tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8187732811410737340..comments2024-03-28T08:17:48.059-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 119: Dragon Lord (1990)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87284344788090603622022-04-21T00:54:15.715-04:002022-04-21T00:54:15.715-04:00This game and D.R.A.G.O.N. Force are the two games...This game and D.R.A.G.O.N. Force are the two games I remember being most excited for (was I just that excited about the word dragon?) that I bounced off so hard that it is debatable whether I ever played them at all. I probably got as far as equipping a squad in the other game, whereas with Dragon Lord ... yeah I am pretty sure I never even figured out how to hatch an egg, or what I was supposed to do while trying to hatch my egg.<br /><br />Always exciting when I get to games like that in your list where I finally get to discover what the hell I was supposed to actually be doing that evening after grade school in 1990 or whatever when I tried unsuccessfully to figure a game out.A.M.J. Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408821058110652986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27287923011865697112022-01-03T17:01:29.032-05:002022-01-03T17:01:29.032-05:00I'm surprised no one else mentioned it after t...I'm surprised no one else mentioned it after the furor about gendered language in the comments a few posts back, but I appreciate you mixing up the pronouns in this post.<br /><br />Also - that map screen must be the prettiest screenshot to appear in your blog up to this point!Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424138564206888866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41648656389406781952022-01-03T16:46:05.362-05:002022-01-03T16:46:05.362-05:00Wow, the eugenics angle anon talks about is an une...Wow, the eugenics angle anon talks about is an unexpectedly sinister element. Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424138564206888866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90644410093099842352015-08-18T15:28:34.850-04:002015-08-18T15:28:34.850-04:00Best of luck. It was an interesting premise and co...Best of luck. It was an interesting premise and could definitely benefit from a remake.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4083938219907097012015-08-18T15:21:39.051-04:002015-08-18T15:21:39.051-04:00Hi guys,
We are developing a remake of this real...Hi guys, <br /><br />We are developing a remake of this really wonderfull game. It´s called Master Of dragons. You can see a intro in: <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7WJEZor11g<br /><br />Like us and stay tunned in our facebook page: <br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/AdamantiteSf<br /><br />Adamantitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972929713123078470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38520961769141104162013-12-21T09:03:12.665-05:002013-12-21T09:03:12.665-05:00I just love when people come on my blog and refer ...I just love when people come on my blog and refer to me as "the reviewer."<br /><br />Nonetheless, I appreciate the additional context on the spells. I did admit repeatedly that not being able to cover the spell system was a weakness in my post, but as you admit, it's not really a CRPG, so that was about as much time as I was willing to invest.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38626377614238466452013-12-21T03:33:30.075-05:002013-12-21T03:33:30.075-05:00I think the Reviewer has missed the point of this ...I think the Reviewer has missed the point of this game entirely. Since you don't have access to the spell system charts, and because you don't understand it, you are missing 90% of the game. I played this game when it came out, so I have an in depth understanding of how it works. Each herb in the game has a series of properties when used on a one of elements of the Game: The Player, Dragons, Eggs, and Towns. Each of these basic properties were modified by how the herb was prepared. Chop for one effect, grind for another. Heating, cooling and condensing suppressed or empowered certain asspects so it was possible to create or reduce side effects of your alchemy creations. For instance a simple potion would increase population growth, but a side effect was increased risk of disease. By tweaking this spell recipe you could reduce or remove traits you didn't like from the concoction. The sames worked for dragons, you could make them tougher, smarter, and with better eyesight etc. also you could heal them, or do any number of other things. Towns you could make grow faster, or poison them and kill them off. Towns of different races warred constantly, so you could practice racial purity and effectively "curse" a race you didn't favor and wipe them out without ever risking a dragon on them. You can bless your own favored towns with increased mood, birth rates and victory in battles so they paid more taxes. Eggs you could incubate properly and increase their stat maximums so you could later create supoer beasts that could wipe out entire cities in a single pass, or eat enemies dragons for lunch. There is so much to this game the reviewer did not experience I thinks he can hardly say that this game was objectively reviewed. But, I will say, this game does, in no way, present itself has a legit CRPG. Its definitely an Arcade/Strategy hybrid. As such I think its being reviewed for its miniscule CRPG elements is a mistake, it doesn't really fit the genre any more than Call of Duty does (mayde even less so). The story elements are superficial, and exist only insofar as they exist to explain why/how you can win the game. FYI a simple, 30 second search on google has found a PDF version of the original documents including the spell charts that you can use while playing this. A fun game and a bit of nostalgia for me, but I've played much better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51806374821457010412013-12-04T13:38:54.274-05:002013-12-04T13:38:54.274-05:00This game reminds me of an old french Amiga game c...This game reminds me of an old french Amiga game called "Storm Master". You were the head of a country in eternal war with another country. It was neither pure strategy game, neither pure simulation, there was real-time combat, mini-games and everything revolved around the power of wind. You had to design your own army troops by making your vehicles exploit wind power, but the system was hard to understand. You could also pray to the gods of the winds and trade goods on the stock market. It wasn't an RPG at all, but it was one of these weird french games that are neither really good or bad, but they stick in your mind.Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37850401145723369452013-10-10T23:38:49.865-04:002013-10-10T23:38:49.865-04:00I honestly don't remember. I Googled around an...I honestly don't remember. I Googled around and just found it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5589125876977407322013-10-08T23:19:50.988-04:002013-10-08T23:19:50.988-04:00Can I ask where you got your Dragon Lord disk imag...Can I ask where you got your Dragon Lord disk image from? The ones hosted by myabandonware etc. all seem to be corrupt (fail with Error 11 shortly after starting the game).<br />see http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?p=451182<br /><br />Would love to hear how you got hold of a good, clean copy.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89217234195174764262013-10-08T16:12:48.043-04:002013-10-08T16:12:48.043-04:00Ahh, I see, RTwP (which I assume is Real-Time with...Ahh, I see, RTwP (which I assume is Real-Time with Pause) is your beef with it. It makes a lot more sense now. I personally don't mind RTwP, but I can see why it would frustrate some people.<br /><br />For me, as a kid age 12 that had only experienced Might & Magic 2 for "real" RPGs up to that point, the combat layout was the hardest part for me to adapt to because it was so different from what I was used to...but the rest of the game made me want to learn the combat system, and I am glad I did. I still have some preference toward MM2-style combat because the combat doesn't take as long to resolve and provides an equal number of actions to be selected; that said, especially when I go back and play Gold Box games (and when I play Darklands now), I can certainly see the value of the combat layout.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431741012966569454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60713217254727816462013-10-08T13:18:59.181-04:002013-10-08T13:18:59.181-04:00@Sam: The problem with Darklands combat isn't ...@Sam: The problem with Darklands combat isn't its layout, it's it being RTwP i.e. a clusterf*ck. Though Chet seems to like Baldur's Gate so you may be right.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28481026248560442612013-10-08T12:31:33.285-04:002013-10-08T12:31:33.285-04:00Yes, it's part of the credits. They scroll con...Yes, it's part of the credits. They scroll continually while on that screen.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56734415261510105822013-10-08T11:39:13.342-04:002013-10-08T11:39:13.342-04:00Also, it's using the official AD&D license...Also, it's using the official AD&D license, and is set in Krynn. That doesn't make it an RPG, but it makes many people *mistake* it for an RPG, so to speak ;)InnerPartisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00405623118176366270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82608974251570103392013-10-08T00:53:13.486-04:002013-10-08T00:53:13.486-04:00Out of curiosity, since the three playable charact...Out of curiosity, since the three playable characters are already named, what's the significance of the name "Simon Hunter" on the fourth screenshot? Is that part of the credits or something?Jalen Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973042209003357278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27806507316938211922013-10-07T22:13:54.183-04:002013-10-07T22:13:54.183-04:00That is indeed what I meant.That is indeed what I meant.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54894804330317851722013-10-07T20:08:50.373-04:002013-10-07T20:08:50.373-04:00Pretty sure the statement was in reference to the ...Pretty sure the statement was in reference to the color used to mark their holdings on the map, not the color of the character's skin.Jalen Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973042209003357278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-274192205078470062013-10-07T19:19:47.227-04:002013-10-07T19:19:47.227-04:00@VK: Interesting, I'll check it out. I didn...@VK: Interesting, I'll check it out. I didn't mention it, but my comment above was in reference to Darklands though, not RoA (which I have never played). What I meant to say is that Chet seems to like combat that is closer to Pool of Radiance's combat layout than combat closer to Might & Magic's combat layout. For this reason, he may not find the Darklands combat system as annoying as some of us who otherwise love Darklands did...at least, once he realizes the obscure key to scroll (I think it is holding down shift and moving the pointer to the edge of the screen if I remember correctly).Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431741012966569454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9283924255896353582013-10-07T16:33:48.771-04:002013-10-07T16:33:48.771-04:00What color is Ametrin the Green Beast? You'd t...What color is Ametrin the Green Beast? You'd think green, right? You'd be wrong. It's red.<br /><br />Nobody has said this yet, but the guy has green skin. This isn't a color blind issue again, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53465712856035008172013-10-07T14:40:28.626-04:002013-10-07T14:40:28.626-04:00"What was it about this era that made U.K. de..."What was it about this era that made U.K. developers focus so much on graphics yet still not "get" CRPGs?" - You might want to add a 'some' or a 'certain' in there Chet.<br /><br />In fairness - I'm struggling to think of a 'great' UK developed crpg (or PnP rpg since everyone's favourite purveyor of space marine mediocrity killed the local market) that isn't either indie or doesn't have its roots in another genre.<br />The only old series I can remember is Trazere - ( Bloodwych, Legend, Hexx), and the first game in that series made you quit, the second is decent but bloated, and Hexx is bugged to hell.Vicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15235800684420853892013-10-07T13:53:22.782-04:002013-10-07T13:53:22.782-04:00the magic system is a little bit confusing when yo...the magic system is a little bit confusing when you no nothing about the dark eye ^^marc_autnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-31929056671182997632013-10-07T11:15:44.981-04:002013-10-07T11:15:44.981-04:00VK- because its a [i]Dragon[/i] fllght sim!VK- because its a [i]Dragon[/i] fllght sim!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47569248999550334052013-10-07T09:46:08.696-04:002013-10-07T09:46:08.696-04:00The Amiga was never that successfull in the United...The Amiga was never that successfull in the United States to beginn with, when games like DOOM or Ultima Underworld came out there wasn't much to kill there. Ports that American companies made were probably done with the European market in mind. The Atari ST situation must have been worse, but even it got a Ultima VI port that was exclusively released in Europe.Trypticonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49502355035896527612013-10-07T08:38:44.175-04:002013-10-07T08:38:44.175-04:00The original manual had big charts of which ingred...The original manual had big charts of which ingredient did what, and how heating/mixing/slicing/whatever affected it.<br />There's an ascii version here: http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=514 (scroll down to the bottom) which is a bit harder to read than the original but is better than nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72473793542224099252013-10-07T08:00:26.544-04:002013-10-07T08:00:26.544-04:00For me it was Ultima Underworld that killed the Am...For me it was Ultima Underworld that killed the Amiga.<br />It was too bad that everything Commodore did after launching the Amiga 500 was too little, too late...PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.com