tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8440508743427917025..comments2024-03-28T10:19:08.172-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 382: The Dark Queen of Krynn (1992)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62088187247339183922023-09-17T17:15:06.691-04:002023-09-17T17:15:06.691-04:00Olim staff appears un BaldursgateOlim staff appears un BaldursgateMordamirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61152907309119254842022-07-09T16:24:43.569-04:002022-07-09T16:24:43.569-04:00Everybody likes to find his own language in anothe...Everybody likes to find his own language in another so:<br />Crysia. In polish Krysia is a short form of name Krystyna, Christine in english. So you basicly meet a character named Chrissy. Very high fantasy :,-)Odyseja Przygodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496869341236658077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86219493458167519502020-12-03T00:54:53.041-05:002020-12-03T00:54:53.041-05:00This post bring back the wtf moment from 20 years ...This post bring back the wtf moment from 20 years ago. I still remember after many trials I ended up cold shield(or was it hot shield? ) my fighter, removed armor and walk back and forth next to the mage to have the shield deal double counter in exchange for getting repeatly hit from behind. Pretty much the standard strategy for fighting bluffed mages for the DQK until getting ambushed in a certain dungeon and couldn't deal with all the mages. At which point I abandoned the game. <br /><br />That was the second attempt at the game. In my first attempt 25 years ago I didn't made it past the evil eye near the end of the cave. I am a little surprised they didn't get mentioned here. Njvleknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65053604353317431752020-10-03T11:56:26.563-04:002020-10-03T11:56:26.563-04:00Row 1, far left: recolored Brimwulf from POD.
Row ...Row 1, far left: recolored Brimwulf from POD.<br />Row 1, third from left: Red Plume from POD.<br />Row 2, second from right: Knight of Myth Drannor from POD.<br />Row 3, two at far left: recolored Raizel from POD.<br />Row 4, second from right: almost-exact copy of High Priest from Curse.<br />Row 5, far left: recolored generic mage from Curse and DKK.<br />Row 5, second and third from left: recolored Marcus from POD.<br />Row 5, third from right: recolored Vaasan Mage from POD.<br />Row 6, far left: recolored Traned from POD.<br />Row 6, second from left: Shal from POD with a shield added.<br /><br />It's not EXACTLY the FRUA combat icon set (FRUA has fewer short people), but it's pretty darn close.Null Nullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23032613325959113882020-10-03T11:48:32.194-04:002020-10-03T11:48:32.194-04:00Cone of Cold is useful, as noted. You can throw Di...Cone of Cold is useful, as noted. You can throw Dispel Magic to dispel some of the protective spells. Power Word Kill works if you have it.Null Nullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34188941902256359942020-10-02T19:03:58.038-04:002020-10-02T19:03:58.038-04:00Cartoony graphics tend to age a lot better than re...Cartoony graphics tend to age a lot better than realistic ones as tech improves because your eye and mind knows that it's not supposed to look "right". <br /><br />That's the entire reason, for example, that Pixar made Toy Story as their first all-CGI film. Since all the characters that have constant screen time are literally plastic, it holds up a lot better than it would have if it had focused on the humans (who looked fine in the 90s, not so much now).Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21131926405854138012020-10-02T18:37:21.955-04:002020-10-02T18:37:21.955-04:00There is an open source "successor" to F...There is an open source "successor" to FRUA with a community that is making new games AFAIK: http://uaf.sourceforge.net/<br /><br />Maybe check it outadogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446949351092259781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4772225877420581572020-10-02T07:32:24.765-04:002020-10-02T07:32:24.765-04:00Fortunately Bane isn't here to help this time ...Fortunately Bane isn't here to help this time (but you're very correct).Mirnaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817941432768803717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85646661025829706802020-10-02T04:14:01.323-04:002020-10-02T04:14:01.323-04:00I know what you mean. The images in the article wo...I know what you mean. The images in the article would be passable as pixel art, but as they appear in-game they look like bad paintings. Crysia, the Aurak and most of the static scenery look alright, but Daenor looks like somebody doing the best they could with MS Paint.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64639569760173564482020-10-02T03:06:57.571-04:002020-10-02T03:06:57.571-04:00Am I alone in preferring the "cartoony" ...Am I alone in preferring the "cartoony" art style of a game like DKK over this? It seemed more consistent and video gamey to me. Some of the VGA art looks like it was scanned directly from sourcebooks and thus has different characters in different styles. <br /><br />Look at Laurana versus Daenor versus the Aurak for an example. Scott Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096908333138074926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85022659101201158652020-09-29T17:33:31.520-04:002020-09-29T17:33:31.520-04:00I know about Elves and resurrection. I decided to ...I know about Elves and resurrection. I decided to go with the game, rather than reload. It's my call. Now the party have reached Kristophan. Since the Minotaurs refuse to police the human district, we have begun eradicating the local criminal scene. I like the night sky effect in the game. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50286480603455263972020-09-29T10:00:28.804-04:002020-09-29T10:00:28.804-04:00Personally, I always found the idea of "imbal...Personally, I always found the idea of "imbalance" to be kind of odd for a tabletop game with a DM. If fighters are underpowered and wizards can do too much, why not just give your fighters some upgraded items and introduce some enemies that are immune to magic, etc? (of course, this then falls apart if the ruleset gets translated to a CRPG, where the game can't say "whoops you allocated your stats oddly, I'll just readjust the encounters to account for that")Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820538967423341664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78409469432636866592020-09-29T06:29:39.685-04:002020-09-29T06:29:39.685-04:00And never, ever make a deal with a dragon.And never, ever make a deal with a dragon.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4023691025591549742020-09-29T00:16:29.736-04:002020-09-29T00:16:29.736-04:00I usually just reload anyway.I usually just reload anyway.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53664557462850103032020-09-29T00:15:50.410-04:002020-09-29T00:15:50.410-04:00It depends on the character, but you're right ...It depends on the character, but you're right that I was a bit lazy and only really checked out the knights, who started at the same level. As you go down the roster, the variances get wider. I'll talk more about it next entry because I'm flirting with creating a new party.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19039799112000149622020-09-28T23:15:45.289-04:002020-09-28T23:15:45.289-04:00@James Neal Wow, that is a bonkers method for disp...@James Neal Wow, that is a bonkers method for displaying text. That explains why they had to put so much text in the journal (and why the Apple 2 version of Pool of Radiance required four 2-sided disks. They were duplicating SO much data)<br /><br />I guess like you said, it's because POR targeted systems with only 128k of RAM. It was more visually complex than something like Wasteland or Ultima 5 and just couldn't hold that much data in memory, and it would've been too much work to revamp the engine to work differently on better computers, so they were just stuck with it. What a bummer.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555937983156164457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76862128271735587062020-09-28T19:32:04.587-04:002020-09-28T19:32:04.587-04:00I'm toying with starting over with fresh chara...I'm toying with starting over with fresh characters to have more of a challenge.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87334877075411847732020-09-28T19:08:05.757-04:002020-09-28T19:08:05.757-04:00Conserve your magic arrows. Trust meConserve your magic arrows. Trust meNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428893513821513280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59454249187899751832020-09-28T19:06:26.967-04:002020-09-28T19:06:26.967-04:00The night below was excellant...check that one out...The night below was excellant...check that one outNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428893513821513280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75623579003029100212020-09-28T15:06:04.601-04:002020-09-28T15:06:04.601-04:00I think by this point they were working on a new e...I think by this point they were working on a new engine entirely (which ended up used for Dark Sun, a good game, and some other games that weren't nearly as good). Upgrading the goldbox engine instead might have been wiser in retrospect but they likely didn't have the resources to split up teams and do both.Lazy Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86670458867418696162020-09-28T06:22:21.125-04:002020-09-28T06:22:21.125-04:00Yeah, Cone of Cold is your first go-to spell. What...Yeah, Cone of Cold is your first go-to spell. What I meant is that CoC isn't instant cast, and it being a 5th level spell, you have to beat the wizard's initiative by 5 (on a d20+dex modifier roll) to get it off first.<br />There is an instant cast solution to them, however.Mirnaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817941432768803717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55033264325598964082020-09-28T05:57:56.518-04:002020-09-28T05:57:56.518-04:00Yes, it is easy for the attentive player to tell t...Yes, it is easy for the attentive player to tell the UA author was engaging in this trick since the screen flickers.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6858857728879295572020-09-28T05:11:51.459-04:002020-09-28T05:11:51.459-04:00With all the FRUA discussion, you may want to post...With all the FRUA discussion, you may want to post to the FRUA fan forums - surely people will recognize you and know what to recommend for your tastes. P-Tux7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03201162995038006540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33917794176673740442020-09-28T05:00:24.822-04:002020-09-28T05:00:24.822-04:00"Invisibly"? Was it easy for the attenti..."Invisibly"? Was it easy for the attentive player to tell the UA author was engaging in this trick? Ha haP-Tux7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03201162995038006540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54399818590995596042020-09-28T02:30:39.218-04:002020-09-28T02:30:39.218-04:00Trust me, if you ragequitted Death Knights you sav...Trust me, if you ragequitted Death Knights you saved yourself quite a bit of frustration with Dark Queen. Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019892418296525854noreply@blogger.com