tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8937241248771382134..comments2024-03-19T02:45:56.380-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Starflight: Genocide!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87070681940343492112022-01-03T23:02:32.639-05:002022-01-03T23:02:32.639-05:00I tried that; didn’t work
I think my problem was t...I tried that; didn’t work<br />I think my problem was that I established an outright friendship with the Thrynn before trying to talk to the Elowan; they apparently knewEthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48325907094905470342021-09-03T01:03:15.375-04:002021-09-03T01:03:15.375-04:00Since it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in the pos...Since it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in the posts or comments on this game, I’ll note that you can train more than six crew and leave some behind on Arth for a particular trip. This allows you to visit the Elowan with no Thrynn crew members, and then the Thrynn with no Elowan on board, to get all the information available from both races.Alex Harmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00451777717387920951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34912282138285916452021-09-03T01:03:12.258-04:002021-09-03T01:03:12.258-04:00Since it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in the pos...Since it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in the posts or comments on this game, I’ll note that you can train more than six crew and leave some behind on Arth for a particular trip. This allows you to visit the Elowan with no Thrynn crew members, and then the Thrynn with no Elowan on board, to get all the information available from both races.Alex Harmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00451777717387920951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68666581284779322302020-09-15T10:22:24.329-04:002020-09-15T10:22:24.329-04:00Well, I finally cracked and read this entry.
I ha...Well, I finally cracked and read this entry.<br /><br />I had ~45 days left on the Arth flare party and started going around in circles...<br /><br />After mapping some 173 systems, it turns out I had all the artifacts barring the Cone (of Silence?), that I didn't know about. I did eventually guess that I needed to land on the Great Egg to bomb it but I couldn't figure out why all my eggs were duds... It looks like you can't find Akteron 6 without the Elowan.<br /><br />And I picked a Thrynn crewman because dinosaurs.<br /><br />The worst part is that I'd even marked the Cone system as explored, with a note next to it saying "(Uhlek Homeworld?)"!<br />Nicemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443826623119065645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22644430603792133192015-08-07T15:35:17.069-04:002015-08-07T15:35:17.069-04:00This would be horrifying if true. I'd prefer n...This would be horrifying if true. I'd prefer not to consider the possibility.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27690644378617752532015-08-04T23:03:48.456-04:002015-08-04T23:03:48.456-04:00Made me think of starflight: "Oh no! We'v...Made me think of starflight: "Oh no! We've been eating them this whole time!"<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/aug/04/plants-intelligent-sentient-book-brilliant-green-internetTristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74181936049405351152012-08-07T22:31:04.250-04:002012-08-07T22:31:04.250-04:00That... was an amazing twist! And pretty disturbin...That... was an amazing twist! And pretty disturbing on a second play-through...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46758232417594488112012-07-17T15:07:25.209-04:002012-07-17T15:07:25.209-04:00Sounds like this would have made a fantastic novel...Sounds like this would have made a fantastic novel.Jonesyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646365932452250447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15702041620519876992011-09-05T00:38:34.536-04:002011-09-05T00:38:34.536-04:00I like it. I can just see the sequel to Soylent Gr...I like it. I can just see the sequel to <i>Soylent Green</i>: "Soylent green was making police detectives go insane and start screaming, so we stopped making it."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73940433087565509862011-09-04T23:13:37.731-04:002011-09-04T23:13:37.731-04:00This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Thank...This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Thanks for bringing back some good memories.<br /><br />You wondered whether humans are going to continue with hyperspace travel. The Starflight 2 manual explains that the humans stopped hyperspace travel pretty quickly and called on the other races to do the same, but not all races complied.<br /><br />Incidentally, the Starflight 2 manual is a great example of how to handle the plot-so-far synopsis for a sequel. To explain Starflight 1's events, it says, "Endurium was making the stars flare! So we quit using it." It's perfectly accurate, it's perfectly misleading, and it completely avoids giving away the twist at the end of Starflight 1.Jokkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60535812220863806842011-04-18T20:01:57.682-04:002011-04-18T20:01:57.682-04:00Just completed this game myself.
I must admit I gr...Just completed this game myself.<br />I must admit I grew a bit tired of the combat (either the enemy can't make a dent on ISS Life Seeker even with shields dowm, or they destroy it before I can even raise the shield) and I was never able to give the Elipsoid back to the Veloxi. I think I need to make them love me for them to reveal the excact location of Sphexi and the Small Egg/Crystal Orb. So I thought the Crystal Planet was Sphexi and that the City of the Ancients in the nebula in Spemin space (which I never traveled to) was the Crystal Planet.<br />So, as with MM1 I resorted to cheating in the final stages. I guess that makes me a life form somewhere between the Spenim and CRPG Addict...<br /><br />The true nature of the Ancients was surprising, and I was way off with my egg theory.<br />But it's always nice to be surprised.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87502860701102885112011-02-15T22:30:20.849-05:002011-02-15T22:30:20.849-05:00Yep, found that when I started playing NetHack. Co...Yep, found that when I started playing NetHack. Coolest scroll in any game ever.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50396732187870056242011-02-12T13:58:40.154-05:002011-02-12T13:58:40.154-05:00You can also commit genocide in Nethack using a sc...You can also commit genocide in Nethack using a scroll of genocide: Type the name of the monster, or the symbol of the monster type and 'boom' no more of that monster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65504889939199656592010-09-15T14:03:18.757-04:002010-09-15T14:03:18.757-04:00I'm fairly sure that using "armageddon&qu...I'm fairly sure that using "armageddon" in U6 or U7 pretty much makes the games unwinnable, so it's not really the same thing. There was also no reason to use the spell in terms of the game itself (although the few survivors were interesting).Andy_Panthronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24721168395952407182010-09-13T23:12:56.806-04:002010-09-13T23:12:56.806-04:00Oh, technically you can destroy an entire planet i...Oh, technically you can destroy an entire planet in the "bad" ending of "Might & Magic VI," too.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18739179210526106322010-09-13T23:12:11.948-04:002010-09-13T23:12:11.948-04:00Ultima 6 and 7 are a riot that way, although I don...Ultima 6 and 7 are a riot that way, although I don't know what you mean by "nuke a particular type of monster." My recollection is that in both games, "Armageddon" is utterly unusable and fatal to everyone except you and Lord British. The whole subtle subplot with the "Bones of Zog" is brilliant, though.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20191934343367630022010-09-13T20:53:08.984-04:002010-09-13T20:53:08.984-04:00@Andy, In Ultima 6 the wisp gives you the Armagedd...@Andy, In Ultima 6 the wisp gives you the Armageddon spell to nuke a particular type of monster. you can also cast it in 7 and it will kill everyone on the planet.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746769788742751281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89092782885807213142010-09-13T16:02:43.713-04:002010-09-13T16:02:43.713-04:00How many games allow you to commit honest-to-god g...How many games allow you to commit honest-to-god genocide?<br /><br />And what's more, it appears that you have to commit genocide in order to complete the game.<br /><br />This has definitely been the most interesting of the games you've played through so far, I've enjoyed every post.Andy_Panthronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68828768537923610832010-09-13T00:35:12.357-04:002010-09-13T00:35:12.357-04:00Hadn't found*, not wouldn't have found. I ...Hadn't found*, not wouldn't have found. I wish I could edit my posts...LordKarnov42https://www.blogger.com/profile/08138407653824559284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69941154770660492942010-09-13T00:34:33.836-04:002010-09-13T00:34:33.836-04:00Congrats! Haha, yeah, that twist was well written ...Congrats! Haha, yeah, that twist was well written and perfectly integrated. When your post title didn't say "Won!" in it, I was scared you had nuked the Gazurtoids and wouldn't have found one of the other eggs to finish the game withLordKarnov42https://www.blogger.com/profile/08138407653824559284noreply@blogger.com