Legend of Grimrock is a no-nonsense oldschool dungeon crawler, forgoing even the usual conceits of a starting town and NPCs. It has an extremely narrow focus on exploration and combat, which plays out sort of as a dance - weaving away from enemy attacks and back in range in time for your cooldowns to reset. The map is handmade and feels very intentionally designed to push you forward through challenging puzzle rooms, and the hidden secret areas are just secret enough to be rewarding - neither too easy nor difficult to find.

I enjoyed it overall, although I'll admit it lacks in variety. There aren't quite enough character classes, and the environments can get a little repetitive - you'll start to feel like you're in the Windows 98 Maze screensaver about halfway through. But if you push on, the ending boss is bizarre in a very memorable way.

Literally zero padding fun game

Amazing dungeon cawler. 10/10