Renault on 3/4/2012 at 23:51
Release date set - (
http://www.grimrock.net/) April 11th. You can preorder now directly from them or GoG and the $14.99 price goes down to $11.99. This definitely looks like some old school fun.
EvaUnit02 on 4/4/2012 at 05:44
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Considering that pre-ordering Grimrock direct from the developer gets you a DRM free copy, a Steam key and all of the GOG extras... the GOG deal sucks hard by comparison.
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http://www.grimrock.net/buy/)
In this case, fuck GOG.
june gloom on 4/4/2012 at 06:30
I'm not sure I'd put it in such terms, but yes just going with gog.com does seem to be the lesser deal.
I'm actually interested. Probably shouldn't spend the $12 but I wanna give it a go.
Thirith on 4/4/2012 at 06:42
I was holding out for a demo (I wasn't a big fan of Dungeon Master back in the day, but some lo-fi, old-school CRPGing might be fun nevertheless), but at that price I might just get it, not least to support the devs. I definitely think that the diversification of game development and publishing - indie, small devs, the big fish - is one of the most positive developments of the last few years.
EvaUnit02 on 4/4/2012 at 19:24
There's also the diversification within the indie game space. From genuinely awesome stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, to non-game bullshit like Trauma and finally to hipster trash like VVVVVV and Braid.
The indie bundles are hit and miss, for every awesome game like Aquaria you get a fucking World of Goo or Braid.
Good god, doesn't Jonathan Blow have another game out this year? Yay, RPS is going to be spammed with links to pseudo-intellectual blog posts for a while come release of his latest excrement.
june gloom on 4/4/2012 at 19:28
I stopped reading when you called VVVVVV "hipster trash."
Malf on 4/4/2012 at 21:29
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I stopped reading when you called VVVVVV "hipster trash."
Christ, I knew it was Eva who posted such an ignorant comment without even needing to go back a page.
EvaUnit02 on 4/4/2012 at 22:02
Ignorance? Oh please. It's a simplistic very platformer that relies itself upon appealing to hipster sensibilities with the faux-retro graphics (C64 in this case) and chiptunes music.
As for Grimrock, TotalBiscuit approves.
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Malf on 4/4/2012 at 22:12
Is hipster your new favourite word Eva?
VVVVVV is a great little game that knows exactly what it is and doesn't try anything flash. It's also rock-fucking-hard.
Look, if you're going to criticise something, at least develop a vocabulary that doesn't make you look like a snivelling basement dweller. "Hipster" is lazy language, especially when not backed up with any argument outlining why.
EvaUnit02 on 4/4/2012 at 22:36
The argument is self-explanatory, the likes of faux-retro graphics and chiptunes music are the epitome of hipster irony.
At least I have an argument, yours is entirely ad hominem.
