Why the majority of the codex dont play the true classics?

[fantadomat]

I'm thinking of playing Disciples of Steel or Aethra's Chronicles next.

Excellent choices.
Some of the very best obscure CRPGs.

Any ideas from where i can download Aethra's Chronicles? It looks interesting even if i am not fan of the combat system.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

eating sushi with a fork is actually harder than using chopsticks.

I will give you that one. I'm just salty because I lived with this asian girl who used chopsticks for everything and constantly shamed me for using a fork.

 

[madrigal]

You can play the first volume in browser at classicreload.

 

[fantadomat]

eating sushi with a fork is actually harder than using chopsticks.

I will give you that one. I'm just salty because I lived with this asian girl who used chopsticks for everything and constantly shamed me for using a fork.

Shame her for being a uneducated barbarian that still sleeps on the floor like some kind of animal......unless you are in Asia.

 

[octavius]

I'm thinking of playing Disciples of Steel or Aethra's Chronicles next.

Excellent choices.
Some of the very best obscure CRPGs.

Any ideas from where i can download Aethra's Chronicles? It looks interesting even if i am not fan of the combat system.

http://netsilik.nl/Aethra/

You may need a SVN build of DOSBox if you want to change the screen resolution.

 

[DragoFireheart]

because the average codexer is a popamolist in denial

What old classic would you recommend me?

I need some kind of graphics. Anything older than 8-bit NES is too little. No shitty ASCII art.

Light on story. I've played too many Final Fantasys and other jRPGs with inane stories. I want to dungeon crawl and kill shit, not hear about some chicks idiotic story.

I also want to be able to make my whole party from the start. I hate having third-party NPCs come midway, fuck off with that shit.

Combat should be turn based, but it doesn't need to be some Fire Emblem / D:OS / Chess gird like combat. Simple menus like Dragon Quest is fine.

world of xeen

Watching this review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFfIZ1DwYQ

Yup, Might and Magic 4 & 5 combo. Is that review accurate?

EDIT: Is there any reference material you would recommend me before I start playing?

 

[Great Deceiver]

I legit challenge anyone not to be hooked by m&m book 1, despite its ascii graphics.
Massive open world with caves, castles and unique shit everywhere.
EVERYWHERE.

Allow me to enlighten you.

Ascii art

NOT Ascii art (it's got bitmaps and shiiiiiiet, actually a big selling point in 1986):

 

[Grampy_Bone]

https://archive.org/details/Might_and_Magic_World_Of_Xeen_Manual

Also check out Gamefaqs to learn what the stat mods and equipment tiers actually do.

NOT Ascii art (it's got bitmaps and shiiiiiiet, actually a big selling point in 1986):

Motherfucking Jon Van Caneghem re-wrote the Apple 2 graphics engine from scratch to get it to look how he wanted.

 

[Great Deceiver]

because the average codexer is a popamolist in denial

What old classic would you recommend me?

I need some kind of graphics. Anything older than 8-bit NES is too little. No shitty ASCII art.

Light on story. I've played too many Final Fantasys and other jRPGs with inane stories. I want to dungeon crawl and kill shit, not hear about some chicks idiotic story.

I also want to be able to make my whole party from the start. I hate having third-party NPCs come midway, fuck off with that shit.

Combat should be turn based, but it doesn't need to be some Fire Emblem / D:OS / Chess gird like combat. Simple menus like Dragon Quest is fine.

world of xeen

Watching this review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFfIZ1DwYQ

Yup, Might and Magic 4 & 5 combo. Is that review accurate?

EDIT: Is there any reference material you would recommend me before I start playing?

You can read the manual if you'd like, but it's not necessary (unless you're playing an old version with copy protection for the Clouds side).

Xeen is extremely user friendly, just go in blind and have a blast. No need to min-max your party either, earlier M&Ms are much harder.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Here's something from leftfield:

Isometric games dispensed with the concept of mazes. The isometric perspective naturally provides long-site, but a maze only works if your view is very limited, either from a top-down perspective or from a first person perspective. This is why many people also claim dungeons died with the end of the blobber. Because 'good ol' dungeons' were basically just mazes.

If you don't like mazes, but otherwise love everything else about RPGs, then, obviously, 1995 onwards is appealing, 1994 and previous just looks like a field full of corn mazes.

What is the correct term for a phobia of mazes? Does google know?

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080608003937AA8aUOh&guccounter=1

https://au.toluna.com/opinions/2135055/If-Mazephobia-is-commonly-named-for-the-fear-of-mazes-what

https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20131014/14716/how-i-overcame-my-fear-scare-mazes

Possibly more common than you may think

 

[DragoFireheart]

Here's something from leftfield:

Isometric games dispensed with the concept of mazes. The isometric perspective naturally provides long-site, but a maze only works if your view is very limited, either from a top-down perspective or from a first person perspective. This is why many people also claim dungeons died with the end of the blobber. Because 'good ol' dungeons' were basically just mazes.

If you don't like mazes, but otherwise love everything else about RPGs, then, obviously, 1995 onwards is appealing, 1994 and previous just looks like a field full of corn mazes.

What is the correct term for a phobia of mazes? Does google know?

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080608003937AA8aUOh&guccounter=1

https://au.toluna.com/opinions/2135055/If-Mazephobia-is-commonly-named-for-the-fear-of-mazes-what

https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20131014/14716/how-i-overcame-my-fear-scare-mazes

Possibly more common than you may think

just keep turning right to escape the maze weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Great Deceiver]

I think that good dungeon design is pretty much a lost art, and the rise of purely isometric games has certainly contributed to that. I can only think of a single dungeon that was memorable in in the past 20 years, and that is Durlag's Tower in TotSC - and even then, the reasons why it was memorable are distinct from what constitutes a good blobber dungeon.

Meanwhile, I can easily remember many of the floors in Wizardry 5, Uukrul and any number of Might and Magic games. Truly devilish devices like spinners, pits, traps and the inability to save at your convenience (without cheating, anyway) really got my blood pumping in old Wizardries. I wish someone had the balls to make a game like that again.

 

[MajorMace]

Allow me to enlighten you.

Thank you senpai.

 

[Mustawd]

This is why many people also claim dungeons died with the end of the blobber. Because 'good ol' dungeons' were basically just mazes.

I like blobbers, but hate the maze aspect of them. Or rather, I dislike mapping. Blobbers are still great dungeon crawling without the mazes IMO.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Dude, mapping is half the fun of playing these things. Get mapping!

 

[MajorMace]

I dislike mapping

Because you haven't mapped good games yet.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

This is why many people also claim dungeons died with the end of the blobber. Because 'good ol' dungeons' were basically just mazes.

I like blobbers, but hate the maze aspect of them. Or rather, I dislike mapping. Blobbers are still great dungeon crawling without the mazes IMO.

You've played blobbers that don't have mazes?

 

[Mustawd]

You've played blobbers that don't have mazes?

I tried to clarify that the maze aspect of a blobber is not my favorite aspect.

Or rather, I dislike mapping.

Anyhow, maybe I'm just playing these games all wrong and mapping is the tits. Regardless, I still have a ton of fun with blobbers.

 

[MajorMace]

GridCartographer makes mapping very comfortable. Check it out.
This is a sponsored post.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Well there you go you see, because I love mapping, but I'm a mazephobic.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

Or rather, I dislike mapping.

No disagreement here. I'm a total auto-map whore.

 

[DragoFireheart]

This is why many people also claim dungeons died with the end of the blobber. Because 'good ol' dungeons' were basically just mazes.

I like blobbers, but hate the maze aspect of them. Or rather, I dislike mapping. Blobbers are still great dungeon crawling without the mazes IMO.

You've played blobbers that don't have mazes?

No, but I've played auto-mapping games like The Dark Spire.

 

[mondblut]

Truly devilish devices like spinners, pits, traps and the inability to save at your convenience (without cheating, anyway) really got my blood pumping in old Wizardries. I wish someone had the balls to make a game like that again.

Japs do. In fact, they have balls to make an exact same game several times a year in the course of a couple decades.

Better yet, Demise.

 

[Roguey]

Also, eating sushi with a fork is actually harder than using chopsticks.

Use a napkin and your hands like a civilized barbarian.

 

[DragoFireheart]

world of xeen

Ok

I downloaded a free version and dosbox. Tried to run it and it works, but anytime I talk to the chick at the tavern my game freezes.

EDIT: I see that GOG is selling the first 6 for $10. Might just buy it to avoid issues.