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Re: This was made with a manual at hand in mind. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/02/2016, 11:36am PST
Mischief Maker wrote:

In fact back in those days making the game heavily reliant on the manual was a soft anti-piracy feature. Have you forgotten already?


I don't think that excuses the opening to #7. #7 was, what, from 1990? That might be the pinnacle of bad RPG writing.

But for my money, forget Wizardry. The REAL gems of classic WRPG design are the SSI Gold Box games. Combining the first person grid-based dungeon crawling of Wizardry/Might and Magic with the isometric tactical RPG combat that would years later turn Final Fantasy Tactics into a classic. To this day one of the greatest joys of my RPG gaming youth was sending a well-aimed fireball into a packed group of enemies and watching the "Bleh!" skull death animation play out meticulously over, and over, and over again.


Yes, but in my opinion they are two different styles of games. I love the Gold Box games. I casually dorked around with most of them, but really, really got into Dark Queen of Krynn. At that point, the graphics, story, tactics and spells all came together to one of the best games ever made. But the appeal of Wizardry is that you don't have to move the little dudes around the screen. (Which, don't get me wrong, I love, I sometimes just want to play a different game.) I think a canonical list of non-squad-based-tactic CRPGs needs to be made.

What's more, SSI made a development engine for Gold Box called "Unlimited Adventures" (included in the first pack) and there's a huge collection of fan-made modules still being added to today! (Holy shit, is that a total conversion of the Castle Ravenloft canned adventure?)


What a great find. Thanks for posting that! I had no idea they let people design their own. This is incredible and yeah, it's cool to see some new ones in the mix.


ICJ
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Let's discuss Wizardry 7. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/01/2016, 2:14pm PST NEW
    This was made with a manual at hand in mind. by Mischief Maker 02/01/2016, 2:48pm PST NEW
        Re: This was made with a manual at hand in mind. by laudablepuss 02/01/2016, 3:01pm PST NEW
        OK, tell me about this GOG thing. by Fullofkittens 02/01/2016, 4:32pm PST NEW
            I assume it's a pre-configured Dosbox setup. NT by MM 02/01/2016, 7:21pm PST NEW
            I assume it auto-configures Dosbox. NT by Mischief Maker 02/01/2016, 7:24pm PST NEW
                Whoops! NT by Mischief Maker 02/01/2016, 7:25pm PST NEW
            Re: OK, tell me about this GOG thing. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/02/2016, 11:36am PST NEW
        Champions of Krynn! Death Knights of Krynn! Dark Queen of Krynn! by Mysterio 02/02/2016, 10:24am PST NEW
        Re: This was made with a manual at hand in mind. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/02/2016, 11:36am PST NEW
 
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