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Minsc said:
Wizardry 8 would be quite the catch, if that is what that image is implying.

I don't think the Gobliiins games hold up too great myself, I was never really able to get in to them when they released (I think I beat the demo though). They're not bad for the time, and stay within character, but unless you're looking to play a really rough trial and error type puzzle game, I don't think I'd recommend it. Maybe someone else who understood them more would be a better reference.
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Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth is still gorgeous though. That was the last game in the series.
 
Tryckser said:
How is Unepic, any impressions?
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After struggling with finding a good controls set up, I've been having a lot of fun with it. You'd think a game like that would be best played on a controller, but there's no good way to handle all the quickslots, and those are very handy for item/spell usage and weapon swapping. Ended up with an ESDF + numpad control setup since the game doesn't like me using WASD for some reason.

The dialog will be hit or miss depending on how serious of a game you're expecting. It's more of a parody of RPG tropes. The combat is simple - no combos or anything crazy, but you'll be switching between weapons and using a few spells to suit your situation.

For me so far, it's worth the price they're asking for. Should be able to play a demo version here if you're unsure about it.
 
VandalD said:
After struggling with finding a good controls set up, I've been having a lot of fun with it. You'd think a game like that would be best played on a controller, but there's no good way to handle all the quickslots, and those are very handy for item/spell usage and weapon swapping. Ended up with an ESDF + numpad control setup since the game doesn't like me using WASD for some reason.

The dialog will be hit or miss depending on how serious of a game you're expecting. It's more of a parody of RPG tropes. The combat is simple - no combos or anything crazy, but you'll be switching between weapons and using a few spells to suit your situation.

For me so far, it's worth the price they're asking for. Should be able to play a demo version here if you're unsure about it.
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stressboy said:
I got it in a bundle. Like it a lot.
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Delusibeta said:
Has a reputation of being one of the best games to get ignored by Steam, although I haven't played it myself.
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Thanks for the impressions guys, will try it then, I love me some 2D Games :D
 
Archie said:
Oh, wow. I thought Wizardry was stuck in licensing hell. That's a pleasant surprise.
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I think it may've been cut and dry, it was just a matter of whether the current holders cared to bother or not. Surprisingly and thankfully, they did.

I think I'll start with 6+7 after some research, does 8 outpace them so much that it's not worth bothering with them if I don't enjoy them?
 
Minsc said:
I definitely wouldn't replay it without such a fix, and am glad there is one.
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Where can this fix be found?

It also might be worth grabbing the program that boosts battle speeds, because the default settings are slooooooooooooow.

Google "Wiz8fast" I believe.

Gonna go with 6+7 first.
 
OH MY GOD WIZARDRY 8

OH MY GOG*

/bow One of the best RPGs of all time. Buy it.

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Eusis said:
I think I'll start with 6+7 after some research, does 8 outpace them so much that it's not worth bothering with them if I don't enjoy them?
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I actually like 6/7 more then 8, the fact that the combat doesn't require you to constantly move around makes the games flow a lot better. That isn't to say that 8 is bad, it isn't, but I think 6/7 are still fully playable.
 
I wonder how far back they can go with Wizardry. Other than rights, aren't the first few games on PC booter discs? Never really looked into whether DOSBox can cope with them.
 
mclem said:
I wonder how far back they can go with Wizardry. Other than rights, aren't the first few games on PC booter discs? Never really looked into whether DOSBox can cope with them.
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As posted above, it works fine. There is also the ultimate wizardry archive collection that was released to retail back in the day that they could use.
 
Wizardry 6... gah. I tried to play that 9-10 years ago, but gave up after a little while... it's just such an absurdly hardcore game. You absolutely must either print or make maps, character class choice (and thus character quality) is based on one randomly-generated number and you have to go all the way through character creation every time because you can't reroll, if you try to pick a lock and fail you will very often jam the lock and jammed locks are nearly impossible to open (save beforehand!), you get only one save slot, the enemies are hard, you basically have to hit "search" on every facing of every square while you're in rooms or you will miss essential things like (invisible) tables and desks and stuff with things in them you need (I HATE THIS!), etc, etc... I found that I had to use a guide along with the game, because otherwise the frustration of not knowing if I'd missed things in rooms would have made it pretty much unplayable for me. Newer games, including dungeon crawlers, don't do this.

Overall, I managed to get past the first floor, but that was pretty much it for me. It was an interesting experience, but I don't think I'll go back. It's way, way too archaic, hardcore, and frustrating.

(I do also have Wizardry 7. It's similar to 6, except there's an ingame map, if you can find it and have a character with map-reading ability. Also the graphics are better. Gameplay seems similar though.)


As for 8 though, it's a COMPLETELY different game... it's much newer (almost a decade after 6!), and it shows. I don't have 8, but definitely will get it on GOG at some point... but 6-7? Only get those if you know what you're getting into.
 
mclem said:
I wonder how far back they can go with Wizardry. Other than rights, aren't the first few games on PC booter discs? Never really looked into whether DOSBox can cope with them.
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The Ultimate Wizardry Archives that was released in 1998 came with a DOS emulator for those booter games. So there really isn't anything special GOG needs to do other than create the DOSBOX setup using that version of Wiz 1-5
 
HK-47 said:
This a pretty big catch. Might worth a thread or a title mention.
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Got one a few pages back actually.

... And man, I didn't consider the graph paper thing, I got into EO partially because it kept that experience while using modern technology to have less crap to worry about. Wonder if there's a good app on tablets or something.
 
Eusis said:
Got one a few pages back actually.

... And man, I didn't consider the graph paper thing, I got into EO partially because it kept that experience while using modern technology to have less crap to worry about. Wonder if there's a good app on tablets or something.
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I actually found the whole search/finding stuff element of Wizardry 6 even more dated and hard to deal with than just having to draw a map.
 
Despite having grown up in the era (and I've played most of the big RPGs of the time), I never tried the Wizardry games. Looking forward to picking these up.
 
 
Might pick up Blood 1 and Shadow Warriors. The rest I either don't care about, looks like crap, or I have either on GOG or elsewhere (Riddick on GOG most notably.)
 
Minsc said:
I agree. It's been a while since I played Wizardry 8, but besides it being a great game, I think I remember most the ridiculously difficult and tedious (one battle on top of the next) chore the turn based combat turns in to after a while. I definitely wouldn't replay it without such a fix, and am glad there is one.
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Definitely interested if the "fix" works well! Game was awesome, but the constant battles...damn. Particularly since there weren't any safe zones! Even in towns you were consistently attacked. Annoying. Didn't really have the patience for it then and certainly don't now.
 
Decado said:
Definitely interested if the "fix" works well! Game was awesome, but the constant battles...damn. Particularly since there weren't any safe zones! Even in towns you were consistently attacked. Annoying. Didn't really have the patience for it then and certainly don't now.
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Yeah, I downloaded the demo and while there were aspects of the game I like, the battle system is a real drag. Just really slow and clunky.
 
I've been trying to purchase Riddick Assault on Dark Athena for the last day or so but I can't make a single purchase with GOG. I've tried 3 different debit cards from 2 different banks and even my paypal account yet it always says my payment was declined. I have plenty of funds in all accounts. GOG is the only site I have this problem with. Anyone else ever have this problem with them?
 
GlenChivas said:
I've been trying to purchase Riddick Assault on Dark Athena for the last day or so but I can't make a single purchase with GOG. I've tried 3 different debit cards from 2 different banks and even my paypal account yet it always says my payment was declined. I have plenty of funds in all accounts. GOG is the only site I have this problem with. Anyone else ever have this problem with them?
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Some banks block international transactions but Paypal should not have a problem if the funds are in your paypal account.

Try contacting them http://www.gog.com/support/contact
 
vitacola said:
Are Blood and Blood 2 are still worth playing?

Oh, and am I able to play the GOG version of UT2k4 online? Are there still servers?
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Blood is worth it and still holds up, I just replayed recently. Blood 2 I haven't played since it originally released but remember being really disappointed at the time.
 
If anyone wouldn't mind gifting me a copy of Riddick I can paypal you the cash or pick up something off another site for you? GOG just won't work with my bank.

If it makes anyone feel better about it, I've given a few games away on GAF and Steamgifts so I can promise that I'll pay up.
 
GlenChivas said:
If anyone wouldn't mind gifting me a copy of Riddick I can paypal you the cash or pick up something off another site for you? GOG just won't work with my bank.

If it makes anyone feel better about it, I've given a few games away on GAF and Steamgifts so I can promise that I'll pay up.
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Have you tried contacting them or posting on their forums about it? What about using PayPal? It says they accept it.
 
GlenChivas said:
See a few posts up. I contacted PayPal and they said it was an issue with my bank.
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My bad and I read that post prior.

Weird, I thought you could take the money from your bank account and just plop into the PayPal one but I guess not. Maybe that's only if you get an actual PayPal Card (my friend has one of those). Would love to help you and I would but unfortunately I'm flat broke.
 
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