Not really. While the three games you quote *are* masterpieces in design, there are other games like PST, Betrayal at Krondor, Ultima 7, Ultima Underworlds, System Shock 2 which are all great games. Many of them have not been superceded to this day.
...that makes 600kb of base memory available.
People who can't set up dosbox are not the kind of people who would finished old games anyway, even if they came with a nice and easy setup.
You are wrong. The problem is DOSBOX is a barrier that begs the question: "why bother going through all the trouble to set up the emulator if I may not even like the games?"
I have a generic dosbox installation on my work laptop, so I can play dosgames during the commute to kill some time.
When I want to try a new DOS game I haven't tried before, I download it from an abandonware site, drag the .exe on my Dosbox-shortcut, and it automatically starts.
The most I ever have to do is run setup.exe to configure sound if it doesn't run right away.
Playing DOS games with Dosbox like that is even less effort than playing most games that run natively on windows. Drag .exe on shortcut, BOOM game starts, 90% of the time it also runs fine from the get go.
wow so much trouble
I don't know. How would you know if you like the game if you never tried it? Appealing to the lazy bastards of the world is not an award winning debating tactic.You are wrong. The problem is DOSBOX is a barrier that begs the question: "why bother going through all the trouble to set up the emulator if I may not even like the games?"
I don't know. How would you know if you like the game if you never tried it?
Finally, PST and BaK are definitely in everyone's top 10 if they in any way like storytelling.
What the hell are on about? Fire up DosBox, mount the folder you put all your Dos games into as whatever drive you want and use the command prompt to start a Dos game. If you think this is a difficult task, then you have bigger issues than you realise.I don't know. How would you know if you like the game if you never tried it?
With any modern game, you install it and play. With the classics (read: ancient games, because even Fallout can be easily installed with minimum trouble) you have to go the extra length to set everything up properly, and that's before you even get around playing the game.
Let's be honest with ourselves: not everyone enjoys going through that process, and not everyone enjoys the classics. No one is better for finding enjoyment in games like Akalabeth, which I personally believe is a laughable game.
I am actually a strong supporter of modern graphics and UI, but calling PST old is just ignorant. It is still quite playable.
BaK, yes, has lost a bit of charm, but it's main strength was never the graphics.
AoD for example only benefits from a strong emphasis on branching storyline.
Not really. While the three games you quote *are* masterpieces in design, there are other games like PST, Betrayal at Krondor, Ultima 7, Ultima Underworlds, System Shock 2 which are all great games. Many of them have not been superceded to this day.
Sorry, but those games are not apex-level. There is a yawning chasm between them and the Holy Trinity.
BaK and Ultima 7 have aged disgracefully.
Not really. While the three games you quote *are* masterpieces in design, there are other games like PST, Betrayal at Krondor, Ultima 7, Ultima Underworlds, System Shock 2 which are all great games. Many of them have not been superceded to this day.
Sorry, but those games are not apex-level. There is a yawning chasm between them and the Holy Trinity.
And yet OpenXcom is superior to JA 2.
I keep reading codexians that played Dragons Dogma, Blackguards, Expeditions:whatever, Legends of Eisenwald, Dark Souls, Wasteland 2, Pillars of eternity, shadowrrun, etc etc etc, but when it comes to the true classics (Ultima IV-VII; Might and Magic 2; Wizardy 6/7; Wasteland; Darklands; Betrayal at Krondor; Realms of Arkania II; Pools of Darkness; Dungeon Master etc etc) they make poker face.
Why?
PS: nothing wrong in playing the new generation games, but, in my little experience, if you didnt play the classics, you are losing the true magic . And I am a newfag, there isn't a nostalgic argument here.
PS2: yeah, my english sucks.
Because they are abstract games and your party of multiple characters is represented as a single space (a "blob", or a single unit) compared to other units on the map (the grid). Enemies are also represented by a single space (a 'blob' encounter might contain 1 or 300 bandits, for example. But they're still contained within a single unit of space in the gameworld).Why are blobbers named blobbers anyway
Xeen is easy, so no need for any min-maxing.Alright,
I just beat the intro area for World of Xeen. Killed the Breeder Slimes and told the mayor that Joe is being a douchebag.
Now that I got a taste I want to remake my party and start over again. I want to tweek the one I have now so I can have lots of ranged weapon users. Currently have a Human Knight, Half-Orc Barbarian, Dwarf Paladin, Gnome Ninja, Human Cleric, Elf Sorcerer.
Any suggestions?
I am here just to say that I dont even consider human beings the codexians that didnt like...ultima VII.
Most people don't play the true classics because it is a harsh, frozen land cut off from the rest of the world by a wall of jagged peaks called Oldskool Graphics.
The graphics of most old school games are great tbh. Even M&M 1 is still ok. I think what gets me is the whole oldschool DOS color scheme of magenta, teal and white. Hurts my eyes.
For me it's usually not the art but the garbage interface. Blobbers with mouse only controls. List inventories with 5 items per page. UI buttons the size of dinner plates. Game field that takes up 15% of the screen. It's like playing guitar with gardening gloves on. You can do it, but it's just not good.Most people don't play the true classics because it is a harsh, frozen land cut off from the rest of the world by a wall of jagged peaks called Oldskool Graphics.