tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post2517915133556625400..comments2024-03-28T12:11:15.628-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Planet's Edge: One Line in Three DimensionsCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69211346832696311562024-03-24T21:29:05.591-04:002024-03-24T21:29:05.591-04:00"Alex March 21, 2020 at 8:42 PM
I like them ..."Alex March 21, 2020 at 8:42 PM<br /><br />I like them both, but there are times when old X-Com is tedious no matter your play style. Strapping individual ammo clips onto a paperdoll every single mission has never been fun."<br /><br />Alex: I agree, and so do the people making OpenXCom and OpenXCom Extended. If you play those versions, remakes that use the original game files, your people save what they are holding between missions, and you can make a template then apply that to each person with one click. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33938511672839427132024-01-24T10:03:31.537-05:002024-01-24T10:03:31.537-05:00Thank you for your write-up. I discovered the game...Thank you for your write-up. I discovered the game recently and found it really alluring on screenshots, so I gave it a go. My first two hours weren't really fun though, and now I'm considering to just read your playthrough instead.<br /><br />I just wanted to note that I *really really* want someone to create a series of videos were they track down map and puzzle designers from the 80s and 90s and then recreate said puzzles in big and make them go through it. I think your idea is brilliant and hilarious someone absolutely needs to go through with this! 😂Henriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9660945678696995602020-03-26T00:14:38.805-04:002020-03-26T00:14:38.805-04:00My guess is that random exploration will get you &...My guess is that random exploration will get you "really great gear" if you use a walkthrough and already know where you're going. I am breaking the suggested sequence, but I'm going to deal with each quest as I find it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91482583631616899172020-03-25T20:46:46.583-04:002020-03-25T20:46:46.583-04:00Does anyone here know if Planet's Edge ever go...Does anyone here know if Planet's Edge ever got a patch? The last time I played it, which,admittedly, was nearly 20 years ago, I noticed a bug that your weapons wouldn't run out of ammo, as long as you had a single magazine in your inventory. Or, more precisely, the ammo clip just wouldn't be used up on reloading. As a kid, I played the German version, and I don't think it had that problem.<br /><br />Also, Chet, you really should experiment with sequence breaking and going off to random story planets. You can pick up a lot of great gear that way. The only real gatekeeping is that (not really a spoiler)rnpu frpgbe jvyy unir ng yrnfg bar fgbel cynarg thneqrq ol n fcnpr fgngvba, naq lbh'yy arrq vapernfvatyl ynetre fuvcf gb rvgure oybj gurz hc be unir n ynetr rabhtu pnetb ubyq gb oevor gurz sbe npprff.Klausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-31847602742274633522020-03-23T17:05:37.335-04:002020-03-23T17:05:37.335-04:00I think 'dumbed down' carries with it a ne...I think 'dumbed down' carries with it a negative connotation, in the same way 'streamlined' carries a positive one.<br /><br />I like granularity but it often has overheads. I don't really want to have to click my way through turning/crouching every single action.<br /><br />I like it when games have a mix of situations you can blow through, and ones you have to pay more attention to because there's a lot on the line.<br /><br />During instances of the former, granularity can feel like it's just slowing everything down. Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16699515416140382552020-03-23T16:45:27.576-04:002020-03-23T16:45:27.576-04:00I dunno, I like it because I like it. Why do you l...I dunno, I like it because I like it. Why do you like your favorite color?<br /><br />I suppose AP is potentially more nuanced than "one move + one action" but nothing really essential to the game. It's on the level of <i>Pool of Radiance</i>'s extensive halberd/polearm/spear catalogue IMO; I didn't mind it before but I also don't mind that it's gone.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73050096588635139262020-03-23T14:45:09.490-04:002020-03-23T14:45:09.490-04:00Yeah, I forgot to add the word called. Called dumb...Yeah, I forgot to add the word called. Called dumbed down. My ultimate point is that some things you or me or anyone likes aren't smart. Since I was questioning why anyone would like Nu-XCom's AP system, which I view as dumbed down, and didn't like it influencing every other game either.MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26276363276999887102020-03-23T12:43:19.737-04:002020-03-23T12:43:19.737-04:00Morpheus point was that people who like the new ga...Morpheus point was that people who like the new games shouldn't get upset about people calling them "dumbed down". Not that people shouldn't complain about games being "dumbed down". <br /><br />But yeah, another Jagged Alliance with the engine and qualities of part 2, just new maps and story, would be nice. Probably not going to happen.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82095078642940190282020-03-23T09:40:31.656-04:002020-03-23T09:40:31.656-04:00I'm enjoying this write-up of Planet's Edg...I'm enjoying this write-up of Planet's Edge. I enjoyed it as a young teen, and it's curious to me that it has slipped into obscurity over time. One note on your musings about optional ways to complete quests: This game, to my recollection, has a lot of that. In some cases, rather than completing a quest for someone to give you the item, you can just kill the person who gives you the quest and take the item from their corpse. I didn't appreciate it when I first played, but in retrospect, it does allow for different role-playing approaches: are you the kind earthlings going around helping everyone, or mercenaries bent on saving the Earth no matter the cost of life to everyone else?<br /><br />Just thought I'd offer a couple of notes about a few game glitches. ROT13 for those who really want to avoid spoilers:<br /><br />1) A glitch that will crash the game: Qba'g ornz qbja gb Npnzne 2. Lbh'yy trg n fpranevb qrfpevcgvba (jvgu n tyvgpurq vzntr) vs lbh fpna gur cynarg, ohg ornzvat qbja jvyy penfu gur tnzr.<br /><br />2) A helpful glitch regarding planetary resource gathering: Vs V erpnyy pbeerpgyl, jura lbh tb gb gur pnetb zrah ba gur fuvc orpnhfr lbh jnag gb oevat zvarenyf baobneq, lbh pna tb gb "Ybnq Pnetb" be "Qhzc Pnetb." Vs lbh hfr "Ybnq Pnetb," gur zvarenyf ba gur cynarg qvfnccrne. Ohg vs lbh tb gb "Qhzc Pnetb," naq gura oevat gur zvarenyf baobneq, gur zvarenyf ner fgvyy gurer... fb lbh pna qb vg ntnva, naq ntnva, naq ntnva gb trg n ovt ybnq. Cnegvphyneyl urycshy sbe ener zvarenyf.<br /><br />3) A quest glitch in Zaurak Sector: Va gur Mnhenx frpgbe, ba cynarg Mnhenx VV, gurer'f n dhrfg ba gur cynarg gung lbh'er fhccbfrq gb pbzcyrgr va beqre gb cynpr n teni ohbl. Jurarire V qvq vg nf n xvq, gubhtu, gur rirag jbhyqa'g gevttre rira gubhtu V unq pbzcyrgrq gur dhrfg. Whfg xvyyvat gur thl jub tvirf lbh gur dhrfg ranoyrf lbh gb trg npprff gb gur ybpngvba sbe cynpvat gur teni ohbl, gubhtu.Tornadohttp://www.andrewledbetter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10330351506654345232020-03-22T19:10:40.396-04:002020-03-22T19:10:40.396-04:00Yep. I've been waiting for another Morrowind s...Yep. I've been waiting for another Morrowind since 2002, but Bethesda went into a completely different direction and nobody else has made a game like it yet. I've also been waiting for another Arcanum since 2001. Troika went bankrupt and nothing since has reached the same quality for me. Or another game like Jagged Alliance 2... which isn't likely to happen because nu-XCom made the 2 AP system so popular, every second tactical RPG uses it now. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9602353575344045522020-03-22T18:30:11.967-04:002020-03-22T18:30:11.967-04:00Morpheus, my answer to that is that there aren'...Morpheus, my answer to that is that there aren't enough games--at least, not enough that I really like. I wouldn't make the same complaint about films because there are already too many good films to watch, so you can just enjoy them and ignore the bad ones. Same with books. But there absolutely are not, from year to year, enough good RPGs. So if the ones you DO get are worse than those in the past, then you're naturally pretty upset, particularly if they sell well, because you know you won't be getting what YOU like any time soon.<br /><br />A better movie analogy is to take a specific genre or franchise. If you love <i>Star Wars</i> but hate the latest trilogy, it particularly sucks because that's all you're going to get for several years.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67478344637258892022020-03-22T13:44:14.647-04:002020-03-22T13:44:14.647-04:00I don't get why people get so upset that the g...I don't get why people get so upset that the games they like are dumbed down compared to past games? Are you that insecure about the games you like? Do you need constant validation that your choices in entertainment are right? I like Watch Dogs and Far Cry 4, you don't see me whining on the internet that they aren't dumbed down in comparison to older open world shooters.<br />People used to go out and watch hot garbage, and they liked it. They didn't tell their friends that the newest Rocky and Rambo film was high art.MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90932919262621765622020-03-22T10:09:58.483-04:002020-03-22T10:09:58.483-04:00I wonder if the correct mouse icon needs to be on ...I wonder if the correct mouse icon needs to be on screen for the keyboard equivalent to work.<br />You know how you have those two palletes with 4 commands in them in the middle of the left and right columns? By default these are (G)et, (L)ook,(D)rop and (E)xamine on the left. (A)ttack, (U)se, (T)alk, (I)nventory on the right.<br />If you click the right mouse button these will be replace with two new palletes. (C)ombat mode, (M)ap short-range, (alt -Q)uit, and (shift-M)ap long-range on the left. (ctl-S)ave, (W)ield/wear weapon/armor, (ctl-L)oad saved game and (B)eam up/down on the right.<br />I'm thinking you may have to click the right mouse button to get the pallete with the (C)ombat mode icon on it and then the "C" key might work (or at the very least you should be able to click the icon at that point and go into combat mode).Steppenwolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22974268038793748622020-03-22T10:04:21.370-04:002020-03-22T10:04:21.370-04:00@JarlFrank - I think you hit the nail on the head ...@JarlFrank - I think you hit the nail on the head of while the original XCOM is so good and that is it's action point system. Not only did each soldier and action have a different AP, but so did each weapon as well by varying the percentage of AP. It is extremely tatically rich. It is what keeps me coming back for more and I fire up OpenXcom that eliminated a lot of the bugs of the original.BoardGameNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573162816708652568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2776461003798222522020-03-22T07:51:12.607-04:002020-03-22T07:51:12.607-04:00People liking old games and disliking new popular ...People liking old games and disliking new popular ones isn't necessarily nostalgia. I prefer the old XCom to the new, too, and have valid reasons. My nain reason is the action point system. XCom had several APs per soldier and each action would take a certain amount of AP. Not every soldier necessarily had the same AP. Action economy was a lot more interesting. The new XCom introduced the 2 AP system where one movement action costs 1 AP no matter how many steps you take, and shooting also costs 1 AP. This system has by now been copied by many other tactical games, and I like it a lot less than the proper AP system of the original XCom, or Jagged Alliance, etc etc.<br /><br />It doesn't have anything to do with liking a nostalgic old game more than a popular new game for the sake of being edgy. I just prefer one core gameplay system over the other. <br /><br />Popularity and obscurity are no criteria for quality, by the way. Chet discovered a couple of high quality games in his blog that are relatively obscure (Starflight and Ragnarök are good examples). Meanwhile Call of Duty is extremely popular. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20974551580513830642020-03-22T00:21:34.601-04:002020-03-22T00:21:34.601-04:00Terror From the Deep's reputation for being di...Terror From the Deep's reputation for being difficult is actually the function of a bug from the original xcom. When it shipped there was a bug that, whenever you loaded a saved game the difficulty would be set to the easiest setting, nobody ever really noticed because the early game is so deadly to your rookies anyways. When TFTD rolled out the bug was fixed and people playing on harder difficulty levels actually got the intended challenge. Wonkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147422102351323674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-972346824634169102020-03-22T00:05:28.593-04:002020-03-22T00:05:28.593-04:00I have to say, the comments section on my blog ten...I have to say, the comments section on my blog tends to avoid that thinking, which I like. Unlike many other sites with comments--I'm absolutely not thinking of any one in particular--no one here gets called names for having a fondness for a particular game or a particular gaming element. We give each game a chance, highlight its strengths, and yes, occasionally poke fun at its weaknesses, but even that isn't malicious.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53133944193266486362020-03-22T00:00:39.390-04:002020-03-22T00:00:39.390-04:00Well, this is weird. The manual also suggests that...Well, this is weird. The manual also suggests that it should work that way (with combat mode). But in my came, pressing "C" appears to do nothing. I can enter combat mode by hitting "A" and attacking something (like the floor), but if there's no valid enemy, the game puts me back in regular mode after one turn. Are there different versions, I wonder?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51851844277184215472020-03-21T23:59:22.355-04:002020-03-21T23:59:22.355-04:00I'm starting to get a bit of that non-linearit...I'm starting to get a bit of that non-linearity in subsequent missions, but the areas are really too small and the quests too short for me to give a lot of credit for that.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54803337211567197592020-03-21T23:52:43.446-04:002020-03-21T23:52:43.446-04:00Honestly, I feel like that's most gamers, or a...Honestly, I feel like that's most gamers, or at least most people that go out of their way to call themselves "gamers." Every series and genre has its retro snobs. Older Mario is always better, older FPS is always better, older shmups are always better, older fighting games are always better. Older movies are always better, older books are always better, older comics are always better. Rah rah rah, the new stuff is for casuals/kids/amateurs.<br /><br />The solution is to never claim yourself as a fan of anything and never join any forums, fansites or subreddits.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73652616861721508992020-03-21T23:41:36.087-04:002020-03-21T23:41:36.087-04:00CRPG fans: "I know this game from 1989 is bas...CRPG fans: "I know this game from 1989 is basically unplayably buggy, repetitive, and derivative, but it's a forgotten gem because of this one unique thing it does and the fact that I played it when I was 12 and it reminds me of my childhood. Please just give it a chance."<br /><br />Also CRPG fans: "OMG this critically-acclaimed major title that sold millions of copies is complete trash and everyone who likes it is stupid."<br /><br />Sometimes I think the perfect game for some CRPG fans would be a game so obscure and strange that literally nobody is able to buy it, and even if they did it wouldn't run, so as to most perfectly allow them to express how elite and refined their tastes are...GregThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532920274312703426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4009732074535289412020-03-21T22:22:35.219-04:002020-03-21T22:22:35.219-04:00I love the original XCOM combat system. So full of...I love the original XCOM combat system. So full of surprised and great tactical choices as you level up your gear and your veterans improve. Those terror mission where always the most tense missions along with the alien base. There was also nothing more heartpounding than a base defense mission with a psi contol enemy lurking. <br /><br />I haven't played the new XCOM's but have watched many playthroughs. I think XCOM2 is much better than the first nuXCOM. It added even more unit variation and RPG elements. However, I can't wait to get my hands on Pheonix Point which seems like the melding of the best of both. I just don't have the system to run it yet.BoardGameNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573162816708652568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76309284866856220722020-03-21T20:42:41.237-04:002020-03-21T20:42:41.237-04:00I like them both, but there are times when old X-C...I like them both, but there are times when old X-Com is tedious no matter your play style. Strapping individual ammo clips onto a paperdoll every single mission has never been fun.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39187612213972484232020-03-21T20:30:54.282-04:002020-03-21T20:30:54.282-04:00I liked Ender's Game a lot, but I last read it...I liked Ender's Game a lot, but I last read it when I was still reading authors like Terry Goodkind so I might not be remembering it well, or I might have been too young/too stupid to read into it. I had really awful taste for a <i>long</i> time.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70606729494026389382020-03-21T18:55:28.425-04:002020-03-21T18:55:28.425-04:00Ender's Game is a riot.
I get why certain peo...Ender's Game is a riot.<br /><br />I get why certain people like it. One teenager is so good at video games that he becomes a war hero, while his teenage brother is so good at chatting on the internet that he becomes leader of the world =pTristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.com