Wizardry The Wizardry Series Thread

[Magellan]

The DS has some Elminage games, which is basically Wizardry without the license made by the same company who does the JP Wizardry games.

These Elminage games look kind of cool. Are any of them available in US versions?

Yeah, Elminage Original is on the PSP/Vita as a download only game. Its good but if you have a Vita I am liking Demon Gaze way more than Elminage. DG is the game I've been hoping for from the Etrian Odyssey series since #2 (and 7th Dragon)

Nope, I don't have a Vita. I did pick up a 3DS XL for the decent library of RPGs (plus some old franchises I liked such as Zelda, Mario).

 

[Invictus]

I used to daydream that someone would revive the Wizardry series here in the west or we got the translated games from japan but that seems pretty dead...
Nowadays I daydream Grimoire gets released and its sheer incline creates a franchise with multiple releases...1hat can I say? I love blobbers and this was my favorite series along with M&M

 

[Cromwell]

I would like to try wizardry 8 and I have never played any of them before, are there any things I should really know about the game before I start? things like "dont get class x" or "install mod y" anything which would make me rage if I find a#out about it after hours of playtime.

 

[Wintermute]

Only mod you need: Wiz8Fast

 

[TigerKnee]

Wiz 8 Enhancements, which you can find right here on the forum is pretty good.

Bishops and Ninjas are the hardest to build, but not weak power-level wise at all (in fact, Bishops are the strongest casters in the game if very grindy). Well, Ninja's kind of lacking IMO. Avoid if newbie.

If you don't know what you're doing, make sure you have a Bard in the party. They're very good in the early game.

That's about it. Just play and explore on your own.

 

[DraQ]

I would like to try wizardry 8 and I have never played any of them before, are there any things I should really know about the game before I start? things like "dont get class x" or "install mod y" anything which would make me rage if I find a#out about it after hours of playtime.

Only mod you need: Wiz8Fast

Basically this.

As a rule of thumb first playthrough of nearly any game should be unmodded, unless the game needs some critical fixes that aren't provided by official patches.

Wiz8Fast isn't really a mod as much as it's an external utility for tweaking animation speed beyond what's allowed by menu sliders. It doesn't change how the game itself works or what's in it.

 

[bloodlover]

I would like to try wizardry 8 and I have never played any of them before, are there any things I should really know about the game before I start? things like "dont get class x" or "install mod y" anything which would make me rage if I find a#out about it after hours of playtime.

Arm yourself with a lot of patience when hitting Arnika Road. It's really a pain for people that play it for the 1st time.

 

[DraQ]

Arm yourself with a lot of patience when hitting Arnika Road.

When you hit Arnika Road, the Arnika Road hits you.

It's really a pain

More like butthurt.

 

[Baron Dupek]

May I give you a little suggestion?

Spoiler

RUN

Spoiler

Run to the Arnika. Go right road/south. After that game still have some hard moments. Have fun

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[Major_Blackhart]

God I love Arnika Road. So unprepared the first time I played.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

The shift key is your friend.

 

[Monstrous Bat]

Is there a mod for Wiz8 that speeds up the monsters' attacking animations (particularly projectiles)? The last time I visited Ascension Peak I had to spend a minute each turn watching the bizarre flying snakes ejaculating at my party which got tiresome after a while, and Wiz8fast can't solve this problem at all.

 

[Wintermute]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/wizardry-8-enhancements.79581/

Faster combat

• All monster animations speed increased
• Velocity of all conventional projectiles greatly increased
• Rockets fly twice as fast
• Poison Spit and Stinger Thorn sped up, as they are extensively used by monsters encountered in large groups

 

[Beautiful Clown Painting]

Play Wizardry 6 or 7, 8 is really good also, but it's not the same. The others are weird dark spire crooked bee bard's tale 2 lands of infinite sadness.

 

[Monstrous Bat]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/wizardry-8-enhancements.79581/

Faster combat

• All monster animations speed increased
• Velocity of all conventional projectiles greatly increased
• Rockets fly twice as fast
• Poison Spit and Stinger Thorn sped up, as they are extensively used by monsters encountered in large groups

Thanks. Seems like I might actually replay Wizardry 8 in this life.

 

[Cadmus]

I would like to try wizardry 8 and I have never played any of them before, are there any things I should really know about the game before I start? things like "dont get class x" or "install mod y" anything which would make me rage if I find a#out about it after hours of playtime.

I played it the same as you a few months ago and I don't think there was anything special to avoid. Maybe don't spread your points to thin and try to have some utility spells covered. And be patient. And make notes of everything everywhere ever, both in the map and on a paper, because for me, a new alien world with hard to remember names and shit journal was really confusing.

I would like to try wizardry 8 and I have never played any of them before, are there any things I should really know about the game before I start? things like "dont get class x" or "install mod y" anything which would make me rage if I find a#out about it after hours of playtime.

Arm yourself with a lot of patience when hitting Arnika Road. It's really a pain for people that play it for the 1st time.

I absolutely disagree. I hit the dreaded road at the point in the game when I was finally getting the hang of fighting and was enjoying it and it provided some new enemies and challenges and I don't remember if I had already lowered the difficulty to easy at that point or not, but it wasn't long AT ALL. It absolutely didn't stand out from the rest of the game in terms of tedium/difficulty. Rapax rift on the other hand...

 

[DraQ]

Meh, the main problem with that road is when player can't absorb the lessons about safe resting spots and inventory use the road provides. And sometimes running the fuck away (because, seriously, it's not like Wiz8 ever has a shortage of combat, you don't need to soak it all in).

You basically need to 'ratchet' yourself using as many resting spots as you can possibly find, to avoid getting pushed back when you need to recuperate and new enemies spawn/wander around while you rest.
Fail that lesson and the Arnika Road will be a nightmare.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

As it was for me first time out. Such a good nightmare tho.

 

[iZerw]

Wizardry I. Should i switch to prestige classes? Should I switch at all? My party:

 

[Crooked Bee]

iZerw Ninjas are pretty great for an evil party like yours. Their critical hit rates are awesome, esp. for tougher enemies. Personally I'd definitely have one in my evil party.

 

[iZerw]

iZerw Ninjas are pretty great for an evil party like yours. Their critical hit rates are awesome, esp. for tougher enemies. Personally I'd definitely have one in my evil party.

My thief is a pussy. Not gonna happen

But I can make a priest from one of my fighters, i get poisoned and paralyzed quite often. And if I had a good party (I can change their alignments with a hex editor, but it's kind of cheating) what would you suggest?

 

[Crooked Bee]

Oh my god, that's terrible :D

Iirc the best levels to switch your thief to ninja are somewhere around lvl 12-13, but with your stats... yeah. I guess you could up their attributes a bit with a hex editor, just don't overdo it

On the other hand, you can do okay without prestige classes, too. Here's the ending party from my LP (though the SNES version is easier, so yeah):

 

[treborSux]

If you're just starting Wizardry I would play the Apple II version personally. It's prettier and the original platform for Wizardry. I heard the DOS version lowers your stats a lot more often when you level up which can get annoying.

 

[Joined on the 4th of July]

I bought Wizardry 8 from Gog some time ago and have been playing it slowly and sporadically since. Never played any of the series before. Overall it's a good game (except for the 3d graphics), but what I specifically like is how they managed to get good party banter for a player generated party. I'm bit of a larper so pure stat sheet characters would quickly see me losing interest.

Although losing interest might happen anyways without any specific reason... From reading the posts it seems that I've at least managed to pass one hurdle by getting to Arnika. 'Tactics' on the last part of the road were something like back to a corner and play bagpipes until everything is dead, then run to next corner and repeat.

Here's my party of deviantart heroes who actually fit quite well aesthetics wise with the NPC party members. Was bit worried about that when I went for custom portraits.

 

[Baxander]

iZerw Ninjas are pretty great for an evil party like yours. Their critical hit rates are awesome, esp. for tougher enemies. Personally I'd definitely have one in my evil party.

My thief is a pussy. Not gonna happen

But I can make a priest from one of my fighters, i get poisoned and paralyzed quite often. And if I had a good party (I can change their alignments with a hex editor, but it's kind of cheating) what would you suggest?

Oh man....you have just brought on waves of nostalgia. I miss this game so damn much.