tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post9053378099997266384..comments2024-03-28T15:25:30.216-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Tunnels & the Ultimate TrollsCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25065827206069893922017-06-06T18:46:43.684-04:002017-06-06T18:46:43.684-04:00Have been playing this game the last week or so an...Have been playing this game the last week or so and this is the worst level scaling I've seen in a game i think. It seems as if the monsters will gain increases in con and combat adds whenever you level so basically you are losing ground if you ever raise iq or speed when levelling, and most likely if you take str/con mix as you get lesser amounts for that. Since the level scaling doesn't seem to limit monsters to raising one skill when they level up it seems to turn it into an arms race that you can't win and the disaprity becomes worse for each level you gain.Breshardhttp://firesoheaven.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25667122595066202742016-04-23T18:49:27.665-04:002016-04-23T18:49:27.665-04:00Chet: I reached a point that it was too frustratin...Chet: I reached a point that it was too frustrating to posses. Painted trolls were almost one-hitting me, and I could only do damage with the paint thinner you find, then I ran out. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66544760454545079002016-02-15T11:44:02.437-05:002016-02-15T11:44:02.437-05:00Oblivion's level-up system might have been bro...<i>Oblivion's</i> level-up system might have been broken, but there's no way to absolutely screw yourself the way you can in T&T. You just have to prepare yourself with better magic, more potions and poisons, etc. Systems that don't have a separate "combat screen" always favor the player.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61022878128813022512016-02-15T10:24:47.543-05:002016-02-15T10:24:47.543-05:00No real benefit in levelly up in Oblivion. I finis...No real benefit in levelly up in Oblivion. I finished the main quest at level 5---the gates of hell opened and out charged scamps.<br /><br />Skyrim got it right though.Grinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16861457025711685946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74067605318767865622016-02-14T23:49:08.283-05:002016-02-14T23:49:08.283-05:00I hit this problem in Oblivion. Didn't min-max...I hit this problem in Oblivion. Didn't min-max when levelling up or wait for +5s, so the enemies outlevelled me. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24943587111353425002015-04-19T10:27:47.925-04:002015-04-19T10:27:47.925-04:00After playing Pillars some more I'll say it la...After playing Pillars some more I'll say it lacks a certain grandness to it. Mechanically it's mostly fine. Combat is a bit too exploitable, Crafting/Equipment a bit too fiddly, the keep bit pointless. The issue is more that the story and locations seem a bit bland. It's still one of the best modern party-based RPGs, it's just that after you play it for a while, you want to go do something else.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21329297619300379682015-04-12T22:17:03.675-04:002015-04-12T22:17:03.675-04:00I could probably figure out how to get LoRD workin...I could probably figure out how to get LoRD working for you too, although it may be better to actually find a telnet-based BBS to play it on (kind of like how you signed up with Cyber1 to play PLATO games).<br /><br />I've actually been thinking about setting up a telnet BBS with a bunch of door games for fun. Maybe even two of them: a Linux port of Synchronet for most door games, and MajorBBS running in either DOSBox or a Windows VirtualBox VM to host MajorMUD.<br /><br />I still have an archival copy of my own Synchronet-based BBS from the mid-90s, but I'd never try to put that online for various reasons. I might try to re-use the ANSI graphics that my brother and I created for it, though - most of which were based on image-to-ANSI conversions of console emulator screenshots since emulators were a new thing at that time.HunterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049065099652976143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66925822558880148072015-04-07T12:26:21.268-04:002015-04-07T12:26:21.268-04:00I'm figuring that my documenting OO:II on Moby...I'm figuring that my documenting OO:II on Mobygames is the whole reason it's washed up on your list, so I was thrilled to see its name come up here. (Hope you get more out of it than Braminar and Girlfriend Construction Set!) It's very much an action RPG, but the player-interaction elements are minimal, so you won't be missing out on too much other than having competitors loot your sleeping body out in the wasteland.<br /><br />If another commentator here hadn't already given you instructions, I was all prepared to send you a working pre-install of it. No need, happily. If it works for you, there's more of the same with the later Lands of Devastation ... which can even be played with a graphical front-end, hypothetically.Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39966148608092578442015-04-07T12:23:12.783-04:002015-04-07T12:23:12.783-04:00the game simply makes itself unwinnable if you was...<i>the game simply makes itself unwinnable if you waste too much time grinding and not actually doing things. Cruel.. but I haven't seen something like that before.</i><br /><br />Then you haven't played Star Control 2 in a grind-y fashion! Waste your time mining and upgrading your ship, and the Kohr-Ah Ur-Quan go on a genocidal spree and eradicate most of your galactic neighbour races. The artefacts you require will still be obtainable from the small piles of ash that once were your critical NPCs, but winning in such a state is very much telegraphed as a Pyrrhic victory.Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21497330632530166562015-04-06T21:40:36.868-04:002015-04-06T21:40:36.868-04:00Yeah. It's supposed to reward you for survivin...Yeah. It's supposed to reward you for surviving, helping those around you to survive and finding things to help you all survive; not hacking zombies all day long like a lumberjack.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35218475807416111502015-04-06T18:03:15.387-04:002015-04-06T18:03:15.387-04:00There's a patch for Morrowind that makes some ...There's a patch for Morrowind that makes some adjustments along those lines. I believe it was called "Darker Morrowind" and it put back in some early design concepts that got left out of the final game, including lower light levels so that you actually needed light sources for more than convenience, and randomly-spawning monsters that got more prevalent and more powerful as time passed instead of following the character's level. Left unchecked, they will eventually kill critical NPCs resulting in a near-unwinnable game. (Although Morrowind doesn't have mandatory quests, you can just go slay the big bad immediately if you're powerful enough and know where he is.)tlhonmeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256644187305759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74473371372722635022015-04-06T15:02:48.375-04:002015-04-06T15:02:48.375-04:00How about first deleting the game and then... Empt...How about first deleting the game and then... Emptying the Recycle Bin! There's no turning back now!krteknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4179926630175821632015-04-06T09:16:49.019-04:002015-04-06T09:16:49.019-04:00Thanks, HunterZ. I got your instructions. I rememb...Thanks, HunterZ. I got your instructions. I remember having a similar problem with LoRD a while back.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33887340528129605162015-04-06T09:15:41.286-04:002015-04-06T09:15:41.286-04:00It just got kicked down a bit because someone show...It just got kicked down a bit because someone showed me how to make <i>Operation: Overkill II</i> work. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20256753429133889312015-04-06T09:13:39.510-04:002015-04-06T09:13:39.510-04:00Good to hear from you again, but sorry to hear tha...Good to hear from you again, but sorry to hear that you were laid off. Best of luck in what I assume is a forthcoming search.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35337068069654920652015-04-06T05:47:27.289-04:002015-04-06T05:47:27.289-04:00I'm curious in how this is better than the DOS...I'm curious in how this is better than the DOS version?Andreas Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627726032225417912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3510251324647554622015-04-06T01:20:15.643-04:002015-04-06T01:20:15.643-04:00Agreed with Tristan Gall. Chet played Mines Of Tit...Agreed with Tristan Gall. Chet played Mines Of Titan which is less fun than X-Com as an RPG but is a full-blown RPG.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79434289256937070282015-04-06T01:18:05.845-04:002015-04-06T01:18:05.845-04:00'We' aren't stretching any definition....'We' aren't stretching any definition. X-Com snugly fits Chet's own criteria, which, as I mentioned bleed a little into other genres; this is an inescapable feature of defining anything which exists on continua - you end up excluding what you want to include or including what you want to exclude. Fortunately in the case of this game, despite its questionable rpg credentials, it is of significant relevance to the genre.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59557142256356309672015-04-06T01:06:26.742-04:002015-04-06T01:06:26.742-04:00I think we're really stretching the definition...I think we're really stretching the definition of rpg here so that Chet can play a game that pretty much everyone loves. <br /><br />I'm not against covering Xcom, because it is an incredible game, but I think trying to justify it as an rpg is very misleading.BelatedGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00897424082545246646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75423488060690267462015-04-06T00:17:32.754-04:002015-04-06T00:17:32.754-04:00Just stopped in this post to say I am back. I hav...Just stopped in this post to say I am back. I have a bunch of catching up to do as I stopped around the gargoyle ultima due to crazy work demands on my time, and I should also see how the comment activity has been on older posts. Now, laid off, I have a bit of time to catch up.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53556689378448895422015-04-05T22:40:10.693-04:002015-04-05T22:40:10.693-04:00It turned out to be a 1989 game. I dragged it back...It turned out to be a 1989 game. I dragged it back to 1989 but forgot to update the "year" field in the list.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38563972107698896992015-04-05T22:38:44.534-04:002015-04-05T22:38:44.534-04:00Good guess.Good guess.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-729894866080291732015-04-05T22:17:31.755-04:002015-04-05T22:17:31.755-04:00Update: I sent an email with instructions on how t...Update: I sent an email with instructions on how to get it working.<br /><br />Honestly I think if someone was going to play only one BBS door game, I would probably suggest Legend of the Red Dragon (aka LORD) - not because it was the best, but because it was the most popular and therefore the game that most colors people's memories about that genre of games. I don't think it has an inventory system, however, and I think some of the role-playing may be cringe-worthy due to the author being a young teenager at the time.HunterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049065099652976143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7143587121629211682015-04-05T22:13:50.576-04:002015-04-05T22:13:50.576-04:00My guess would be you're talking about Level 4...My guess would be you're talking about Level 4.<br /><br />It's especially rough if you end up there via pit instead of the ladder.Man of Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11467814540461410472015-04-05T20:52:36.221-04:002015-04-05T20:52:36.221-04:00You have one unplayed 1990 game on your master lis...You have one unplayed 1990 game on your master list not in the upcoming games, citadel: adventures of crystal keep Mikrakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359946565373258773noreply@blogger.com