Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs. It is built directly on top of the original 1981 game's code. Although it looks all…
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is an adventure developed by Digital Eclipse, released 23 May 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is an adventure game developed by Digital Eclipse and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs. It is built directly on top of the original 1981 game's code. Although it looks all new, underneath the hood is the authentic game. You can even view the original Apple II interface as you play. While the well-known difficulty of the enemies has not been altered, quality-of-life improvements have been added in every area. Party management, navigation, spellcasting, and combat have all been significantly enhanced.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Wizardry series
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the 47th of 48 entries we hold in the Wizardry series. It arrived 7 months after Wizardry: The Five Ordeals. The next entry was Wizardry Variants: Daphne in 2024.
How it was received
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord launched on 23 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols and Animal Well. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols, Animal Well.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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