tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6880154914883303011..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 280: The Legend of Blacksilver (1988)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39838413342354107632022-07-29T20:03:20.562-04:002022-07-29T20:03:20.562-04:00"But "heigh-loagh" is devilishly cl..."<i>But "heigh-loagh" is devilishly clever.</i>"<br /><br />This reminded me of the game show Card Sharks. I used to enjoy that one.<br />a sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrlYsRJV5n0LanHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073207178889909708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19493193739062540312021-04-28T14:40:57.623-04:002021-04-28T14:40:57.623-04:00This is fascinating. I loved following along and w...This is fascinating. I loved following along and wrapping my mind around the math. Thank all of you for going down the rabbit hole!Nachtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687591577885252972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36420607373157051842020-08-16T20:18:08.661-04:002020-08-16T20:18:08.661-04:00Fun fact: Bad Axe is a real town. https://en.wikip...Fun fact: Bad Axe is a real town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Axe,_MichiganJavaJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119909779046459574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22922905963633508472019-04-08T00:44:06.552-04:002019-04-08T00:44:06.552-04:00Hi, I get 65948/270725 ~= 24.36% for winning a sin...Hi, I get 65948/270725 ~= 24.36% for winning a single hand. Looking at Jalen's program, it appears to me that the g and h values are being incorrectly accumulated though iterations of the inner loops. (These affect the high/low decision when playing from an eight.)Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331379251493033590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1377405096770010162018-03-05T05:10:32.857-05:002018-03-05T05:10:32.857-05:00I think the best reason for skipping them is they ...I think the best reason for skipping them is they are overly discussed already, and the conversation is almost never deep.<br /><br />There are some japanese console RPG games that you can more or less tell are still carrying a torch of sorts of Wizardry. Some of them are old and some of them are not, but I'm not going to recommend any of them.jrodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567198770927408479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24638456551464778112018-03-05T04:57:16.388-05:002018-03-05T04:57:16.388-05:00I've played this game a lot and taken notes. ...I've played this game a lot and taken notes. I think the hands are randomized to the best of whatever random number generator is used in the game, because the total set of hands is larger than I think anyone would have bothered to manually enter into a data table.<br /><br />However the seeding of the random number function seems quite poor, so that the set of initial hands is around 5 for each session, and once you have them mapped out, you can just bet 333, win 999, and leave and restart.<br /><br />In a way I found it satisfying to solve the game by taking careful notes, which is an RPG tradition. But at the same time it was kind of silly to defeat the software instead of the game.jrodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567198770927408479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53643095035399266322018-03-01T12:36:25.451-05:002018-03-01T12:36:25.451-05:00I am absolutely appalled at what I read about rabb...I am absolutely appalled at what I read about rabbits.<br /><br />Mr. Bolingbroke, are you telling us you have rabbits jumping around just outside your window & you don't have a stew at least once a week?<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't need people to tell me to play Final Fantasy to get the little suckers.<br /><br />As fluffy as they look, a rabbit always looks best amidst potatoes and other assorted vegetables.Izzy Morenonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84451740852602671642018-02-26T20:25:43.607-05:002018-02-26T20:25:43.607-05:00"Look at you. Half naked and running around w..."Look at you. Half naked and running around waving that toy sword of yours with that ridiculous Viking helmet. Why can't you sit still and study magic to succeed my megalomaniacal ambitions?"Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50053582226706007792018-02-18T19:21:01.438-05:002018-02-18T19:21:01.438-05:00True- not entirely linear, I meant more in the sen...True- not entirely linear, I meant more in the sense that you can't go traveling everywhere, but I did appreciate being able to choose mission order. I also really loved the Aztechnology level- I was disappointed that I didn't have high enough stats to do anything other than a frontal assault, but the result was so tense and epic I quickly accepted :) Playing Hong Kong now!Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90757890540885087212018-02-18T18:31:02.104-05:002018-02-18T18:31:02.104-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.killias2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00398131197947456691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73881666681360411632018-02-18T18:16:11.478-05:002018-02-18T18:16:11.478-05:00I always took your opinion on JRPGs as just a diff...I always took your opinion on JRPGs as just a difference in taste, but I never thought about the fact that some of my earliest tv shows were anime and I am inclined towards it, dragon ball and Gundam Wing still are classics to me. But I get it, and I think you'll get a good enough taste of JRPGs even if you do exclude most of a series which has been reported to death anyway. Of course I'd love to get your view but hate for you to suffer through games you know you won't like.Bakuielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708554023018591850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29810524328706038152018-02-18T17:27:16.520-05:002018-02-18T17:27:16.520-05:00The issue here is that, unless you've been pla...The issue here is that, unless you've been playing off on your own, you aren't that guy. You're the guy sitting over in the Middle East saying "Beer? I saw a picture of that in a magazine once. Looked like urine. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that nobody sane could like it."<br /><br />Or, perhaps, the German sitting around insisting that all American beer is practically water, as if the massive craft brewing industry doesn't exist.<br /><br />That's why the FF PC ports are getting pushed. You'd have to rewrite your rules for the specific purpose of excluding them, and even if you weren't happy with them, at least you'd be basing your comments on actual first-hand experience rather than -at best- reading somebody else's blog about them. Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81443423643513348422018-02-18T16:43:47.798-05:002018-02-18T16:43:47.798-05:00Yeah, I wouldn't eliminate games originally pu...Yeah, I wouldn't eliminate games originally published on a console because so many games are INTENDED for both console and PC and just happen to be published on the console first. When the delay is 20 years, on the other hand, I don't know.<br /><br />I'm flattered that people like my writing and look forward to my coverage of particular games, but I don't like the pressure when multiple people won't shut up about the same game. I know that whatever I write isn't going to satisfy them. PARTICULARLY when the games occupy a genre that simply isn't part of my history. I was born too soon to be part of the generation that fetishizes Japanese entertainment. I don't like anime. I think a Nintendo and its games look like toys for children. I think Pokemon looks like something babies should be playing with. The graphics of early JRPGs are goofy and weird and off-putting. The plots of later ones are confusing and blend technology and fantasy in ways that are uncomfortable to my tastes and experiences. <br /><br />So given all that, you can see why constant prodding to play <i>Final Fantasy</i> games is annoying. I think they depend on developing a taste, like coffee or beer. You developed it when you were 6, so you don't remember what it's like not to have it, but I never did. I'm the guy spitting out a lager after one sip saying, "People LIKE this?!" and you're sitting over there saying,"How can you not like beer?"CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53533284311747532642018-02-18T08:54:49.127-05:002018-02-18T08:54:49.127-05:00Fable just popped into my head has well. Though th...Fable just popped into my head has well. Though they aren't western, this would also eliminate Dark Souls and its brethren. killias2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00398131197947456691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1228630576709252022018-02-18T08:52:32.773-05:002018-02-18T08:52:32.773-05:00@PK that rule would actually eliminate Mass Effect...@PK that rule would actually eliminate Mass Effect, which is.. interesting. Off the top of my head, that's probably the most noteworthy western RPG series that would be affected. killias2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00398131197947456691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71215845095026574422018-02-18T08:49:25.535-05:002018-02-18T08:49:25.535-05:00(Not speaking to Chet here or encouraging him to d...(Not speaking to Chet here or encouraging him to do anything). For those of us who have played FF1, this thread feels especially hilarious. FF1 would easily fit in with the Questrons and Ultima clones on this list, as a polished top down grindy adventure. The sequels would have too much plot and anime, of course, haha. killias2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00398131197947456691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86908955189642549362018-02-16T18:26:32.421-05:002018-02-16T18:26:32.421-05:00In Dragonfall the order of the runs in the middle ...In Dragonfall the order of the runs in the middle section is pretty much your choice, so you can make runs easier by taking them later (making the runs you take earlier instead harder, of course).<br /><br />Giving "experience points" (karma) for runs and special achievements is standard in Shadowrun. Combat is rather undesireable, after all, when you work from the shadows (and those High Threat Response teams are nasty).<br /><br />Dragonfall is one of my favourites, too (The Aztechnology run alone). Played through it three times, SR: Hong Kong is next for a third spin.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6620742154683562232018-02-16T15:48:40.186-05:002018-02-16T15:48:40.186-05:00I just finished Shadowrun: Dragonfall. One of my f...I just finished Shadowrun: Dragonfall. One of my favorite rpgs now. Their system is really simple, but still manages to make tactically interesting, challenging scenarios. It's pretty linear, and all level ups come from achieving goals, none from combat.Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6819737975049874552018-02-16T15:43:58.969-05:002018-02-16T15:43:58.969-05:00Friendly reminder to all fellow nerds out there- a...Friendly reminder to all fellow nerds out there- arguing for paragraphs about something pretty inconsequential, even if you're right, starts to get rude after a while. I get it! But sometimes it's best to say "one of us is right, one of us is wrong, I know what I think is correct, let's forget about it."Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28184892360030085242018-02-14T19:14:10.325-05:002018-02-14T19:14:10.325-05:00If you request Shin Megami Tensei, Chet's rifl...If you request Shin Megami Tensei, Chet's rifle is upgraded to an M249.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-902154136825658162018-02-14T17:38:29.845-05:002018-02-14T17:38:29.845-05:00(reposting in correct thread with typos fixed...)
...(reposting in correct thread with typos fixed...)<br /><br />Why not just make a rule that you're not playing any game or series that originated on consoles? Your current rules seem to oblige you to play Final Fantasy games sooner or later, you don't want to -- but one imagines you feel this whole project is cheapened if you flout your own rules -- so change the rules, boom, problem solved...<br /><br />...I'm not sure if I'm kidding or not.<br /><br />Either way I'd never "encourage" you to play a FF game; they're not that great (some are outright hraka), embody many things you dislike, etc.<br /><br />Not sure if other commenters are trying to encourage you either, so much as sound out the scope of your rules and figure out which games will/won't get the badge of honor for a playthrough.<br /><br />("Lendri? We don't need no embleer lendri." Mel Brooks -- er, I mean, Weird Al version, of course.)PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91551579667975965812018-02-14T17:23:59.663-05:002018-02-14T17:23:59.663-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8449155217392085412018-02-14T00:02:22.058-05:002018-02-14T00:02:22.058-05:00If you lived in Australia that threat would have t...If you lived in Australia that threat would have the opposite effect Chet, damn pests.Mikrakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359946565373258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59736792637068183002018-02-13T19:56:24.876-05:002018-02-13T19:56:24.876-05:00Deleted my previous reply here because, on reread,...Deleted my previous reply here because, on reread, it came off a lot nastier than I intended it to. Humor is hard to convey in text, which is (quite appropriately) what I was trying to rib the Addict for.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57101623906556673742018-02-13T19:49:13.640-05:002018-02-13T19:49:13.640-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.com