<s>
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
is	O
an	O
2012	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Almost	O
Human	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
is	O
a	O
3D	O
grid-based	O
,	O
real-time	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1987	O
game	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
was	O
the	O
debut	O
game	O
of	O
Almost	O
Human	O
,	O
a	O
four-man	O
Finnish	O
indie	O
development	O
team	O
formed	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
self-financed	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
tile-based	B-Application
movement	I-Application
and	O
realtime	O
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
a	O
party	O
of	O
one	O
to	O
four	O
characters	O
which	O
they	O
move	O
through	O
a	O
3D	O
rendered	O
grid-based	O
dungeon	O
,	O
a	O
style	O
of	O
gameplay	O
popular	O
in	O
RPG	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
1990s	O
such	O
as	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
and	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
,	O
from	O
which	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
draws	O
heavy	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
LoG	O
began	O
as	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
clone	O
hobby	B-Application
project	I-Application
called	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
2000	O
by	O
a	O
former	O
Amiga	B-Device
demoscene	O
coder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2011	O
the	O
developers	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
grow	O
the	O
project	O
beyond	O
being	O
a	O
simple	O
clone	O
and	O
started	O
aiming	O
for	O
commercial	O
game	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	B-Application
used	O
also	O
other	O
games	O
as	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
and	O
Ultima	B-Application
Underworld	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	B-Application
established	O
an	O
indie	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
called	O
"	O
Almost	O
Human	O
"	O
located	O
at	O
Matinkylä	O
,	O
Espoo	O
in	O
Finland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
founding	O
developers	B-Application
left	O
the	O
Finnish	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
(	O
Remedy	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
Futuremark	O
)	O
and	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
full-time	O
,	O
now	O
named	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	B-Device
on	O
11	O
April	O
2012	O
in	O
DRM-free	O
versions	O
on	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
's	O
website	O
and	O
GOG.com,	O
and	O
also	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
patch	O
1.3.1	O
,	O
an	O
editor	B-Application
was	O
included	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
user	O
generated	O
dungeons	O
&	O
content	O
and	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
vivid	O
modding	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
December	O
2012	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Humble	O
Indie	O
Bundle	O
7	O
including	O
newly	O
developed	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
port	O
did	O
not	O
materialize	O
until	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
announced	O
sequel	O
,	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
15	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
both	O
critics	O
and	O
gamers	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
garnering	O
an	O
average	O
critic	O
score	O
of	O
82	O
from	O
49	O
reviews	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
generally	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
faithfully	O
recreating	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
old-school	O
action	B-Application
RPGs	I-Application
into	O
the	O
modern	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
4.5/5	O
"	O
Great	O
"	O
rating	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
aspect	O
of	O
Grimrock	O
is	O
its	O
puzzles	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
abandoned	O
by	O
RPG	O
developers	B-Application
in	O
this	O
age	O
of	O
Internet	O
hints	O
and	O
walkthroughs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
n't	O
"	O
a	O
love	O
letter	O
to	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
"	O
but	O
"	O
a	O
near-facsimile	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Legend	B-Application
Of	I-Application
Grimrock	I-Application
replicates	O
a	O
classic	O
faithfully	O
enough	O
to	O
massage	O
the	O
nostalgia	O
glands	O
of	O
anyone	O
who	O
played	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
test	O
of	O
the	O
timelessness	O
of	O
an	O
almost	O
universally	O
loved	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jon	O
Blyth	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
revival	O
of	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
's	O
classic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
commented	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
exploitability	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
AI	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
any	O
single	O
enemy	O
,	O
no	O
matter	O
how	O
tough	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
dominated	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
cowardly	O
stab-retreats	O
and	O
sidesteps	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
