Grimante

A middling reccomendation. If you like tactical combat and puzzle games, it might be worth giving this genre hybrid a shot. It’s a fine Steam debut for single developer aftermonk, with nothing that can’t be fixed and expanded upon in other works. As is, Grimante is marred by some amateur mistakes that make it less appealing than it should be. Want to know more? My full thoughts have been captured in a Coverage Club entry over on [url=https://techraptor.net/content/coverage-club-grimante-last-will] TechRaptor [/url].

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.

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.

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.

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.