Play on: computer
Current goal: Discover the truth at the heart of the world
For the last few weeks I have been singing praises to UFO 50 here in the pages of Weekend Guide, and it does indeed seem likely that this extraordinary collection of games from 1980s developer UFO Soft that never actually existed will once again dominate my gaming time this Saturday and Sunday. However, rather than revisit the entire collection this week, I’ll focus on the one game I played the most UFO 50 lately: Grimstone, epic JRPG game from this collection.
In many ways Grimstone it feels like a customary early JRPG. It’s more Final Fantasy I than Final Fantasy IV Or VIwith characters who never speak or have a personality beyond that which can be inferred from their expressive temperament and natural inclination towards sharpshooting, marksmanship, or any other specialty. However, as this weapon might indicate, Grimstone differs from most early JRPGs in one key respect: it eschews the customary fantasy world that most of them operate, creating a truly wonderful “weird western” world where gunslingers and ghost towns coexist alongside angels, demons, and all sorts of strange and strange creatures. disturbing creatures and events. And even if the characters in your party don’t have much depth, the world itself does. What at first glance appears to be a landscape of a simplistic battle between good and evil becomes more convoluted and intriguing as you progress through it. Grimstonea surprisingly long search.
After playing it, I think I’m finally nearing the end of this quest Grimstone quite obsessively these days, although I still have no idea what I’ll find at the end of the mysterious late-game dungeon that now awaits me. But one thing I know is that no matter what I find, I will finish Grimstone hardly means the end of my time UFO 50because there are still plenty of great games out there that I haven’t even scratched the surface of yet. —Caroline Petit
