tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5782424638010075900..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: SpellCraft: I Can't AlwaysCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54446327336760521622019-08-25T20:09:15.721-04:002019-08-25T20:09:15.721-04:00I had a conference right on top of a new job. Some...I had a conference right on top of a new job. Sometimes conferences are a good thing for the blog. My introverted nature takes over and I spend most of my time playing games anyway. This was not one of those conferences.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35048874020936731122019-08-25T17:55:48.518-04:002019-08-25T17:55:48.518-04:00Yeah it's a special place this. I
also find ...Yeah it's a special place this. I <br /> also find myself checking it daily.<br /><br />I assume work is the reason for the long wait.Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65633374188532118982019-08-25T09:14:12.667-04:002019-08-25T09:14:12.667-04:00I hope he's fine. It has been days since he la...I hope he's fine. It has been days since he last updated his patreon account.EonFafnirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744213515441037859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18697258990583275852019-08-25T00:36:58.557-04:002019-08-25T00:36:58.557-04:00I doubt that I'd come back daily for weeks and...I doubt that I'd come back daily for weeks and weeks on any other blog and see the same "Spellcraft : I can't always" and that guy wearing a dress and wig.But this is Crpgaddict so , I, and others roll the d20 for something new :)Guffawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62642827239482180742019-08-23T17:45:06.198-04:002019-08-23T17:45:06.198-04:00Or he is trapped in some alternate reality. Probab...Or he is trapped in some alternate reality. Probably Fate. He'll be back in 275 hours! (I do hope everything is fine and he's just busy preparing for the new academic year... otherwise comments like this may seem very insensitive)Didiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-952203378891849922019-08-23T08:43:42.236-04:002019-08-23T08:43:42.236-04:00If his university is anything like my new one, he ...If his university is anything like my new one, he just spent the entire week sitting in orientations and training during the day and trying to get his class material ironed out at night since final syllabi are due.Wintersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13738293526532733612019-08-23T05:49:26.935-04:002019-08-23T05:49:26.935-04:00Strike the earth!Strike the earth!Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43956917874202116132019-08-22T22:41:58.545-04:002019-08-22T22:41:58.545-04:00gold gold gold gold.. gooold gold gold
gold gold ...gold gold gold gold.. gooold gold gold <br />gold gold gold<br />gold gooooooold gold gold gold gooold<br />goold goold gooold gold gold gold gold<br /><br /><br />gold gold gold gold goldstmpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88617547659022222442019-08-22T19:17:37.019-04:002019-08-22T19:17:37.019-04:00Maybe he went to New Orleans and got really really...Maybe he went to New Orleans and got really really drunk for a week. Drunk like a Dwarf would be.Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86529988258326849722019-08-22T17:01:00.039-04:002019-08-22T17:01:00.039-04:00It also allows me to catch up with some other entr...It also allows me to catch up with some other entries. Right now I am playing Wizardry 6 (the influence of the Wizardry games in the dungeon crawlers for Snes and DS is brutal - Etrian Odyssey is basically a Wizardry game) and it is fun to compare with what he did from time to time.Risingson Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915480026187953569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80138823723298452312019-08-21T14:02:53.841-04:002019-08-21T14:02:53.841-04:00Dark Souls, a game more of patience than skill, an...Dark Souls, a game more of patience than skill, and The Witness, which to me is the dumbest gaming design ever, making you repeat the same exercise 20 times as if you were in Maths class. I think I have a totally different concept of what is fun.<br /><br />(Portal is fun, btw)Risingson Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915480026187953569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17032570791379713182019-08-20T21:16:58.025-04:002019-08-20T21:16:58.025-04:00Gauntlet III: The Final Quest was also isometric a...Gauntlet III: The Final Quest was also isometric and released in 1991. The relationship could be quite possible.FanofSMBXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26678250056200537592019-08-20T14:45:45.470-04:002019-08-20T14:45:45.470-04:00This is also the time of year Chet gets busiest wi...This is also the time of year Chet gets busiest with contract work. Not sure if that's what it is or preparations for classes, but I'm sure he'll return in due time.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76264755967971155312019-08-20T11:54:32.046-04:002019-08-20T11:54:32.046-04:00As long as it isn't being stuck on this game w...As long as it isn't being stuck on this game with nothing to blog about that has froze things. If he is playing I hope he is enjoying it.Bakuielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708554023018591850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72857602503976842752019-08-20T09:13:45.947-04:002019-08-20T09:13:45.947-04:00I guess Chet has come to realize being a professor...I guess Chet has come to realize being a professor means no free time and thus he can´t attend to the blog much. Still, we hope to see you soon Mr crpg addictDan2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2300535939652252732019-08-16T14:37:06.281-04:002019-08-16T14:37:06.281-04:00Fair enough.Fair enough.Stillqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48467684117754946542019-08-16T12:03:47.862-04:002019-08-16T12:03:47.862-04:00That theory is out the window, then. That theory is out the window, then. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90529399319375686592019-08-16T12:02:51.697-04:002019-08-16T12:02:51.697-04:00"I think the question here is why you tend to..."I think the question here is why you tend to play certain games in a complacent fashion, and others not." Honestly, I'm probably suggesting permanent attributes for things that are only temporal. There are a lot of temporary things that affect how tactical I want to be, or how much intellectual effort I spend on a game. I won <i>NetHack</i> over the course of playing on and off for a year, whereas I'm trying to wrap up this game in a more defined series of x postings.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90624051474112870212019-08-16T11:59:42.253-04:002019-08-16T11:59:42.253-04:00"For better or worse, there ARE effective, si..."For better or worse, there ARE effective, simple spell combos that can get you through most of the fights. It's just a matter of experimenting until you find them." That sounds to me a lot like having to know the ins and outs of all your spells. I didn't say they'd all be useful. I was just saying that you have to do a lot of experimentation under various circumstances.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6220658873806413562019-08-16T05:32:43.270-04:002019-08-16T05:32:43.270-04:00Interesting that you bring up the spear+shield com...Interesting that you bring up the spear+shield combo. I had played through Demons Souls that way, and tried to play Dark Souls the same way. I found it much more difficult in Dark Souls. They had changed enough small things about spears that I could no longer play that way; I had to learn a whole new style. That ended up being great for me! Now I can play a variety of styles, including no shield at all. But it really is a trial-and-error experience. lylebotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47553804276118081462019-08-14T10:48:48.492-04:002019-08-14T10:48:48.492-04:00:) Guess we'll know soon enough.:) Guess we'll know soon enough.Stillqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714868318135693287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32122704859750722332019-08-14T08:02:19.904-04:002019-08-14T08:02:19.904-04:00(And if that does happen, Chet, might I suggest &q...<i>(And if that does happen, Chet, might I suggest "I think I can" as the title for the next entry?)</i><br /><br />I kinda suspect we've been set up for a final entry whose title is "I Can't Even".PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19478814929996853992019-08-13T10:14:53.749-04:002019-08-13T10:14:53.749-04:00@Alex
No need to change your name! As I blog occa...@Alex<br /><br />No need to change your name! As I blog occasionally at TAG, including a concurrent playthrough of Quest for Glory III with Chet, I just use "from TAG" to differentiate myself. No worries.)<br /><br />@Stillq<br /><br />I'm just going based on Chet's description of the gameplay in this post. As the other Alex mentioned, swarms of NUKEs doesn't seem like a fun design choice. And yeah, maybe "mastering" all 85 spells is an exaggeration, but never having played the game, I'm basing my impression on this post.<br /><br />I LIKE the idea of every spell being useful! So many RPGs, computer and otherwise, have a whole grimoire but the player finds himself using a select handful. Having many useful spells is a great idea. Perhaps Spellcraft DOES pull it off better than Chet has found so far. We'll have to wait and see. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83426257846747110062019-08-13T01:11:36.524-04:002019-08-13T01:11:36.524-04:00As both me and Calthaer mention above, the Addict&...As both me and Calthaer mention above, the Addict's claim about needing to "master all 85 spells" might be... just that tiny bit exaggerated<br /><br />For better or worse, there ARE effective, simple spell combos that can get you through most of the fights. It's just a matter of experimenting until you find them. <br /><br />As to the subject of fun: What way was your reaction to the preceding paragraph? Does it sound like something you'd want to do, or like a chore? If the former, you'll probably enjoy the game. If the latter... Not so much.<br /><br />On that note, I'm still hopeful our host will come around, pull himself out of the tactical rut he's in, and grow more forgiving of this unusual, underappreciated game.<br /> <br />(And if that does happen, Chet, might I suggest "I think I can" as the title for the next entry?)Stillqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714868318135693287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71820255838455946832019-08-12T20:59:48.194-04:002019-08-12T20:59:48.194-04:00Hello other Alex (I think from now on I ought to p...Hello other Alex (I think from now on I ought to pick a different name for commenting here...)<br /><br />It seems like the initial idea overran the developer's talents for actually designing a game. The wealth of options (especially all the terrain manipulation) could have all kinds of possibilities, but it's like the developer didn't have any ideas for increasing difficulty besides making endless swarms of monsters with boatloads of health.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.com