tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8000891647698343787..comments2024-03-18T21:14:09.798-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Fate: Gates of Dawn: Summary and RatingCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24234169894512838802022-02-20T17:28:21.230-05:002022-02-20T17:28:21.230-05:00It was a good game for the first 30-50 hours, but ...It was a good game for the first 30-50 hours, but no, I definitely don't miss it. There are too many similar games waiting to be played.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65266690423102313992022-02-17T15:00:03.738-05:002022-02-17T15:00:03.738-05:00Hey Chet, I just finished up through Fate. Do you ...Hey Chet, I just finished up through Fate. Do you ever miss it, or have the intervening 5 years given you plenty else to enjoy?Zack Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077050078436768492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12381043992465085752021-07-28T23:46:39.333-04:002021-07-28T23:46:39.333-04:00What a wondrous slog this was! I can't imagine...What a wondrous slog this was! I can't imagine playing Fate, but offer my thanks that you were willing and able to tell us all about it. -AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53475838748667649582021-04-06T12:28:21.905-04:002021-04-06T12:28:21.905-04:00Thank you! I hope you're doing better these da...Thank you! I hope you're doing better these days.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11521792612070680722021-03-31T13:30:50.131-04:002021-03-31T13:30:50.131-04:00I read the first four or five entries of this arou...I read the first four or five entries of this around the time you were writing it, 2017. I was having fever dreams about it during drug withdrawal later that year and vowed to find this blog again. Sometime last night while getting a glass of water from downstairs the name 'crpg addict' flashed into my mind and I prayed the place still existed. you're doing the gods work here.Siri Keetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716290896988838846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91578917432894898002019-04-13T22:36:37.644-04:002019-04-13T22:36:37.644-04:00"Only Amiga magazines would take a game with ..."Only Amiga magazines would take a game with graphics as well-composed as this and find some way to bitch about them--in ASM's case, the complaint is that they're not animated."<br /><br />I was just getting back into "Quest of the Cave Train," and I happened to notice that the characters actually ARE animated. Whenever characters are selected, they blink and appear to speak.<br /><br />My ASM translation reads as, "...at least a partial animation would be relaxing." <br /><br />Apparently, such limited character animation could not qualify as "at least a partial animation..."Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47831791170829035172019-03-01T15:23:13.228-05:002019-03-01T15:23:13.228-05:00I guess I don't really mind, but I think some ...I guess I don't really mind, but I think some Googlers are going to feel baited and switched.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85247480673212801572019-02-20T21:41:19.691-05:002019-02-20T21:41:19.691-05:00Hey, I apologize that I've been thoughtlessly ...Hey, I apologize that I've been thoughtlessly violating reasonable protocols for quite some time now.<br /><br />I registered the url "fategatesofdawn.com" and posted a bunch of my discoveries, before I realized that mightandmagic.de had all of that and more, in a much more organized and attractive format. I was contributing absolutely nothing with my poorly organized url. <br /><br />So, I thought, where should I point that URL? I could point it to mightandmagic.de, but that's mostly in German. Your blog seemed like one of the most definitive English language resource for those interested in "Fate, Gates of Dawn." Without any thought, I took the liberty of pointing that URL to your summary and ratings page. Now, anyone who types fategatesofdawn.com into their browser will wind up on your blog.<br /><br />I wonder, is this OK, or would you be happier if I pointed it elsewhere?<br /><br />Thanks!Rangerous the Secondhttp://www.fategatesofdawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91410053098534072142018-08-03T16:55:30.630-04:002018-08-03T16:55:30.630-04:00Fate Gates of Dawn used a sophisticated 8-bit encr...Fate Gates of Dawn used a sophisticated 8-bit encryption which limited hex editing of both save games and in-game memory. Pathetically, I'm unreasonably proud of the fact that, when I posted details of this encryption scheme at the Might and Magic web site that Chester linked, commenters at that hard-core fan site observed that this was a new first -- to their knowledge, the encryption had not been broken in the 25+ years the program has been around. In fact, it wasn't actually "broken" -- instead, I used the capable WinUAE debugger to discover the relevant code.<br /><br />Sorry I lost my point in the bragging: it's likely that Patzenhauer buried Fate2 code behind similar, perhaps even longer key, encryption, which might prevent all but the most technically knowledgeable and dedicated of users from hex editing their personal details away.Rangerous the Secondhttp://fategatesofdawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12115740113118138362017-09-18T20:10:56.698-04:002017-09-18T20:10:56.698-04:00Late reply on this one, but wow, following the lin...Late reply on this one, but wow, following the link back to the RPGCodex thread you found that Fate 2 image on, I see that I posted it there! Pretty cool to see an almost ten year old post of mine that I had long forgotten about referenced here, hah.<br /><br />Apparently, I took the screenshot off this website:<br />http://www.fate2.de/<br />And it seems like the creator of that website personally contacted Fate's creator, and he claims the website contains info on the game that you can't find anywhere else. There's quite a bit of info on Fate 2 on that page, including a ton of screenshots of Fate 2 as it existed in 2001.<br />http://www.fate2.de/fate2/index.htm<br /><br />The page claims that the game's creator made those screenshots specifically for that fan-page. Also, the guy who made the fan-page apparently received a copy of the game, too.JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7769670681138743752017-03-05T17:20:35.151-05:002017-03-05T17:20:35.151-05:00Hi Addict, just to tell you I read the whole FATE ...Hi Addict, just to tell you I read the whole FATE story and I am again AMAZED about your endurance & persistance. <br />I also read the "Eight-Bit-Bard" on your recommendation and liked it a lot.<br />I keep recommending you and really whish that you someday arrive at games like Wizardry 7, Jagged Alliance and Fallout 1. sonkhawkhttp://www.sensiblesoccer.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20526004672799384632017-02-28T12:42:41.776-05:002017-02-28T12:42:41.776-05:00I'm not sure you fully read the question I was...I'm not sure you fully read the question I was replying to. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27640616934663412102017-02-28T06:22:09.308-05:002017-02-28T06:22:09.308-05:00Are you sure you would have stopped anyway? From w...Are you sure you would have stopped anyway? From what I see, you were already totally suckered in by the 3rd posting. You were totally deadset on seeing the end of this game (by a bug or the literal end) no matter what.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55802691829129490222017-02-27T18:46:04.368-05:002017-02-27T18:46:04.368-05:00Probably removing the data without destroying the ...Probably removing the data without destroying the .exe was simply beyond the talents of the people he sent copies to. Hexediting .exe files is something of an art, but a sufficiently determined person could write an entire game using nothing else. tlhonmeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256644187305759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59707959832492019382017-02-27T06:08:36.098-05:002017-02-27T06:08:36.098-05:00I thought it was a bat shaped like a do- nevermind...I thought it was a bat shaped like a do- nevermind.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-145226236398855972017-02-24T13:38:15.024-05:002017-02-24T13:38:15.024-05:00I'd buy that for a dongbat!I'd buy that for a dongbat!Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42284922993617962392017-02-22T11:53:10.365-05:002017-02-22T11:53:10.365-05:00Just kidding. :-) Just kidding. :-) Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173346432654773298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54010513081266756332017-02-21T09:38:20.207-05:002017-02-21T09:38:20.207-05:00I don't know, honestly. Maybe I'll come up...I don't know, honestly. Maybe I'll come up with tighter restrictions, or invoke the 6-hour rule more often. No point in worrying about it too soon.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32218773362401365912017-02-21T09:20:52.105-05:002017-02-21T09:20:52.105-05:00Yes, the plot was its Achilles heels, but story wa...Yes, the plot was its Achilles heels, but story wasn't also among the strenghts of classic RPG's, so I didn't care for it. The combat was glorious, and that was enough for me.<br /><br />As for Tyranny, I really disliked Pillars of Eternity, so I doubt it will be my kind of RPG.RuySanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560670798869378094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50221052327346158232017-02-21T09:13:48.442-05:002017-02-21T09:13:48.442-05:00@RuySan,
I played only D:OS and I would not call t...@RuySan,<br />I played only D:OS and I would not call the game great. It had great mechanics, the combat was very fun. But the story and writing were pretty average, the humor was a little forced (like the annoying imps at your stronghold at the end of time). If you like isometric RPGs, then Tyranny is worth trying. <br />Of course now I am wating for NumeneraDrizztnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66687174038535036352017-02-21T08:59:02.291-05:002017-02-21T08:59:02.291-05:00There are plenty of modern RPG's with great de...There are plenty of modern RPG's with great depth: Divinity Original Sin, Lords of Xulima, Wasteland 2 (i know this one isn't consensual but i loved it), Might and Magic X (yes, I think it's worthy of its name!), and obviously, like you said Underrail. RuySanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560670798869378094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70152542837750349662017-02-21T08:45:28.268-05:002017-02-21T08:45:28.268-05:00I am one of those who claim that older games were ...I am one of those who claim that older games were better than modern games. Modern AAA titles are all about graphics, no depth or substance. Of course there are exceptions. And the indie scene has been producing some good titles - UnderRail (do not confuse with Undertale), games from Spiderweb, Tales of Maj'Eyal...Drizztnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74088286611355798182017-02-21T08:14:59.551-05:002017-02-21T08:14:59.551-05:00Congrats on beating this monster game, you are a h...Congrats on beating this monster game, you are a hero with infinite patience. This monster is down, more to come - Ambermoon, Wizardry 7, Darklands :-)<br />I am too young for most of the games you have been playing up to now. I started playing in the early nineties and my first RPG was possibly Lands of Lore, although I am not sure. Do you have any limit on the year when you are going to stop? Like for example no younger games than 1995? Because in the 1990's the game industry exploded and it is beyond the capacity of a single human to play through all games that were made. <br />Drizztnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82614302888845645202017-02-20T21:50:42.771-05:002017-02-20T21:50:42.771-05:00Revision, as an Spanish speaker. This is more poli...Revision, as an Spanish speaker. This is more polite:<br /><br />quizás pueda parecerle por mi discurso que entiendo español, pero por favor, no creo que pueda entenderle<br /><br />This is polite and effcient:<br /><br />Aunque por mi discurso parezca que entiendo español, lo siento, pero no es asi.Keichikunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38025646702206168232017-02-20T21:37:58.590-05:002017-02-20T21:37:58.590-05:00Dongbats is the currency used in Fate 2.
Dongbats is the currency used in Fate 2.<br />shadowspectrenoreply@blogger.com