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Recent content by Skorpios

  1. First TOEE review in Gamespy 4/5

    You are ALWAYS trying to persuade? That sounds exhausting! I thought in D&D you had to actively apply those kinds of skills. As in actually roleplaying a convincing speech to get you past a guard (with the rolling of the Persuasion or Intimidation check in the background). I mean, if you...

  2. Temple Of Elemental Game Design Decisions

    Ummm, the whole story revolves around an evil temple packed full of...well...evil, and you didn't even begin to suspect a dungeon crawl? Troika were completely upfront that this game is based on an introductory module from D&D's beginnings. I don't really see any intention to disguise TOEE's...

  3. First TOEE review in Gamespy 4/5

    Oh I know Psilon, just exorcising some remaining resentment. Still, there are those who tarred all icons with the same brush. It doesn't matter if they are useful, and I like the idea of skill tags very much as well, they are still redundant. I mean you can TELL when you are haggling or...

  4. First TOEE review in Gamespy 4/5

    Oooh, feel the love in the room! You are right guys, having many of you agree with me just doesn't feel right, so in the spirit of confrontationism that seems to be at the heart of this community, here's some flamebait for you: "Ooooh, look Mummy! MORON INDICATORS!!" Oh, shame on you...

  5. First TOEE review in Gamespy 4/5

    Hmmm, perhaps a definition of 'vignette' might help this discussion: vignette, n. 1. a decorative design or small illustration without a clear-cut border. 2. a short, graceful literary description. Why would you be expecting anything more? These are like those cheesy scenes in TV shows...

  6. Role-Player's RPG Roundtable #1: The role and the play

    Yeah, I guess I'm trying to describe a system that rewards roleplayers rather than powergamers. I think I mentioned in my ramblings that the journal becomes the core of your character more than the traditional stat sheet. It might work something like 'Bridget Jones' Diary' or a blog...

  7. Behold the Lionheart fan!

    Well that potential was what I was defending for much of my 'crusade' (pun intended). And I still think the game has some worth, even though it is caught uncomfortably somewhere between Diablo and Fallout, there do seem to be some people enjoying it. What that means in terms of gamers out...

  8. Role-Player's RPG Roundtable #1: The role and the play

    The whole 'statistical' side of CRPGs seems to be intimately tied to the idea of 'character-building' as the core of an RPG. You create your character by choosing certain characteristics that are mostly internal and usually represented by a numerical range for ease of comprehension. So a...

  9. Behold the Lionheart fan!

    Now I remember why I love this place so much. Don't you think an alternative history RPG with the SPECIAL system doesn't at least have some potential? I'm happy to admit that Reflexive failed to realise that potential. If you want to be offensive about it that's your business. No Voss...

  10. Behold the Lionheart fan!

    Sorry to disappoint, but I've given up my rabid defense duties. In any case, I'd have to be EXTREMELY masochistic to put myself up to defend every single opinion about Lionheart or any other game, so I'm not going to. I have had a crack at the LH demo and I can see both sides of the issue...

  11. Lionheart: the missing features

    Fair enough. My point about the simplicity of Diablo's combat wasn't that it had no depth at all, but it involved the simplicity of good design as well. I'm not denying D2 had options, but tie that together with the predefined classes, and balancing those options is more straightforward...

  12. Lionheart: the missing features

    I guess it is up to me who I'll defend, but that is a separate issue :wink: For all the criticism thrown at it, the game strikes me as far from unplayable. Many people, even very vocal critics have played it through several times, so it must be entertaining some of them or why put themselves...

  13. Lionheart and why I hate it.

    Psilon, there was a reason I put the :wink: in... But how do you know that a little old lady with bedsores didn't just push in ahead of the queue and almost clean the place out of healing potions, leaving the shopkeeper with only three left on the shelf? And on the supply side, just how...

  14. Lionheart: the missing features

    I still haven't got the game yet and I'm still deciding whether I will or not. Probably I will, just to satisfy my curiosity about it now. It has been released in Oz but I haven't seen it yet, living in 'regional' Australia as I do. The more I read in reviews and in feedback like this from...

  15. Lionheart and why I hate it.

    Ummm, if it's best-selling doesn't that mean it could be almost sold out? :wink:

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