I think I played whichever one was on my Amiga waaaay back in the day, and whichever one was on PS3 for a bit. I was also a big fan of some of the Might and Magic games, which I feel were something of a bridge between the old dungeon crawlers and something like Morrowind.
Anyway I was thinking of trying one out again. Any recommendations, maybe one with modern QOL features to ease in?
I see there’s a remake of Wizardry 1(?) and remasters of the Etrian Odyssey games in the past couple years. I’m also kind of intrigued by Undernauts, which looks like it might throw a little Shin Megami Tensei flavor in?
Etrian Odyssey series was all pretty interesting to me. Idk what changes the HD releases have, but I generally enjoyed playing the later ones compared to the earlier ones. Shin Megami Strange Journey and Labyrinth of Refrain/Galleria were interesting too.
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall was a complete mindfuck back then.
Being able to walk, ride or fly through a continent the size of Europe, in 3D first person view, with different climate zones and seasons, buy a ship, turn into a vampire or werewolf, enter any house on the map and have NPCs react to what clothes you wear…
There was nothing like it before, and its freedom and scope is unmatched till today.Thanks for not calling them blobbers, which is an awful name.
I’ve been liking the term Dungeon RPG (DRPG) honestly
I generally don’t enjoy dungeon crawlers very much, but Barony swallowed my life for several weeks recently. I highly recommend it.
It was literally the first RPG I ever played… in ye olden days of 1982. I stuck with the series until the end, but haven’t checked out the remake.
Too much time playing a fan remake of a DOS game from 1993, Master of Magic.
Games on Steam with tags Dungeon Crawler, First-Person, and Grid-Based Movement sorted by user rating.
Legend of Grimrock and Vaporum are supposedly pretty good. World of Horror looks sick and has a Junji Itō inspired spin. And there is a new release The Secret of Weepstone that’s very much inspired by the current resurgence of oldschool tabletop games.
World of Horror is pretty awesome, but I don’t think I would ever really lump it together with first person dungeon crawlers like Wizardry or Grimrock
Ooh, I’m really digging the art style on Grimrock. It’s very reminiscent of the weird-looking old games, but so charming and slick about it.
Weepstone also looks fantastic, like playing an AD&D sourcebook. Will definitely be trying that demo this weekend.
Its a great game!
I love the first one more than the second for some reason. Not sure why.
Legend of Grimrock rules
Oh, and GOG has both Grimrock games for a pittance right now. That miiiight be my whole weekend now.
