Five Indie Games to Watch For

GameSpy has put together a list of five upcoming indie games to watch for, and among them there is Legend of Grimrock, the first-person real-time dungeon crawler currently developed by Almost Human Games.

If you grew up with fond memories of clocking an absurd number of hours in classic PC dungeon crawlers like Eye of the Beholder or Dungeon Master, then gazing deeply into the oh-so-shiny alpha footage of Legend of Grimrock should rock your dice-rolling, graph paper-doodling world. The folks over at Almost Human Ltd. are reaching deep into the way back machine and pulling out nugget after nugget of sheer nerdy gold for their new indie studio’s debut project. From the looks of it, the core foundation of this first-person dungeon crawling RPG is as deliciously old-school as it gets, but modern visual flourishes make the familiar blend of subterranean adventure more than just a mere throwback to the days of yore.

Your band of adventurers starts off imprisoned in the deep labyrinth beneath the nefarious Mt. Grimrock, and the step-by-step trek to escape through winding corridors and deadly chambers pits you against all manner of traps and evil beasties alike. Each of your four party members can be customized with combinations of different classes and races. Feel like making a minotaur wizard or a lizardman thief? You can totally do that. Gear you’ve picked up can be dragged and drop between characters’ inventories, and there’s an abundance of weapons and secret goodies to uncover. Throw in a ton of monsters to slay, loot to score, and a cool rune-based spell system, and it’s dungeon thrashing time. Here’s to what’s shaping up to be a slick revival of an oft-neglected gaming genre.

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