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The action of GrimGrimoire takes place entirely within the Tower of Silver Star, a magic school with ancient roots, over a repeating cycle of five days.

Levels have different win conditions, though many are won by destroying all enemy runes. Grimoires can be levelled up, granting access to new and more powerful units. Establishing runes and summoning Familiars require Mana, magical energy gathered from crystals on some floors using units from the Glamour class. Runes can established on each floor of the level, with each three of the twelve available runes aligned to a different form of magic. Units are summoned from runes conjured by magical books called Grimoires. There are six commands available: Move, Attack, Defend, Heal, Patrol and Gather. Units in battle areas are split between the player, allied allied characters or the level's enemy force. The units have different movement abilities, tied to both their group and their movement style.

Each school has a rock-paper-scissors arrangement of strengths and weaknesses among the schools, summoning different associated familiars. The schools are Glamour, Alchemy, Necromancy and Sorcery, which are unlocked at different points during the story. The units are split into four different styles representing the in-game magical schools. The player fights using units called Familiars. There are three difficulty settings: 'Sweet', 'Easy' and 'Normal'. The environment and enemy movements beyond where the player has explored are obscured by a fog of war. All actions take place in real time, though gameplay can be paused for the player to issue commands. During the RTS segments, the player takes the role of Lillet Blan, who directs the action while the multi-floored battle area is shown from a side-scrolling perspective. Each main level is bookended by story cutscenes, with the scenario taking place over a repeating five-day period. GrimGrimoire is a two-dimensional (2D) side-scrolling real-time strategy (RTS) video game players take the role of trainee witch Lillet Blan, who completes both story missions and optional challenge levels. Vanillaware would later reimagine their early gameplay and presentation ideas for GrimGrimoire in 2019's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.Ī battle in GrimGrimoire, showing types of Glamour familiars. The character Lujie Piche crossed over into Nippon Ichi Software's Soul Nomad & the World Eaters as part of the two companies' collaboration.

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Despite Kamitani planning sequels, GrimGrimoire was a commercial failure and Nippon Ichi Software did not continue the series. Upon release, the game met a generally positive reception praise went to its narrative and implementation of RTS gameplay on a console, but many faulted the audio and controls. The music was composed by a team from Basiscape led by company founder Hitoshi Sakimoto. Writer and director George Kamitani based the setting on Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg and the Harry Potter series. Due to various factors, GrimGrimoire released before Odin Sphere, becoming the company's Japanese debut while also draining its funds. GrimGrimoire was born from Vanillaware staff wanting to create their version of StarCraft, beginning development after completion of their first title Odin Sphere. The player commands units called familiars, each having strengths and weaknesses against the other, with the goal of either destroying the opponent's bases or surviving waves of enemies. The story follows Lillet Blan, a trainee witch who is sent into a repeating cycle of five days after her school is attacked by an evil wizard seeking the hidden Philosopher's Stone. A remaster for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch titled GrimGrimoire OnceMore was released in 2022 in Japan. GrimGrimoire is a 2007 real-time strategy video game developed by Vanillaware and published by Nippon Ichi Software (Japan, North America) and Koei (Europe) for the PlayStation 2.

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