tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post7754906479857614242..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 431: The Nightmare (1982)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-215559680781024942021-09-08T22:35:37.014-04:002021-09-08T22:35:37.014-04:00I can’t imagine someone immediately traveling to N...I can’t imagine someone immediately traveling to Nashkel when there is so much territory to traipse around and level up in.<br /><br />Though I would really like the AI not to path into traps I’ve already discovered. I feel like that’s not too much to ask.Halligan39https://www.blogger.com/profile/06660360026558547112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48198134334442326952021-09-07T18:25:11.738-04:002021-09-07T18:25:11.738-04:00The gameplay experience must have been a let-down ...<em>The gameplay experience must have been a let-down for a lot of contemporary players, but the ride home from the computer store must have been epic.</em><br /><br />I'd like to appreciate this. I see way too many retrogamers sneering at the concept that a gamer would ever have read a manual, and i'm always like, "What the heck did you DO in the back seat of dad's station wagon on the ride home from the mall?"Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211229982182936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41886970499250508462021-09-06T21:55:42.824-04:002021-09-06T21:55:42.824-04:00I don't feel like the maps in BG1 or BG2 are &...I don't feel like the maps in BG1 or BG2 are "sparsely populated" at all. They seem chock full of interesting stuff to me.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41875317329460258922021-09-04T22:28:11.001-04:002021-09-04T22:28:11.001-04:00Xulima isn't really like the others here, as i...Xulima isn't really like the others here, as it is fundametally turn-based.<br />Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23617997336933521762021-09-04T22:24:24.808-04:002021-09-04T22:24:24.808-04:00In fairness to Daggerfall, I bought it on the str...In fairness to Daggerfall, I bought it on the strength of a demo of the starting dungeon, and I got good fun out of it. It was no Morrowind, but I respect it.Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85564736047148772352021-09-04T15:32:54.201-04:002021-09-04T15:32:54.201-04:00yes. also it's 42 nowyes. also it's 42 nowarmagan tuzcuogluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597311550662390146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68811947012019889552021-09-03T17:17:55.003-04:002021-09-03T17:17:55.003-04:00Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 both have extremely larg...Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 both have extremely large, sparsely populated maps that can feel like a chore to explore -- especially when you have to backtrack across them repeatedly, and especially considering the poor pathfinding of your party members. stepped pyramidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28559432243721548482021-09-03T04:05:24.881-04:002021-09-03T04:05:24.881-04:00My experience is the same as VK's. What I reca...My experience is the same as VK's. What I recall from BG1 is you come to this village and they're complaining about DEMONS in the mine. You're really low-level at this point so I figured there's no way these are actually demons yet. And yep, turns out it's actually goblins.<br /><br />And at that point I was facepalming over the cliched plotline, and getting one-shotted by flaming arrows all the time, and I just abandoned the game. BG1 really doesn't start strong, imho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-875004328183138242021-09-03T01:57:04.990-04:002021-09-03T01:57:04.990-04:00For me, a big issue with both BG games is that the...For me, a big issue with both BG games is that they take way too long to get to the exciting stuff. It was particularly painful with BG2 - I was utterly exhausted with the game and lost the will to play further <i>by the end of the starting dungeon</i>.poster formerly known as VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766031949641666286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43798249012212360622021-09-02T20:51:35.992-04:002021-09-02T20:51:35.992-04:00I get why people prefer BG2 to BG1, but to me the ...I get why people prefer BG2 to BG1, but to me the open-world nature of BG1 and the greater number of random encounters makes it one of my favorite games even if BG2 does better in a lot of areas, like quests and NPCs.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9926395369105368112021-09-02T20:48:18.505-04:002021-09-02T20:48:18.505-04:00Really? You think 33 is a lot?Really? You think 33 is a lot?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64984748827967102122021-09-02T20:47:48.712-04:002021-09-02T20:47:48.712-04:00I can't wait for the discussion on tomorrow...I can't wait for the discussion on tomorrow's entry.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36020647498664793382021-09-02T18:39:25.044-04:002021-09-02T18:39:25.044-04:00I dunno why I am so lukewarm towards BG1, but it j...I dunno why I am so lukewarm towards BG1, but it just doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's because I played BG2 as a teen and only got to play BG1 many years later, and it paled in comparison to its sequel and left me disappointed... especially since some people say BG1 is better than its sequel, which raised some expectations.<br /><br />It just feels incredibly bland to me, especially when you compare it to other games in the Infinity Engine (especially BG2 and PST).<br /><br />The setting is the most generic area of the entire Forgotten Realms. Everything about it screams "my first generic D&D campaign". A lot of the areas you explore have nothing interesting in them, just copypasted mobs of goblins and bandits. The wilderness areas are huge but empty and exploring them in their entirety takes a lot of time but has little payoff. Most of the optional side dungeons are terrible: I remember one that's basically a very narrow labyrinth that completely screws with your party's pathfinding and really doesn't work in this engine at all.<br /><br />Dark Sun on the other hand was excellent from start to finish. The combat encounters were mostly on the easy side, but that's the only negative about it. Its combat system is definitely much better: not only due to being turn based, but also having range indicators for AoE spells which BG lacks! The setting is exotic and interesting and makes me want to explore. Even when there's nothing of note to discover in a wilderness map, at least it's a visual treat - whereas in BG, it's all just generic pseudo-medieval fantasy forest that I've seen a million times before. Quests are more interesting and sometimes even have an element of choice.<br /><br />I think the main reason I dislike BG is due to my love for BG2. The first game feels utterly bland and generic in comparison, and I just feel bored when playing it. Nowadays when I replay the BG series I just skip BG1 entirely because I'm not having fun with it. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40219619804019719472021-09-02T18:26:24.994-04:002021-09-02T18:26:24.994-04:00I have AoE2 DE on Steam! Sadly I can't play it...I have AoE2 DE on Steam! Sadly I can't play it until I update my Windows 7 to a more recent patch but I'm too lazy.<br /><br />I could also switch to Windows 10 but... nah. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75155980667603337012021-09-02T15:13:45.438-04:002021-09-02T15:13:45.438-04:00Fans of those games might want to check out Siege ...Fans of those games might want to check out Siege of Dragonspear. It fills the narrative gap between BG1 and BG2 and uses the old engine.<br /><br />Speaking for myself I would rate BG1 and Dark Sun about equal, but in BG2 the characters were more generic, the level draining was tiresome and overall it seemed more like a disjointed dungeon crawler (although the bad guy was certainly more colorful).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52821115683832262362021-09-02T14:59:45.586-04:002021-09-02T14:59:45.586-04:00In the general case, there's nothing specific ...In the general case, there's nothing specific I can pin down and point to.<br /><br />It's not just isometric perspective, because I love Disgaea.<br /><br />It's not just real-time combat, because I think that the KotOR series and Mass Effect and Dark Souls are all great.<br /><br />It's not just isometric perspective + real-time combat, because I think that Diablo and Dungeon Keeper are fun.<br /><br />I really can't place it, which is tremendously frustrating, because if I could pin down what it was, I could offer coherent feedback to game studios when telling them their game isn't to my taste :)Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45325149679873184392021-09-02T14:45:40.772-04:002021-09-02T14:45:40.772-04:00JarlFrank: AOE2 is amazing! I'm sure you alrea...JarlFrank: AOE2 is amazing! I'm sure you already know, but the game is quite active still today. There is a Definitive Edition (about two years old) that greatly expands on the original and an active competitive scene.Timbo Jimbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75358451499559845282021-09-02T13:13:35.214-04:002021-09-02T13:13:35.214-04:00Love that line. A similar experience can be had by...Love that line. A similar experience can be had by reading Compute! magazines from the early 80's. The advertisements prior to the video game crash are just overboard. Full color, promising the world, over the top. By 1986, everything reverts to simple text ads in black and white.Adamantyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962009901412877763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64602671834352902852021-09-02T11:29:46.793-04:002021-09-02T11:29:46.793-04:00I'm curious Martin. What is it about the infin...I'm curious Martin. What is it about the infinity engine (and its imitators) that repels you?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236674968994362673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64118297457661810452021-09-02T05:59:19.062-04:002021-09-02T05:59:19.062-04:00LOL !LOL !Narwhal, the Wargaming Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808952600298482923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56203951011840464132021-09-02T04:16:24.279-04:002021-09-02T04:16:24.279-04:00Just a reminder that stronghold on your played lis...Just a reminder that stronghold on your played list is not a proper CRPGstrongholdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14004143365569981692021-09-02T03:44:07.330-04:002021-09-02T03:44:07.330-04:00Early to mid-90s, you could usually get a playable...Early to mid-90s, you could usually get a playable demo of at least the games by the better known publishers. I subscribed to a PC magazine that came with lots of demos on CD-ROM. Most of the games I bought I had played a demo version before, so major disappointments were rare.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29901516660946659382021-09-02T02:33:45.477-04:002021-09-02T02:33:45.477-04:00Too late, my lawyers are already preparing to sue ...Too late, my lawyers are already preparing to sue your ass off. See you in court Mr. Bolingbroke.Marc R. Benioffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37517068475366925652021-09-02T02:01:00.860-04:002021-09-02T02:01:00.860-04:00Not that there's been any doubt for many years...Not that there's been any doubt for many years now, but you know you've really made it when you get this many comments on a game that is this, uh, shall we say, impressively austere?Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34088444804490508732021-09-01T20:53:03.587-04:002021-09-01T20:53:03.587-04:00Deano – While I can't speak for JarlFrank, I c...Deano – While I can't speak for JarlFrank, I can speak for myself, and I bounced off Baldur's Gate <em>hard</em>. Not quite as hard as I bounced off Planescape Torment, but pretty close.<br /><br />I've tried an assortment of other CRPGs with the interface style of BG and Planescape – NWN, Divinity Original Sin, Tyranny, Lords of Xulima, ... – before I finally managed to stop myself buying any more because I always seem to end up ditching them fairly early on.Martinnoreply@blogger.com