CRPGAddict

[Morkar Left]

DHoU is technically not inferior than RoA1, it's just a more focused game.

Well, I guess there are some of the *very* early RPGs that don't really offer much nowadays because the late 80's and early 90's games surpass them at every aspect.

But he's already beyond these games. Here and there they will still show up but we are far beyond the limitations of the early to mid 80's. And even there games like Starflight feel in no way old except the gfx compared to RoA1 for example. The big step will come again by reaching iso games like Fallout.

Btw Mother Russia you should really play Starflight when you haven't already.

 

[Giauz Ragnacock]

Thanks for pointing out this blog. I've really enjoyed reading it, and I especially like the videos like this bad boy:



It illustrates so many good little features of the games that you would never know about if you didn't play them in depth. For example, I really like that the dwarf gets seasick on the boat and can't sleep, repair, or do anything productive. It's also fun to see how obnoxious and opaque the mushroom system is until you figure out （and make note of) what everything does.

Great blog.

Just taking this opportunity for shameless self-promotion and raising my posts count..... and whipping this out again:

 

[Davaris]

I love the look of those games, the early Ultimas are my favorite. With 3D and iso engines, so much time and effort is spent on graphics, when instead, you could be just working on the fun part, which is the game.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I loved Ultimas 3-5, and wish that I had known about Magic Candle back when it had come out. The little I tried of it recently has me very interested, but I have to knock out the Might and Magic series first. Well MM 2-8, as I already beat the first one and have no intention of playing 9.

 

[TheNizzo]

some tasks in magic candle are a big pain but i love having multiple parties doing their thing and wish more games did that sort of thing

 

[Infinitron]

He's playing Quest for Glory now.

Also, he played through Dark Heart of Uukrul and nobody posted about it. Crooked Bee

 

[Whisper]

This guy is best blogger on CRPGs atm on net.

 

[suejak]

Are there others?

 

[Bruticis]

Are there others?

Sort of but not the same style or goal. http://gameshy.net/

 

[wormix]

Sort of but not the same style or goal. http://gameshy.net/

Oh my god, no more green. Maybe I can read it now.

 

[taxalot]

We need a blog like his for just goddamn every genre. I know there was an Ultima one. It was interesting.

 

[DaveO]

There is Pix's Origin Adventures where he blogged about playing every Origin game. It's still active, but mostly for scanning reviews of the games he completed.

 

[Sceptic]

CRPG Addict likes Wilderness Campaign. Tremendous of the interwebz results.

The GIMLET's not very representative, as usual for early games, but the piece itself is pretty interesting to read, though it's kinda hard to tell how long it took him to beat the game all in all (if he gave a number of hours I missed it).

Also, if any of you fuckers call yourself "old-schoolers" but have never given this a whirl, do so. It was a pretty revolutionary game, especially when you realize it came out in the seventies. I'm also pretty sure that the good folks at SSG had played this when they thought of Warlords (and Addict seems to agree). I don't really think there's anything like it though.

 

[dragonbait]

CRPG Addict likes Wilderness Campaign. Tremendous of the interwebz results.

The GIMLET's not very representative, as usual for early games, but the piece itself is pretty interesting to read, though it's kinda hard to tell how long it took him to beat the game all in all (if he gave a number of hours I missed it).

Also, if any of you fuckers call yourself "old-schoolers" but have never given this a whirl, do so. It was a pretty revolutionary game, especially when you realize it came out in the seventies. I'm also pretty sure that the good folks at SSG had played this when they thought of Warlords (and Addict seems to agree). I don't really think there's anything like it though.

Wow. this was before I started playing crpgs, but for those kids that actually had computers in the late 70's, I can imagine parents of the era yelling at their kids "Shut that damn computer off and get to bed! You have school tomorrow!" and "Just 5 more minutes mom!"

 

[Sceptic]

Thanks to CRPG Addict we can finally settle once and for all the question of which game first introduced regenerating health and ushered the decline of the FPS genre: Dungeons of Daggorath, from 1982. Once again CRPGs are to blame for everything that's wrong with other genres.

More seriously, I've never played or even seen the game since it came out exclusively for the TRS-80, a system I never had (and I don't think any of my friends at the time did either). It may well be the first real first person action RPG, and it's full of interesting mechanics that could make for a great survival/horror action RPG if they were used nowadays. The post is a pretty good read, recommended.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

^
You forgot the link: http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2014/01/game-132-dungeons-of-daggorath-1982.html

 

[Old Hans]

man Dungeons of Daggorath takes me back! That was maybe my first rpg. It consisted of basically wandering around like a clueless dope and furiously typing ATTACK LEFT ATTACK LEFT ATTACK LEFT

 

[TigerKnee]

So are they any upcoming RPGs that he's going to play with tits in them?

I want to see him freak out and write a huge essay on how rape is evil again and how he's totally not a prude.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

So are they any upcoming RPGs that he's going to play with tits in them?

I want to see him freak out and write a huge essay on how rape is evil again and how he's totally not a prude.

I thought he might get tripped up by Knights of Xentar, but that's not on his list. Too bad. It's not a bad RPG. The Rance series is completely out now. So it looks like Elvira is the closest thing we'll get to tatas.

On the other hand, he does have Princess Maker 2 on his list. He may not come out entirely mentally unscathed.

 

[Sceptic]

So it looks like Elvira is the closest thing we'll get to tatas.

Daggerfall

Considering how much Wiz 6 scarred him, he may actually abandon DF when he gets to a Temple of Dibella.

And then of course there's Battlespire and its high-resolution titties...

 

[octavius]

So it looks like Elvira is the closest thing we'll get to tatas.

Daggerfall

Considering how much Wiz 6 scarred him, he may actually abandon DF when he gets to a Temple of Dibella.

And then of course there's Battlespire and its high-resolution titties...

Funny thing is that on the Bethsoft forums "we are not allowed to talk about that".

I never understood what was so scary about those titties in Wiz 6 either, although most of the commentors on the blog seemed to agree with the Addict. To me topless AmaZulu women, mermaids and succubi feels more natural and "honest", and less "speculative" or "exploitive" than the oh so cliched chain mail bikinis. And I didn't even notice that the Fairies were naked before the CRPG repeatedly pointed it out. But then I'm not American, and back in the summer of 1990 the local beach was filled with topless girls (those were the days...), so I certainly didn't need pixelated nudity.

 

[Infinitron]

Game 139: Ultima VI: The False Prophet (1990)

Very long and detailed.

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Haven't played U6 yet since I want to work my way up from U4 (which I have almost finished now). I think its interesting how much the Addict loves the interface considering how much Spoony hated it, which got me a little 'scared' of U6. So who is right on this?

 

[Infinitron]

Haven't played U6 yet since I want to work my way up from U4 (which I have almost finished now). I think its interesting how much the Addict loves the interface considering how much Spoony hated it, which got me a little 'scared' of U6. So who is right on this?

Well, it depends. I would say that Spoony is right, but CRPGAddict's impressions are colored by the fact that he's been playing very old RPGs. He's seeing things in the historical context, you could say. U6's interface is unwieldy, but the things that it allowed you to do were revolutionary at the time it was released.

You've been playing old RPGs too, so maybe you'll agree with him, or maybe not.

 

[groke]

The interface is terribad, clearly designed for degenerate mouse users. This shit was the console/tablet interface of the early 90's.

It introduces paperdolls, though. So that's cool.