Information Legend of Grimrock 2 Announced

[Crooked Bee]

Tags: Almost Human Games; Legend of Grimrock 2

As it turns out, the new "Grimrock-related project" that Almost Human Games are currently working on is not an expansion or DLC, but a sequel - Legend of Grimrock 2:

Secondly, and this is a biggie (probably more to ourselves than you!), we are now officially working on… Legend of Grimrock 2! Creating a mere DLC or expansion to Grimrock simply would not have felt right. As today’s meeting proved, we still have a lot of ideas we’d like to explore, lots and lots of new content already done (originally made for a DLC/expansion) and a big engine update in the works. Simply put, a DLC would have limited too much what we can do. With a full blown sequel we can raise Grimrock to the next level.

I’m sure you had all this figured out for a while already, but announcing a project is something we don’t take lightly, so we had to be really sure that this is the thing we want to blow our hearts and souls into.

So, the cat is out of the bag, and this post is already getting quite long. I’ll leave the details to the development updates that we’re going to start posting again as the work progresses. Oh, there’s so much to tell…​

Source.

There goes my hope for a Chaos Strikes Back-like expansion.

 

[neilsouth]

Hot News, Almost Human Ltd has just announced Legend of Grimrock 2! Now I've played Legend of Grimrock 1 and not only was it a huge success selling over 600,000 copies in the gaming world, I thought it was bloody brilliant too. It was an epic dungeon crawler, which took many of us back to our roots of crpg goodness, battling creatures and solving puzzles in a grid based movement dungeon system. Basically the Dungeon Master of this generation, with HD graphics and lighting.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2013/02/legend-of-grimrock-2-announced-rpg.html


*** YEH!!!!!!! :D

I've still got eye of the beholder on my system

 

[Mother Russia]

Best of all...NO KICKSTARTER!!

2 da MAX

 

[Jaesun]

♫ Swing your partner round and round... ♫

 

[Wolfus]

 

[Metro]

 

[neilsouth]

It's highly likely due to the success of the first game that sales of the second will be much higher

 

[Jaesun]

To be completely honest, I don't have much interest in this (I really disliked the combat mambo).

 

[Eyeball]

Seconded. Maybe they can afford to put in non-shit combat this time to go with the frankly stunning graphics of their first effort.

 

[octavius]

Let's hope it is to Legend of Grimrock what Chaos Strikes Back was to Dungeon Master.

 

[Gord]

I hope they build upon the foundations of the first one, because while I enjoyed it, it could also definitely use some more depth to it.

 

[neilsouth]

Id like outside and inside areas, I'm thinking Abandoned Places 2 style

 

[Metro]

I don't mind the mambo -- it's part and parcel of most games in the genre. Just play on the hardest difficulty and it'll (sort of) fit into the balance. Part of me is disappointed they went full fledged sequel versus a DLC because now it'll take longer to get more Grimrock. That said, hopefully this adds more developed content like outdoor areas, better character system, and possibly a fix to the combat.

 

[Kahlis]

Glad I hadn't yet invested too much time into mapping for the first one. Let's see if it's actually more complex this time and not just more gimmicks/graphics/enemies.

 

[evdk]

There goes my hope for a Chaos Strikes Back-like expansion.

Mine as well. DM2 style disappointment incoming.

 

[BobtheTree]

Haven't played the first one much yet, but I was hoping the team would do something new in terms of setting, mostly because I'm not big on massive dungeons. Still, glad they met with success and will be delivering this one without using the Kickstarter.

 

[evdk]

Let's hope it is to Legend of Grimrock what Chaos Strikes Back was to Dungeon Master.

More likely it will be to LoG what DM2 was to DM.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I'm soooo gonna merge this thread with the one I made in the News forum.

 

[evdk]

Hooray, I will look like an idiot saying the same thing twice in one thread.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Hooray, I will look like an idiot saying the same thing twice in one thread.

That do you.

 

[evdk]

 

[InspectorRumpole]

Wish they'd make it Wiz-like, but that's probably not going to happen.

 

[evdk]

Wish they'd make it Wiz-like, but that's probably not going to happen.

The odds of implementing TB combat in a DM clone are pretty slim, yes.

 

[Dorateen]

Still, they ought to take a page out of a certain title that is coming. Else they will languish in the shadow of the far more intricate and depth-satisfying Grimoire, consigned to the ash-heap of dungeon crawlers for casual gamers.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

To be completely honest, I don't have much interest in this (I really disliked the combat mambo).

Me neither, but at the same time I'm very happy Legend of Grimrock exists, and also profits enough to warrant a sequel. If that sub-genre of old school RPG succeeds then other types of old school RPGs have a better chance of thriving in today's environment.