Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar Greenlit, Release Date Announced

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar, an RPG more than 20 years in development is heading towards a final release. According to a pair of official announcements, the game went through the Steam Greenlight process and is looking at May 29, 2017, for its release date. And just in case you’ve missed Grimoire’s arduous development cycle, here’s its feature list:

After more than 20 years of development, the greatest roleplaying game of them all is fnally ready for release! Grimoire is an homage to the classic dungeon blobbers and is inspired by Wizardry, Might & Magic, Lands of Lore, Anvil of Dawn, DungeonMaster and the Eye of the Beholder games!

• 600 hours of play possible in a single game
• Lush Colorful 2D Hand Drawn Artwork
• Retro style MIDI music and 8 bit sound effects
• 244+ Maps in the game to explore!
• Turn-Based strategic combat
• Multiple Beginnings, Multiple Endings
• 144 context sensitive magic spells
• 14 races, 15 professions, 50 skills
• 64 intelligent NPCs with 8000+ Words in Vocabulary
• Full Sentence Communication with NPCs
• 240+ monsters each with special powers and defenses
• 1000+ items, Carry Containers, Global Party Inventory
• 30 conditions, from Confusion to Disease & Lycanthropy
• Automapping, Autowalking, Autohealing
• Global Map Atlas With Position Marker
• Quest Journal, Hint Prompting, Help Facility, Mini-Quests
• Complex LockPicking Interfaces for Doors & Chests
• Challenging Puzzles and Rich Interactive Dungeons
• Browsable Character Library for up to 100 characters
• Up to 12 Commented Postage Stamped Savegames
• Multi-themed GUI and customizable screen layouts