tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post2622231795416440793..comments2024-03-29T10:21:29.354-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 211: Vengeance of Excalibur (1991)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76432052661748297922019-06-12T23:23:04.153-04:002019-06-12T23:23:04.153-04:00I don't understand why they didn't just ma...I don't understand why they didn't just make a game about the Song of Roland if they wanted a mythical knight game set during the Crusades. Anybody whose played the previous game or even knows anything about King Arthur is going to know they screwed with the dates. You could even keep the title. Just have Merlin give Roland Excalibur or even have the leader of the Saracens use it, and Roland needs to reclaim it. You could even have some of the old characters be sent into a mystical sleep until they are needed again, like King Arthur was in some versions of the original story. Plus they could say they're the first game to tackle the second greatest French legend, after Jeanne D'Arc.Morpheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55577855597555131762016-08-10T01:53:15.959-04:002016-08-10T01:53:15.959-04:00I went to the one in the Czech Republic last year-...I went to the one in the Czech Republic last year- I was rather disappointed. I suspect it would have had more of an influence years ago before it was lot with construction lights, had cages around all the bones to protect them and became filled with loud American tourists taking selfies.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53909077364479835602016-08-10T01:49:27.332-04:002016-08-10T01:49:27.332-04:00Birthright being a hybrid makes sense. That settin...Birthright being a hybrid makes sense. That setting was developed as a setting for kingdom running level D&D. Don't know much else about it, other that what I've read in the novels.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40878747262792367702016-07-12T15:39:19.741-04:002016-07-12T15:39:19.741-04:00I guarantee that it doesn't irk you as much as...I guarantee that it doesn't irk you as much as it irks me that you felt the need to make such a pedantic comment.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17430801834033707502016-07-03T16:22:38.761-04:002016-07-03T16:22:38.761-04:00It slightly irks me that whilst the game uses the ...It slightly irks me that whilst the game uses the correct plural "dwarfs" your review uses the somewhat less grammatical "dwarves" as popularised by Tolkien. But I guess that's just a sign of how popular his books are.Showsninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35114134144169378082016-02-25T10:22:39.628-05:002016-02-25T10:22:39.628-05:00Originally "Saracen" (spelled somewhat d...Originally "Saracen" (spelled somewhat differently, but the same term) was the Roman term for people from a specific region of Arabia. Pre-Muslim early medieval scholars eventually applied folk etymology to decide that "Saracen" was chosen by Arabs to signify that they descended from Abraham's wife Sarah instead of his concubine Hagar, and this labeling transferred to Muslims as a whole as the new religion began to spread throughout the region. As enmity between Muslim and Christian (and ignorance of Islam) grew, Saracen became synonymous with "Enemy of Christendom" in most European's minds.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4481166182227400112016-02-25T00:16:25.733-05:002016-02-25T00:16:25.733-05:00"Like War in Middle Earth is very silly that ..."Like War in Middle Earth is very silly that a game that looks so open ended forces you through a very linear path."<br />A contemporary non-RPG example will be XCOM2. Same problem as this game; time-sensitive missions force you to approach the game in the speediest (but might not be safest and/or efficient) way possible.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63310006725511087462016-02-25T00:06:22.961-05:002016-02-25T00:06:22.961-05:00I, myself, did. I was happily spoiling the Harry P...I, myself, did. I was happily spoiling the Harry Potter movie for my friends and every audience in earshot when *BAM* something different happens. I was HUMILIATED! How could they make an unfaithful adaptation and cause me so much embarrassment!?<br /><br />No, seriously, I was more pissed at some Chinese movies based on the Three Kingdoms period. Those filmmakers know that this setting is extremely popular globally with a large group of fans. But they were so damn liberal with the context that only the names of the characters bore any resemblance with the original works and/or history.<br /><br />So, for myself, getting worked-up over different adaptations of a fictional work in another media? Not so much. But gross historical inaccuracies and trying to portray itself otherwise? No, f*ck you.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19316521045664399242016-02-24T23:55:47.766-05:002016-02-24T23:55:47.766-05:00I'd thought that it'd be something like &q...I'd thought that it'd be something like "Nazis". A group of people identified with it until something so nasty happened that they had to distance themselves away from it as far as possible.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61942824407728277672016-02-24T04:48:48.419-05:002016-02-24T04:48:48.419-05:00There's actually more than one chapel like tha...There's actually more than one chapel like that. The most famous one is in the Czech Republic.Lightning Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76301589560318179882016-02-24T04:44:11.634-05:002016-02-24T04:44:11.634-05:00I remember the map sections of Gorgon's Allian...I remember the map sections of Gorgon's Alliance being entertaining, if convoluted. The adventure sequences were horrendous though. Ugly and awkward. However, I'm a big fan of the Birthright setting itself for tabletop D&D.Lightning Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81332430513560425382016-02-24T04:40:59.293-05:002016-02-24T04:40:59.293-05:00From what I understand, Saracen was a generalized ...From what I understand, Saracen was a generalized term for Muslims. It wasn't intended to be a slur, although I'm sure it was used with contempt more than once in the past.Lightning Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15206224092059673022016-02-23T10:32:00.758-05:002016-02-23T10:32:00.758-05:00No, I don't think anyone ever walks on-screen ...No, I don't think anyone ever walks on-screen and says, "I'm a Moor!" They're labeled as such by the game.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75542071527323097642016-02-22T20:44:57.513-05:002016-02-22T20:44:57.513-05:00Regarding identity - I don't have issue with t...Regarding identity - I don't have issue with the Christians using that label to describe their foes, but I was wondering whether or not moors/saracens in-game ever referred to themselves as Moors/Saracens (which would be kind of silly, unless the character was doing it ironically).<br /><br />Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51952222974645522602016-02-22T14:14:25.352-05:002016-02-22T14:14:25.352-05:00Thanks. I was wondering where that one came from. ...Thanks. I was wondering where that one came from. Apparently, the creators regarded any Spanish figures throughout history as fair game in this setting.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47843356942242878882016-02-22T02:31:16.198-05:002016-02-22T02:31:16.198-05:00"There is no sound in the game, only music. T..."There is no sound in the game, only music. The music is good, but I don't like listening to music while I play RPGs, so I have the sound off."<br /><br />Please don't do this to "Planescape: Torment" or I'd be forced to seek you out and murder you with a thousand gimlets.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48151882450819723202016-02-22T02:26:39.274-05:002016-02-22T02:26:39.274-05:00@Raifield - Me and another lurker have already tol...@Raifield - Me and another lurker have already told you that you're not alone many times.<br /><br />Anyway, Stronghold (from SSI) also did a hybrid and it was excellent.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68108431315450844072016-02-22T02:12:59.122-05:002016-02-22T02:12:59.122-05:00I thought Moors were Muslims from Iberia while Sar...I thought Moors were Muslims from Iberia while Saracens were Muslims from Sicily? Could be wrong but history is seldom what it really is since;<br />a) it is written by the victors and,<br />b) influential historians can omit and/or reject certain historical evidences if these "anomalies" invalidate certain points of their theories.<br /><br />In any case, I was wondering why Synergistics didn't invoke the Myth of Avalon and just have Arthur resurrected to star in this game since it's based on the Medieval Crusades which happened long after his death.<br /><br />This is basically a parallel universe game. Which reminds me of the terrible Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader. Very interesting concept and background, very horribly planned and executed.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40565787701501244552016-02-22T01:58:45.172-05:002016-02-22T01:58:45.172-05:00Could the US Military base in the Indian Ocean be ...Could the US Military base in the Indian Ocean be a reference to Zorro? (Diego+Sergeant Garcia?)Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68041885450229465272016-02-21T20:15:59.124-05:002016-02-21T20:15:59.124-05:00Well, that's interesting. Clicking it while I&...Well, that's interesting. Clicking it while I'm already on the map causes emulator to crash. I assumed it was a bug caused by clicking the map when you're already on the map, but perhaps it's supposed to show a smaller-scale map, but something's going wrong.<br /><br />In any event, I already won the game without the map, so not a huge deal either way.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72173438038012239612016-02-21T12:30:42.986-05:002016-02-21T12:30:42.986-05:00@Chet, maybe you need to click that icon again fro...@Chet, maybe you need to click that icon again from the zoomed-in map?VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48228777652879508102016-02-21T10:05:03.221-05:002016-02-21T10:05:03.221-05:00Strange :O
Here is another picture from beginning...Strange :O<br /><br />Here is another picture from beginning;<br /><br />http://www.uppic.com/uploads/14560662501.png<br /><br />As you can see; small red square is showing current position of your knights.<br /><br />mpxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366744101617096955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54317342799986336592016-02-21T08:57:49.213-05:002016-02-21T08:57:49.213-05:00That takes you to the large-scale, zoomed-in world...That takes you to the large-scale, zoomed-in world map that you see in the screenshots. I don't think there's any icon that takes you to a map that shows the entire game territory like the one in your link above.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-181541695600168562016-02-21T06:40:09.311-05:002016-02-21T06:40:09.311-05:00Re: your keyboard problem, there might be a compat...Re: your keyboard problem, there might be a compatibility issue with DosBox and alt-tabbing in Windows 10. See http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45476Morblotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70339061093553780522016-02-21T04:20:13.049-05:002016-02-21T04:20:13.049-05:00Just checked MS DOS version; and yes; the world ma...Just checked MS DOS version; and yes; the world map is in game :)<br /><br />Its third icon on right side, <br /><br />http://oi67.tinypic.com/1ey46.jpg<br /><br />You must just click on it :)<br /><br />mpxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366744101617096955noreply@blogger.com