Goblins and Grottos

When I first got this game, I was disappointed to find there was a glitch that wasn't allowing the game to open no matter what I tried. Went to the forum boards for help, and the developer themselves contacted me and fixed the problem on the spot. That's freaking awesome integrity to say the least. More to the point to anyone that reads this, games really fun, handles well, and really makes you think rather than just allow you to bumble through.

It's a physics-based puzzle platformer. While the images/videos might hint towards a slightly more open-worldish type affair, the levels themselves are fairly straightforward with the exception of side areas you can muck around with for the sake of increasing your score... Which is just a score, there doesn't appear to be anything interesting associated with the number other than that deeply satisfying feeling of watching something get bigger because of you. ...*ahem*. Now, from my handle and profile picture, you might presume I have a certain appreciation of all things goblinoid. This is true. I suppose I just feel a natural sense of connection with small, green, warty little beasts that are regularly and often deservedly reviled... So seeing a game where you play as a goblin, surrounded by other goblins, beating up entitled tin-can heroes using deviously improvised traps and pitfalls felt like Steam had finally answered my prayers and delivered an indie title that wasn't complete...

My measure of a great game is when it's buggy as hell, and seemingly unfinished in others, but it's still so original and fun you can't stop playing it. As of writing this, they're on v 1.0.4 and, it's my favorite new platformer since Broforce. Unlike BroForce or most other platformers, don't go into this one expecting to massacre enemies. I mean, you do massacre enemies (and friends) but in a long, drawn out sort of way, because you play as a tiny goblin with no weapons and only you Spiderman-like ability to cling to walls. (you're so weak, you can't even open up doors) It's basically Trapt or Tecmo's Deception, in platformer format.... with muffins. There are pretty much only three ways to kill something in this game, crush them, make them fall, or blow them up. Every enemy in the game will one-hit kill you, but lucklily you can endlessly respawn at the beginning of the level or from restore statues scattered throughout (which gradually wear out and break, encouraging you to not s...

Two thumbs up for this game. For RPing geeks like us who sometimes mindlessly slayed goblins, orcs, and monsters by the dozen, here is the situation seen from the other perspective: you get to play the little green guy, this time. So you'd better avoid the big armored adventurers who'd slice you in half in one single swing from their sword or axe and you've got to find indirect (and sometimes devious) ways to lead them to their deaths... I like the humor of this game (some lines made me laugh out loud). The pixel art is full of charm, and what starts up as an unassuming game soon shows its subtleties. Variations and subtleties of control let you do more things in more ways than you'd think possible at first. The more I'm playing it, the more fun it gets. It's still an early access game: you'll go through some part of the story without thinking twice and you'll be stalled for a couple of hours on some other levels.. But the developers are constantly working on it, rebalancing things,...

Awesomely addictive game! Spent the morning dying...alot but still kept coming back for more!(Not many games I can say that about to be honest) . Really love the sense of humour in the game and the way the checkpoint statues explode when you keep dying is a pretty nice touch. Puzzles are fun, engaging and satisfying to master and the art style is also perfectly fitting with the entire style of the game. Great to see a good quality Indie game like this on steam! Will be going back to kick some Paladin ass as soon as I catch a free moment! :)

I've been obsessed with this game for the past week or so, and I think it's high time I tried to put into words all the things I enjoy about it. Goblins and Grottos is an engrossing puzzle-platformer with a sense of humor that will appeal to anyone who is familiar with MMO culture or fantasy tropes. You play as the nameless Goblin, whose entire family was slaughtered by a level 100 paladin who appears to have been power-levelling his n00b buddy. On your quest for revenge you'll make your way through caves, dungeons, and forests inhabited by adventurers that call to mind every sort of MMO player you can think of -- and all of them are trying to kill YOU for phat lewtz and xp. You're only a weak little unarmed goblin, unable to gain levels like the adventurers do (and they do -- if you die they gain experience and can level up and gain better abilities!) and unable to really fight back except through your own cunning, using the environment to either make your escape or defeat those who ...

Ive tried loads of pixel art type games on Steam yet is is the first that has really grabbed me for ease of play, overall design, graphics, characters, music and sounds, encompassed around a great mickey take of MMO type dungeon raids that take place around you. A lot of effort has really gone into this game that has you playing as a goblin travelling the underworld, using and avoiding traps and dungeon raiders. Its easier to watch the store page videos for actual gameplay to get a real feel of the atmosphere within the game, a highly amusing game full of humour. Story mode together with an easy to use editor for unlimited gameplay.

Reasonably high quality indie graphics, sound, and concept disguise a poorly coded frustrating mess. A classic example of a team of developers that doesn't understand the difference between challenge and difficulty. Don't be fooled by the slick trailer -- the story is thin on the ground and the voice acting is a straight-up misdirect. Half the time speech bubbles are triggered off screen where you can't even see them.

Seriously, who puts limited respawn checkpoints in a game like this? Half of the respawn locations are directly in the line of fire resulting in multiple deaths before I could move. The game seems alright but this is such a bad design choice I don't know if I'll be able to finish the thing.

Good premise poor execution, the idea of the game is good but so far most of the levels have been rather dull add to that the rather crappy controls meaning you'll end up dying way more to bad controls then to any actual threats in the game. Also despite recognising my controller i couldnt actually use it as it didn't respond to any input made using my controller despite showing it actively was recognising it.