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hieronymus
has rated the following games:
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Baldur's Gate: 8/10 points |
A great RPG. My girlfriend & I played through it together and moved right on to BG2 & ToB... now we miss having a good RPG that we can play together. NWN should have been it, but something is lacking... |
Descent To Undermountain: 4/10 points |
When the glitches weren't overwhelming me this was a decent dungeon crawl, so I invested several hours in it before all the bugs and the pitiful enemy AI made me shelve it indefinitely.
AFAIK it was never patched to playability. |
Dungeon Siege: 7/10 points |
Good, mindless hack & slashin fun. Plot is thin, interface could have been better, and 4 skills to develop is limiting. Also a little annoying that the multi-player campaign had no real end. You beat big baddie and a guy back in town says "thanks".
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Elder Scrolls 3 - Morrowind: Tribunal: 8/10 points |
I am enjoying the open possibilities in this game and expect to replay it and take a different path. There are a few shortcomings (dialog system, no NPC schedules) but with the huge, beautiful world and detailed background (yes, it's there, you just may have to read a lot of in-game books) I'm hooked.
One other gripe would be the difficulty curve, it started off pretty deadly to even walk a well-traveled road, but halfway through I can't find a challenge anywhere. |
Escape From Hell: 7/10 points |
Played this about 13 years ago. Wish I could find it now. The humor was cheesy & good, blasting demons with a shotgun and getting the gory description of the damage was fun. |
Final Fantasy VII: 7/10 points |
The constant, pointless random battles that plague all Japanese console RPGs are here in force. The many cutscenes make it evident that you are not playing a role of your own making, but just helping a story progress by exploring and fighting. The story is worth it, though, as this is possibly the only RPG that has brought a tear to my eye (twice, once at Aeris' big scene and once at the end of the brief endgame cutscene). |
Lord of the Rings (Book License): 5/10 points |
Not deep enough to capture the essence of the books, not enough action to match the Movie-based release. Though you might have missed Tom Bombadil in the movie, this game would be better if they had not included him.
I played through the entire game in 1 8-hour sitting. If it were longer, I would probably give it a lower score for being tedious. But as is, it is short and forgettable. |
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Movie License): 6/10 points |
Pretty good Hack N Slash. About as close to RPG as Gauntlet was. Another really short LotR game that doesn't quite live up to potential.
But, the sheer number of enemies & allies fighting around you on some levels (Helm's Deep) does give this a nice epic feel at points. |
Ultima 8 - Pagan: 6/10 points |
The beginning of the end for the Ultima series. A great disappointment following U7. Why oh why did they add jumping??? |
Ultima 9 - Ascension: 7/10 points |
The eye candy took a big step forward, but the immersiveness of the world took a big step back from the U7 days. No party, NPCs stand in one place day & night, the plot drags you along by the nose, pretty lame voice acting, etc.
Despite all of that, I felt compelled to play through the entire game out of nostalgia for the previous Ultimas... unfortunately a major gamestopper bug occurred near the end and I had to put it away unfinished. |
