@quadfather - Haha I know what you mean, I'm the same. I wish I could remember what was there so I could tell you if it was worth it. I do remember a secret button near the beginning of the area down a dead end, and a helmet/crown sort of thing that gave strength or attack power or something hidden in some debris on the floor.
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Kuronos23 127 posts
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quadfather 4,738 posts
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Registered 3 years ago@Kuronos23 - Dammit! I'm going to have to (attempt) to get that now!
Also, there's a page on the legend of grimrock official site in the forum that tells you what level has what items in it. I'm only looking on levels that I've already done, but it looks like I've missed a shitload!
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Kuronos23 127 posts
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Registered 5 years agoYeah I'm sure I missed loads too. In fact if you look in statistics there's one that says "Treasures - 0/7", or at least it does on mine since apparently I missed every single one.
I got all the iron doors open though!
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Registered 3 years agoYeah, I got the iron doors open up to where I am (8), and I've been keeping an eye on the statistics for the amount of treasures, but there's a different amount for each level, and mine just says, "You have X out of 72", so I don't know where I've missed stuff. I presume that 72 figure is all the secrets throughout all the levels.
Missed the bloody plate armour on level 4/5 too. Fuck! Forgot about thatpsn = quaddy456
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I take it you've all seen the review on the front page today?
Haven't had any time to play the last few days, must make an hour or two tonight.
All the talk of extra hotkeys has made me think back to the other day. Someone (can't remember who, sorry!) was describing a spell recipe by comparing the rune map to positions on the numeric keypad. How great would it be if you could 'dial' spells using the number pad, rather than having to click on those diddy little icons in the heat of battle? Very great, that's how great. Yes.
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neems 842 posts
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Registered 5 years agoKhanivor wrote:
Liked the iron door puzzle on level 7.
Yeah, my favourite so far.
I haven't come across these Ice Lizards though, are you sure they're on level 8? Or maybe I've got confused - I'm in the Hall of The Dis-assembler or some such at the moment. I was doing pretty well at it last night after a slightly ropey start, worked my way through the conduit slaughtering all in my path - and then got spit roasted between a big fucker on one side and a hot one on the other.
Had I saved recently? Of course not
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Registered 3 years ago@neems - you're not far from the bastards. Watch for a door that says "we warned you", then you'll knowpsn = quaddy456
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Registered 3 years ago@munki83 - each to their own I suppose. I loved level 5. Change in music and graphics etcpsn = quaddy456
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Registered 6 years ago@quadfather I like the change in setting it just seems a bit dull after 4 however it has given me loot so I shouldn't complain -
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Registered 9 years agoI found a compass ages ago. Not sure what it does. What does it do?
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Registered 5 years agoThe manual is in the steam install folder. I'm pretty sure the compass is for mapping if you're playing it 'old school'. -
Surprisingly for a compass, it points to the North!.gif)
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Salaman 16,605 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh, so something to bin then.
I got all excited when I found it. Probably because the last compass I found in a dungeon was probably in a Zelda game and there they're really useful. So I was expecting it to sort of "do" something..gif)
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quadfather 4,738 posts
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Registered 3 years agoJudging by the current level design I've seen, I wouldn't throw it away. There's probably a secret level that only opens with the compass in your hand.gif)
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Registered 8 years agoAs mentioned above Level 7 Iron door was fun - my girlfriend looked on quite bemused. "Do you know what I am doing?" "No". -
Salaman 16,605 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAh that's a good point. I carried about a skull for ages and that didn't do much. Then I saw a scribble on the wall asking for a sacrifice. So I thought maybe that's what it was for.
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Registered 3 years agoI read somewhere that the skulls are something to do with collectibles.
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Salaman 16,605 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh ... I've been putting points in my rogue's assassination skill tree. I now have "backstab" capability. Double damage if I stab an enemy from behind .. yaaay!
Except I now realise that the chances of using it are pretty fucking slim. I never get behind an enemy. You get near them they attack. Full frontal style. :-/
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I think "flanking" does more damage or improves your hit chances, but for backstabbing you actually need to get behind. I agree that that's pretty difficult - attacking from the side works fine though, 90% of my attacks aren't frontal!
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Registered 9 years agoUncleLou wrote:
I always had a feeling you swung both ways
90% of my attacks aren't frontal!
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quadfather 4,738 posts
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Registered 3 years agoMy side attacks have critical chances, but not backstab. But slower enemies (Undead) are easy to backstab. Spiders are almost impossible.
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Salaman 16,605 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIf I end up fighting one of them skeletal soldiers (or more often, 4), there's no way I can get behind them for a backstab. The come at you, you get to their side and move past them and before you can move behind them they've turned to catch up with you, the best you can hope for is the flank.
That said, I have started putting points in ice magic, so hopefully in time I can freeze + backstab I guess. Although by the time I shuffle around the enemy for a backstab I can probably land a blow with each of my party members, so again not much point.
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quadfather 4,738 posts
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Registered 3 years agoI dunno, I tend to get a fair few hits in. I'm normally positioned 90 degree's away from any mob though, so I only have to wait till they move and then I only have 2 key presses and I'm behind them - I can get backstabs about 50% of the time with this method on most mobspsn = quaddy456
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YenRug 747 posts
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Registered 6 years agoquadfather wrote:
Don't you mean at least 3 key presses?
I dunno, I tend to get a fair few hits in. I'm normally positioned 90 degree's away from any mob though, so I only have to wait till they move and then I only have 2 key presses and I'm behind them - I can get backstabs about 50% of the time with this method on most mobs
If the enemy moves from a diagonal to the square in front of you:
Sidestep, forward, turn to face their rear
If the enemy moves from a diagonal to the square beside you:
Forward, turn, forward, turn to face their rear
Now, if Grimrock supported different facings, for your party members (think that was Knightmare, wasn't it?), then you could do it in two key presses but only if they were on the right side of the party for the rogue to strike.
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Backstabbing also works great with the huge trolls when they do their charge attack.
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