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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a dungeon crawler, crpg and party-based rpg game
developed and published by Digital Eclipse.
Released on May 23rd 2024 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.
It has received 947 reviews of which 751 were positive and 196 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.70€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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This is a nostalgia game, if you are old enough to have played the original on the Apple ][ in 1981, you'll love it. If you are looking for something modern, move along, not the dragons you're looking for. This was the first 3D graphics game, and as such, it was just barely 3D. Perspective drawing with corners at 45deg, and moves in increments of 1 block. As simple as it could be, and pushing the envelope of a 48k system. Yes, 48 Kilobytes. Less memory than is probably taken up by the dialog window I'm typing this in. It has both original and slightly renovated modes, and some updated graphics that are fine for what they are, This is turn based RPG, so don't expect much. The original combat was text based only. But anyway, for us old guys, this is a visit back to childhood, and a total blast. It was one of the best games of it's time. Just remember that it's time was about 1981.
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This is not a game for everyone. It's a game from the 1980's even with a new coat of paint and a few balancing and QOL features, but it's still a tough, unforgiving dungeon crawler that is as much about preparation and patience as it is about learning to roll with the punches when the dice form a middle finger in your face. Despite all of this, I found this game very gripping and captivating. Every victory felt earned and you start feeling attached to your guys whom have no given personality. The graphics feel like it's an updated old school game like the Sega AGES games back in the day and the atmosphere can be tense. It's a game that I, once I got over the frustrations and accepted that I usually should keep a party of people that you can send to carry your bones for revival out, made even easier by the recruitment system, could really be enthralled by. Really I feel money is the issue in this game where the most issues are. You either have barely a coin to spare or you are flushed with gold to the point where it feels meaningless. I found the game super engaging and captivating. If you wanna see what was one of the three great progenitors of Roleplaying video games and a piece of important video game history, I would say this game is worth experiencing! Just don't try to 100% achievements, those 40 hours of searching every enemy to complete the bestiary were carried by my lizard brain liking the sight of levels going up. ... So when is the Knight of Diamonds scenario coming out?
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Thanks to the optional quality of life features I can finally play Wizardry 1 with two kids and a full-time job, without save scumming, or going insane, or rage quitting and deleting the entire thing.
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Well after a couple of months sitting on this waiting to buy it. I finally delved in. I have been playing Dark and Darker, Dungeonborne, Dungeon Stalker (betas), Dungeons of Sundaria, AND Legends of Grimrock (along with some fun mobile titles similar to this) and found that I really needed to dive into the OG. So glad I did. All of the others are fun, but this was the OG. You still get that feeling of playing the original without suffering through a very outdated UX (I grew up on that stuff). I like the fact that just does what it sets out to do, be a dungeon crawler. No real story to speak of, no NPCs to distract you from your glorious destiny, just monsters to slay and treasure to be found. The controller interface is quite competent so feel free to grab that xbox controller. M/KB works as expected, so if that is your method of choice you are good to go. Visually I like how it isn't really all that demanding. It feels like they took the old SNES version and magically uprezzed the visuals to 9000. I also like that this game is not at all taxing. No worries about your hardware, just sit down and play. And besides, you really don't have a lot of options for visuals anyway. That is fine though. You don't need Ray Tracing in a dungeon...there are no rays of sunlight to worry about. It also isn't a dark game in the sense of visibility. Encounters are random, so you won't be seeing them come along, and that is fine. In the end, after playing this you can see the evolution of the genre and how it was adapted into the variety of jRPGs over the last 40 years. You can also feel that sense of old D&D in this game. Which incidentally helped inspire the cRPG titles of D&D such as the Forgotten Realms Eye of the Beholder titles (which also made their appearance on 16bit consoles in the 90s). Mapping is still dated, but not confusing to use. The game has a certain charm to it requiring a proper grid sheet notebook to make your maps. My ONLY complaint is the 35+ dollar price tag. You can get similar titles that are a tad more modern, but offer the exact same experience for half the price. Riding on the Wizardry title and it's nostalgia did make the cost of entry a little bittersweet (Yes, I got it at full price). I would personally say the game feels more akin to a 20 to 25 dollar price range. If you want to wait for a sale, then that would be the best route.
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Recommend this game to JRPG fans and those that don't mind the harsh treatment this game can dish out (Instant death moves, harsh trail and error as well as permanent xp draining to name a few). The remake and its "modernization" by its inclusion of additional features is well done. I don't think I would've enjoyed the game as much as I have without these quality of life changes from the original. However any gameplay affect can be toggled on or off as the player wishes. So if you want a pure orginal replay of this game you can do that. I haven't defeated the final floor. Mainly because I'm trying to obtain best in slot equipment for the party. Tips and tricks from the orginal work. I will say quiting to the title screen and relaunching a saved file will reset any door encounters. Which is usually faster than leaving the floor and coming back to it. ( such as with the fire dragon on floor 7 ) my main party is lv 15-17 at this time and the backup party is lv 9-10. The sound track is the best addition to the game. I throughly enjoyed the bestiary, lore info as well as the loot table. Here's hoping this studio does well into the future. Thank you for making this game.
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 33.99€ on Steam.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord received 751 positive votes out of a total of 947 achieving a rating of 7.56.
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was developed and published by Digital Eclipse.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is not playable on MacOS.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is not playable on Linux.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a single-player game.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not currently offer any DLC.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not support Steam Remote Play.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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