When comparing Dust: An Elysian Tail vs Legend of Grimrock, the Slant community recommends Dust: An Elysian Tail for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Linux?” Dust: An Elysian Tail is ranked 85th while Legend of Grimrock is ranked 92nd. The most important reason people chose Dust: An Elysian Tail is:
Hand-drawn graphics are pleasing.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Gorgeous visual aesthetic
Hand-drawn graphics are pleasing.
Pro Very emotional and funny
Cut scenes are deep and expressive.
Pro Spoken storyline
No need to read, just listen to the narration.
Pro Great combat system
The combat system is smooth and entertaining.
Pro Nice soundtrack
Pro Tile based combat
Much like tradition dungeon crawlers the combat is tile based where in each move is one tile at a time, just as an enemies. This makes for a good way to plan ahead of time by counting how many moves it takes to get to certain point or how many hits to kill an enemy.
Pro Lots of interesting and varied puzzles
There are many elements in game that require much puzzle solving through the use of hidden switches, locked doors, etc.
Cons
Con Saving Issues
You can only save at fixed places, and sometimes it takes multiple tries to save a game.
Con Cheesy
Both character design and dialogues are incredibly cheesy. This may work well for kids though.
Con Enemy AI can be easily exploited
Basically it is easier to run up to enemies hit them and then run away waiting for the cool down to expire than planning out tactics for each enemy.