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Did you ever get to the bottom of that evil hacker who introduced bugs into your steam download with his save files, Cleveland Mark Blakemore ?

I was told by a reliable source this game would never be sold at a discount as well.

All kidding aside, did this ever turn out any good? I'm not gonna just throw away 2.50 you know? But I did enjoy wizardry 7.
 

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How does the random encounter frequency setting impact the game? Will I be overleveled with high frequency and underleveled with low?
What about no random encounters? Won't it starve the party of exp?
 
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This setting can be adjusted while playing. So if you find you are falling behind, you can turn up the encounter rate in an area to catch up on experience. I found the "Frequent" setting to be appropriate for the content, but I enjoyed Grimoire's combat.
 

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How does the random encounter frequency setting impact the game? Will I be overleveled with high frequency and underleveled with low?
What about no random encounters? Won't it starve the party of exp?
There are always some encounters, even with "None?" setting. Back in the time, "none" (without question mark) setting removed all random encounters. It was a key for felipepepe for finishing Grimoire in 40 or 60 hours, for example. Can't remember exact number now.
Just adjust a frequency on the fly. Most of the time I had a plenty encounters, but toned them down for travelling through the explored areas.
 

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Did you ever get to the bottom of that evil hacker who introduced bugs into your steam download with his save files, Cleveland Mark Blakemore ?

I was told by a reliable source this game would never be sold at a discount as well.

All kidding aside, did this ever turn out any good? I'm not gonna just throw away 2.50 you know? But I did enjoy wizardry 7.

[BLOCKED] for being an oxygen stealer.
 

Cleveland Mark Blakemore

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What would be better to play for the first time, Wiz 7 or Grimwah?
Wizardry 6 for the best results, but Wiz7 is a good choice too.

I agree. The best pantheon for Wizardry would be to play Bane of the Cosmic Forge, then Crusaders of the Dark Savant and finally Grimoire. You can't appreciate any of them without perspective on the other two. David Bradley took Wizardry and turned it into something really special. I copied W7 because I think it is one of the greatest RPGs of all time. I wanted Grimoire to be able to stand on its own and yet also still be a spiritual successor to these two.
 

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What would be better to play for the first time, Wiz 7 or Grimwah?
Wizardry 6 for the best results, but Wiz7 is a good choice too.

I agree. The best pantheon for Wizardry would be to play Bane of the Cosmic Forge, then Crusaders of the Dark Savant and finally Grimoire. You can't appreciate any of them without perspective on the other two. David Bradley took Wizardry and turned it into something really special. I copied W7 because I think it is one of the greatest RPGs of all time. I wanted Grimoire to be able to stand on its own and yet also still be a spiritual successor to these two.
FWIW Steam is full of people saying Wiz7 was their favorite until Grimoire which improves on Wiz7.
 

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What would be better to play for the first time, Wiz 7 or Grimwah?
Wizardry 6 for the best results, but Wiz7 is a good choice too.

I agree. The best pantheon for Wizardry would be to play Bane of the Cosmic Forge, then Crusaders of the Dark Savant and finally Grimoire. You can't appreciate any of them without perspective on the other two. David Bradley took Wizardry and turned it into something really special. I copied W7 because I think it is one of the greatest RPGs of all time. I wanted Grimoire to be able to stand on its own and yet also still be a spiritual successor to these two.
I'm new to the forums (as a member) and discovered Grimoire here before I signed up, and just wanted to express my gratitude; my fascination with those particular Wizardry games is boundless and it learning of Grimoire was like a dream come true. On par with how I would feel if somehow Dark Sun were to somehow get recreated Infinity engine treatment, or something.
 
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Did you ever get to the bottom of that evil hacker who introduced bugs into your steam download with his save files, Cleveland Mark Blakemore ?

I was told by a reliable source this game would never be sold at a discount as well.

All kidding aside, did this ever turn out any good? I'm not gonna just throw away 2.50 you know? But I did enjoy wizardry 7.

[BLOCKED] for being an oxygen stealer.
Lol what a whiny loser.

The admins here are awesome though, thank you for manually approving my shitpost making fun of Cleve.

But really though, is this game any good now? Like, compared to wiz 7?
 

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Lol what a whiny loser.
He never blocked you. That's something you can easily check. And criticism (sometimes even valid or not) was never something people got modded for.
But really though, is this game any good now? Like, compared to wiz 7?
Feels like you already have an opinion, not even sure why you're asking. Feels like you have an agenda, or something, but - to answer your question in earnest - it's pretty good. One of the better RPGs to come out in the 10s.
 

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