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The Hulk
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Why didn't you like Stonekeep and what year did you play it?
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 9:42 am
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Val
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I played it maybe 3 years ago I think. I got it in a collection of 12 RPG games. Usually I like even older games, but it ran slower than molasses going uphill in the dead of winter on the old PC I was playing it on. I just never got into the game and quickly lost interest.
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 9:55 am
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Maggot
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For me the worst pick goes to Realms of Arkania, I think. It was hopelessly complex, I didn't even get through character creation.
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 11:50 am
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Michael C
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Maggot: Nonsense: Realms of Arkania is not that complex. I know you now are playing Wizardry 8, and it is at least as complex as R.O.A. You must remember it from the old days when you were younger and your experience with tough games was from "Tetris" and alike.
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 12:12 pm
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Maggot
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It could be that I'm confusing this with Disciples or Blades of Steel. I don't remember. Were there Archetypes in Realms of Arcania?
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 1:22 pm
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The Hulk
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Ahh! I really liked the Realms of Arkania series as well as Disciples of Steel. Disciples of Steel(one of my all-time favorites) got lukewarm and poor reviews generally, mostly due to complexity and graphics being a little dated looking(I played it in 94 and the vga graphics looked ok to me back then). I happen to like rpg's with more complexity than usual. I don't like it when developers dumb down the game or make it not complex enough. It had a really great critical hit system for combat which really made things exciting. I really liked the midi music as well(especailly in the town of Farnus). Also, some of the spells were really cool like being able to create a semi-real illusionary creature which could fight for you in combat.
Also, it had some interesting strategy elements to it as you could build armies. I never got into the army building aspect of the game because I found my band of 6 characters could deal just fine with most threats. The difficulty level(as with Evil Islands)turned some people off too, but I stuck with it and won the game and had alot of fun along the way. It was quite a long game if you did all the quests and went everywhere.
Post Tue Feb 26, 2002 6:51 pm
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Nash Knight
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The worst RPG?
Try Rage of Mages!
2. Pool of radience 2
3. Magic and mayhem 1&2
Post Thu Mar 14, 2002 12:34 am
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HiddenX
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I love Rage of Mages I & 2 -

cool strategic fighting and character building.

Hx
Post Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:16 am
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Michael C
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Agree on Rage of mages, they were good games especially number 2
Post Thu Mar 14, 2002 9:26 am
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Maggot
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Anyone like Birthright?
Post Thu Mar 14, 2002 12:49 pm
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I'd say my least favorite that I played most of was Return to Krondor. LOL2 wasn't the greatest, but at least there was a lot of it, and the 3D graphics were nice to look at. I didn't like Arena much either, too repetetive.
Post Sat Mar 23, 2002 2:17 am
 
Max Killen
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I would like to revise my ranking of worst RPGs of all time

1. Battlesphere - (couldn't play longer than five minutes)
2. Return to Krondor - (need I say more)
3. Daggerfall - (for the pure frustation)
4. Arena - (fun for awhile - boring later)
5. Icewind Dale - (boring from the beginning)
Post Sat Mar 23, 2002 12:24 pm
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Gig
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I forgot about Evil Islands, I loved it. It was great the way you could modify your own weapons and armor to make them more powerful as you found better materials.

You could also take armor off defeated enemies. More games (even the games I like) need to do that kind of thing.

The only thing wrong with Evil Islands was the acting of the hero. It was truly atrocious and he ran his mouth so much that it became really annoying!

I've only played three CRPG's; Gothic, Wizardry 8 and Evil Islands.

The worst, by far, was Wizardry 8. I never finished it because I hated nearly everything about it. I couldn't stand it's idiotic "I can't see my party" view and it's "what the heck is going on?" combat the most.

I know most people liked Wizardry 8, but you asked.

It's not you, it's me.



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Post Sat Mar 23, 2002 1:10 pm
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Jaz
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I didn't like it, either.

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Post Sat Mar 23, 2002 1:19 pm
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Gig
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quote:

On 2002-03-23 07:19, Jaz wrote:
I didn't like it, either.



So there!

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