tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post7680682059882873056..comments2024-03-28T15:25:30.216-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Dark Heart of Uukrul: Angry Dialogue During Clash of BladesCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43789929644117137232021-04-20T21:21:18.654-04:002021-04-20T21:21:18.654-04:00I had forgotten about it, of course, but it's ...I had forgotten about it, of course, but it's still nice to have this clarification.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16717991927161504172021-04-19T09:36:10.647-04:002021-04-19T09:36:10.647-04:00Thanks for your outstanding posts on Uukrul! Don&#...Thanks for your outstanding posts on Uukrul! Don't have the time to play through myself, but I've had fun experiencing the game through your eyes. <br /><br />By the way (and I'm sure this has been keeping you up for the past eight years), you get to 7 across (ENGRAVE) by anagramming AVENGER ("carve" is a clue here) and 1) realizing that "grave" = "where the dead lie," 2) "E N" are "two (compass) points."Dave Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452322150944472537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83867007786319495412019-11-12T12:17:40.886-05:002019-11-12T12:17:40.886-05:00I love being reminded of this one. For someone who...I love being reminded of this one. For someone who has trouble with cryptics, you did a great job in the lower half.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13123164465656172182019-11-06T04:30:13.956-05:002019-11-06T04:30:13.956-05:00I've never been able to do cryptic crosswords,...I've never been able to do cryptic crosswords, but I had a go at this. Here's my results:<br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/HCu7a4c.png<br /><br />11 particularly steered me wrong as it was one I 'solved' quite early. I'm quite proud that I managed to find valid solutions to 2 and 8 despite all three being incorrect - zeal/seal is so close to almost perfect, while not being remotely close to the actual answer! asdasdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459638043573476026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5846176612142922702019-04-12T16:04:33.906-04:002019-04-12T16:04:33.906-04:00Blogger keeps eating my comments...
Thanks for t...Blogger keeps eating my comments... <br /><br />Thanks for the explanation of the clue conventions - this is the first cryptic I've ever solved. FYI - number 2 is also a (poorly) hidden word. Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424138564206888866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8670617144559448792019-04-12T15:48:25.965-04:002019-04-12T15:48:25.965-04:00Cool, this is the first cryptic I've ever solv...Cool, this is the first cryptic I've ever solved. Number 2 is also a (not very well) hidden word.Romhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424138564206888866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88164799133528508792013-11-15T01:04:14.001-05:002013-11-15T01:04:14.001-05:00Right. Cryptic Crosswords are generally British th...Right. Cryptic Crosswords are generally British things, though some American papers provide them-- My Dad has done the Cryptic Crossword in Games magazine for years. (I wonder if Chet also likes the Battleship and coded word puzzles?) <br /><br />"Now, more than a crossword, this was a cryptic crossword, more the style you'll find in The Times of London than The New York Times. Cryptic crosswords are much harder."<br /><br />(Sorry for the delay; this got buried in my email)Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70566816819803072322013-11-02T08:06:27.409-04:002013-11-02T08:06:27.409-04:00Which one? The one in the game? I was refering to ...Which one? The one in the game? I was refering to the 8 different types of puzzles Chet mentioned in this post. I didn't know that you had to think outside of the box so much when you attempt to solve a cryptic crossword. At least I think that the crossword puzzle in the weekend WSJ is a cryptic one... It might just be that I fail at this.Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4731988126887412312013-11-01T19:37:41.404-04:002013-11-01T19:37:41.404-04:00Well, this is more a British one....Well, this is more a British one....Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84999668432957473372013-11-01T17:37:59.466-04:002013-11-01T17:37:59.466-04:00Ah! Now I can finally try to solve the Wall Street...Ah! Now I can finally try to solve the Wall Street Journal crossword puzzles! I had no idea American crossword puzzles are so sophisticated. German crossword puzzles are much, much easier. Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9223061446593998562013-04-21T07:53:00.918-04:002013-04-21T07:53:00.918-04:00Once upon a time in early 90s, the whole stuff of ...Once upon a time in early 90s, the whole stuff of computer department of one of the russian Research Institutes had been playing "Uukrul" during near a half of year. All research projects were stopped. But they walked it through! I was there, great times! <br />Dark Heart of Uukrul will be in my personal Top10 of RPG forever.Geldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270994592196981911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78635307049347591682013-02-24T21:28:51.766-05:002013-02-24T21:28:51.766-05:00I've been trying to learn to do cryptic crossw...I've been trying to learn to do cryptic crosswords for a while now. I have some of the lingo down, so I can often solve a quarter of the puzzle or so, but there are just so many terms of art used by the setters that would never occur to anyone approaching the thing naively. Like how heather=Erica, or how 'painter' can mean RA (royal academician) and that kind of thing. Or like the example you gave, of flower=river. Maybe one day I'll finish a puzzle on my own and howl in triumph; until then I have a couple of friends who can do this stuff, and when I can I follow along as they go through a puzzle. One thing I can now do most of the time and that's behind a lot of what limited success I do have is spot the anagram keywords, like 'damaged' or 'altered' or 'about' or 'amiss'. For this one I managed KNEEL, ASH, HUM, ENGRAVE, NEED, UNDERFOOT and DRAGON. But the 'cold wet spikes' one I thought was FROSTED, which would have stopped me getting much further.Tomsknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65118922745306382312013-02-23T13:35:43.716-05:002013-02-23T13:35:43.716-05:00That's how I felt the first few times, but the...That's how I felt the first few times, but they get a lot easier once you understand how the cluing words work. Imagine if you picked up a regular crossword without knowing what a question mark at the end of an entry meant, or before you understood that an abbreviation in the clue might mean an abbreviation in the answer.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47027807343015794202013-02-22T19:11:46.875-05:002013-02-22T19:11:46.875-05:00I used to think I was good at crosswords. Then I s...I used to think I was good at crosswords. Then I saw a Cryptic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18632354670860634702012-12-13T10:15:31.588-05:002012-12-13T10:15:31.588-05:00I'm pretty good at cryptics; out local newspap...I'm pretty good at cryptics; out local newspaper has one, so I generally do one a day. This one was pretty easy; only one that really gave me pause for thought was 11 across, as I tried to remember all the R words for "Gives up" I could think of (rescinds, retreats, resigns...) before working it out the other way around. Did the dragon drag on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32833061423302032932012-11-11T23:32:48.738-05:002012-11-11T23:32:48.738-05:00I got all of them but 11. I think what tripped me...I got all of them but 11. I think what tripped me up was that I was expecting it to end in ESS, but now I see that it says "short recess".<br /><br />Thanks for posting this puzzle CRPG. I haven't done a cryptic crossword in years.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382356416935293139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77582575797583264002012-11-11T23:24:11.607-05:002012-11-11T23:24:11.607-05:00I found 8 down to be the easiest, though 6 and 9 c...I found 8 down to be the easiest, though 6 and 9 came shortly after.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382356416935293139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28941045653782504482012-11-01T18:27:41.976-04:002012-11-01T18:27:41.976-04:00Ah, so it's a "double definition". ...Ah, so it's a "double definition". I don't think cryptic crosswords are my thing.Mikrakovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74428507480499723472012-11-01T16:49:15.828-04:002012-11-01T16:49:15.828-04:00The best way to think of it is that all or most cr...The best way to think of it is that all or most cryptic clues have two parts: a definition and a separate clue. So you actually get more than in a simple clue - the problem is that you don't know which part is which, and the surface meaning of the whole clue is generally irrelevant. Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14334941895596582422012-11-01T11:38:47.919-04:002012-11-01T11:38:47.919-04:00Thanks Bunyip
I should have remembered that from ...Thanks Bunyip<br /><br />I should have remembered that from my clarinet playing days.<br /><br />These days, even indie titles would be criticised for such a puzzle. Perhaps warranted if it were required to finish the game, but not as a side quest.<br /><br />Age of Decadence, which will be coming out in the next few months, has caused a bit of a stir because you can realistically get killed in the very first combat encounter. <br /><br />Actually, New Vegas gave me a combat smackdown early on, despite me having played Fallout 3. Who would have thought that wandering around in the open holding a pea shooter might be dangerous in a lawless, irradiated wasteland? Good times.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24423158606327338282012-11-01T07:05:36.025-04:002012-11-01T07:05:36.025-04:00Oops, should just be "piano" for "p...Oops, should just be "piano" for "p".Bunyiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568418061481970011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48198001073697811612012-11-01T07:03:29.596-04:002012-11-01T07:03:29.596-04:00The "loud" part gives you the letter f, ...The "loud" part gives you the letter f, because in musical notation an "f" is used for "forte", the italian word for loud. Once you know this one, you'll see it used a lot in cryptic crosswords, together with similar ones for "p" (pianissimo, soft/quiet), "pp" (pianissimo, very quiet) and "ff" (fortissimo, very loud). The rest of the clue is the backwards liar, i.e. rail.<br /><br />Funny thought - Can you imagine someone putting something like this in a mass-market game produced today?Bunyiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568418061481970011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77697667743572160312012-11-01T05:22:38.601-04:002012-11-01T05:22:38.601-04:00The interview goes into lots of details, it contai...The interview goes into lots of details, it contains spoiler though!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65909879602521147192012-11-01T04:05:39.849-04:002012-11-01T04:05:39.849-04:00To 'cross swords' is to engage in a fight....To 'cross swords' is to engage in a fight. Clashing blades is intended to evoke crossing swords.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7509095384977322932012-11-01T03:11:23.204-04:002012-11-01T03:11:23.204-04:00I got most of them.
For 1), is the 'loud'...I got most of them.<br /><br />For 1), is the 'loud' clue supposed to evoke 'Fray'?<br /><br />I'd have never got 11), although now I get what sorts of answers to look for.<br /><br />Icicled is a cool word. wink wink. (I didn't get it though)<br /><br />As for 7 across, it's rearranged avenger or alternatively, Two [compass] points (East and North) followed by grave.<br /><br />Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.com