tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5935643384181958348..comments2024-03-28T10:19:08.172-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Lords of Time: After the SnapCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13027710510674792652022-06-02T22:21:17.671-04:002022-06-02T22:21:17.671-04:00.....Huh, I don't see the flower part at all i........Huh, I don't see the flower part at all in that picture. Took me ages to see the plant at all, I even got out my phone and used the colourblindness simulation app I use to check my graphs at work for readability and tried to find if there was something that was harder to see with it turned on. Too me ages to notice the texture on that one blob was a bit diff rent the the other plants. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38529668627332575322019-01-18T19:54:41.150-05:002019-01-18T19:54:41.150-05:00Frankie, if you know how I'm supposed to tell ...Frankie, if you know how I'm supposed to tell which night the moon is "blue," I'd appreciate that hint, too.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34604051615217803492019-01-18T13:14:17.862-05:002019-01-18T13:14:17.862-05:00The game is "always on" multiplayer, but...The game is "always on" multiplayer, but it looks like a majority of streamers play with it as a functionally single player game. Other than the social aspect, it doesn't look like the multiplayer is actually integral to the game in any way, unless maybe for endgame dungeons?Charles Swannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49666529735863807272019-01-18T09:56:30.281-05:002019-01-18T09:56:30.281-05:00That was indeed the answer.That was indeed the answer.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86355600624762425262019-01-18T09:56:04.392-05:002019-01-18T09:56:04.392-05:00It's the same problem with FTA. Nonlinear expl...It's the same problem with FTA. Nonlinear exploration of ruins and towns could be fun if there was ANYTHING interesting in those places. In this game, though, until the plot brings you to a location, there's nothing to do there--and even then, there isn't a lot to do.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64596340956893282812019-01-18T09:54:05.845-05:002019-01-18T09:54:05.845-05:00Thank you. I wasn't expecting adventure-style ...Thank you. I wasn't expecting adventure-style puzzles in the game for some reason.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71389697824551741272019-01-18T09:53:30.629-05:002019-01-18T09:53:30.629-05:00I eventually took the course but didn't notice...I eventually took the course but didn't notice any difference in my accumulation of money. And the bank terms stayed the same.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83117339881331165592019-01-18T09:52:20.197-05:002019-01-18T09:52:20.197-05:00I got the impression that it was a multi-player ga...I got the impression that it was a multi-player game without much useful single-player content. Is that not true?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57986312388674358552019-01-18T09:51:12.561-05:002019-01-18T09:51:12.561-05:00Irene and I played Gone Home based on reviews. The...Irene and I played <i>Gone Home</i> based on reviews. The atmosphere was great, gameplay was great (for its genre), but the resolution was a real let-down.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78236961001787123802019-01-18T09:50:24.146-05:002019-01-18T09:50:24.146-05:00It's quite insidious. The leaves of the plant ...It's quite insidious. The leaves of the plant (which capture you) blend in with the background, but the flower part stands out and looks like something that you might want to pick up. I keep falling for it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90878831031820243372019-01-18T06:38:46.929-05:002019-01-18T06:38:46.929-05:00Speaking of fairy tale the walk through takes 2,5h...Speaking of fairy tale the walk through takes 2,5h straight so even if you'd now what you're doing it takes a lot of running a round to win.<br /><br />Consequently game is also so boring to watch that I've never managed to watch the video through without skipping.Petri R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82206424922328680302019-01-17T04:51:08.080-05:002019-01-17T04:51:08.080-05:00The "Realms of Arkania" trilogy allowed ...The "Realms of Arkania" trilogy allowed pickpocketing in shops. But you only could steal money. Got also kicked out after being caught.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53402030743190569432019-01-16T23:10:30.300-05:002019-01-16T23:10:30.300-05:00Make your game such that each pickpocketable entit...Make your game such that each pickpocketable entity has its own RNG seed for the pickpocket action and save that seed when you save the game. That way you can't change the result by saving/loading/trying other things. <br /><br />You can still undo a bad check, but you can't change the result. If it got you caught, then doing it again after you reload will still get you caught.<br /><br />Though, I might make it so that improving your skill will reset all the seeds, so that you will get a new fair chance at success at everyone, even the people you failed with previously (and would probably still fail otherwise with old roll even against your new slightly improve skill check). This seems fair, so that if you happen to have a really terrible RNG roll saved at some vendor, it won't be set in stone forever.viilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53420046177768195612019-01-16T21:51:26.410-05:002019-01-16T21:51:26.410-05:00You can steal from some stores in Ultima VII, alth...You can steal from some stores in Ultima VII, although it's not a skill check or really distinct from any other case of just picking up stuff that doesn't belong to you. I believe Ultima II and III let you steal food from stores, too?<br /><br />ToME 2.x (an Angband-branch roguelike more or less unrelated to the modern ToME 4) allows you to steal from stores. It's a completely broken mechanic in that theft chance is based on item weight, without any consideration for value. That means that rings, amulets, and the like are the easiest items to steal in the game -- and it's possible to get the steal chance up to 100%. Worse, stores will restock if you buy everything they have to sell. That means that without too much skill investment you can turn a ring store into an endless, risk-free firehose of artifacts. (You can't resell stolen items, but you don't really need money when you have crazy rings that give you +20 to everything.)<br /><br />You can usually steal from stores in the original Fallout games. A lot of 'stores' are just people with stuff to barter for, but I know that in at least some cases it's possible to steal stuff off shelves/tables. It's mechanically the same as pickpocketing out of a vendor's inventory.<br /><br />I think theft is one of those game mechanics that's hard to do in a balanced way if you allow reloading. The penalty for failed theft needs to be significant enough to matter but survivable enough that it's not an automatic reload. The Elder Scrolls does OK at this, although I suspect most TES players reload after being caught stealing. In Fallout it's fundamentally broken because getting caught stealing in many cases makes the game unwinnable by aggroing the entire town.stepped pyramidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49714479856432739542019-01-16T18:54:25.408-05:002019-01-16T18:54:25.408-05:00You have to buy an orange potion, then pour the po...You have to buy an orange potion, then pour the potion in a beer and then give the beer to the woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24863061177865203362019-01-16T11:57:34.082-05:002019-01-16T11:57:34.082-05:00That's how I see it, although it's complet...That's how I see it, although it's completely unnecessary to piece together the mystery to play the Dark Souls games. There are tons of youtube videos where folks try to figure out the lore from everything from it descriptions to architectural details.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11793180561641076362019-01-16T09:27:48.220-05:002019-01-16T09:27:48.220-05:00Would that be cold-blooded murder or a merciful fa...Would that be cold-blooded murder or a merciful family reunion? Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7593240252985811202019-01-16T06:41:19.054-05:002019-01-16T06:41:19.054-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933799889788051388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51895923734642233182019-01-15T18:20:06.784-05:002019-01-15T18:20:06.784-05:00@JarlFrank There's a hilarious hack in Skyrim ...@JarlFrank There's a hilarious hack in Skyrim for stealing with impunity. Because getting caught is based on line of sight, if you put a basket or cauldron over the shopkeep's head you could literally rob him blind.Wonkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147422102351323674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6509421674413491792019-01-15T17:43:41.911-05:002019-01-15T17:43:41.911-05:00[quote]I hasten to add that, if intended, this wou...[quote]I hasten to add that, if intended, this would be a great setting for an RPG--some kind of post-apocalyptic world, empty except for monsters, in which you have to piece together what happened from notes and other evidence[/quote]<br /><br />Other commenters correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is what Dark Souls's setting is intended to beDoust19noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71566724449250217642019-01-15T16:54:12.579-05:002019-01-15T16:54:12.579-05:00Yeah but for the time Myst had very little action,...Yeah but for the time Myst had very little action, no combat and relied heavily on a mysterious setting. I will agree that walking sims tend to have less intense puzzle solving but they often use mystery or discovery as a driving force.Mr. Pavonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286558267156792637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37851146946093556592019-01-15T16:26:48.168-05:002019-01-15T16:26:48.168-05:00Elder Scrolls games starting from Daggerfall at le...Elder Scrolls games starting from Daggerfall at least (don't remember how it was in Arena). In Morrowind you would be caught by a shopkeeper if you tried to sell him back an item you stole from him - "Hey, that's mine!"<br /><br />JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88506302358599733492019-01-15T16:09:13.074-05:002019-01-15T16:09:13.074-05:00I'd only do it in that game for role-playing r...I'd only do it in that game for role-playing reasons.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46965956181441625262019-01-15T13:46:42.897-05:002019-01-15T13:46:42.897-05:00I haven't played it, but I watched a fair amou...I haven't played it, but I watched a fair amount of it on Twitch when it first came out.<br /><br />I thought it honestly looked pretty awesome, although not like something I would spend too much time playing.<br /><br />It DOES sound like the roguelike Caves of Qud, though, which has been tempting me to be my next play through.Charles Swannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62434845585703207352019-01-15T13:26:17.961-05:002019-01-15T13:26:17.961-05:00"Thou hearest the voice of a great wizard, Da..."Thou hearest the voice of a great wizard, Dave Ramsey."Charles Swannnoreply@blogger.com