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Classic dungeon crawling awesomeness!

Anvil of Dawn, a classic DOS-era dungeon crawler with first-person perspective, sprite graphics, a vast and rich world to explore, and dozens of hours of great and motivating gameplay, is available on GOG.com for only $5.99

Every fantasy land needs a hero, it seems. There's always an evil entity of some sort that menaces the realm and its people. Surprisingly, the people never stand up to it. They prefer to wait for a group of adventurers, or even just one champion who knows the importance of wearing leg armor around archers. Inevitably someone comes to the rescue and saves the realm one spider-infested cellar at a time. Schematic as it may sound, we love to relive those adventures over and over again. Even if one dungeon looks pretty much the same as any other, you still get this rush of excitement when making your first steps on its dusty floor. It's not about originality of the concept. It's about the involving gameplay, that lets you forget about the world around you. Here's a perfect game to do just that!

Anvil of Dawn has everything you ever loved about 1990s role-playing games. It presents you with a large and diverse gameworld, full of monsters and enemies to slay, riches and powerful items to loot, quests to carry out, weapons to wield, spells to cast, and an evil overlord to challenge. It was praised for its great pacing allowing to keep the gamer entertained and intrigued, always presenting him with something new to do and achieve. The imaginative sprite-based graphics, solid gameplay mechanics, and many classic gameplay ideas make this title a shining example of well executed cRPG design that makes us call its period "the good old times". Highly recommended!

If a true old-school cRPG experience is what you're looking for, you simply can't afford to miss Anvil of Dawn, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
So it is basically a Legend of Grimrock clone, right?
Naive question but are the requirements right?
I just finished this game two weeks ago. I thought it fairly mediocre. Not bad, not very good either. Not a classic of the genre like Lands of Lore, but still better than Stonekeep I think.
high rated
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timppu: So it is basically a Legend of Grimrock clone, right?
In the same way your grandfather is a clone of you.
Now that's a release many have been waiting for.
Creepy atmosphere, decent combat system (real time, but not twitchy), wonderful animations. If you're into dungeon crawlers, it's a must-buy.
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Robette: Naive question but are the requirements right?
Probably DOSBox ..
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timppu: So it is basically a Legend of Grimrock clone, right?
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Robette: In the same way your grandfather is a clone of you.
Can't be, because he is DEAD! A DEAD clone!
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timppu: So it is basically a Legend of Grimrock clone, right?
Funnily enough Grimrock could of taken a few lessons from Anvil in it's combat design. Despite being single-character Anvil's combat is always enjoyable and never requires you to use exploitative tactics like kiting or doing the "mambo" like Grimrock.
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Alfie3000: If I like Might & Magic will I like this?
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Crosmando: More like if you liked Lands of Lore, you'll like this. It's real-time but surprisingly well designed, also probably one of the first cRPG's to use "mana" instead of resting to restore spells.
Which Lands of Lore? The first one?

Because I bought Lands of Lore 2 and 3 last week and found them both completely unplayable. Hideously designed games and awful controls.

Lands of Lore 1? :)
Finally another Dreamforge game. I'm still waiting for Chronomaster though. And Ravenloft + menzoberanzan would be nice. Warhammer rites of war would be cool as well.

So come on GoG! Don't let us wait another like year for another Dreamforge release.
Post edited May 14, 2013 by XYCat
Wow. I thought this was another retroRPG but nope, I completely missed out on this one. Incredible how there are so many hidden games, and by Ubisoft nonetheless.
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Bloodygoodgames: Which Lands of Lore? The first one?

Because I bought Lands of Lore 2 and 3 last week and found them both completely unplayable. Hideously designed games and awful controls.

Lands of Lore 1? :)
The first, yes.
Another older game I never heard of, but I like the looks of it. Def wishlisted for now
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GOG.com: or even just one champion who knows the importance of wearing leg armor around archers.
Hah nice jab at skyrim, G-Doc.
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GOG.com: Even if one dungeon looks pretty much the same as any other
and uhm, this is poking fun at dragon age or there's an even worse offender?
This guy looks a lot like one from Grimrock...