tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post8984577851278604006..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: MegaTraveller 2: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10200801938951254352020-04-07T12:35:25.550-04:002020-04-07T12:35:25.550-04:00Grandpa's FB comments were so epic he literall...Grandpa's FB comments were so epic he literally destroyed planets in a galactic war?! <br /><br />The other Ancients: Grandpa, you just can't go around saying that online anymore. Times have changed and you just can't do that.<br /><br />Grandfather: Go to the woods and pick out a switch. Or I'll pick one out for you. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781479451098654461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82853830550709058622020-04-07T12:23:12.002-04:002020-04-07T12:23:12.002-04:00THIS guy leaving leaving his "I'm totally...THIS guy leaving leaving his "I'm totally doing this, and no, I'm not joking" policy with his illicit records was perfect. They knew no one later in life would believe it on TV, so they had to come up with The Monorail Salesman and later Dwight Schrute to fill in the corporate gaps they missed.<br /><br />"I've sold Low Passage Groupons to Beck's World, Huderu, and 457-973, and by gum, it put them on the map!"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781479451098654461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54331593431235300382017-08-29T05:04:14.372-04:002017-08-29T05:04:14.372-04:00Sure, from the player's point of view, it'...Sure, from the player's point of view, it's a reasonable first ship. But how is it a 'scout' ship, if it can't even return from a system it just jumped to? What could you scout that way? Not unknown system, since those will often have no way to refuel, and sure as heck not hostile systems, since those won't let you refuel. It's just very un-scouty. :)KarbonKittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68168499875044825772017-08-27T20:42:04.039-04:002017-08-27T20:42:04.039-04:00Sure but I doubt THIS guy should ever need one oth...Sure but I doubt THIS guy should ever need one other than to fill it with enough incriminating evidence to put himself in jail for 8 trillion years, publicly executed 6 thousand times and fined for an amount equivalent to the GDP of 27 planets.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57419676410741144032017-08-27T19:25:59.011-04:002017-08-27T19:25:59.011-04:00Reading through this I think we learn a lot more a...Reading through this I think we learn a lot more about what makes a good game from games that have great ideas like this one then games that do everything perfectly or games that just completely flub everything. In this case we can identify ideas that should have been fun but through implementation work and probably why they failed, where is if everything just works perfectly it's really hard to pick up what ingredients actually made it a success.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81286934071160910692017-08-27T19:24:43.280-04:002017-08-27T19:24:43.280-04:00To be fair if you created your own pocket Dimensio...To be fair if you created your own pocket Dimension which is Utopia design to your exact specifications would you ever return to reality?Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42518997601972278812017-08-27T19:23:55.072-04:002017-08-27T19:23:55.072-04:00Journals and log books are quite common in some pr...Journals and log books are quite common in some professions where you have to document everything. For example in a lot of legal professions you would take copious notes on everything just in case it ever came up. In chemistry we use lab books for the same thing both so we can document our results for later so that we can figure out what we actually did to make a reaction work and in certain fields so that you have proof in case a fight over who discovered something first and that's who gets at the patent ever comes up.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20795907208303381332017-08-25T12:16:11.948-04:002017-08-25T12:16:11.948-04:00I don't think I was convinced that SunDog is a...I don't think I was convinced that <i>SunDog</i> is an RPG. MobyGames doesn't classify it as such. Does it meet my three rules? (Sidebar)<br /><br /><i>Starflight</i> definitely suffers from many of the same problems with its RPG mechanics, but there were a lot of little things that made it score about 12 points higher. First, while it didn't excel at character development, it did HAVE it, and there were times that your party's racial composition made a difference in gameplay. The story was much better--with an amazing plot twist--and NPC interaction offered opportunities for role-playing and the NPCs themselves were better characterized. The economy was tighter and more relevant later in the game. Finally, the pace was just better. Once you had the coordinates for a planet, you just went there, landed, and got the next clue. No wandering around multiple large cities and cavernous hallways looking for elusive green dots.<br /><br />But in broad strokes, the similarities are there: a huge game world and nonlinear gameplay but poor classic "RPG" mechanics in the area of character development, combat, and inventory. I guess <i>Starflight</i> makes the "must play" list because it did it first and better.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80391883421565378092017-08-23T15:05:01.570-04:002017-08-23T15:05:01.570-04:00I'm not going to lie in not having fond memori...I'm not going to lie in not having fond memories on Megatraveller 2, although after reading these posts through didn't raise itch to play again. Well... guess one couldn't be picky with scifi crpgs during 90s. <br /><br />Speaking of them, did you ever try out SundDog: Frozen Legacy. It is mentioned couple times on blog and Wikipedia categorizes it as crpg, but doesn't show up master list. <br /><br />Also, considering Starflight being one on the must-play list and this probably scoring nowhere that high, I'd like to hear what are the factors that make difference, considering both seem to have more or less similar elements. Darielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21657172591685346252017-08-22T13:29:50.157-04:002017-08-22T13:29:50.157-04:00I thought I had looked it up and it did have some ...I thought I had looked it up and it did have some mechanism of character development. But if I'm wrong, I'll be happy to cler a bit from my list.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53202104894297825812017-08-22T13:29:04.072-04:002017-08-22T13:29:04.072-04:00It gets you around 2/3 of the systems, and if you ...It gets you around 2/3 of the systems, and if you had heavily invested in space combat skills, you might be able to pirate your way to a better ship.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65333836504948275782017-08-22T13:28:03.153-04:002017-08-22T13:28:03.153-04:00His comments were along the line that he's too...His comments were along the line that he's too powerful and disruptive, and it would be better for everyone if he just remained in his separate universe. He specifically promises never to enter the real universe again.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41780810266131798562017-08-22T12:51:15.759-04:002017-08-22T12:51:15.759-04:00Did Grandfather say anything about coming back now...Did Grandfather say anything about coming back now that the war is a quarter-million years over? Or is he just going to chill in that pocket universe for the rest of eternity?Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87790352551316081702017-08-22T11:54:59.824-04:002017-08-22T11:54:59.824-04:00@Develin: Elite: Dangerous just shed another tear ...@Develin: Elite: Dangerous just shed another tear as you posted that. What a disappointing game.Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73556682306408005252017-08-22T06:36:20.756-04:002017-08-22T06:36:20.756-04:00The guy carries discs and a JOURNAL with him. Seri...The guy carries discs and a JOURNAL with him. Seriously... is the journal cover filled with shiny unicorn stickers?Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46910695227934038832017-08-22T04:01:19.535-04:002017-08-22T04:01:19.535-04:00To be honest often this is just because we tend to...To be honest often this is just because we tend to mistake width with depth. This game seems the perfect example. It is incredibly wide (lots of everything) but comparably shallow (not much to actually do with those things). Got worth as games got better visually and moved more to consoles. The cost for rare interactions went up and on the other hand there is a limit to intuitive interaction possibilities that don't end up as a quick time event. Context sensitive buttons tend to take the decision part out making things far more shallow. <br /><br />Personally my favorites are small but deep games, so rather Gothic 1 that Mass effect. <br /><br />Develinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413260898487607418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52570054350017623432017-08-21T23:54:41.494-04:002017-08-21T23:54:41.494-04:00Classic trope. More ancient = more powerful, inste...Classic trope. More ancient = more powerful, instead of junk due lack of maintenance. But I wouldn't pair it solely with scifi as it is basically same as with ancient magical swords of power. Darielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20412319186467178832017-08-21T23:44:17.285-04:002017-08-21T23:44:17.285-04:00That scenario being original Traveller' "...That scenario being original Traveller' "A-12 - Secret of the Ancients". Truth to be told, aside framework and some characters, plots of the original scenario and Megatraveller does not hold that much in common. <br /><br />For interesting sidenote, Mongoose Publishing made "loosely based" revised version of the Secret of the Ancients scenario, turning it to whole campaign. (And it seems to free on their site). Darielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90193486645675992992017-08-21T22:15:43.211-04:002017-08-21T22:15:43.211-04:00The manual seems to promise a deep RPG experience....<i>The manual seems to promise a deep RPG experience. Unfortunately as you found out the game as rather shallow and the 100+ worlds are like the skill system- mostly empty and pointless.</i><br /><br />So often I've found that the deeper a game appears to be, the shallower it (seemingly) inevitably is.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71333316125638354972017-08-21T21:51:01.186-04:002017-08-21T21:51:01.186-04:00Also the inability to edit a post drives me nuts. ...Also the inability to edit a post drives me nuts. I'm usually reading the blog on an iPhone and it's easy to miss a typo. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193567679013211633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23195042774253668912017-08-21T21:49:56.261-04:002017-08-21T21:49:56.261-04:00I don't comment much because the site eats my ...I don't comment much because the site eats my comment half the time and I get frustrated trying to get the post to work. I've read your blog for years and enjoy each new post. <br /><br />I played this as a teen when it was released and loved the concept of the game. The manual seems to promise a deep RPG experience. Unfortunately as you found out the game as rather shallow and the 100+ worlds are like the skill system- mostly empty and pointless. <br /><br /> Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193567679013211633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86583782155265514292017-08-21T17:59:44.653-04:002017-08-21T17:59:44.653-04:00In fact, there is a decent comparison of comments ...In fact, there is a decent comparison of comments to be had on the megatraveler games. On this one you are averaging 40 comments. On the first you averaged 61, but this is somewhat propped up by you asking a loaded question about D&D in the first post.Mikrakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359946565373258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-703102044886415412017-08-21T17:40:20.603-04:002017-08-21T17:40:20.603-04:00I don't think comments are really down that mu...I don't think comments are really down that much. You seem to be averaging about 40 per post, and I had a look at this time 3 years ago and you seemed to be averaging about the same, despite playing the popular Quest for Glory 2. The best way for you to get your comments up seems to be either playing a really popular game, or saying something a bit controversial.Mikrakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359946565373258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78913210929373386322017-08-21T16:26:07.543-04:002017-08-21T16:26:07.543-04:00@Posidonius
"I was just busting your balls. ...@Posidonius<br /><br />"I was just busting your balls. We're all friends here."<br /><br />Ok,no problem, Guess I am a bit insecure about this.<br /><br />I do love the community chester has hereCJGeringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367654304370593518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47420043282759314552017-08-21T14:16:08.828-04:002017-08-21T14:16:08.828-04:00That surprised me, too. In the tabletop game, the ...That surprised me, too. In the tabletop game, the scout ship has a Jump 2 drive.Bucknoreply@blogger.com