying on Steam's big discount sales.
Anyone who could help me on the 2nd floor?
http://i.minus.com/iAUXHFYXM4Ts7.jpg
I am hearing an enemy behind a wall, which is a clue I suppose, but I cant figure out where to open up the next path.
http://i.minus.com/iAUXHFYXM4Ts7.jpg
I am hearing an enemy behind a wall, which is a clue I suppose, but I cant figure out where to open up the next path.
Maybe the thrower's strength affects how far the rock flies? I threw it with my warrior, and nailed the pressure plate perfectly. I think you can use throwing knives too, so you should try those.
Do it, there's usually good loot down in the pits. Just heal up before trying, since the drop does about 20 to 30 damage, and there might be enemies down there.
Oh for crying... You have to equip the rock and throw it that way, if you just pick it up from your inventory and toss it it doesn't go far enough.
Almost 3 hours stuck over that. Grrr.
Absoludacrous
Member
Game is so good. Got to the 2nd floor, will pick it back up again later. Hard isn't too bad so far, but I can see it getting a lot worse.
Far right of the top area, I think...I thought you just unlocked it with a key.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
I keep having to restart my maps cause I'm running into the border on the graph paper. This sucks.
bengraven
Member
Right click the item/weapon/spell/etc on under your character portrait.
You can click on anyone's and there's a little cool down.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Is anyone else a little annoyed that the EXP system seems a tad under-balanced with the linear gameplay?
DangerousDave
Member
Finished 1th and 2nd level on normal. The game is amazing. Is exactly like old Eye of Beholder and other SSI games.
I'm slightly dissapointed about the lack of races-classes. It seems very barebones. The races are too extreme. A very focused mage one, a very focused warrior one, a very focused rogue one and human of average-on-everything. It lack some middle-terms, some classes with minor special skills, giving more variety. Also, the races lack any kind of charisma (and the few portraits don't help).
Also, classes are too much focused. There is a single caster (that make any kind of magic) and the other classes are not able to cast anything. Maybe a more "clerical-like" class, like a warrior able to support a few support cast (making from cleric to paladin classes), and a rogue-warrior (with dual wield skills, but less variety of weapons or armor).
But those are the only complains (and I hope that later that thing can be fixed with mods), the game is pure old-school, but adapted to the new times. No random attribute points, the skill system is great, the puzzles are amazing and I love the use of torches.
The game is great, but I'm more hyped by the engine and the next modifications (for example, with new game the only dungeon avaliable is Grimrock, but there is a selector to choose from other official dungeons and user-made ones) than the game itself.
I'm slightly dissapointed about the lack of races-classes. It seems very barebones. The races are too extreme. A very focused mage one, a very focused warrior one, a very focused rogue one and human of average-on-everything. It lack some middle-terms, some classes with minor special skills, giving more variety. Also, the races lack any kind of charisma (and the few portraits don't help).
Also, classes are too much focused. There is a single caster (that make any kind of magic) and the other classes are not able to cast anything. Maybe a more "clerical-like" class, like a warrior able to support a few support cast (making from cleric to paladin classes), and a rogue-warrior (with dual wield skills, but less variety of weapons or armor).
But those are the only complains (and I hope that later that thing can be fixed with mods), the game is pure old-school, but adapted to the new times. No random attribute points, the skill system is great, the puzzles are amazing and I love the use of torches.
The game is great, but I'm more hyped by the engine and the next modifications (for example, with new game the only dungeon avaliable is Grimrock, but there is a selector to choose from other official dungeons and user-made ones) than the game itself.
Woo-Fu
Banned
I keep having to restart my maps cause I'm running into the border on the graph paper. This sucks.
Yes, graphing it out yourself does suck. That is why when automapping became a feature fans of the genre rejoiced and why people who don't use automap when it is built-in fit under my definition of "crazy people."
It is kind of cool in Etrian Odyssey because the graphing tools are built into the game and the game is turn-based.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Worked for me! No Yuzo, but the ambience is suitably ominous.
I think I gimped my mage? I think? Boosting the +damage talent without boosting +Ice school but 1 point probably wasn't too smart.
This. I played through both eras, there is no nostalgia for graph mapping, automaps were the greatest thing ever. I took Cartography in Might & Magic II with righteous god damned fury.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I was on the fence about this game, but for that much money...meh...
It can get kind of claustrophobic and I do find I have a bit of a headache now, but so far I like what I played.
Similar complaints all around. Just a lack of classes and variety in characters. It wouldn't hurt to have a bit of voice yelling out during an attack either. Kind of wish there was an option for it to have you take turns instead of real time combat though...hate having to quickly go to inventory to move potions around while trying not to die.
It can get kind of claustrophobic and I do find I have a bit of a headache now, but so far I like what I played.
Similar complaints all around. Just a lack of classes and variety in characters. It wouldn't hurt to have a bit of voice yelling out during an attack either. Kind of wish there was an option for it to have you take turns instead of real time combat though...hate having to quickly go to inventory to move potions around while trying not to die.
DangerousDave
Member
Not turns on movement (you won't be able to move fast to backstab), but clearly the constant real-time affects negatively the mages (maybe a hotbar where to put some prebuilt spells could help) and also the rogues when they try to use missile or thrown objects (maybe some ammo slots would help), because when you have ony a few ammo-items of each kind, you'll end with your rogue empty-handed after a few seconds, and moving the items of the inventory is time that you can spend doing more attacks with the rest of the party. I started specializing my rogue with arrows, but now I'm using melee weapons from back, because you can do much more attacks.
BTW, I realised that when you fall into a pit,
into that room of L4 that you appear there are the enemies that you made fell on pits. First I found 2 snails and I didn't give any importance, but I loaded the game and later I faced some skeletons in a room with a pit, and I throw 2 of them. Later I fell into a pit and there were the 2 snails, and also the 2 skeletons, and I realise that it was the people that you were making fall into the pits
SatelliteOfLove
Member
After playing EO, I can't imagine playing a DC without customizing maps; but so far, in the 2nd floor, it's very bare bones. In those, respawning FOEs, bosses, passages and doors with specific entry requirements, and gathering spots damn near necessitated sturdy mapmaking skill. I know of hte teleporters, so maybe they're going easy on us early. heh.
Yeah, I gave throwing daggers to the rogue as an openner, then a spear for some backup DPS. Working ok so far.
Now that is a neat touch.
rollingstart
Banned
I'm totally stuck on level 3
There's a door that requires two keys. I found one in that spider egg area, but can't find the other. I'm thinking about going upstairs to see if there's something linked to the "I demand a sacrifice" part. And when I drop into pits, I see a button and pressure plate that don't seem to do anything.
Grrr! Been trying to snag the Tome of Health on Floor 4 with no success.
I believe the button to open the door is at the intersection where all the sub "levels" meet, there's a switch there in one of the corners. Has anyone been able to reach and press that button somehow? Been going through all of them with no success
bengraven
Member
Room of spiders just killed me for the first time.
Mechanized
Member
When I found the first
I almost quit the game. That whole area is a giant shit fest, you quickly learn that enemies will pop out behind you. But I pressed on to the 3rd floor! lol
pack of 4 spear men
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Kinda mad I bought it on preorder at full price and it launches at a discount on Steam.
Etrian Oddyssey does 90% of the work for you by highlighting the areas you've been and providing the grid. You just have to draw some lines, it's not comparable to hand mapping with grid paper.
Ok phew, I feel less silly to know that I'm not the only finding the game a bit spooky. I had a visceral, revolted reaction the first time I encountered one of those crowverns when it lunged at my face with its nasty, plucked naked body.I gave out a bit of a scream when I encountered the first spearman.
"oh god wtf gah get awayyy"
Don't worry, I couldn't figure it out at first either. I looked through the in-game tutorial to no avail and only managed to figure it out through trial and error.
Subterranean
Member
Really enjoying what I have played so far. I wish I had some salt for those snails.
Awesome game just hit Floor 3.
I got 2 fighters in the front row (1 pure STR/VIT tank, and one Hybrid), alsoo 1 mage and 1 thief in the back row. I should of gotten something else instead of the thief.
Every title i move i am always looking at walls for secret rumble you can push lol.
I got 2 fighters in the front row (1 pure STR/VIT tank, and one Hybrid), alsoo 1 mage and 1 thief in the back row. I should of gotten something else instead of the thief.
Every title i move i am always looking at walls for secret rumble you can push lol.
I am immensely bothered by how long it took me to figure out how to get one of the items on the second floor:
Game is doing a tremendous job of making me pause to go over the scenery and clicking rocks like crazy :x
the Poison Arrows in the cell; I totally thought I checked that wall, damn it!
Game is doing a tremendous job of making me pause to go over the scenery and clicking rocks like crazy :x
Mechanized
Member
I think the HUD in the game looks better now than the original, but I spend more time looking at portraits waiting for cooldowns to end than actually looking at the enemies. I wonder if they made attack hotkeys would it ruin the balance of the game.
I feel the exact same way, re: spending most of my time staring at the character portraits, and how nice it'd be to have hotkeys.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
Is Valve at least going to honor the discount for those that preordered?
This. I restarted with auto-map on. It's already a lot more fun.
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