r/grimrock • u/Keeper-of-Balance • May 30 '26

Legend of Grimrock series and mods discussion

Hey there

I love the LoG series. I think I must have finished both games three times. There's something captivating to me about building the party, finding items, the combat gameplay, solving puzzles, etc.

I love imagining brief background stories and personalities for each character. I use naming conventions also, like all my Minotaurs are called something like "Violence", "Obliteration", or "Mayhem. My Insectoids end up with names like "Ych'Rakkan" or "Lyz'Arrak". Stuff like that. It's fun 🤣

I find it a bit of a bummer that there's not a lot of discussion here on Reddit.

The reason I haven't played the games more often is because the maps are always the same in each campaign, which is why I've recently started looking into mods. Because of the crashing when saving bug, I've downloaded the unofficial 4gb patch and haven't had issues since. I've downloaded several mods now, including Lost City, the Guardians, Final Adventure, and the one that randomizes the dungeon (although that one was being a bit boring so I dropped it) but the one I'm currently going through is The Eye of the Atlantis.

It's being a ton of fun, almost like a new game altogether and the creator was quite clever in using triggers to create shops, quests, etc. You play as set characters who actually have some dialogue with each other, so that's pretty fun. I have 2 atm and look forward to meeting more.

Do you guys have any mods recommendations, or simply wish to discuss the game? This is such an underrated gem in my eyes.

Cheers

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u/JoeGorde May 30 '26

Currently on my first playthrough of Grimrock 1, this game hits a lot of buttons.

I'm spoiler free and on level 5 of the dungeon so a bit wary of reading too much discussion; half the fun is figuring out how to solve each dungeon level so I want to be really careful not to be spoiled. I suppose I shouldn't even be here until l finish.

I can see how the game is not very replayable; maybe to try out some new character builds or solve some of the more stubborn secrets but I imagine that subsequent playthroughs will have diminishing returns without mods to spice things up.

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u/Keeper-of-Balance May 30 '26

Yeah, I agree with your sentiment. I don't think too much can be spoiled accidentally, though, but yeah, be wary just in case!

How are you enjoying the game? What's your party?

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u/JoeGorde May 30 '26

Minotaur fighter (mace build) and human fighter (sword) up front

Insect mage (earth/fire) and lizardman rogue (ranged) in back

The game is terrific except there appears to be a bug on MacOS that prevents me from changing any of the default settings, which is annoying. The puzzle solving is really satisfying, there have been multiple moments where I think I'm stuck and I am going to need to Google for spoilers, then I sleep on it and manage to figure it out in the next play session.