Grim Tides - Old School RPG 12+

Delightful Surprise

This game has been an absolute delight for me. I love TTRPGS and while in many cases I play (but most often run) them for rich stories and character interactions/rp, I have always had a soft spot for the West Marches style dungeon crawl focused campaign and this game is basically that in spades. While I perhaps would like more in-depth systems to combat and character building, I feel I'm frankly nitpicking here. For free you get access to a solid and fun little app and for $4 you get access to all the content it has to offer and it's just a one time charge! No ads, no annoying notifications to check out the in-app purchase shop, just a solid and very fun game that is well worth your time! Absolutely do yourself a favor and pick this one up! I've already recommended it to some of my friends!

A couple annoying bugs

First . It this is self produced you should be proud of what you’re doing.

I have been playing d&d style games for over 30 years. So this is my take on your game. I also have play tester for multiple games and written for them.

The parts I find quit annoying are these bugs ; hence the low review. If you can make these couple changes I’ll be happy to reevaluate the game and give a better review.

Came across this several times.

Facing three elementals and one has 50 hit points. It took four tries to be able to run away. Was almost killed trying to get away. I see the percentage ability of running away , but after the third try you should have everyone be able to leave the combat.

Need to have access to more spells and or to level them up sooner. There is too much of a grind for the low access to spells.

Have cleared the board of tiles numerous times and still had to pay gold to leave the dungeon. There was no exit.

You need to have more healing available. Several times I have gone back to town out of healing only to find NO healing to buy.

You’re algorithm for experience and gold earned needs to be changed. It so too random , especially on the low end.

There are a couple more bugs , but these are the more annoying ones.

But again , you should take pride in what you have done here and continue to do . Good luck and look forward to what you will accomplish in the future.

Best Regards.

Developer Response ,

Sorry, but none of the things you listed are bugs. It just boils down to personal preferences.

Loved the grim rpg’s but what happened to the dungeon setup

I absolutely love this and the second grim game so much. As a blind player using voiceover it’s hard to find games that are both accessible to everyone and highly replayable but this company managed it nicely. However the dungeon screens are no longer the fun easy to navigate grids they once were. Voiceover no longer identifies the square you’re on so if you don’t keep careful track it becomes a tap and hope for the best sort of thing. and since it doesn’t label the dungeon exits anymore figuring out where your entering the dungeon to begin with is almost impossible. I’m not sure what changed in the programming but I’m hoping that with this review the games can be made accessible once more. As it is the Dungeons have become more frustrating than fun so I find myself hardly playing anymore and I miss it they’re great games.