Grimante Reviews

It's a nice little puzzler.

I have very little play time on Grimante. The reason is simple. For me it’s not a great game. Why? This is why … There is a full screen option but the game board is not full screen. The maximum resolution supported is 1280x960. No support for 1920x1080. And that is not specified in the game description. If you set full screen mode there is no exit button to quit the game. For some levels it has a turn limit. This means that id it is required to clear the board in two turn there is a set strategy that must be implemented or you lose the game. I like to use my own strategy. Setting turn limits doesn’t test your skill it tests your patience. I’ll play some more and change my opinion of the game if necessary. At this stage for me Grimante is a thumbs down.

Even though the concept is simple, the levels can be unbelievably frustrating yet satisfying to solve. There are so many interactions and combos. At first, the new mechanics kept the simple levels refreshing. By later levels, the wealth of heros, enemies, and effects made things really chaotic. It had the feel of some ragtag heros cobbled together trying to figure out how to work together, and it's quite amazing when it all works out. I want this game on my tablet.

This game is well thought-out and relativly well polished, although I noticed a few bugs in my 15 minutes of playing. The gameplay is compelling and will satisfy a strategy nerd. My one criticism is the tutorials hold your hand a lot, go on for too long, explain obvious things and repeat every time you restart a level. If these could be disabled in the options menu, I would rate this 5/5. As is, I give it 4/5. Highly recommended at the price. There is several hours of gameplay here.

Picked this up after seeing it on /r/Godot. I'm only an hour in, and will update when I've seen a bit more, but in brief: The presentation is solid: it's primarily mouse-driven and it works well enough. The various animations all have a nice layer of polish to them and the sound effects work well. Music feels a little out of place, though. I feel like the game has yet to really open up: at the end of hour one I'm still seeing new tutorials every few levels; but there's definitely a satisfying "aha!" sense to figuring out how to best use your pieces and clear the board effectively - not unlike Hearthstone. I'll echo what Hei said: this would be a good fit for a mobile device, but that's not to say isn't worth your attention on the desktop.

I don't remember how this game ended up on my steam wishlist, but I'm glad it did. It's really what a small puzzle game should be. It's easy to get into the game play and the levels are fun to figure out. Although the aim is to beat every level in as few turn as possible, the fact that new enemies spawn in later turns means that it always remains challenging. I had a lot of fun playing through the whole game and I'm sure I will also pick it up again, maybe to see if I can beat every wave of enemies in every level.

Cool puzzle game. A bit unpolished, the art is nothing memorable and the UI is minimal. Would love to see a roguelike with the same mechanics.