At first glance, GrimValor is little more than a Dark Souls game dressed up like a Metroidvania.  And I can’t shame anyone who looks for lore and still finds the narrative content lacking.  Because it is lacking, from the characters you interact with, the bosses you encounter, and the history of the kingdom Vallaris.
In part 1, I gave an introduction to this game and discussed its gameplay.
In part 2, I covered the environments and level structure.

In this third and final entry, I’ll be going over the narrative of GrimValor, including the good and what could be improved in a hypothetical remake.

GrimValor is a Dark-Souls-inspired Metroidvania released on ios and later other platforms. It’s a diamond in the rough of a game, and here, I go over what could be improved for a potential remake.

“There Was Magic, Then…” is a hauntingly magical animation about nostalgia, adulthood, longing, and humanity. Here, I break down the animation as I understand it.

Mobile gaming has a bit of a stigma around it: drowned in gachas and shovelware of all kinds. But a particular diamond in the rough I remain fond of to this day is a metroidvania called GrimValor.

Inspired by the indie game “Carnivore!”, Census is a world made up of animal-like people in a dark, meat-based society.