tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8746681921745864055..comments2024-03-28T10:19:08.172-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 264: Karma (1987)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17752184161496937512021-06-16T11:46:47.464-04:002021-06-16T11:46:47.464-04:00Mixed news Chet, Hoagie found a new French RPG : z...Mixed news Chet, Hoagie found a new French RPG : zone <br />https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1340<br /><br />So same author as Tera and Karma, but "matured". I had never heard of it, but according to Hoagie's review above it was very well received in France. It could be an interesting game if you want to spice a bit between two games that are too traditional.<br /><br />The two other games are more in my territory - space sim / space trade / space war typesNarwhal, the Wargaming Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808952600298482923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84517625619845430882018-01-23T09:02:31.777-05:002018-01-23T09:02:31.777-05:00Maybe it's just a coincidence but picture of M...Maybe it's just a coincidence but picture of Mme Butterfly strongly reminds me of Rachael from Blade Runner (1982), especially in this shot: https://postimg.org/image/kxt5m470l/ Mateejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605689240731686669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24311855434664681382017-12-23T11:44:39.016-05:002017-12-23T11:44:39.016-05:00CGA composite wasn't even an option in Europe....CGA composite wasn't even an option in Europe. It's NTSC only, and even if PAL version had been made, the extra composite colours trick relies on NTSC artifact colours and wouldn't work on PAL anyway. Viilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32810726580846713542017-10-26T15:21:20.576-04:002017-10-26T15:21:20.576-04:00Thanks, Hoagie. That's a nice addition to this...Thanks, Hoagie. That's a nice addition to this entry. And thanks for your site--without it, I wouldn't have been able to play at all.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34961995329598784102017-10-25T11:23:24.789-04:002017-10-25T11:23:24.789-04:00Thanks for your posts, it's nice to see some r...Thanks for your posts, it's nice to see some reviews of obscure foreign games.<br />I just finished an article in English about the five games by Ulysse, it should give a good insight of his work :<br /><br />https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_infos_fic.php?id=102887<br /><br />Don't hesitate to ask more info if you need (on these games or any other old French game), I'll be glad to help. :-)Hoagie (Abandonware France)https://www.abandonware-france.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4311800893303449512017-10-22T21:45:20.813-04:002017-10-22T21:45:20.813-04:00Thanks. I think I misread it as vélocité.Thanks. I think I misread it as <i>vélocité</i>.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2911679792930772342017-10-20T08:27:46.352-04:002017-10-20T08:27:46.352-04:00"Attributes are intelligence, speed [...].&qu..."Attributes are intelligence, speed [...]."<br /><br />You made a mistake there. The second one isn't "vitesse", it's "volonté" (willpower).Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292483318253446632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56207425033999231832017-10-18T16:38:32.331-04:002017-10-18T16:38:32.331-04:00re Goldorak: at the time this game was published, ...re Goldorak: at the time this game was published, the do-them-yourself collectible toy dinorobots Zoids were sold in large quantities in France, and the mechasaurus here looks the part ( it reminds me of the styracosaurus leader of the red Zoids which I think were meant as the bad guys ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72324572946610878732017-10-16T03:53:34.277-04:002017-10-16T03:53:34.277-04:00Looks like Francesca Annis as Lady Jessica to me.....Looks like Francesca Annis as Lady Jessica to me.. which is funny considering that Cryo's Dune game from 1992 (?) had a similar mechanic as this game, going from screen to screen in a world that wraps around itself. Why was that such a thing with french developers? KGB is another example, using the Dune-engine, I think.Henryvonkleisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614744623860886548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9516006485711140422017-10-16T01:59:19.506-04:002017-10-16T01:59:19.506-04:00I really wanted to see more of this game. It's...I really wanted to see more of this game. It's so strange and weird, it has my curiosity on edge much more than well documented games. kittycatgirl2khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517587962259183297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16235751284275707502017-10-15T15:34:38.640-04:002017-10-15T15:34:38.640-04:00I actually like the weird, hand-drawn looking grap...I actually like the weird, hand-drawn looking graphics in this one. Would be nice to see them in a comprehensible game. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67308927063308642882017-10-15T05:51:52.933-04:002017-10-15T05:51:52.933-04:00I can see how this game is much more frustrating t...I can see how this game is much more frustrating than Tera. In a way, the graphics are better (more complex), but it's much harder to recognize things like doors and obelisks. The food mechanic is not a welcome addition for me. You can interrogate and converse with your companions, but it's confusing what this really does, as is why they are fleeing sometimes. All together, it seems much harder and grindy than Tera.<br /><br />If you change your mind and give this another shot, there is a temple on Karma which has a few doors at least (it was surrounded by noxious fumes in my game - thanks a lot). There was also an antigrav vehicle somewhere that lets you jump several spaces on the map (saves food I guess but consumes fuel - not sure how that works out).Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43860674527147194892017-10-14T15:42:39.030-04:002017-10-14T15:42:39.030-04:00I've heard Maria Callas' version of Madame...I've heard Maria Callas' version of Madame Butterfly. That whole game screams "Orientalism" to me, like the Chinese restaurants I visited as a child, that had bronze dragon heads with Christmas light eyes or Dr. Who and the Talons of Wang Chien. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12487112156892351832017-10-14T14:14:49.629-04:002017-10-14T14:14:49.629-04:00Might&Magic III also has a kind of boss key: F...Might&Magic III also has a kind of boss key: F10 drops you to a fake DOS prompt.<br /><br />btw: if you have seen for example "Christmas" or an "Italian restaurant" in Japan, you are not surprised any more how far "I know somebody who knows maybe two things about this, let's do it!" can get you ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38362469441561139372017-10-14T11:52:42.890-04:002017-10-14T11:52:42.890-04:00Kendo, and budo generally, was pretty big in Franc...Kendo, and budo generally, was pretty big in France so I guess they had (relatively) easy access to the correct vocabulary?Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48838145286917556692017-10-14T11:48:31.376-04:002017-10-14T11:48:31.376-04:00LSL2 also had a boss key.LSL2 also had a boss key.Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63331752772609931002017-10-14T11:12:40.600-04:002017-10-14T11:12:40.600-04:00home of the underdogs has this to say (http://www....home of the underdogs has this to say (http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=3748)<br /><br />"Sapiens gives you absolute freedom - you are free to explore the land and do whatever you want at any time. This degree of freedom, the virtual absence of plot, as well as the inclusion of basic RPG-style statistics such as Health, Agility, and Charisma, make Sapiens more of a survival simulation in the vein of Robinson's Requiem (although not 1/100th as aggravating) than a true adventure game. "<br /><br />please play this! please, please!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20423031727415686412017-10-14T06:59:39.563-04:002017-10-14T06:59:39.563-04:00It's Japanese, a combination of katakana and k...It's Japanese, a combination of katakana and kanji. Ko-yama-ro- ma-yama. To their credit, they used almost phonetically appropriate katakana for the letters k,r,m. Dungyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199751859534712567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64724688160235238952017-10-14T06:17:35.440-04:002017-10-14T06:17:35.440-04:00Perhaps they stay longer with higher charm?
The s...Perhaps they stay longer with higher charm?<br /><br />The sword minigame is similar to the pirates err minions, you press the letter on the NumPad that corresponds to the direction of the sword to parry the blow. By pure chance, I pressed "a" directly after parrying (another letter might do, too, haven't tried), and landed a blow. After a few blows I won. The difficulty is very much affected by how many cycles you set in Dosbox.<br /><br />Winning lets you chose either a Samourai or a Ninja.<br /><br />The attacks even have correct names as far as I can tell (shomen for blows to the head, yokomen for blows to the temple, ...)Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73396657890815065862017-10-14T04:22:35.142-04:002017-10-14T04:22:35.142-04:00Haha, blogger doesn't allow brackets. That pos...Haha, blogger doesn't allow brackets. That post was supposed to end "-number of hours and minutes since you started the session-"Wonkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147422102351323674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29317381076516231542017-10-14T04:20:48.399-04:002017-10-14T04:20:48.399-04:00A clutch of the early Sierra adventures had boss k...A clutch of the early Sierra adventures had boss keys, one of them (Space Quest 3 I think) brought up all caps text saying something like "WHAT? YOU DON'T WANT YOUR BOSS TO KNOW YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR .<br /><br />Wonkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147422102351323674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13415221754469871142017-10-13T23:15:42.544-04:002017-10-13T23:15:42.544-04:00Seems more like an adventure game than an RPG, tho...Seems more like an adventure game than an RPG, though. Do you know if there's character development?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91975138148347946922017-10-13T22:09:19.061-04:002017-10-13T22:09:19.061-04:00Great call on the first. I was thinking it represe...Great call on the first. I was thinking it represented some kind of toy.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72448131524242881292017-10-13T22:08:49.245-04:002017-10-13T22:08:49.245-04:00Indeed.Indeed.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55768879706155781132017-10-13T22:08:34.907-04:002017-10-13T22:08:34.907-04:00I can read French okay, particularly for the short...I can read French okay, particularly for the short bursts of text in a game like this. It's more that I have no clear path to winning. If the NPCs didn't keep ditching my party while I was trying to assemble it, I'd probably try harder to continue.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com