tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5787188747657978395..comments2024-03-28T15:25:30.216-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Legacy of the Ancients: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63419535857365433182024-01-24T18:44:20.646-05:002024-01-24T18:44:20.646-05:00Weirdly, the comment from notk brought me here, bu...Weirdly, the comment from notk brought me here, but I don't recall ever seeing the reply you made right after mine... <br /><br />Anyway, that's fascinating! To me, the sound, especially music, in a game is massive in setting the mood, enhancing the effect of actions and events, and otherwise bolstering everything. <br /><br />I played VVVVVV and died, on average, once per 3 seconds for something like 3 hours, yet I absolutely loved the game because the music was such "a banger", as the kids say.<br /><br />Happy to see that this blog is still around, and hope that you are doing well!Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42020493256947323322024-01-24T14:32:52.662-05:002024-01-24T14:32:52.662-05:00Interestingly, I just did a replay of this on the ...Interestingly, I just did a replay of this on the Commodore 64, and while I love the little audio and visual touches (it's really the only platform for the game), I managed to find a new bug. If you're too aggressive about following the main quest you can end up level 5 when you're supposed to pick up the ruby coin, and well.. uh.. you don't get it. Oops.notknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33259222626396419672021-05-04T07:58:19.523-04:002021-05-04T07:58:19.523-04:00I am like the poster above in that this was the fi...I am like the poster above in that this was the first CRPG I bought with my own money. I was 11 and I didn't own a computer, but the girl next door had a C64 and we played games on it. I have fond memories of this game, but I never beat it. I mostly remember the blackjack minigame. Somehow my friend was much better at this than I was. She'd win a bunch of money and then I'd play and lose a bunch of money, lol.<br /><br />I was curious how you'd rate it, and the ranking looks to be about right. It was fun back in the day, but I didn't really have experience with RPGs. There are definitely better ones out there.The_Liquid_Lasernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2701012314876547032019-10-28T22:30:01.832-04:002019-10-28T22:30:01.832-04:00I never mind comments on old entries. All threads ...I never mind comments on old entries. All threads on my blog are considered "active." But I do prefer that commenters take the time to understand my blog before they comment. I never said this game "sucks." At this point, I have written about all the Dougherty games and have conducted an interview with Charles Doughterty and have had good and bad things to say about all of his titles.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46738782930479147542019-10-28T20:02:24.645-04:002019-10-28T20:02:24.645-04:00Right. You can't play this game in 2010 and sa...Right. You can't play this game in 2010 and say it sucks. The game was amazing when it came out, especially the C64 version.WoodenSaucernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16283965107947890182019-10-28T20:00:43.800-04:002019-10-28T20:00:43.800-04:00Way late to this party, but the game was called Tr...Way late to this party, but the game was called Trist in Legend of Blacksilver. It basically was Mancala, though.WoodenSaucernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21295938516664407232019-08-28T11:12:37.167-04:002019-08-28T11:12:37.167-04:00This was probably the first CRPG I bought with my ...This was probably the first CRPG I bought with my own money for my C64 when I was in middle school. I really enjoyed and yes the minigames were probably the most engaging overall because it is what I remember most besides flying the pegasus to defeat the warlord.BoardGameNutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68927824972971695212017-09-25T21:48:53.065-04:002017-09-25T21:48:53.065-04:00Still coming up. I missed it on my first pass thro...Still coming up. I missed it on my first pass through 1988 because it wasn't a DOS game. I'll get it on my second.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91838558397902612452017-09-25T03:54:33.506-04:002017-09-25T03:54:33.506-04:00Did you ever get around to playing 'The Legend...Did you ever get around to playing 'The Legend of Blacksilver'? I believe it was the last of the Chuck Doughety RPGs. Pretty certain it came out in '88. It was an improved Legacy, and wasn't a bad game. I played through it again about 5 years ago on my decrepit C64.Astrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969635048088821569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45393684828423922512017-04-26T22:40:35.151-04:002017-04-26T22:40:35.151-04:00I sometimes notice sound when it's done partic...I sometimes notice sound when it's done particularly well, especially in modern games where it helps create an immersive experience, but I'm otherwise different from most 1980s RPG players in that I'm immune to whatever qualities people find in both graphics and sound. To me, they're the least important part of CRPGs. Every time someone says I should have played on another platform because it had better graphics or sound, they might as well be telling me that the font on the back of the game box is better, or the computer generated less static electricity. They are trivial considerations in my enjoyment, and I will never not choose the platform that offers the easiest emulation experience.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52352968306665819802017-04-25T19:33:25.774-04:002017-04-25T19:33:25.774-04:00Just found your blog, and I love these RPG play bl...Just found your blog, and I love these RPG play blogs! Had to comment on this one, as it was a significant portion of my early childhood gaming.<br /><br />I'm sad that you didn't enjoy the game, and I think one reason was that you actually were overleveling without realizing it - Being able to max out spells and buy the best shop weapons made you obscenely overpowered for what the game expects, especially in the 1st person dungeons. Especially if you also had the motor skills to do really well in the STR/CON training rooms. IIRC, over 30 was considered very high.<br /><br />The other huge component was, like Ryan mentioned, the SOUND! I knew the graphics sucked on DOS, but I didn't realize until watching your video just how awful, horrible, and disgusting the sounds were in the DOS version!! To this day I can here the awesomely satisfying crunching sound that killing a creature makes, the swish of the waves, the charming ding of an encounter, and the vrrrrrmmmmmmFWUMP! of the bolt spell...<br /><br />Personally I very recently discovered the sequel Legacy of Blacksilver and am super excited to play it!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545052461348902174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58663282051960681712015-04-20T11:37:17.495-04:002015-04-20T11:37:17.495-04:00So this was the game where you blew up the castle!...So this was the game where you blew up the castle!<br /><br />I was playing another game in the early or mid-90's, forget which one, and I was walking around on a coastline and it told me, off in the distance, that there was a submerged, destroyed castle in the ocean. <br /><br />And I was like, "Wait a minute... I recognize this coastline. I'm the one who destroyed that castle!". I couldn't remember when or in what game I did it, but I knew I had done it.<br /><br />It was awesome because the game I was playing was not a sequel or anything like that. It made no other overt references to Legacy of the Ancients though it probably used the same landmass. The ruined castle was not relevant to anything in the more modern game - it was just an ancient curiosity. <br /><br />The game just happened to be set in the same world and that was all there was to it.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58003912256685320082013-10-10T15:58:53.065-04:002013-10-10T15:58:53.065-04:00Ha, yes I always wodnered about that as well - esp...Ha, yes I always wodnered about that as well - especially since in Oblivion we find out that the Nerevarine has disappeared on a mission to Akavir. It's a great idea to mention his fate, but yeah, he/she was a god-like figure by then.Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26112337085545232062012-11-24T20:08:10.319-05:002012-11-24T20:08:10.319-05:00"I can't think of any game where if I do ..."I can't think of any game where if I do enough quests for the king, he steps aside and gives me the crown."<br /><br />The King of Romaly in Dragon Quest III for the NES gives you his crown after you do him a service. But then you have to give it back to him to continue your quest because the guards won't let your "king" self out of the palace, so it ends up being not much more than an amusing aside.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62152865308283133472012-06-05T10:43:33.709-04:002012-06-05T10:43:33.709-04:00Love the cover art on some of the sleeve/box games...Love the cover art on some of the sleeve/box games from this period. <br />I remember this one especially had me drooling for the opportunity to put a spear deep into one of those blue lion beasts.<br /><br />Of course the games never came close to realizing these artistic visions. The C64 version was SO much better, as you mentioned, visually. I couldn't take staring at those awful palettes of old PC games. And your SOOOO missing out on the SOUND from the other platforms.. PC was like a wax recording compared to the C64 SID. But those emulators can be a bitch to work with. Having to swap out 10 virtual disks is a pain even when it doesn't also take 20 minutes for your old 1541 to load them.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14331313770481410555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20335305182211361212011-11-09T01:05:25.342-05:002011-11-09T01:05:25.342-05:00Agreed. It's not realistic that all those grou...Agreed. It's not realistic that all those groups would willingly agree to consolidation of power to that extent. Two reasons: 1) The interests of the individual groups wouldn't be properly represented, and 2) absolute power corrupts absolutely.<br /><br />RPG gamers tend to think we would be good enlightened monarchs who would fairly represent the best interests of the realm as a whole. I suspect that we as a group would be highly vulnerable to the suggestions of brilliant, beautiful women. Grima Wormtongue should have been a beautiful woman...or perhaps that IS how he was perceived by those under his thrall.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71580930183830107102011-11-02T16:58:27.604-04:002011-11-02T16:58:27.604-04:00Not an RPG, but King's Quest I has that plot, ...Not an RPG, but King's Quest I has that plot, actually.Justin Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227895898395353754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63329714482019513212011-10-31T21:38:28.373-04:002011-10-31T21:38:28.373-04:00It doesn't make a lot of sense, though, does i...It doesn't make a lot of sense, though, does it? Imagine the imbalance of power if one individual was the head of a major noble house, the fighters' guild, the thieves' guild, the mages' guild, etc.? It also feels like becoming the HEAD of a guild should be about more than solving quests. I can't think of any game where if I do enough quests for the king, he steps aside and gives me the crown.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65826049856857235382011-10-31T02:55:12.065-04:002011-10-31T02:55:12.065-04:00Morrowind was indeed the best about this. Addition...Morrowind was indeed the best about this. Additionally, the ability to become the guild master of ALL the guilds, and the leader of ALL the Houses was a tremendous satisfaction to me as a "completionist", who wants to fully plumb the depth and breadth of an immersive game.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89056262079703151332011-02-28T08:56:13.209-05:002011-02-28T08:56:13.209-05:00I have heard that before. Faalout 3 also did this ...I have heard that before. Faalout 3 also did this very well. 'Here are some hints on where your father is, here are some hints on the big plot, nothing urgent. Go explore'Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72279408751997929102011-02-28T01:15:09.589-05:002011-02-28T01:15:09.589-05:00I thought Morrowind had the best approach, where C...I thought Morrowind had the best approach, where Caius Cosades repeatedly tells you to go out, join some guilds, and get some experience before taking on the next Blades quest.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16802002056796291702011-02-23T11:11:33.580-05:002011-02-23T11:11:33.580-05:00I hate games with giant worlds and lots of side qu...I hate games with giant worlds and lots of side quests that make you feel guilty about exploring them "SAVE THE WORLD! YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME" Oblivion was not great with this, Mass Effect was downright terrible. I really liked how Fallout 3 handled it though, I loved exploring the world, until some mods I installed broke my game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44136714851877126542011-01-11T21:39:59.612-05:002011-01-11T21:39:59.612-05:00Good points, Joe. I think I will do as you suggest...Good points, Joe. I think I will do as you suggest.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49822606463689001152011-01-09T18:31:13.219-05:002011-01-09T18:31:13.219-05:00I do think you would miss a lot by not playing the...I do think you would miss a lot by not playing the original Quest for Glory, as I'm not sure the remake is better in any way. It's just been shoehorned into Sierra's typically poor GUI-system, and have more colorful graphics (not really better, though, too blurry IMO).<br /><br />The conversations are better in the original as well, since you ASK ABOUT stuff like in a text adventure. So you have to figure out what to ask the different people about, instead of just having a list of topics prepared for you. It's harder, but more fun. Again IMO.<br /><br />Being a thief is very nice in the first two QfG-games, as you can get access to most of the fighter & magic user content as well if you play your cards right (and save & import your QfG 1-character for QfG 2). In the third they start actively blocking off content based on your class. But you can always start a new character if you suddenly decide to be a fighter.<br /><br />-JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10371721396836505522011-01-01T21:00:46.891-05:002011-01-01T21:00:46.891-05:00Me, too. I played it once, a long time ago, and I&...Me, too. I played it once, a long time ago, and I'm looking forward to getting back to it. When I do, I'll have to decide whether to regard the remake as a separate game or not; it will determine which version I play.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com