Brány Skeldalu

A great example of why RPG's were once considered to be for nerds and avoided by civilized folk. Promptly drops you into the game with not even the faintest semblance of a tutorial, asking you to make permanent mechanical decisions with zero explanation of how anything works or chance to learn the ropes, meaning that if you build your characters wrong you may as well start over. Did I build mine wrong? Or did I just play wrong? Who can say. I got my ass kicked by orcs pretty quickly after combat completely void of feedback except for damage splashes. Did the game "roll" badly behind the scenes? Should I have gone somewhere else first? Did I make characters that could never have won? A mystery that we will never solve. I've also never been made to feel motion sick by a tile-based game before but God, I was ready to throw up after like five minutes of moving around this gameworld. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I'd rather take a long trip in stormy seas than do that again. My childhood gaming was made up of games like this, like Lands of Lore, and in hindsight I wonder why it didn't just make me give up on videogames for good. I guess back then we didn't have or know better, but we do so now. I respect it as a project to revive an ancient cult classic, but I despise it as an actual game.

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.

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!

A great game if you like atmospheric old school games and have triple digit IQ + some patience.

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.

Absolute legend. I played that as a kid with my father. So we are now playing it again. Remembering all the old tricks and puzzels. Great game design, strong D&D vibes and catchy music. <3

Cult classic, the steam version runs fine, thanks for the re-release here.

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