History YMMV / Wizardry

** All plant enemies, they are never very strong but always have the ability to easily inflict some sort of status element.

* ItsHardSoItSucks: ''Wizardry IV'', infamous for its steep difficulty, is apparently the worst-selling product Sir-Tech ever published.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Outside the tower in Arnika in 8. It creates a loud humming sound, and chances are you'll run into a huge horde of enemies. Try fighting 14 robots at once with that humming playing non-stop and not go insane.

** Poppies, nasty little plants who aren’t too strong but always have the ability to easily inflict some sort of status element.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Wizardry 8 ended up becoming super rushed late in development, whilst the game ended up surprisingly polished outside of some glitches there were still some things lost in the rush to complete the game: various side quests, some enemies, an entire dungeon (which can be visited via hacking), and full animated cutscenes for the Good and Phoonzang endings.

* EvenBetterSequel: Wizardry 8 is widely considered a the best game in the series and a distinct improvement over the good but often unpolished previous games. Being perhaps the most fair game in the series probably helps as well.

* GameBreaker: In VI and VII the ninja comes awfully close to being this. In the last game the class has so much overhead it's no longer worth it.

* DemonicSpiders: Potentially any monster in enough numbers or if you're unlucky, but some enemies from 6, 7 or 8 really take the cake.

* AnticlimaxBoss: The Dark Savant is a deeply underwhelming final battle for the Dark Savant trilogy.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The Good Ending of Wizardry 8, [[spoiler: your characters are made the new Cosmic Lords: becoming benevolent deities who immediately begin to help the many races you have encountered throughout the game, including putting goodness in the souls of the [[BloodKnight Rapax]] making a race-wide HeelFaceTurn, as well as create entire new civilizations to populate the formerly barren galaxy. The one sour note is that you had to kill [[FallenHero Phoonzang]] in order to achieve this, though the narrator assures you that he would have been [[SoProudOfYou greatly pleased]] with your divine works]].
** The Phoonzang ending is a BittersweetEnding, though still has some warmth: [[spoiler: the universe has been totally destroyed... But Phoonzang has been redeemed and he happily becomes your party's mentor in restoring the universe]].

** Recruitable party members not accompanying the group to certain locations in Wizardry 8. To be fair only two or three of these outside party members are worth keeping, but seeing how limited some of their enterable locations are really makes you wish you could just create 2 more characters at the beginning and then never worry about any of the recruits.

** The Phoonzang ending is this mixed with [[CrowningMomentOFTearjerker Tearjerker]]: [[spoiler: the universe has been totally destroyed... But Phoonzang has been redeemed and he happily becomes your party's mentor in restoring the universe]].

** Character creation. If you want your character to be of a certain class, you need to have enough bonus points, with the required amount depending on your race and gender. Bonus points are given in random amount after you choose your character's name, gender and race, and if you don't have enough to choose your desired class, there is no back button so you still have to allocate all your bonus points and skill points (which can be a lot), and possibly select your starting spells. Some of the fancier classes require truly massive amounts of bonus points, so it can take you around one hour to get enough points to select them. Merely ''starting'' the game can take hours of preparation. Needless to say, this is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] for people who love messing with character creation.
** Recruitable party members not accompanying the group to certain locations in Wizardry 8. To be fair only two or three of these outside party members are worth keeping, but seeing how limited some of their enterable locations are really makes you wish you could just create 2 more party members at the beginning and then never worry about any of the recruits.

** Character creation. If you want your character to be of a certain class, you need to have enough bonus points, with the required amount depending on your race and gender. Bonus points are given in random amount after you choose your character's name, gender and race, and if you don't have enough to choose your desired class, there is no back button so you still have to allocate all your bonus points and skill points (which can be a lot), and possibly select your starting spells. Some of the fancier classes require truly massive amounts of bonus points, so it can take you around one hour to get enough points to select them. Merely ''starting'' the game can take hours of preparation.

** From Wizardry 4 we have [[spoiler:Kadorto]], the final boss of the evil ending and the GoldenEnding, which amounts to a drawn-out cutscene/inventory check.* DemonicSpiders: Potentially any monster in enough numbers or if you're unlucky, but some enemies from 6, 7 or 8 really take the cake.

** From Wizardry 4 we have [[spoiler:Kadorto]], the final boss of the evil ending and the GoldenEnding, which amounts to a drawn-out cutscene/inventory check.
* CrazyAwesome: Wizardry 8 has ''ninja fairies''!
* DemonicSpiders: Potentially any monster in enough numbers or if you're unlucky, but some enemies from 6, 7 or 8 really take the cake.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although fairly well-received at home, the series was absolutely HUGE in Japan, with graphically enhanced ports developed for the various Japanese consoles. In fact, due to a quirk of the Japanese licensing, the Japanese Wizardry games have survived the American parent company's death -- ''Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles'' came out 6 years after Sir-tech collapsed, and was the tip of the iceberg. To give an idea of the series' popularity, both ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dragon Quest'' cite ''Wizardry'' as influences, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'''s early games had a lot of obvious ''Wiz IV'' inspiration, and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' and ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon'', among many other games, are full-blown {{Spiritual Successor}}s.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although fairly well-received at home, the series was absolutely HUGE in Japan, with graphically enhanced ports developed for the various Japanese consoles. In fact, due to a quirk of the Japanese licensing, the Japanese Wizardry games have survived the American parent company's death -- ''Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles'' came out 6 years after Sir-tech collapsed, with more planned. To give an idea of the series' popularity, both ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dragon Quest'' cite ''Wizardry'' as influences, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'''s early games had a lot of obvious ''Wiz IV'' inspiration, and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' and ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon'', among many other games, are full-blown {{Spiritual Successor}}s.

* DemonicSpiders Potentially any monster in enough numbers or if you're unlucky, but some enemies from 6, 7 or 8 really take the cake.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although fairly well-received at home, the series was absolutely HUGE in Japan, with graphically enhanced ports developed for the various Japanese consoles. In fact, due to a quirk of the Japanese licensing, the Japanese Wizardry games have survived the American parent company's death -- ''Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles'' came out 6 years after Sir-tech collapsed, with more planned. To give an idea of the series' popularity, both ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dragon Quest'' cite ''Wizardry'' as influences.

* GoddamnedBats - and rats, and strange viney things... while they increase in power and continue to allow you to gain experience, they drop no gold or useful items, because they're bats, rats and vines.

* GoddamnedBats - and rats, and strange viney things...

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although fairly well-received at home, the series was absolutely HUGE in Japan, with graphically enhanced ports developed for the various Japanese consoles. In fact, due to a quirk of the Japanese licensing, the Japanese Wizardry games have survived the American parent company's death -- ''Wizardry Gaiden: Prisoners of the Battles'' came out 6 years after Sir-tech collapsed, with more planned.

*** Somewhat subverted as clicking rest again stops it anytime. It's actually rather handy, as your magic meter fills up almost instantly. So rest for 10 seconds, cast heal wounds on the rest of your party, rest for 10 more seconds and repeat. This way works much more efficiently than waiting several minutes.

*** Somewhat subverted as clicking rest again time stops it anytime. It's actually rather handy, as your magic meter fills up almost instantly. So rest for 10 seconds, cast heal wounds on the rest of your party, rest for 10 more seconds and repeat. This way works much more efficiently than waiting several minutes.

** Character creation. If you want your character to be of a certain class, you need to have enough bonus points, whit the required amount depending on your race and gender. Bonus points are given in random amount after you choose your character's name, gender and race, and if you don't have enough to choose your desired class, there is no back button so you still have to allocate all your bonus points and skill points (which can be a lot), and possibly select your starting spells. Some of the fancier classes require truly massive amounts of bonus points, so it can take you around one hour to get enough points to select them. Merely ''starting'' the game can take hours of preparation.
* TrueNeutral: [[spoiler:Werdna becomes this in the best ending of IV. The other endings have him either become a great force for good or evil. In the grandmaster ending he realizes that the Amulet is a trick and frees himself from alignment, and is free to live his own life.]]

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* ScrappyMechanic: In VII, resting. In order to heal your party by resting, you had to spend ''several real-time minutes'' waiting for in-game time to pass after hitting the "rest" button. And you might also be ambushed while sleeping.