Brány Skeldalu

This is definitely old skool as it does not hold your hand at all. While it has an automap (which is nice - it allows adding your own notes) it does not have any quest journal per se, just a "notebook" that some quest information is copied into. It would be nice if the conversations that are important to the overall quest were copied into it as well, but it is an older game and as such doesn't have a lot of the QoL aspects we're used to with newer games. The combat is solid and character development as well. I've only had to go back to an older save once...not because of a bug, but because I spent all my money on training my characters but not on "ghost swords" which are essentially the only way to reasonably kill one of the areas monsters. Not a huge deal as I only lost about an hour, but still a bit frustrating <shrug>. In any case, it's a great little game and fun for what it is. I'm guessing I'm only about half way through. Thankfully there are a couple of guides to help you figure a few things out as there were a couple of tricky/hidden things that would have taken awhile to sort through without them. I think I'm getting lazy/spoiled in my old-er age lol. In any case, if you like older RPGs that don't hold your hand and have a decent amount of detail to them then this is a good buy. It's not expensive either so price shouldn't stop you. I'd give it a solid 7/10. Enjoy!

Habe dieses Spiel rein zufällig gefunden. Wie auf der Shopseite erwähnt, ist es ein alter tschechischer Dungeon Crawler aus dem Jahr 98. Es hat nette Mechaniken und gut gemachte Grafiken,der Artstyle geht in Richtung Klassische Fantasy. Auch der Soundtrack ist teilweise nett. Die Animationen der Gegner haben ihren ganz eignen Charme. Die Charaktererstellung ist kreativ, schöne Zauber und Waffen vielfalt. Die Rätsel können einen wirklich lange zum Nachdenken bringen. Ich bin noch nicht ganz durch mit dem Spiel, aber ich genieße meine Zeit damit. Würde es aufjedenfall Freunden des Genres empfehlen. Alles in allem würde ich mir wünschen dass Steam solche Spiele mehr supportet,man findet doch immerwieder mal einen Hidden Gem darunter. Skeldalu ist definitiv einer davon.

A good old retro dungeon crawler with turn-based combat system. A game I loved when I was young. This version received some questionable changes, such as the "corpses stay in the party" or the new dual wielding mechanic where DEX substitutes STR, making the game way too easy if you know what you're doing. Speedrunning is still possible. Everything else remained the same as in the original game from 1998, so if you're looking for a modern game, this might not be for you. But if you want nostalgia, or perhaps you are itching for a retro experience, Gates of Skeldal is definitely a good choice.

[b]Legendární český krokovací dungeon je zpět![/b] Brány Skeldalu patří mezi hry, které definovaly mé dětství. Dohrál jsem je už několikrát a pokaždé mě znovu baví. Nyní jsou konečně dostupné i na Steamu – ve verzi, která bez problémů běží na nových systémech a nabízí řadu drobných oprav a vylepšení, včetně podpory gamepadu. Doporučuji každému fanouškovi klasických krokovacích dungeonů. I když je hra už starší a chybí jí moderní prvky jako tutoriál, stále má své nezaměnitelné kouzlo a atmosféru.

Awesome game, quite challenging at times, but gives you all the means to overcome those challenges. Lots to discover, but I had to look up one or two puzzles in the guides. Totally recommend it if you liked 90's dungeons crawlers like Lands of Lore.

Hra mého dětství

Classic and suprisingly timeless given how simple in its core it is... cant recommend, there are gamebreaking bugs related to puzzles, that will leave you absolutely clueless and unless youre speaking czech, good luck trying to find a solution on internet... shame. i wont ever recommend broken games the game doesnt explain almost anything, like what those spells you cast actually do... this should be ingame and i shouldnt bother myself googling the simple explanations... while i appreciate the compatibility, it is obvious that the ingame manual should have been part of the game in options.... the combat itself is also a joke, there is clear initiative of all enemies and your characters, but its all random number generator, you will never know how to sequence your turn properly, because it doesnt make any sense, once you start encountering enemies, that will run away from you, you will know what i mean... basically you set actions and then you watch the turn unfold... bartering is so stupid yet so complicated if you look at the numbers behind the process in a guide... basic stat redistribution is also a mystery to me (health, mana) when you make your characters you basically set the for the entire game whether they will gain health or mana... otherwise i cant explain why my 30strength "mage" character still has 35hp while my 35strength "warrior" has 100+... there is ofc no explanation anywhere whatsoever

Not recommended, very overrated for what it is, a basic bare bones blobber with a very basic and amateurish art direction, seems made in MS paint. Very questionable (read wtf) mechanics even a ridiculous (for a blobber) food/water starvation system which is with absolutely bizarre and out of place, your strolling along and a random character starts to die bit by bit like if it were poison, so you guess guy is poisoned, maybe they'll make their saving throw or smt, but guess what it's not poison, character is thirsty, so he loses hit point by hit point till dead, if you try to use all the ♥♥♥♥ you picked up you deduce he was thirsty, good, that was the only water bottle, so 5 steps later another character decides to go thirsty and soon enough everyone dies, seems the game world is a sub-Saharan desert with MS paint trees plastered on the background for esthetic purposes, dev couldn't even bother to make a pdf manual to explain all this ♥♥♥♥. Then you have all the interesting ctd because the programming is obviously stellar. smh. This reissue apparently was freeware until they decided to sell it on steam to those who had bought the original game back in 98 for nostalgia effect, so most of those 50 something reviews seem to remember this product fondly, guess in the former soviet country they were not able to play contemporary games of the time and were evidently starved for games so yeah, I get it, better than nothing I guess. The experience is objectively very poor even as a vintage piece of content, the competition at the time was way ahead, and GoG is chockful of better games, this should have remained freeware. Refunded.