Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

A blast from the past. One of the first computer games I played on the apple 2e.

I'm new to Wizardry, and I'm really liking the game so far. I like the slower pace with the greater difficulty compared to other dungeon crawlers I've played before, and I especially like the little window in the bottom corner showing you a view of the original wireframe graphics. However, I have [b]ONE big QOL issue[/b] that lots of other players share: you cannot natively change the combat speed. You'd think with all the other modern additions for a more accessible experience this would be a no-brainer, or at least an animation speed increaser that scales after a certain number of attackers, but no. Several times, I've been attacked by bands of 18 or more creeping coin enemies and it took at LEAST a whole minute watching every. single. coin. attack my last living fighter. And most of them missed! I can handle quite a bit of tedium, but in no way is this acceptable even for a hardcore crowd. I want to grind and not be punished by being put in a minutes long queue at times. Granted, this is only an occasional problem, but when it happens you really feel it. Thankfully force quitting can reset you before the battle or skip through the battle depending on when you do it, but I shouldn't have to do that. This might not seem like criticism that allows me to recommend the game anyway, but aside from that one big issue it's a good time and challenge if you're up for it. Just keep it in mind before you buy, and I recommend you buy it on sale like I did.

No extra dumb stuff added in, just a remake clean and simple

Atari did a really good job keeping it true the the original game feel!

original dungeon crawler

This is old school, the fresh coat of paint is very nice, but it's not as hard or buggy as some people make it out to be. Dying has a higher cost, and you don't have as many resources to get yourself out of a bad situation. Take that challenge away by playing a little more cautiously than modern RPGs demand and it's really no harder than any other RPG. It's very cool looking back and seeing how influential this game was, like how the naming conventions of all the magic spells influenced the Shin Megami Tensei franchise and such.

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