So this is more like a dungeon crawler? How's the story?

The big publishers are too easy having their usual pissing contest of who can produce the most overhyped mediocre pile of crap that I won't spend 60 dollars on without getting a power drill lobotomy beforehand, as opposed to letting GOG spend the time fixing up games that I would buy by the stack for 6 to 10 dollars apiece.

Marketing!

Dumbasses.

Additional - And of course, I wouldn't give a rat's ass if they started handing out games for next to nothing if they've got garbage DRM attached.

This one looks good! Might have to grab it at some point.

The graphics in this game remind me so much of The Dark Spire and I noticed a Hexer class like in Etrian Odyssey. Does this game bear any further resemblance to either of those titles? I love dungeon crawls, so I will probably pick it up at some point regardless. Just wondering if I should grab it now and play it next or just wait on it. It's not like I don't have hundreds (well, at this point certainly over 1000), games just waiting around to be played. I loved Grimrock, all the classic PC dungeon crawlers, and even console crawls like the aforementioned titles and the two Shining games in the genre. I can't get too into mediocre or super easy crawls though. I love the challenge, loot, and tweaking my party. So glad the genre has been gaining in popularity again :)

Quite good. It's fun playing the villain, and the humourous touches are just right, without being obnoxiously referential or causing the game to descend into farce. Just enough to balance it out.

There are some genuinely tough riddles in there too, which are not vital to winning the game (I left some of them unsolved for a later playthrough). Even though it's a somewhat small game world, you are given a number of interesting things to pursue should you choose to. And your party composition makes a huge difference, with each team member being well-defined and functionally unique. At times they too can have story/choice options specific to them.

I paid $1 for this on the humble bundle not too long ago... Tempting to rebuy it here...

This wont apply to every game out there, especially much older games, but for games in which the soundtrack music is the exact same music played in game, if you have the actual game and have it installed then you already have the soundtrack presuming the game stores the in game music as .WAV, .FLAC, .OGG, .MP3 or similar audio files. Just navigate to the game's install directory and make a copy of the actual audio files. It's also possible the developer might have bundled the soundtrack files all together in some sort of "WAD" file, in which case there is probably a mod tool or hack to extract the game's soundtrack out of the game data files. This will provide the exact same soundtrack audio files in many if not most cases for just about any game with only a slight amount of effort in most cases to extract or copy the audio files to your music library. It's not the perfect scenario but it is an option.

It goes without saying of course that this will not be 100% identical to the official soundtrack CD:

- if the soundtrack contains any bonus tracks that are not actually present in the game, or if it contains any other special materials. It might not be as high quality if the in game soundtrack is say... MP3 and the official separate soundtrack files are FLAC or WAV lossless audio.

- if the in game soundtrack is not digital audio but rather is synthesized via wavetable or FM synthesis from MIDI or MOD or other similar file formats.

I'm sure there are other situations that it doesn't cover also, but I bring this up not because there are cases where it isn't applicable - but rather because there are many many cases where the in-game soundtrack is 100% identical to the separately available soundtrack and one has the option to copy the files or extract them that they might not have realized or thought of themselves. Also, I mention this as just general advice and not specific to any game being mentioned in the thread.

Also, while some developers use the official soundtrack as a carrot on a stick for people to buy the more expensive "deluxe" version of a game or as DLC, in a lot of cases this is temporary and eventually the developer provides these bonus materials as an update to existing customers at a later date, or in a GOTY edition or similar - which is sometimes a free upgrade for existing customers as well.

Just wanted to throw a few ideas/options out there.

Okay, sounds interesting enough. Will keep it in mind.

like the art, love the retro music.

In terms of style, the game intrigues me and I applaud the developers for trying something different here but the non animated enemies make things feel rather static.
Guess the two frame enemy animations from Dark Savant spoiled me too much graphically and it's a bit weird to go back to attacking non moving enemies as in earlier games.

This one's a must-buy for me. Yes, I admit to being fed up with all the Metroidvanias coming around but I don't often complain because my philosophy is "vote with your wallet" or buy what you like. This one, however, is a unique Might And Mizardry that is definitely worth a look. This looks like just the kind of game that needs to be here; it may not be a classic, it may be an "indie", but it is unique and provides a new twist on a genre of which there cannot be too many games. I like how they blend retro and modern twists in this one, really paying homage to Wizardry, Might and Magic, Bard's Tale (original games) and classic dungeon crawlers in general.
Keep bringing in the Might and Mizardry type games, and I'll keep buying.

My ONLY complaint is that this release does not include the sountrack as one of the "goodies"

I purchased the soundtrack direct from the dev for 5$ and you can buy the "deluxe" edition which includes it elsewhere for 10$ So it would have been nice to get this version with the soundtrack included. However it does also stand to reason that would have drove the price up.

Assuming you speak of the soundtrack :

it's a bit more complicated than i mentioned above :

1 - the game was drm free+ steam key + soundtrack (lossy + lossless) on HB in a bundle for a short time for very cheap

2 - i understand the fact some musicians need some money, but in this case why it was offered in the HB bundle for so cheap.... i'm quite puzzled... especially if GOG doesn't have the soundtrack as extras.

So basically people who missed the bundle on HB are "punished" (maybe the word is too strong) , if they wanted the soundtrack ....

Regarding Judas internal review of the game - is that date Dec 6th, 2013 or Jun 12th, 2013?
Either way, it appears that it takes GOG a rather long time from internally reviewing a game until actually releasing it, even when no big publishers are involved. Hmm...


Honest question - how is your standard comment constructive criticism?

Considering that the game was released in November 2013, I would have to go with the first for some strange reason. :P