Wizardry 8

Wizardry 8

Steam Deck Unsupported

Sir-Tech Canada · RPG · Sep 10, 2013

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

89%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise11% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
PROS: As said before, it's a Strategy RPG game where you get 6 Characters to play with.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I also like the stylish, rather wacky 3D graphics, and it looks remarkably good for a 2001 game, on my Win 7 machine, with forced 16Q antialiasing and anisotropic filtering.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's stat-heavy, character development is exciting and fun, there is A LOT of combat and A LOT of loot, progression feels right and well paced, character voices are a blast, music is pretty atmospheric and nice, the world is a bit empty but looks decent for an oldschool cRPG and the 90's developer humour is a joy to behold (do check the manual as well for some quick laughs).
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The audio is great: A pleasant soundtrack, lots of decent to good voice-acting, and what's truly unique is the different voice-sets for the PCs, which gives them a lot of character.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
At first, It can be a bit daunting for players used to newer RPGs, but everything is very well streamlined when it comes to the User Interface and inventories.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The steady trickle of new spells and ever-increasing character abilities means that one must change up their tactics fairly often to thrive, and the enemies certainly do not lag behind on the power creep.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters89 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Gameplay45 reviews
Audio21 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat90 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty32 reviews
91%
Crashes20 reviews
35%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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Player review score
89%
Very Positive
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