tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4331017538564337428..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Fate: Won.CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14364406540225490202018-10-20T05:00:45.781-04:002018-10-20T05:00:45.781-04:00Morgana at least has the best excuse for her nudit...Morgana at least has the best excuse for her nudity. Mentally she is very naive, and she spent most of her formative years as a fur covered animal that has no need for modesty. It makes sense that she wouldn't have the same nudity taboos as normal people would. So if there is a case to be made for setting appropriate nudity, this character would be it.<br /><br />Of course given the tone of the rest of the game, I don't think the developer thought that far. At least I'll applaud them for giving her moderate realistic proportions.Viilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91762046257094310602017-06-23T00:46:21.093-04:002017-06-23T00:46:21.093-04:00Sure, there are a lot of different points of view,...Sure, there are a lot of different points of view, and there are always ways to improve communication, but some people are just awfully infuriating. It's when ignorance is smug, I think, that it just short circuits my brain.<br /><br />RPG Codex is a mess. I'm not even sure how that site continues to function with all of the ideologically opposed groups. They've got everything from conservatives/liberals to Stalinists to fascists to literal KKK members posting there. The one unifying thread seems to be that they're all horrible people. I honestly cannot figure that place out. It doesn't surprise me they'd shriek at you for not being comfortable with rape. I really don't understand those people. They're generally pretty good at deconstructing RPGs when they're not advocating for genocide though.caracolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190375285841237349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59637680713622389632017-06-22T01:43:46.987-04:002017-06-22T01:43:46.987-04:00Well...I appreciate the defense, although I wouldn...Well...I appreciate the defense, although I wouldn't quite go that far. There's just a lot of different points of view.<br /><br />Honestly, this thread is tame compared to the drubbing I got in some RPGCodex thread where I was criticized for being close-minded because I didn't like a game about rape (<i>Rance</i>). They successfully drove me away from the site for good. If I got comments like that here, I don't think I'd have any interest in continuing the blog.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9270330452536190772017-06-22T00:00:42.886-04:002017-06-22T00:00:42.886-04:00I'm honestly not surprised that you get so muc...I'm honestly not surprised that you get so much flak from morons when you critique juvenile plot elements and horrible art direction. The evil wizard looks like an MSPaint creation while the nude woman looks photo-realistic. Moreover, it just doesn't make any sense. It absolutely is as you say: The creator is a creep who thought random acts of porn would make his game better.<br /><br />I have to assume that your detractors are all 13. The idea that "liberalism" would make you squeal in terror at nudity is hilariously absurd and makes me think of pubed-out gamergaters and alt right frog nazis. <br /><br />Just the fact that you had to reiterate what you were actually saying over and over so these utter cretins could understand is so incredibly sad. I honestly do not know how these people function in society without handlers. Stupid, stupid, stupid.caracolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190375285841237349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3785132357286186102017-02-20T16:20:36.327-05:002017-02-20T16:20:36.327-05:00Or a CRPG version of FATAL (Thank goodness. I can&...Or a CRPG version of FATAL (Thank goodness. I can't expand the original version of that acronym without skirting Chet's rules. It has content in it that makes Rance look good.)Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14637183544827840272017-02-18T02:34:02.456-05:002017-02-18T02:34:02.456-05:00Was it maybe Jim Knopf / Jim Button? Story by Mich...Was it maybe Jim Knopf / Jim Button? Story by Michael Ende (Neverending Story) with a few TV adaptations about a kid and a train conductor going on adventures.Konservenknilchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32965457758709091242017-02-17T14:00:52.217-05:002017-02-17T14:00:52.217-05:00I suppose they gave you the option to replay that ...I suppose they gave you the option to replay that rather anticlimactic ending just in case you didn't climax the first time.ronaldsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221297712822999741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45772703190448772282017-02-17T10:47:32.302-05:002017-02-17T10:47:32.302-05:00That's only because they never made a 'Bre...That's only because they never made a 'Breakfast of Champions' RPG.Quirkzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409671254311123117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50669106757254946502017-02-17T06:14:06.238-05:002017-02-17T06:14:06.238-05:00>> Witches gain powers from dancing nude und...>> Witches gain powers from dancing nude under the moonlight with their coven<br /><br />Kenny, I suspect that the whole dancing nude (and orgies et al!) came from the over-active imaginations of men (and male artists more specifically) ;)Red_Cardinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119321537913665046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68706234284201593022017-02-17T04:49:09.091-05:002017-02-17T04:49:09.091-05:00Congratulations for finishing this giant game, Che...Congratulations for finishing this giant game, Chester!<br />It was fun to read about it, but to play 200+ hours really seems too much.<br />Thank you for review this game for us from the beginning to the end.Tygrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22932649392576387612017-02-16T23:08:02.138-05:002017-02-16T23:08:02.138-05:00But I'll bet that this is the only entry with ...But I'll bet that this is the only entry with comments about genitalia measurement.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5345486095297731902017-02-16T11:17:09.906-05:002017-02-16T11:17:09.906-05:00This entry might ultimately have the most comments...This entry might ultimately have the most comments, but currently there are at least 10 that have more than this, including my first entries on <i>Pools of Darkenss</i>, <i>Eye of the Beholder</i>, and <i>Ultima VI</i>.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-92228134268759813152017-02-16T10:57:11.046-05:002017-02-16T10:57:11.046-05:00"the shoreline of any landmass can reach infi..."the shoreline of any landmass can reach infinity if you reduce the minimal length of measurement far enough"<br /><br />I read about it when doing this very exercise I described above. Of course I told my friend about it and being one of "those" guys he immediately commented that one can apply the same measurement methods to juvenile penile measurements for great gains in self-confidence.Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13066750383805921112017-02-16T09:44:04.140-05:002017-02-16T09:44:04.140-05:00But I do agree with you that some statistics would...But I do agree with you that some statistics would be fun, as we have enough data available already. Chester wrote so much over the last few years that his entire blog almost be classified as "big data"... Ah, this is a dangerous rabbit hole we could potentially dive into. But then, why not? I believe we can pull out some fun data out of this blog. Just some examples:<br />- The simple ones which Chester surely sees in his backend: visitors by country, commenters by country<br />- What are the most frequent words / terms used in the blog? Besides the obvious candidates like RPG, fireball, it could be "naked woman" after this post. I hope Google doesn't rate this blog as adult after this.<br />- AI to human ratio<br />etc etcNikademusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22537463592587595172017-02-16T09:33:15.335-05:002017-02-16T09:33:15.335-05:00A shore to population is very tricky, as the shore...A shore to population is very tricky, as the shoreline of any landmass can reach infinity if you reduce the minimal length of measurement far enough:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradoxNikademusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59743135738562239132017-02-16T06:17:52.320-05:002017-02-16T06:17:52.320-05:00But I suppose that the winner would be some really...But I suppose that the winner would be some really short game with two entries, one "won!" and the other one with GIMLET.<br /><br />And that's the reason why statistics, especially ratios, are easy to manipulate - some time ago I have downloaded CIA World Factbook's database (either xls or cvs or maybe some crawler downloading data? I honestly don't remember) and checked few silly statistics, like shore length to population ratio - I remember that it was always some ridiculously small place winning. Obesity was highest on some tiny island, they probably had two obese guys, but there was only one thin, so obesity ratio was 66.6%, shore to population was won by some archipelago under IIRC under GB jurisdiction, where there were only few researchers - it was always, *always* like that. Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86429680822785998812017-02-16T06:11:11.954-05:002017-02-16T06:11:11.954-05:00There should be such statistic. And then we could ...There should be such statistic. And then we could find a game with highest post to time played ratio - and this is only the beginning!Mag Wielki i Szelkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807838665939928892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38070134125916973292017-02-16T06:08:05.781-05:002017-02-16T06:08:05.781-05:00Finding the game with the most entries should be s...Finding the game with the most entries should be simple, there's a complete list linked in the right column. Looks like the previous champion was Ultima V with 13+2 entries. Fate sure demolished that record.Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64265679741848558652017-02-16T05:30:24.864-05:002017-02-16T05:30:24.864-05:00@Anonymous
No, it was too late for me to keep up ...@Anonymous<br /><br />No, it was too late for me to keep up with the daily work at reLINE Software GmbH, starting around autumn 1990 when I went to study at university.<br /><br />Prior to that one could get a good look at the various projects in development (e.g. "Dyter-07", "Hollywood Poker Pro", "Transatlantic", "Centerbase" and "Rotator") in-house.<br /><br />If I remember correctly, Olaf Patzenhauer visited the company's office now and then, just like the three of us who worked on "Legend of Faerghail", but we rarely bumped into each other, if at all.<br /><br />So, there was no knowing what "Fate" was going to become, unless you were involved in its production. The same goes for "Fate 2".<br />Olaf Barthelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76915039197298775562017-02-15T23:32:27.226-05:002017-02-15T23:32:27.226-05:00I don't know about you but I won't pay att...I don't know about you but I won't pay attention to a nude man either. XDKenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28323191027023980522017-02-15T21:34:56.976-05:002017-02-15T21:34:56.976-05:00I did remember - or imagined remembering - a train...I did remember - or imagined remembering - a train in a children's book of my childhood looking like Charlie the Choo-Choo but maybe I saw it on the internet. Oh no, worlds overlapping and the wall is getting so thin!<br /><br />Maybe all Germans and US Americans (a term the German’s use when referring to Americans of a certain country between Canada and Mexico) grew up with a children book with a train, including King and the creator of Fate.<br /><br />"What do I have in my pocket?" <br />(Sorry, a bit too obvious but I had to do it...)Nikademusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53202286962641797172017-02-15T19:17:28.718-05:002017-02-15T19:17:28.718-05:00VTM: Bloodlines isn't a game. It's a maste...VTM: Bloodlines isn't a game. It's a masterpiece.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60376265340141614592017-02-15T19:00:41.146-05:002017-02-15T19:00:41.146-05:00But Morganna is a Witch! Only women can be Witches...But Morganna is a Witch! Only women can be Witches. Witches gain powers from dancing nude under the moonlight with their coven. There is absolutely nothing wrong here in both context and lore!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26980793458812077772017-02-15T18:36:16.330-05:002017-02-15T18:36:16.330-05:00Maybe even have her say something like, "I ca...Maybe even have her say something like, "I can't remember what is the last magic word to seal Thardan's powers! Quickly! What is the 4th word on paragraph 2 of page 34 in the manual?"Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16127205142558009822017-02-15T14:49:01.431-05:002017-02-15T14:49:01.431-05:00> The walkthroughs were usually written by read...> The walkthroughs were usually written by readers of the software magazines who were fans of the games and got some bucks for it (rather compensation than pay) and could read their names in a popular magazine.<br /><br />I assumed as much. I just couldn't help imagining a perverse alternative and sharing. :)<br /><br />As it is, that "read their names in a popular magazine" was actually a good bet in this case. Here we are a couple decades later discussing their work. If I had access to the magazines, I would look at the articles just to marvel at more people that had the will (stubbornness?) to make it though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874291376019276497noreply@blogger.com