tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1219117223450085535..comments2024-03-28T09:10:48.790-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Eye of the Beholder III: Won! (with Summary and Rating)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68679087872090604022023-07-29T16:51:20.842-04:002023-07-29T16:51:20.842-04:00The Game would be more interesting with a final fo...The Game would be more interesting with a final foe as Moander or a vestige from a dead god, myth drannor has a great quality loreLord Sothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32563539155299670812022-10-23T12:33:10.825-04:002022-10-23T12:33:10.825-04:00A reader was having trouble replicating this, so I...A reader was having trouble replicating this, so I made a quick video: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_kn74GhWsCRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11290443569017815722022-08-26T08:01:51.261-04:002022-08-26T08:01:51.261-04:00I keep thinking "dhauzimmer" is German f...I keep thinking "dhauzimmer" is German for something morning-related, but it's really not. "Dew" would be "tau", not "dhau", and "zimmer" means "room" which doesn't really make sense. Does the name refer to anything else, or is this an instance of wanting to sound German without consulting a dictionary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4716970156718044552022-08-25T09:46:18.022-04:002022-08-25T09:46:18.022-04:00ah and i almost forgot... then there is day of the...ah and i almost forgot... then there is day of the viperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66740417844122856382022-08-14T03:13:11.890-04:002022-08-14T03:13:11.890-04:00In fairness, you can do similar to one of the toug...In fairness, you can do similar to one of the tougher bosses in <i>Dark Souls</i>.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86345113339245732772022-08-14T03:08:18.281-04:002022-08-14T03:08:18.281-04:00"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" s..."Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" sounds so Shakespearean, I am genuinely surprised it's not one of his.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49142788607792594612022-08-13T17:10:50.013-04:002022-08-13T17:10:50.013-04:00tetrapod is right, progressed to nearly the end of...tetrapod is right, progressed to nearly the end of the game then backtracked to get Insal. I think I wanted single-class NPCs to be my final party at the end of EOB3 for some insane reason and Insal was the only one of those in the trilogy if I recall correctly. So Tabitha, Delmair, Insal, San-Raal, (and probably a fighter and cleric from EOB1 that I do not remember)girldrinkdrunk1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80368558383917337992022-08-13T11:24:46.619-04:002022-08-13T11:24:46.619-04:00I saw some screenshots of that Saturn game (Dungeo...I saw some screenshots of that Saturn game (Dungeon Master Nexus) recently and I'm really curious to try it out. It's still recognizably Dungeon Master, but has 3D environments and full panoramic movement. It more resembles one of FromSoftware's early King's Field games if anything. Hopefully it finds its way to a fan translation some day.Mentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666135395522594894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43145577000590922312022-08-13T10:32:12.294-04:002022-08-13T10:32:12.294-04:00Well, there is the Saturn game, but you can probab...Well, there is the Saturn game, but you can probably just write that off as a spin-off like Theron's Quest and Chaos Strikes Back.MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77926098391618855612022-08-12T20:33:28.354-04:002022-08-12T20:33:28.354-04:00I too had thought "Huh, didn't know there...I too had thought "Huh, didn't know there was a Dungeon Master III. Cool!" Like Georges, I didn't know Chet hadn't played II yet, nor did I know that it didn't come out until 1993.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16494945917694246182022-08-12T18:52:47.840-04:002022-08-12T18:52:47.840-04:00If something similar comes up again, an idea could...If something similar comes up again, an idea could be to check out the Master Games List. It contains additional information like developer, publisher, platform(s), alternate title etc. and is linked below the "Recent, Current & Upcoming" in the sidebar (in desktop view).Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16313523197668757422022-08-12T16:49:29.564-04:002022-08-12T16:49:29.564-04:00Ah it was DM2 and just a mistake! I somehow was su...Ah it was DM2 and just a mistake! I somehow was sure Chet had already played 2, I didn't remember it was from 1993. My comment was actually sincere I really genuinely tried looking for info for DM3 in case there was something I didn't know, or it was something mislabeled in an RPGs list somewhere. And then after Chet's comment I found a "The Dungeon Master" for Spectrum ZX... but in 1983, and was even more confused.<br /><br />I wasn't trying to troll :D hahaha that was funny.Georgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801694109856585537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9449120086876613252022-08-12T15:20:25.777-04:002022-08-12T15:20:25.777-04:00I think you could just not unlock his cell until y...I think you could just not unlock his cell until you're close to the end, at which point it shouldn't be too hard to kill a bunch of enemies at low/zero risk to level him up, then take out Dran (as I recall you pretty much need to do the beholder two-step with him because if he tags you with more than one or two attacks you're dead, and he's not vulnerable to magic, so if you're a bit down on HP and spells from the grinding that's not likely to matter very much).tetrapodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736532124472617151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25877321782120183682022-08-12T14:51:28.119-04:002022-08-12T14:51:28.119-04:00So, after picking up Insal the Thief you managed t...So, after picking up Insal the Thief you managed to finish EoB2 without ever resting? Or did you keep a party of 4, so he wouldn't leave?Futilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643793625835280685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90735319835254987942022-08-11T12:30:18.873-04:002022-08-11T12:30:18.873-04:00There would be no reason (other than the meta-reas...There would be no reason (other than the meta-reason of "stories rarely end with 'and then everybody died,'" which applies at least as much without the framing method) to presume that a D&D game would not end in a total party kill.Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456086726407491007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36654328875048712412022-08-11T12:09:23.761-04:002022-08-11T12:09:23.761-04:00Since Dungeon Hack uses the same engine, we know f...Since Dungeon Hack uses the same engine, we know for sure that it supports more than 2 enemies per level. In Dungeon Hack, the level boss is often a different enemy type than the 2 regular types.Ken Brunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79850328600871576982022-08-11T11:01:15.886-04:002022-08-11T11:01:15.886-04:00Ironically, SSI went through a lot of trouble to w...Ironically, SSI went through a lot of trouble to write a 32-bit engine for EOB3, meaning that it can work with much more memory and has no technical reason to limit itself to two creature types per map...<br /><br />...and then they have so few sprite resources available that they stuck with it anyway. That's kind of sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20950239106044958692022-08-11T10:48:39.334-04:002022-08-11T10:48:39.334-04:00Order of the Stick death knight casting fireball, ...Order of the Stick death knight casting fireball, here: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0440.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1871799326705147412022-08-11T05:58:53.303-04:002022-08-11T05:58:53.303-04:00See, if Chet used the Apple ][ style of Roman nume...See, if Chet used the Apple ][ style of Roman numerals, this mistake wouldn’t have happened. 😂Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60698587006318180022022-08-11T01:55:54.971-04:002022-08-11T01:55:54.971-04:00I fell for it for a moment... besides, Theron'...I fell for it for a moment... besides, Theron's Quest is from 1992 and for console.<br /><br />It irked since it came up on the list, but not enough to risk Chet's wrath by commenting on it :)<br /><br />Looking forward to it, it's a game with a lot more personality than EOTB3, but not always for the best. <br /><br />Quite a few design decisions seem to be aimed exclusively at annoyinng the player.Vincenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53719783049719814812022-08-11T01:16:08.330-04:002022-08-11T01:16:08.330-04:00You mostly had the dwarves as visible NPCs in EOTB...You mostly had the dwarves as visible NPCs in EOTB1. I remember them being kind of annoying as they blocked perfectly passable squares and, being static, they didn't really add that much flavor.<br /><br />I think getting rid of them was probably a stylistic/gameplay choice more than a technical limitation.Vincenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41978036047777633172022-08-11T00:18:07.144-04:002022-08-11T00:18:07.144-04:00Yeah, that's what I was referring to -- though...Yeah, that's what I was referring to -- though as I recall (and it's been like 20 years since I read Azure Bonds and 7 or 8 since I last played the game) the game's story is more of a soft re-do of the book than a true sequel, since the baddies' plot feels sufficiently close to what they were up to in the book to be a little implausible as a distinctly separate story. There was also a tabletop module that was an adaptation of the game, making things even more confusing!<br /><br />(And of course there was no module or novelization of Secret of the Silver Blades).tetrapodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736532124472617151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80742022717801515912022-08-11T00:07:09.407-04:002022-08-11T00:07:09.407-04:00"Frankly, I don't know why any franchise ..."Frankly, I don't know why any franchise ever tries to make video games part of the franchise's canon"<br /><br />I think there's a decent likelihood that a big chunk of Knights of the Old Republic becomes canon. Got my fingers crossed. Sadly the remake looks to have been torpedoed.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57305726305237728342022-08-10T23:49:34.939-04:002022-08-10T23:49:34.939-04:00Azure Bonds wasn't a novelisation of the game ...Azure Bonds wasn't a novelisation of the game - the game was a sequel story (and came out afterwards). It was also unrelated to the Pools series of books, the first two of which were novelisations of games.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9957228670619837082022-08-10T23:42:06.263-04:002022-08-10T23:42:06.263-04:00I think if you have a visible NPC you use up one o...I think if you have a visible NPC you use up one of your monster models for that level? eg the Dwarf levels only had spiders or kenku right?Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.com