tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4927662348329343499..comments2024-03-28T23:14:06.156-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Quest for Glory II: The Thief of ArabyCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48801042623838982462023-12-28T00:36:22.876-05:002023-12-28T00:36:22.876-05:00"Any time after Day 2, purchase a saurus from..."Any time after Day 2, purchase a saurus from Ali Fakir at the stables."<br /><br />- I waited too long to buy a a saurus. Essentially the seller said he tried to warn me, and so I died.Uglynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40968183400672379722015-06-20T19:56:00.397-04:002015-06-20T19:56:00.397-04:00Aren't ALL CRPG protagonists thieves?Aren't ALL CRPG protagonists thieves?Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38768307676072301722015-06-20T14:47:05.266-04:002015-06-20T14:47:05.266-04:00When writing a good hero-thief you just need to tu...When writing a good hero-thief you just need to turn to literature: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are both thieves, and their early stories are quite well written. (Latter ones get odd, fetishistic and creepy, also they stop being thieves at one point).<br /><br />A more modern good one is the Chronicles of Siala by Alexy Pehov. The books are long (Which I'm told is a trait of Russian writing), but show how a very self-interested character can get tied up in things larger them themselves and act heroically despite the self-interest. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55504982622912305902014-08-12T17:34:15.164-04:002014-08-12T17:34:15.164-04:00I was alluding to the song, "Sheik of Araby,&...I was alluding to the song, "Sheik of Araby," a New Orleans jazz standard. I was in New Orleans when I wrote this and had the song in my head.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3438477153438442012014-08-12T14:08:25.808-04:002014-08-12T14:08:25.808-04:00Lawrence of Arabia ?Lawrence of Arabia ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908061074317555231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-31960700297942027892014-08-12T11:00:28.579-04:002014-08-12T11:00:28.579-04:00Your subtitle is driving me crazy. I could have sw...Your subtitle is driving me crazy. I could have sworn it was the title of a book or poem, but googling it only produces a bad song on YouTube and a bunch of references to this post. Where does it come from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15948147228134155432014-08-05T19:10:23.920-04:002014-08-05T19:10:23.920-04:00Ha! Lori's skill in writing double entendres i...Ha! Lori's skill in writing double entendres is in no way lesser than Al Lowe's.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78169770725509215422014-08-05T03:55:54.315-04:002014-08-05T03:55:54.315-04:00Hehe, I knew that if one really wanted to cover ev...Hehe, I knew that if one really wanted to cover every single CRPG, it would never end. Though I thought that obscure titles in foreign languages on the Amiga and other Commodore platforms would do it. I didn't know that the Spectrum had so many RPGs. Well.. I guess the Amiga was a bit like a console and so you got more "console" games - arcade games, shooters, sidescrollers etc... The Spectrum as a more "serious" platform created more RPGs. (Although now that I checked World of Spectrum, I see that RPGs really are a small minority)Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41610764532732629232014-08-04T18:06:36.935-04:002014-08-04T18:06:36.935-04:00No, you're right. I did want a comprehensive l...No, you're right. I did want a comprehensive list. But I didn't factor in all of the independent junk that the 1980s produced for sub-par platforms, and under my existing rules, I don't have an excuse not to take them.<br /><br />I want to know about games that truly are RPGs. I just don't want to bulk up my list with dozens of games from questionable sources. Thus, I regard Wikipedia and MobyGames as the primary sources, and everything else I ask for some specific confirmation that it is an RPG.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20435957199095843402014-08-04T03:55:17.603-04:002014-08-04T03:55:17.603-04:00"I appreciate the enthusiasm that led you to ..."I appreciate the enthusiasm that led you to look at the WoS list in the first place, but please, I beg you, stop."<br /><br />Haha, alright, alright. Since your list is already filled with japanese and chinese games you're proably never going to play, I figured your approach was to add every RPG ever to it and then figure out which ones to actually play. At least Kingdom of Krell looks fairly interesting, I think...CommentMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15507234144333021732014-08-04T02:55:31.776-04:002014-08-04T02:55:31.776-04:00Imagine if you were a thief breaking into someones...Imagine if you were a thief breaking into someones house and you found $100 in notes and a jar containing 500 pennies. Would you take that jar?Mikrakovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34314431550381904282014-08-03T23:57:10.949-04:002014-08-03T23:57:10.949-04:00There's nothing that says you can't just s...There's nothing that says you can't just stick those games at the end of your list and never get to them. Probably best to keep going forward on the current 1980's "backtracking" list for a few years yet. On the plus side, early 80's games make great filler for the blog overall, even if they are a pain to play.Bluerazorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417137714916057380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26198765173054817562014-08-03T16:12:10.455-04:002014-08-03T16:12:10.455-04:00It might be that I only play a couple of these add...It might be that I only play a couple of these additional Spectrum games before I institute some modification to my rules. I would have rather continued living in the bliss of ignorance than add dozens of minor, independent efforts to my play list. I appreciate the enthusiasm that led you to look at the WoS list in the first place, but please, I beg you, stop.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25003539406820938152014-08-03T15:50:41.998-04:002014-08-03T15:50:41.998-04:00I've often wondered why they decided to put 50...I've often wondered why they decided to put 500 centimes in Issur's stash. It sounds like a lot, but really it only improves the haul by 5 dinars!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16499652005565471132014-08-03T06:36:36.558-04:002014-08-03T06:36:36.558-04:00I was continuing going through worldofspectrums ga...I was continuing going through worldofspectrums gamelist yesterday (got to M), when I noticed that you already added a bunch of games from there as well. There are two games on my list that you haven't added though: <br />- Masters of Serebal (1984)<br />Part of a trilogy, though the other games aren't RPGs.<br />- Moria (1983)<br />Looks like it's a different one from that already on your list.<br />CommentMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10761064664329306192014-08-02T23:06:43.486-04:002014-08-02T23:06:43.486-04:00I have played this game numerous times and done di...I have played this game numerous times and done different things, but I always play as a theif with all skills. That way I can play the mage, fighter and/or thief quests and see all sorts of different things than one specific hero type. Plus, there are 3 ways to do something, usually, and I can pick which one I want to do. <br /><br />I suppose I should try and a straight mage or fighter someday. I played through the first game recently so maybe it's time to try something new with this second game.<br /><br />Love the posts, can't stop looking up old games and reading about your adventures with them. I like that a current game is one I know very well.ima420rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889119176460931015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85068848260568064712014-08-02T20:11:53.123-04:002014-08-02T20:11:53.123-04:00Given the number of times I played this game when ...Given the number of times I played this game when I was younger, I'm ashamed that I never found these thief sub-quests back then! I may also be mis-remembering, but I think I got my climbing up at the griffin in the desert.<br /><br />Excellent blog by the way!Vonotarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44813475340615372562014-08-02T19:38:33.514-04:002014-08-02T19:38:33.514-04:00The thief-as-hero is no problem...as long as the t...The thief-as-hero is no problem...as long as the thief steals from outsiders and foreigners. It's the old "it's OK when <i>we</i> do it" mentality so common in older times.Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45096660056668703702014-08-02T19:25:09.232-04:002014-08-02T19:25:09.232-04:00You can grind climbing by using the magic rope, bu...You can grind climbing by using the magic rope, but it is fairly boring. :)<br /><br />Can't wait for the thrilling conclusion (and gimlet). I am not sure if this will finish higher than the first one, but I personally enjoy it more.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45066667308728879152014-08-02T16:27:00.398-04:002014-08-02T16:27:00.398-04:00I always found the thief-specific side quests real...I always found the thief-specific side quests really thrilling but oddly tacked-on: exciting in that they introduced one or two screens you otherwise wouldn't encounter at all, but 'thin' in that they don't really impact much else that happens and really are totally optional unless you want to max out your score. WIT, on the other hand, is essential for the mage and involves multiple additional screens (though the WIT test seems reasonably similar to the thief's mission here in terms of having to solve several tasks in a single sequence). At root, of course, there's a conceptual problem with the thief-as-hero... a problem not unique to QFG, of course. I wonder if at any point they wished they could start over with a different third character type, similarly playing to agility and dexterity over brawn and magic - basically, an Acrobat or the more generic Rogue. <br /><br />That said, I like the atmosphere of the "thieves' guilds" and all that stuff - it adds depth to the game world to know that there are these things going on below the surface even with "functional" NPCs like the moneychanger, which only one character type will actually encounter. I honestly can't remember how much thieves get to do in 3 and 4 - played those almost exclusively as Magic User or my imported Paladin.doctorcasinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185814652737703042noreply@blogger.com