A son reviews his father's game

After more than twenty years of sleep-deprived coding between a day job and bed time, the Supreme cRPG is finished. Maybe you're coming in halfway through the show, still curious as to what exactly makes this game so special. Or, perhaps you've been along for the whole ride, laughing, crying, and smiling with us as this bizarre tale of missed deadlines and sphincter-monsters unfurled. Indeed, truth is stranger than fiction.

Regardless, welcome to Grimoire. This game really isn't like any other. Its story, its atmosphere, and its enormous length make it more reverie than video game.

Is this a video game? Perhaps. It's also a window into the mind of an eccentric man... a man who has led a life of great hardship. A man who, from birth, had been thrown ass-first into this bloody fray called Life, and started swinging his fists wildly to beat back the rude challenges we all face in this world. When you play Grimoire, you are exploring the mind of Cleveland Mark Blakemore; the books he's read, the people he's befriended, and the beasts he's battled. Only he himself and God know the significance of so many little pieces of dialogue and flavour text placed in this game... sentences and characters which, while eliciting a reaction of simple humour or intrigue from us, were hard-won, hard-earned by Cleve.

Is this a video game? Perhaps. It's also a commentary on religion and existence told through a cartoonish and colourful lens. You'll find seemingly innocent pieces of narrative describing how modern religious instituitions no longer have any genuine faith in God, or hints of how human beings always fall from prosperity back into violent chaos... few games have such depth. One could write a thesis on the religious, social, and philosophical commentaries of Grimoire.

Grimoire is by no stretch of the imagination a perfect game. Even now, post-release, it's obvious we have months of patching ahead of us. And what the heck is the deal with penetration!? It definitely wasn't this hard to pierce enemy armor when I did a walkthrough a few years ago! Even worms and rats have adamantium skin now! But, I digress.

Grimoire isn't a perfect game, but it is the perfect adventure game. Make all sorts of wonderful characters, explore the giant world, find powerful treasure, uncover secrets, negotiate with NPCs! It harkens back to the days when we were kids, before we had families, responsibilities... grown-up stuff... when we had time for imagination and didn't have to work so hard that we feel like a desiccated spongecake upon waking each morning.

This is a game for the little boy (or girl) inside all of us.

[b] A son reviews his father's game [/b] After more than twenty years of sleep-deprived coding between a day job and bed time, the Supreme cRPG is finished. Maybe you're coming in halfway through the show, still curious as to what exactly makes this game so special. Or, perhaps you've been along for the whole ride, laughing, crying, and smiling with us as this bizarre tale of missed deadlines and sphincter-monsters unfurled. Indeed, truth is stranger than fiction. Regardless, welcome to Grimoire. This game really isn't like any other. Its story, its atmosphere, and its enormous length make it more reverie than video game. Is this a video game? Perhaps. It's also a window into the mind of an eccentric man... a man who has led a life of great hardship. A man who, from birth, had been thrown ass-first into this bloody fray called Life, and started swinging his fists wildly to beat back the rude challenges we all face in this world. When you play Grimoire, you are exploring the mind of Cleveland Mark Blakemore; the books he's read, the people he's befriended, and the beasts he's battled. Only he himself and God know the significance of so many little pieces of dialogue and flavour text placed in this game... sentences and characters which, while eliciting a reaction of simple humour or intrigue from us, were hard-won, hard-earned by Cleve. Is this a video game? Perhaps. It's also a commentary on religion and existence told through a cartoonish and colourful lens. You'll find seemingly innocent pieces of narrative describing how modern religious instituitions no longer have any genuine faith in God, or hints of how human beings always fall from prosperity back into violent chaos... few games have such depth. One could write a thesis on the religious, social, and philosophical commentaries of Grimoire. Grimoire is by no stretch of the imagination a perfect game. Even now, post-release, it's obvious we have months of patching ahead of us. And what the heck is the deal with penetration!? It definitely wasn't this hard to pierce enemy armor when I did a walkthrough a few years ago! Even worms and rats have adamantium skin now! But, I digress. Grimoire isn't a perfect game, but it is the perfect adventure game. Make all sorts of wonderful characters, explore the giant world, find powerful treasure, uncover secrets, negotiate with NPCs! It harkens back to the days when we were kids, before we had families, responsibilities... grown-up stuff... when we had time for imagination and didn't have to work so hard that we feel like a desiccated spongecake upon waking each morning. This is a game for the little boy (or girl) inside all of us.