tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4636783120743373858..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Quest for Glory II: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79127525570212980442014-08-08T17:12:34.669-04:002014-08-08T17:12:34.669-04:00"Mob Diversion Tactic"
"This Mob Is..."Mob Diversion Tactic"<br />"This Mob Is Less Important Than You Think It Is"<br />"Distracting Mob"<br />"Hero's Mob Distraction Maneuver"<br />"Hero With A Mob"<br /><br />I think I'm having too much fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83859593327021949112014-08-08T06:23:24.248-04:002014-08-08T06:23:24.248-04:00My guess is the seasons/elements thing kind of col...My guess is the seasons/elements thing kind of collapsed when they introduced III, but it was never a completely necessary part of the mythos anyway. I guess an easy thing to do would be to regard III as an extension of the "summer" theme in II.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84136348026036102732014-08-07T20:15:00.374-04:002014-08-07T20:15:00.374-04:00@Joe - If what you said was true, which season doe...@Joe - If what you said was true, which season does Wages of War represent? Which element does it embody?Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4899667885316758522014-08-07T13:38:02.807-04:002014-08-07T13:38:02.807-04:00Thanks for the clarifications Corey! QfG4 is, in m...Thanks for the clarifications Corey! QfG4 is, in my point of view, one of the best 5 RPGs ever.Pedro Q.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03572150497835442981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28448195033658867882014-08-07T07:44:53.937-04:002014-08-07T07:44:53.937-04:00Also you lose honor points for magical peeping.Also you lose honor points for magical peeping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52625606535014477512014-08-07T01:49:39.609-04:002014-08-07T01:49:39.609-04:00True story: I worked with the guy who excised abou...True story: I worked with the guy who excised about 90% of the Clippy code. We used to tease him: "OMG, you killed Clippy!"Gamma Leaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58412614944969644012014-08-07T01:14:10.854-04:002014-08-07T01:14:10.854-04:00The closest would have been Ultima: Savage Empire,...The closest would have been Ultima: Savage Empire, I guess.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3098427428635903472014-08-07T01:09:31.271-04:002014-08-07T01:09:31.271-04:00Except that he doesn't have that little X on t...Except that he doesn't have that little X on the top right hand corner to shut him.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55083925155187584442014-08-06T22:18:34.457-04:002014-08-06T22:18:34.457-04:00You guys really did a lot to diversify the genre (...You guys really did a lot to diversify the genre (which, if anything has actually regressed over time). Has there to this day been another fantasy RPG set primarily in an African setting?Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650899016493335364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76155921406986139632014-08-06T22:17:56.558-04:002014-08-06T22:17:56.558-04:00Glad you thought that was funny. Sometimes people ...Glad you thought that was funny. Sometimes people don't realize when I'm joking.<br /><br />I think we established in another thread (and a Google search confirms) that "djinni" is in fact the singular and "djinn" is the plural.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54642588815079794642014-08-06T22:17:07.760-04:002014-08-06T22:17:07.760-04:00No, I didn't do either. I don't feel like ...No, I didn't do either. I don't feel like I missed out on much.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20867401748277142942014-08-06T21:45:37.649-04:002014-08-06T21:45:37.649-04:00The glasses change the scene where Zayishah change...The glasses change the scene where Zayishah changes into your spare suit of clothes. Having the glasses in your inventory temporarily removes the silk/gauze veil in front of her as she changes. Basically, the glasses provide some 16-color low-res nudity. Shocking!Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5839184972927697422014-08-06T20:52:46.417-04:002014-08-06T20:52:46.417-04:00Sorry if this has been mentioned in previous comme...Sorry if this has been mentioned in previous comments, there's so many of them to go through. Did you buy a pair of novelty glasses from Keapon Laffin, and did you ever find a use for them?Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90262222866418214492014-08-06T19:22:03.636-04:002014-08-06T19:22:03.636-04:00Oh, sorry to be putting so many comments in one bl...Oh, sorry to be putting so many comments in one blog entry, but I just had to say that you had Lori and me both laughing out loud at this one. Apparently the Djinn (wonder why it was a Djinni? That should be the plural form) was our Cedric the Owl.<br /><br />We thought we had handling for "more wishes" in the spec... but no, looking at the script, we just provided four different generic responses for wishes that the Djinni can't handle. It's a very small, weak Djinni, not a powerful Marid like Iblis, after all.Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51356035132146009032014-08-06T19:12:53.834-04:002014-08-06T19:12:53.834-04:00It is most assuredly a hexagram, aka a Star of Sol...It is most assuredly a hexagram, aka a Star of Solomon. When we recapped the final scene at the beginning of QG3, we got an angry letter from a woman saying we had defamed the Jewish people by having the evil Wizard use a Star of David. No sense of occult ("occultic"? :-)) history. She also felt we demeaned black people by having Uhura "speak" with a Jamaican accent instead of "normal English". I believe she sent copies of her complaint to B'nai Brith and the NAACP. Sierra took it seriously and we had to defend our design decisions.<br /><br /> Never mind that we were perhaps the first game to have major non-white characters in important roles. This woman didn't play far enough into the game to discover any of that. Oh, I suppose we also demeaned lions by turning them into half-human Liontaurs, thus depriving them of their proud individuality.Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59457706481590622142014-08-06T19:04:21.694-04:002014-08-06T19:04:21.694-04:00@Pedro: 1: What Anonymous said. 2: Some of the &qu...@Pedro: 1: What Anonymous said. 2: Some of the "safe" places you mention are pretty dangerous, or at least we wanted players to feel that way. The Rusalka? Deadly. Baba Yaga? Say a wrong word and you're toast... well, on toast. The Inn? Reasonably safe if you put out enough garlic, but everyone in it is suspicious and hostile towards you. Even the sheriff would just as soon ride you out of town on a rail as look at you.<br /><br />The game theme was alienation, "a stranger in a strange land." The player needs to work hard to gain the trust and approval of the Mordavians.Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80595988252136987922014-08-06T18:58:57.990-04:002014-08-06T18:58:57.990-04:00The real story lies somewhere in between. Yes, we ...The real story lies somewhere in between. Yes, we were worried that Shadows of Darkness would be too intense after a 2-year break between games - Lori and I diverted to educational games in the year following QG2. Looking at modern games, that was probably baseless.<br /><br />But the inspiration for QG3: Wages of War also came from a chance conversation with Ellen Guon, a Sierra producer and our friend. Ellen said, "I know what your next Quest for Glory will be about! It's going to follow Rakeesh down to Tarna and have the Hero deal with the demon prince that defeated Rakeesh!"<br /><br />So Lori and I looked at each other and said, "Oh, yeah, that's a really good idea. Wish we'd thought of it first." :-) Maybe not those exact words, but the rest is history. We wanted a transition before taking the Hero to Mordavia, we had unintentionally placed a smoking Chekhov's Gun (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovSGun) in Trial By Fire in the form of Rakeesh's story, and we had never heard of an adventure or RPG set in Africa. So next thing we knew, we were proposing QfG3: Wages of War to Sierra. I mostly did not get to work on the project because I was off doing Sega Genesis CD stuff, but we'll get into that more in a couple of years when Chet gets to QG3.Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27587016003612428142014-08-06T15:47:08.764-04:002014-08-06T15:47:08.764-04:00Early versions of games are often different to fin...Early versions of games are often different to final version.<br /><br />Maybe initial concept was very different, but during the development they change this idea. <br /><br />mpxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44157684170850473552014-08-06T14:27:20.288-04:002014-08-06T14:27:20.288-04:00GOG's selling point is to make games work on n...GOG's selling point is to make games work on new systems, I personally had to buy a new set of BG II because the !"!"¤"#¤" star¤"#¤"#"¤"% whatever root kit %%"#% refused to work on anything but XP and older systems and hence game installer couldn't recognize the CD's.<br />It was only a few € from GOG but I was still quite angry for it since after all I had the original discs and all (and they had costed me 45€ brand new some 10 years earlier).Petri Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72181831168585231822014-08-06T13:54:53.023-04:002014-08-06T13:54:53.023-04:00I like how the GOG promotion shots include one of ...I like how the GOG promotion shots include one of the Hero embracing the nude Rusalka. That's not going to end well!Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19301281367229951032014-08-06T11:57:42.865-04:002014-08-06T11:57:42.865-04:00Nice! I never beat QfG 2...I think I had the colle...Nice! I never beat QfG 2...I think I had the collection of the first 4 games which included the updated version of QfG 1, and I just couldn't get into the text parser for this one. I remember beating both the first and third games, and getting caught by the infamous bug in the fourth game (or perhaps just the infamous dead end) without knowing how to resolve it (or, in those early Internet days, perhaps I did find out what the problem was and chose not to start over). I never played QfG 5, but we're a long way from that being covered either here or by Trickster.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to Keys to Maramon coming up, I liked all the Magic Candle games (although #3 was buggy as hell and I never beat it) but never played the spinoff games (this one and some prequel about the dwarves).Oneiromancernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10049009880677514572014-08-06T11:50:01.156-04:002014-08-06T11:50:01.156-04:00The GOG version works just fine on my Windows 7 ma...The GOG version works just fine on my Windows 7 machine.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44462662286127228472014-08-06T11:48:44.912-04:002014-08-06T11:48:44.912-04:00It was only temporary the first time. You have to ...It was only temporary the first time. You have to give it back to Uhura soon after, or you lose paladin points and can't become a paladin at all.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72116179665177345412014-08-06T11:28:03.606-04:002014-08-06T11:28:03.606-04:00That interview is very strange.
"You always ...That interview is very strange.<br /><br />"You always had a place to <br />go back to to rest. You always <br />had a place of safety until the <br />very end of the game. Once you <br />get into Shadows of Darkness, <br />you're not going to have any <br />sanctuary. You won't be able to <br />trust anyone, because nobody <br />will trust you. "<br /><br />Erana's Place? Piotr? The Modovoi? The Inn? The Rusalka? Baba Yaga?<br /><br />Shadows of Darkness is full of safe havens and friends :)Pedro Q.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03572150497835442981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25503646125497839182014-08-06T11:23:28.812-04:002014-08-06T11:23:28.812-04:00Doesn't the GoG version of the QfG1-5 series h...Doesn't the GoG version of the QfG1-5 series handle Win7 nicely? Will try...Pedro Q.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03572150497835442981noreply@blogger.com