tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5817789547447007226..comments2024-03-28T10:08:39.972-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Legend: Summary and RatingCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54119864277554825542023-10-27T16:52:37.054-04:002023-10-27T16:52:37.054-04:00You came here just at the right time. Worlds of Le...You came here just at the right time. <em>Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire</em> is not only on Chet"s Master Game List (link in the sidebar in desktop view / "web version" which you can choose to switch to at the bottom of the mobile view), but one of the next games in his 'Upcoming' list (also in the sidebar in desktop view).<br /><br />He played <em>Ragnarok</em> in February 2020. In case you hadn't seen them yet and are interested, you can find the four entries through the search field (yes, you guessed it - in the sidebar in desktop view...) or in the 'Index of Games played by Title' (this one you find in the dropdown menu at the top in mobile view or, of course, in the sidebar in desktop view, also at the top).Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77933290368623743202023-10-27T13:07:48.873-04:002023-10-27T13:07:48.873-04:00When I was a kid, my brother worked as a translato...When I was a kid, my brother worked as a translator of game manuals, and I could play the games that he translated. That is how I have encountered my first RPGs, Valhalla (aka Ragnarok) and Son of the Empire (sequel of Legend). Loved both of them.<br /><br />At some point of time, I have learned that SotE was a sequel to Legend, so tried Legend too. I do not remember it much, but one difference I recall is that, in Legend, the magical enchantments you had on your characters disappeared (when the combat ended? when we moved to next room?). In SotE, you could cast Continuous-Antimage-Regeneration-Speed, enhance all of your characters, also enhance all the characters with Hero and Moon potions, and you could just spam Surround-Missile-Surround-Missile-Damage-Damage in the rest of the dungeon.. well, at least until an enemy mage randomly had a rare idea to cast Dispel. Or just control the assassin to help them backstab the enemies.<br /><br />Another cool thing about SotE was a bunch of powerful magical weapons and rings with special properties. IIRC Legend did not have that.<br /><br />So give SotE a go, it should be (a bit) better, especially that you already know the basic idea.Zeno Roguehttp://roguetemple.com/z/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29449923294671444742019-10-21T21:37:31.368-04:002019-10-21T21:37:31.368-04:00Taglione was one of the rising stars among young b...Taglione was one of the rising stars among young british programmers, and after doing numerous games and ports to the C64 from the ZX Spectrum, his boast that he could create a Dungeon Master game for the 8 bits caused a stir.<br /><br />While he began work on his 'Dungeon Master for the 64 (and other 8 bits. Bloodwych went to all of the then popular British 8 bit platforms), the market was becoming more saturated in the UK and Europe by the Amiga. He was directed to port most of his efforts into a 'Dungeon Master for the 512k Amiga 500 (Dungeon Master required an Amiga with ram expansion to 1mb, a not inconsiderable extra expense at the time)'.<br /><br />Bloodwych was the outcome, along with a 'data disk' with a whole new dungeon and big bad to defeat after finishing Bloodwych. This data disk never made it to the 8 bits nor DOS.<br /><br />The 8 bit versions were released later, during the last moments of their commercial life, and are pretty good efforts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571349010191110365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62050765617231717142018-06-05T03:01:20.576-04:002018-06-05T03:01:20.576-04:00This game's like a tin of military ration bisc...This game's like a tin of military ration biscuits- very filling but bland.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30511862557402701572018-05-28T17:39:54.596-04:002018-05-28T17:39:54.596-04:00I think “so long and tedious that it overcame my c...I think “so long and tedious that it overcame my compulsion to finish everything” is descriptive enough without padding stats.ThirtyNinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720392687278454430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16735295691722164512018-05-28T12:17:01.176-04:002018-05-28T12:17:01.176-04:00Perhaps it is better to keep the playing time accu...Perhaps it is better to keep the playing time accurate and check to see whether Chet finished it or not?bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16438986830273754976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16797719707285653042018-05-28T06:24:17.510-04:002018-05-28T06:24:17.510-04:00It´s nothing so important, but one thing came in m...It´s nothing so important, but one thing came in my mind. It seems to me, that Chester tries to keep his statistics as accurate as possible. I completely understand the decision to stop to play this game, but it seems it would be candidate to the list of "Longest played" games. Would not be good to make some estimation of the time based on the progress till now and put it to the list with asterisk?Tygrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24669560216190946772018-05-27T15:26:48.715-04:002018-05-27T15:26:48.715-04:00Hello Kurisu, your post will show up on the recent...Hello Kurisu, your post will show up on the recent posts page. And since it is so rare to see a post removed by Chet, I'm actually regularly checking if you have reposted already. So at least one person will see it!Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77980907977593928222018-05-27T14:25:40.418-04:002018-05-27T14:25:40.418-04:00No complaints from me that you stopped playing thi...No complaints from me that you stopped playing this game. I could not bring myself to play it, love tactical challenges and this certainly didn´t sound like it. Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12810786207364664402018-05-27T03:44:40.622-04:002018-05-27T03:44:40.622-04:00I played Amiga version under WINUAE emulator. Ever...I played Amiga version under WINUAE emulator. Everything worked technically perfect, but it also didn´t make game better :-) Quick frustrating battles kill this game.Ringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793506834727465042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88285351728592118252018-05-27T00:26:13.860-04:002018-05-27T00:26:13.860-04:00Thanks for the translations, Frank. I think I have...Thanks for the translations, Frank. I think I have the interface figured out. I was puzzled about combat at first, but I understand what's happening now. It's not a terribly interesting game tactically, but there are a lot of fun visuals.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-92085847218371725762018-05-26T22:06:31.960-04:002018-05-26T22:06:31.960-04:00It's insane that a game with over 100 hours of...It's insane that a game with over 100 hours of content ends with your party at level 12ish. GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031332983375940560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4677653247791812192018-05-26T21:59:43.299-04:002018-05-26T21:59:43.299-04:00I didn't know there was a fantasy version of U...I didn't know there was a fantasy version of UnReal World. Should be interesting.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031332983375940560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41780886667444416982018-05-26T20:32:59.312-04:002018-05-26T20:32:59.312-04:00To shed some first light on the arcane interface, ...To shed some first light on the arcane interface, I can translate the relevant parts of the readme for you. I haven't played the game myself yet (gotta familiarize myself with the Atari ST emulator first) so I can't comment on these instructions with my own experience.<br /><br />How to play:<br /><br />> Key "1" to switch character<br /><br />> Click on the names to take up special magic units<br /><br />> Click on the character portrait to show the character's statistics<br /><br />> Clicking on the bars below the portraits selects this character as the active one in combat<br /><br />> To enter the labyrinths, click on the red arrow<br /><br />> To walk, click on the direction in the game screen<br /><br />> There's a roll on the screen (Walze literally means something like a rolling pin, so probably refers to some kind of panel that looks like a rolling pin?)<br />Secret Object<br />To take it, click on the roll<br /><br />> Big map<br />Different cities (Labyrinths)<br />One healing location<br />One saving location<br />One training location<br /><br />> All cities named as level ??? are battle labyrinths<br />These might contain one of the seven items you are required to find<br /><br />> Cities without a level in the name should be visited later on. You can buy the "Ulak Plate" there, if you find the old wizard and have enough money<br /><br />> The final battle happens in a city for which you require a key and the seven critical items. Before you got all of those, you can't enter it.<br /><br />########<br />YOU CAN ONLY SAVE YOUR GAME ON DISK 2, AND ONLY ON DISK 2!<br />########JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63660044610021169872018-05-26T20:11:04.483-04:002018-05-26T20:11:04.483-04:00Regarding Motelsoft's "Seven Little Horro...Regarding Motelsoft's "Seven Little Horrors", the creator's English seems to be rather abysmal judging from the English version of his official website, so if you need any help communicating, I can translate English-German and German-English for you.<br /><br />The game looks interesting enough that I'm willing to give you a little help with it :DJarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41060767836314054412018-05-26T18:51:37.404-04:002018-05-26T18:51:37.404-04:00"Unfortunately, I can't quote any of them..."Unfortunately, I can't quote any of them because the site I use to find full-text magazines from the period is down."<br /><br />Here is another Site with scanned Tests from this period of time. But all the Tests are from german Magazines.<br /><br />For Legend its<br /><br />http://www.kultboy.com/testbericht-uebersicht/2188/Drakhttps://www.youtube.com/user/Drayman23noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91057261413044857262018-05-26T18:09:26.780-04:002018-05-26T18:09:26.780-04:00I'm not sure anyone will see it there, but I u...I'm not sure anyone will see it there, but I understand. I'll do that.Kurisuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132568197501054206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41311083967377632832018-05-26T16:16:43.418-04:002018-05-26T16:16:43.418-04:00There's something to that, assuming you mean &...There's something to that, assuming you mean "less combat" instead of "content." By the end of my experience, I wasn't so much disliking it as just not seeing myself continue to play it for another 60 hours.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1114241423855589292018-05-26T15:13:04.736-04:002018-05-26T15:13:04.736-04:00Somehow it gives higher priority for updating that...Somehow it gives higher priority for updating that little animation and updating the music than checking the keyboard. I fix SW bugs for living so intuition often goes right...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52855663005234747482018-05-26T15:05:51.067-04:002018-05-26T15:05:51.067-04:00If it had an active pause, less content, the conte...If it had an active pause, less content, the content was less punishing, and had even just a little more world building, it'd have ended up near the top 10% of games and would be a cult hit.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53329117794384472262018-05-26T14:41:37.477-04:002018-05-26T14:41:37.477-04:00I guess my more positive impression of the series ...I guess my more positive impression of the series is due to the fact that it's based on the much shorter Son of the Empire, which has almost twice fewer levels. Plus I like the puzzles. VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15802093817416369282018-05-26T13:35:29.699-04:002018-05-26T13:35:29.699-04:00Repost on an article that has anything to do with ...Repost on an article that has anything to do with your review (like my KoX review) and I'll leave it. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21671051753389478432018-05-26T13:33:52.760-04:002018-05-26T13:33:52.760-04:00Okay, yeah, that does it. Thank you. I never would...Okay, yeah, that does it. Thank you. I never would have hit upon that solution. Why does the number of cycles affect whether the function keys work?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66802088267266045642018-05-26T13:14:52.390-04:002018-05-26T13:14:52.390-04:00I tried setting cycles=auto (this is the default) ...I tried setting cycles=auto (this is the default) and then it didn't work anymore. With cycles=20000 it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74012137226107908322018-05-26T13:04:16.367-04:002018-05-26T13:04:16.367-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kurisuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132568197501054206noreply@blogger.com