tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5966497066299327258..comments2024-03-28T04:44:28.648-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Wasteland: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65526800308439637592017-11-14T20:06:17.912-05:002017-11-14T20:06:17.912-05:00As to the nuns, etc., maybe they were going for li...As to the nuns, etc., maybe they were going for literary immortality the way The Lord oF the Rings is supposed to be so great because of ambiguities in what the things in it really mean or represent about humanity (like the ring).Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22624682673179967362017-01-10T01:06:51.723-05:002017-01-10T01:06:51.723-05:00Two things about Base Cochise that, while benefici...Two things about Base Cochise that, while beneficial, came a little too late in the game:<br /><br />1) There's a place where you can get your Brawling up to 8;<br /><br />2) The base contains the best NPC in the game. (I suppose this one isn't too late, if someone dies in the middle of it all.)jCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67668263655752524162016-02-06T13:26:14.487-05:002016-02-06T13:26:14.487-05:00One of the features I liked about this game (more ...One of the features I liked about this game (more when I was younger with too much free time) was that you could easily reset the game and start again with the same characters. They'd keep their levels, attributes, and skills but not their equipment. It was fun to rampage through the game again and find new things, and there were always more levels to be gained.asimpkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4337211274659008492015-11-01T00:48:10.228-04:002015-11-01T00:48:10.228-04:00"This puzzle was a bit unfair. Nowhere else i..."This puzzle was a bit unfair. Nowhere else in the game did you need to test every wall to get through an area."<br /><br />Several walkthroughs I read told me to search for the hidden wall door.<br /><br />However, I doubt this is the intended path. The intended path is to chat with the computer console. Eventually, the computer dumps you into the lower level, but in a more difficult position than the wall door. The walkthroughs I read told me not to do this, as it is harder. If you do chat with the computer, later on you find the wall door naturally, and the wall door is merely a shorter path to the lower levels.<br /><br />The trick is realizing (or discovering) what to say to the computer to start the conversation. Once you find the first keyword, the chat sequence is pretty obvious. And then the computer drops you into the trap.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81532831453308382442015-07-22T21:41:05.461-04:002015-07-22T21:41:05.461-04:00This was the last game I played on the C64 before ...This was the last game I played on the C64 before moving on to the Amiga. I only have vague memories of it and cannot say how far I was into the game, but what I can remember is that I went out of ammo for the guns (energy and bullets) after buying every clip from every (known) shop and couldn't do any more combats. Unlike with Ultima 4 or Bard's Tale this game feels not like returning home when I start it and therefore I never found the motivation to retry it from the start.Eriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66235946196049840872013-11-11T22:28:51.223-05:002013-11-11T22:28:51.223-05:00Woot! It's out now on Steam! With updated grap...Woot! It's out now on Steam! With updated graphics and soundtrack! XDKenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61292087030208831892012-09-19T22:36:12.748-04:002012-09-19T22:36:12.748-04:00Thanks, Jason. I particularly wanted to know what ...Thanks, Jason. I particularly wanted to know what happened with the helicopter.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71210650758900204362012-09-05T20:57:05.782-04:002012-09-05T20:57:05.782-04:00Love the site! You are a much better player than ...Love the site! You are a much better player than I - most of these I never finished on my own without help. In particular I am impressed that you figured out cloning.<br /><br />Anyway, a couple of answers and a couple things you missed in wasteland:<br /><br />Basically the Guardian Citadel has the keys you need to destroy Cochise. That is the purpose, as well as sending you to cochise via the helicopter.<br /><br />The password to the Temple in Vegas can be found by looking at the posters at the entrance.<br /><br />Sleeper base has a door that is hard to open, that has armor good enough to face the GC (though not as good as power armor).<br /><br />Metallurgy is used on those dead ends in the mines.<br /><br />You actually get experience for using skills. setting a macro to climb a hill can give you many, many levels, up to supreme jerk (level 181 I believe).<br /><br />You can get a better reception in savage village by returning redhawk to them (he is in the GC). Of course, at that point savage village is rather pointless.<br /><br />If you fly the helicopter from GC to Cochise you can wipe out all the robots outside of the base.<br /><br />And finally, check out VAX - he seriously has a thing for toasters.JasonLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56349718531033069762011-12-20T08:25:54.706-05:002011-12-20T08:25:54.706-05:00Its been along time since I read "A Canticle ...Its been along time since I read "A Canticle for Leibowitz" but I got the feeling that the monks were not originally a religious order but became that way over time. The preservation of knowledge became so sacred to them that they started taking on religious attitudes toward it. I should read it again and this sequel I have heard mentioned.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55894433115383833162011-12-20T01:16:28.546-05:002011-12-20T01:16:28.546-05:00@Addict: None of the characters in the book carry ...@Addict: None of the characters in the book carry weapons that I can recall, being monks, not warriors. They are also more then willing to share their knowledge with anyone interested, instead of violently hording it. Also, the game didn't have the books underlying theme that everything is a giant circle, that we build empires, destroy them, then rebuild them again.<br /><br />PetrusOctavianus: Hahhahaha, yeah, not Catholic in the least. To say I oppose their views on almost every issue would be an understatement. I'm your happy, friendly, egotistical, left-wing, sexually open, near-shameless geek would would like certain regions to stop saying my friends are going to hell. Additionally I hadn't formed most of my political views 6 years ago when I read the book (Common, I was just finishing high school!) but I was still far from Catholic (Raised Protestant, and one of the denominations furthest from Catholicism). Don't speak Latin either, though you can actually get a decent bit of it if you know some root words, as so many English words are taken from it: Necro, death. Sol, sun/light, Deus, god, and so on. You should have seen the book I read right after it, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco. That book would have been a lot easier to understand if I spoke Latin!Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45936993140584890512011-12-20T00:00:25.926-05:002011-12-20T00:00:25.926-05:00Personally I was rather disappointed with A Cantic...Personally I was rather disappointed with A Canticle for Leibowitz. I like the idea of the book, but there was just too much emphasis on religion for my taste. I guess you need to be a catholic and/or know latin to get the most out of the book.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84729198831908678902011-12-19T23:26:37.772-05:002011-12-19T23:26:37.772-05:00I don't know. I just read the Wikipedia plot s...I don't know. I just read the Wikipedia plot summary, and it sounds very familiar, including the location of the base in the American southwest. On the other hand, it doesn't sound that the guardians in the book were so heavily armed.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11873490176141894122011-12-19T09:51:07.846-05:002011-12-19T09:51:07.846-05:00I'd say it is a rather loose link. A Canticle ...I'd say it is a rather loose link. A Canticle for Lebowitz is an amazing book though. I'm somewhat scared to read the equal, titled, no joke, Lebowitz and the Wild Horse Women.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16870529787596981792011-12-19T00:57:58.868-05:002011-12-19T00:57:58.868-05:00Thank for filling me in on that, pavo. I've ne...Thank for filling me in on that, pavo. I've never read the book, so and it's good to know where the major references come from.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71705277645111031572011-12-18T15:57:58.882-05:002011-12-18T15:57:58.882-05:00Since nobody else mentioned it, I'll bring it ...Since nobody else mentioned it, I'll bring it up here. The Guardian Citadel reminds me of the Abbey in A Canticle For Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. The story concerns an order of Catholic monks who work to preserve, collect and restore technology from the time before the nuclear war that wipes out civilization. My guess is the creators of Wasteland read that book and wanted to implement it somehow.<br />In a way, Wasteland takes a lot of post-apocalyptic tropes and puts them all in one game.Mr. Pavonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286558267156792637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14930139690208049132011-11-16T14:25:28.522-05:002011-11-16T14:25:28.522-05:00Way to remind me I have made some bad decisions Ca...Way to remind me I have made some bad decisions Canageek.<br /><br />But seriously, I will look into those deals if I do end up really liking the Anthology. As long as it gets to me and sometime later the CRPG Addict I'm fine with the decision the Addict and I made. Thanks for the info Canageek!<br /><br />- GiauzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11281674986275798422011-11-16T13:36:45.259-05:002011-11-16T13:36:45.259-05:00Man, with that kind of delay you'd be better o...Man, with that kind of delay you'd be better off buying from GoG: http://www.gog.com/<br /><br />I'm really sorry I forgot to mention it here, but it was during the posting break, they had a sale with all the Infinity Engine games for $30 or so. <br />They go for $10/each right now, no DRM, modified to run on modern computers and fully patched. You just get a disk image you can either mount as a CD or burn to a disk, and no restrictions on what you do with it, unlike steam. No need for net, no sign in, it just installs. <br />Also: Unlimited downloads if you lose the disk, and some minor extras: BGII comes with a map, soundtrack, PDF manuals. That kind of stuff. I should also mention, $10 includes all the expansion packs for that game. <br /><br />Arcanum is also up there for $6, Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition is $10.<br /><br />Really sorry that I didn't mention that sale, but they do sales once a week, so keep an eye out for RPGs.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62647629037485236192011-11-16T13:29:03.967-05:002011-11-16T13:29:03.967-05:00Well, Amazon says they usually ship in 4-7 weeks, ...Well, Amazon says they usually ship in 4-7 weeks, but I don't remember two other items I have ordered on their site before taking that long. Considering the game just went off pre-order status on the 14th, they probably have to order more stock. Who knows, hope it gets here soon.<br /><br />- GiauzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3901408551435876342011-11-16T12:36:34.159-05:002011-11-16T12:36:34.159-05:00The one journal entry I can find on the Guardians ...The one journal entry I can find on the Guardians says: "You know the Guardians to be strange collectors of old items and as xenophobic fools who would not hesitate to kill strangers without ever seeing the whites of their eyes. You've teamed that the flags are in place to mark the closest an outsider may approach the walls without being attacked."<br /><br />If "preservers of the past" appears in the game, I missed it, but of course I missed a lot of stuff.<br /><br />Two months!? How could they possibly justify such a long shipping time? I hope that doesn't mean they don't really have it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72459249074971079812011-11-16T11:58:20.319-05:002011-11-16T11:58:20.319-05:00Just placed the order for the DnD Anthology CRPG A...Just placed the order for the DnD Anthology CRPG Addict. I can't believe Amazon estimates that it will take about TWO MONTHS to get it to me, but, whatever, I am very greatful that you decided to do this for me.<br /><br />Also, can't be anxious enough to read your next post.<br /><br />- GiauzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18985170811272938562011-11-16T10:16:09.234-05:002011-11-16T10:16:09.234-05:00I believe that there are several people in random ...I believe that there are several people in random places throughout the game that refer to the Guardians as "preservers of the past," so one would assume they somehow got their hands on the keys over the years and didn't realize what exactly it was they had. As Anonymous above says, they were sort of a precursor to the Brotherhood of Steel. <br /><br />It's funny, but Wasteland is one of my favorite CRPGs ever, and I've played through it many, many times, and yet I never realized you could add the clones to your party in addition to your regular party members. For some reason (clearly made up in my own mind) I always thought you could only activate them if the "original" character died. Still learning new things about the game even after all this time!Joelhttp://www.spectaclerock.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73231399639958908232011-11-16T09:35:32.253-05:002011-11-16T09:35:32.253-05:00Exactly. As I say in my review today, Wasteland is...Exactly. As I say in my review today, <i>Wasteland</i> is one of the earliest games to make it possible to win without essentially experiencing all the content. This is very common in modern games, of course. And just as you'll have to forgive me if I don't join all the guilds in <i>Morrowind</i>, you have to forgive me for not meeting every NPC in <i>Wasteland</i>.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51842379013839665422011-11-16T08:33:12.889-05:002011-11-16T08:33:12.889-05:00Now see, your writing makes me reconsider whether ...Now see, your writing makes me reconsider whether or not to play the game (it seemed too complex, but perhaps all the stuff to find makes it worth the effort).<br />Once again, excellent job. Never worry <strong>too</strong> much about missing content; the only real way to avoid that is to ruin the game by consulting a walkthrough the whole time you play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9643450329442520382011-11-16T07:59:52.968-05:002011-11-16T07:59:52.968-05:00Ah! I wondered what I was supposed to do at the ro...Ah! I wondered what I was supposed to do at the robot assembly facility. Oh, well. NPCs didn't do a lot for me in this game anyway. I think I accidentally killed several of them.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41194176138928618352011-11-16T06:44:29.928-05:002011-11-16T06:44:29.928-05:00Guardian Citadel is an early version of what would...Guardian Citadel is an early version of what would later become Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel. The Brotherhood is dedicated to preserving the technology of yore; I assume the Guardians have a similar purpose, though I don't remember if the game actually said so at any point.<br /><br />Looking at the log, it seems you missed VAX, the most powerful NPC in Cochise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com