tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4415750912564372811..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: The Secrets of Bharas: Won! (with Summary and Rating)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46775391575039602212021-02-03T15:06:10.127-05:002021-02-03T15:06:10.127-05:00Still reading the blog with great pleasure. 😊Still reading the blog with great pleasure. 😊Rytikarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339915131106703422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72588894614940065192021-01-28T11:09:19.958-05:002021-01-28T11:09:19.958-05:00They remade Exile into Avernum, and continued the ...They remade Exile into Avernum, and continued the series into three more Avernum games after that. Since then, they have remastered those original three remakes and released them on Steam (and maybe elsewhere, but I haven't checked GOG and I'll never touch epic).<br /><br />Personally, I prefer Exile to Avernum, though mostly because I dislike the changes made to stats and mechanics. I thought they did a disservice by reducing things as much as they did when making the jump to Avernum.MaxKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272881764375311864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15174175091491828022021-01-28T10:15:19.610-05:002021-01-28T10:15:19.610-05:00Spiderweb Software has been doing exactly that: th...Spiderweb Software has been doing exactly that: the Avernum series is the modernization of the Exile games, and at least the first three have been completely redone in the past decade. (I'm a bit fuzzier on the status of the ones beyond that...)Delvin Anarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350343562075300893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18470491983464826552021-01-27T09:19:42.317-05:002021-01-27T09:19:42.317-05:00Well, thanks for the insight :)Well, thanks for the insight :)minandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447689252911339858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66390062944640354372021-01-26T15:55:10.496-05:002021-01-26T15:55:10.496-05:00I miss 100% of the modern games of the genre if yo...I miss 100% of the modern games of the genre if you mean PC games. Since I began this blog, I haven't played a single RPG on my PC that wasn't part of this blog.<br /><br />However, I do play a fair number on my console, which I regard as a very different experience and thus keep mentally separate. I've played most of the major epic western releases. I sometimes talk about them here tangentially, often don't. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32604767612037387082021-01-25T19:41:07.037-05:002021-01-25T19:41:07.037-05:00Yeah, can't wait to see Chet get to Jeff Vogel...Yeah, can't wait to see Chet get to Jeff Vogel's works. Also, I haven't realized that both Exile and Exile 2 came out on the same year. Wow, that was such a great year for Spiderweb. Though it's going to be a while before we get to 1995...Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-31469815734436960122021-01-25T17:51:24.667-05:002021-01-25T17:51:24.667-05:00I must ask: as an rpg player, don't you miss a...I must ask: as an rpg player, don't you miss a lot of the modern games of the genre because you spend so much time with older ones? You can't have the time to play both, or do you?minandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447689252911339858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82387532962819288212021-01-25T16:03:53.411-05:002021-01-25T16:03:53.411-05:00Exile 3 was the first CRPG I ever played. It was o...Exile 3 was the first CRPG I ever played. It was only the shareware version but it blew my little ten year old mind that if I just walked in a random direction I'd find new things I had never seen before. It felt almost endless to a kid who had never played an rpg before. Its great. I assume that most if this is nostalgia personally though. But I hope I'm wrong.GnollQueennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33422180751752115802021-01-25T06:56:06.179-05:002021-01-25T06:56:06.179-05:00A copy of Blades of Exile on a demo disc is where ...A copy of Blades of Exile on a demo disc is where I got my start on the series. I played the shareware version of the first remakes, but did buy the full games of the second remakes on Steam over the last few years. Played through all of the first game and about half of the second game of that one.<br /><br />I kind of wish Spiderweb would rather modernize the actual Exile games, though, so they would run on current hardware without the need for old or virtual machines. There were things they did that the remakes don't do which I found I missed terribly upon playing the remakes...MaxKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272881764375311864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55163428395631427702021-01-25T06:30:09.931-05:002021-01-25T06:30:09.931-05:00They're not that tricky to get running. I stil...They're not that tricky to get running. I still got a small Win XP laptop which runs them just fine. My main PC runs Windows 7 64 bits and doesn't run them at all because they're 16 bit applications, so you need to run them on a 32 bit Windows.<br /><br />That means using an emulator, simple as. Virtual machines for earlier Windows versions aren't that much harder to set up than the emulators Chet is already using. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57803195219748576512021-01-25T02:25:33.178-05:002021-01-25T02:25:33.178-05:00"Celibratory lyric""Celibratory lyric"Lollonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61996266901338053122021-01-25T01:57:38.141-05:002021-01-25T01:57:38.141-05:00Yes, Blades of Exile was a very important game to ...Yes, Blades of Exile was a very important game to me growing up.Imbannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32874487366273492652021-01-25T00:00:38.143-05:002021-01-25T00:00:38.143-05:00There are quite a few Vogel fans on this blog. I h...There are quite a few Vogel fans on this blog. I havent played Exile, but I played both reboots.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84869553390657799202021-01-24T20:29:34.840-05:002021-01-24T20:29:34.840-05:00I loved all the Exile games. They're availabl...I loved all the Exile games. They're available for free on Spiderweb's website, but apparently they're pretty tricky to get running.George Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750118272829157143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59437382522585317702021-01-24T19:58:00.588-05:002021-01-24T19:58:00.588-05:00Some of those may just have felt they answered you...Some of those may just have felt they answered your questions, and now that you have finished your post mothing more is needed.Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50763760415102460742021-01-24T19:23:39.691-05:002021-01-24T19:23:39.691-05:00Oh boy, we're going to see some real lows once...Oh boy, we're going to see some real lows once we reach the age of crappy Diablo clones. Trust me Chet, you haven't seen the depths of true shovelware yet.<br /><br />The late 90s and early 00s saw games so terrible, nothing from the 80s and early 90s can hold a candle to them in terms of badness. It's gonna be fun. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53459603585751832622021-01-24T18:48:15.904-05:002021-01-24T18:48:15.904-05:00As I was reading the GIMLET, I suddenly had the th...As I was reading the GIMLET, I suddenly had the thought that the game I'm most anticipating Chet playing that wouldn't be considered Mainstream (at least at the time that the game was released) has to be Spiderweb's Exile: Escape From the Pit. I had Shareware copies of the Exile games back in the day and, although I never had bought the full versions, had a blast playing them.MaxKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272881764375311864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26430743136696633482021-01-24T13:39:20.441-05:002021-01-24T13:39:20.441-05:00If the game absolutely sucks and I can't find ...If the game absolutely sucks and I can't find anything redeeming about it, I don't usually try to contact the creator. If I can at least find some innovative elements to highlight (as I did here), I feel better about contacting him. I also typically don't initiate contact unless I have a few questions to ask that haven't been answered elsewhere. In my first contact, if I've been critical of the game (or I know I will be), I usually say so. I don't think anticipation of future games has ever influenced my approach.<br /><br />No developer has ever written to me angry at my coverage, but a couple have stopped communicating with me after my coverage was published. I don't know if the one caused the other. Sometimes, these creators are older, retired, not on e-mail every day, and so forth. I've had to explain to one or two what a "blog" is.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47434592170374619612021-01-24T12:33:36.709-05:002021-01-24T12:33:36.709-05:00I'm as surprised as you are on the failure of ...I'm as surprised as you are on the failure of the mean to budge much. I assume we'll eventually get to the point where bad or even mediocre RPGs can't compete in an expanding market.<br /><br />I do agree that the "recommended" threshold probably has to adjust. Starting with a base of around 30 in 1980 would do it, incrementing one point per year. By 1995, if a game isn't hitting 45, there's something fundamentally wrong. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2236814526987076892021-01-24T08:01:57.938-05:002021-01-24T08:01:57.938-05:00Congratulations for mastering another difficult on...Congratulations for mastering another difficult one!<br /><br />Your 25-35 point bracket... didn't really move in the roughly ten years that form the bulk of this blog (the release dates of the games, roughly 1982-1992). I wonder if/when we get to the point that these games can just be regarded as complete failures. And I wonder when the "recommended" threshold is going to move up. Looking at the playlist, we might have to wait until 1996/1997!Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65658676041984409372021-01-24T04:56:28.909-05:002021-01-24T04:56:28.909-05:00Same goes for Amberstar/Ambermoon. But I don't...Same goes for Amberstar/Ambermoon. But I don't remember goats in the former and I haven't played the latter.poster formerly known as VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766031949641666286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59027822199383360232021-01-24T03:43:34.781-05:002021-01-24T03:43:34.781-05:00Well done Chet.Well done Chet.Manifestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32837364675283801982021-01-24T00:27:39.550-05:002021-01-24T00:27:39.550-05:00I would recommend against that strategy for a numb...I would recommend against that strategy for a number of reasons. <br /><br />Question: when you communicate with the developers of games like this, do you feel any hesitation if you know you aren't going to rate the game highly? <br /><br />Is there any difference in how you reach out, or how you behave if you know you'll be playing another game by that developer in the future?<br /><br />Have you gotten feedback on any game you've covered in which the developer was angry with how you discussed the game? <br /><br /> Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844164136812066252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38746805142895920632021-01-24T00:00:41.785-05:002021-01-24T00:00:41.785-05:00I'm going to try that next time someone tries ...I'm going to try that next time someone tries to rob me in New Orleans. "If you shoot me, you'll never know the truth about your father!"CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82044438861699794292021-01-23T23:02:11.325-05:002021-01-23T23:02:11.325-05:00Deep.
The impression I got reading through the bl...Deep.<br /><br />The impression I got reading through the block was of a narcissist who started the fight overconfident and when he realized he was losing made up crazy excuses.Man of Stonenoreply@blogger.com