tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1811448525524515089..comments2024-03-28T08:17:48.059-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Inquisitor: Shade of Swords: Won? (with Summary and Rating)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32378486931351952952021-10-24T06:56:27.253-04:002021-10-24T06:56:27.253-04:00What you might like to know about Chip is that the...What you might like to know about Chip is that their graphist was Eric Chahi, who left the studio to create Another World ^^Catelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41610626080792738572021-04-26T16:12:34.908-04:002021-04-26T16:12:34.908-04:00One thing that strikes me with the weird translati...One thing that strikes me with the weird translation is how similar the sentances seem to be to Russian litrpg books I have read. I wonder if the original writer spoke French as a second language? Or perhaps they just wanted to express linguistic drift from the legendary Earth?Nachtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687591577885252972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82867251646339805112018-01-08T21:19:35.573-05:002018-01-08T21:19:35.573-05:00You already know that, it's Dan Sureau :)
Abo...You already know that, it's Dan Sureau :)<br /><br />About Chip, this is a small studio founded to make games on Thomson Mo5, a french computer and they folling dawn with the transition 8/16 bits like others (Hewson, Spanish studios, System 3...). Chip never be a great french studio and there games, even so in france, are notorius known to be creepy games, especially about gameplay.<br /><br />I've discover your blog many weeks ago because i'm currently working on video reviews on YT about french RPG games since 1984 to... today. But not only videos, for each game, i'm make research about author, try to finish game (just try) and in a word, purpose a making off. I don't speak about all the french RPG, only notorious or games i like because there plenty creepy games mades by kids, with kid story and don't maked somehing about the french history of RPG. There are plenty of duplicates too, duplicates of Tyrann or L'Aigle d'Or with just a piece of RPG gameplay. The first video comes this month and after try and read your reviews, i don't think to speak about dan sureau games.<br /><br />One last thing about inquisitor script, the author try to tell a story but the fact is, a kid story that's seem like jules cesar from the evangelion planet ride into the universe to earth with a t-rex to kill feary. Don't try to research anything about game title "inquisitor" so. That's frequently why these games don't sell pretty well even so in france and that's why i don't like them.Bloodhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAeg4ArizpLWpACsN23qvAQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52333183748598931362018-01-08T00:34:45.147-05:002018-01-08T00:34:45.147-05:00Well, that's interesting. Do you know the name...Well, that's interesting. Do you know the name of the author? Or can you otherwise tell me how you know that?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-92212013139319918352018-01-07T23:52:34.565-05:002018-01-07T23:52:34.565-05:00Hi, thanks for your reviews, the author of this ga...Hi, thanks for your reviews, the author of this game is the same as les templiers d'orven :)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />BloodBloodhttps://www.facebook.com/fetichemicro/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60610887133921061962017-11-05T23:01:39.935-05:002017-11-05T23:01:39.935-05:00Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was based on an ea...Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was based on an earlier game, Metamorphasis Alpha, which was based on a really terrible novel.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2994433166352706122017-09-27T13:10:53.738-04:002017-09-27T13:10:53.738-04:00Another option could be outsourcing. Ask a German ...Another option could be outsourcing. Ask a German reader who played the game to write a guest article about DvL.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63361044218911445132017-09-27T13:02:23.264-04:002017-09-27T13:02:23.264-04:00It is, but it also has stats, equipment, combat an...It is, but it also has stats, equipment, combat and levelling. Maybe with some help from users, just enough to get some equipment plus one or two combats? No need to invest too much time, it's easy to see that it was released a few years after its time.Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4267979301484528972017-09-27T05:04:10.957-04:002017-09-27T05:04:10.957-04:00DvL is, where interface is concerned, a text adven...DvL is, where interface is concerned, a text adventure, right? Reviews from when it came out compare it to "good old Infocom" stuff. I'd say skip it. Nobody would want to play a text adventure in a language they don't speak!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594966196618648451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13369639502570820392017-09-26T20:00:27.597-04:002017-09-26T20:00:27.597-04:00Don't forget that the Google Translate app can...Don't forget that the Google Translate app can translate text from a picture you take, so you can capture the screen and get a translation.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292483318253446632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21206595573475438232017-09-26T12:58:52.313-04:002017-09-26T12:58:52.313-04:00Chet, but... but you can't... you can't sk...Chet, but... but you can't... you can't skip game just because you don't understand anything! Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68394200362694522542017-09-26T12:56:30.269-04:002017-09-26T12:56:30.269-04:00Oh, god. I just read the description for DvL. I ha...Oh, god. I just read the description for DvL. I hadn't considered the possibility of a non-English RPG that requires text inputs. And unlike French, I can't even muddle through German. Translating all that text from the screen and having to translate my own inputs...that's going to strain possibility.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19444217100682283242017-09-26T12:52:39.675-04:002017-09-26T12:52:39.675-04:00I agree, Buck: no game actually releases on Januar...I agree, Buck: no game actually releases on January 1.<br /><br />I DO want to play in as organic an order as possible, so I'll replace SoA with DvL on the upcoming list. We're getting close to the end of 1991, so it won't be long before SoA pops up again anyway.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25225506339407151152017-09-26T12:25:33.519-04:002017-09-26T12:25:33.519-04:0001.01.1991 sounds like a default value set somewhe...01.01.1991 sounds like a default value set somewhere.<br /><br />I got the information from a Guido Henkel interview that is available online (http://www.wilsonsdachboden.com/2014/11/interview-guido-henkel-uber-sein.html - in German). After the trouble with the publisher they decided to release Drachen von Laas - for which they hadn't found a publisher yet - themselves.<br /><br />However, I agree that it would make sense to play Drachen von Laas first. Unless you're strictly going after the publishing date...Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69498610650898728272017-09-25T22:08:46.196-04:002017-09-25T22:08:46.196-04:00According to my google search Die Drachen von Laas...According to my google search Die Drachen von Laas was released the 1st of January, if that's true than it would be first.Bakuielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708554023018591850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46760213157856593162017-09-25T21:47:57.816-04:002017-09-25T21:47:57.816-04:00I've got one comment saying DVL came out befor...I've got one comment saying DVL came out before SoA and one comment saying that it came out later. I'll reverse the play order if it matters, but I need a tiebreaker.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47493150880788446862017-09-25T14:26:54.223-04:002017-09-25T14:26:54.223-04:00I finished Spirit of Adventure recently and the ga...I finished Spirit of Adventure recently and the game promises more than it can deliver. I am sure we will read more about the reasons for that (e.g. publisher fraud) here.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32638589509637811102017-09-25T12:56:32.841-04:002017-09-25T12:56:32.841-04:00I've never played Spirit of Adventure, but Gui...I've never played Spirit of Adventure, but Guido Henkel himself said it's very much inspired by Bard's Tale, so I don't think it's really that European - at least not in the way of these French and British games. <br /><br />Guido Henkel is also far less obscure, and there are many interviews with him online - though some in German. That means there is much more background information available.<br /><br />I think another Henkel/Brändle is up in 1991 with Drachen von Laas? It is a much older game, but publishing was delayed and it was released after Spirit of Adventure.Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34663804913026963852017-09-25T12:51:44.342-04:002017-09-25T12:51:44.342-04:00Speaking of Spirit of Adventure, I wonder whether ...Speaking of Spirit of Adventure, I wonder whether it wouldn't be a good idea to cover Drachen von Laas first, which is by the same team, but was released earlier. Thus it would make a better description of the evolution of Attic. <br /><br />Although Drachen von Laas as a German Text-Adventure RPG Hybrid might be too much for the addict's German (just speculation).Flashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82326173565211009852017-09-25T11:09:31.875-04:002017-09-25T11:09:31.875-04:00Another very European thing coming up is Spirit of...Another very European thing coming up is Spirit of Adventure, for which Guido Henkel (of Planescape: Torment fame) has some credits, and which was developed by Attic (the guys who made the Realms of Arkania series). I'm really looking forward to that! I've played a few hours of Spirit at one point, but didn't get very far in the game. I do remember it fondly, though. Some idiosyncrasies in combat options, and quite the difficulty curve, as well as stuff like street names (and having to find specific addresses in towns) that I've never seen in other crpgs.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594966196618648451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77282389028156296572017-09-25T01:12:25.527-04:002017-09-25T01:12:25.527-04:00Expedition to the Barrier Peaks definitely comes t...Expedition to the Barrier Peaks definitely comes to mind, and that was published just a few years prior to these CRPGs.Chuck Haberlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350897949215662198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15423565306152421362017-09-24T15:39:12.065-04:002017-09-24T15:39:12.065-04:00The concept of an environment that seems like medi...The concept of an environment that seems like medieval fantasy but actually is at least partly the result of forgotten ancient advanced technology is commonplace in science fiction.<br /><br />Jack Vance's iconic _The Dying Earth_ (written around 1950) is of this kind, though with a greater fantasy to science fiction ratio than most. It was hugely influential on later SF. And 'Vancian magic' is often considered to be the main source of the Dungeons and Dragons magic system, which went on to influence the classic CRPGs of the 80s, and in return all or most of those since. (Vancian magic mostly comes from some much later and rather different books in the Dying Earth milieu, plus his medieval _Lyonesse_ fantasy trilogy.)<br /><br />Sometimes the tech is not so much forgotten as second-nature to the narrator, who does not see any need to point out to the reader that what he describes as a wand of fire is really a laser gun. Gene Wolfe's _Book of the New Sun_ series (from the 1980s) is mostly in this vein - society is largely feudal / faux-medieval due to cooling of the Sun combined with continuous warfare, and the various high tech wonders still available to guilds, aristocracy, visiting aliens and such are described in terms more consonant with a fantasy novel.<br /><br />I think stories like these - there are many others - probably had a huge influence on the games of this era. The mixture of magic and technology will seem much less strange to those who have read a fair amount of such literature.Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66858784129113004422017-09-24T08:59:44.362-04:002017-09-24T08:59:44.362-04:00On tabletop rpgs probably Metamorphosis Alpha 1976...On tabletop rpgs probably Metamorphosis Alpha 1976.<br /> <br />As a child read Galactic Encounters series, which Fantastic Planet (1980) was turns tables to scifi => fantasy genre. Thinking about the setting at later age I guess it ripped off Valerian & Laureline comic "Birds of the Master" from 73-74.Darielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42505675358968721392017-09-24T06:41:53.517-04:002017-09-24T06:41:53.517-04:00This game is begging for a 2019 remake.
^_^This game is begging for a 2019 remake.<br /><br />^_^Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8113343081060341592017-09-24T02:14:15.904-04:002017-09-24T02:14:15.904-04:00Well, no, obviously the technology wasn't ther...Well, no, obviously the technology wasn't there. But the expedient of just throwing a bunch of text at the player as in Inquisitor means the creator could (hamfistedly) make the attempt at least. Plus, you know, French game.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098875250377735658noreply@blogger.com