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Nukester
Head Merchant
Joined: 03 Nov 2002
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A post similar to this was my first post on this site, about a year ago or so. Im stuck again. Aside from sports games, I am a huge fan of CRPG's. I have just about all of the classics, and alot of the newer ones. I have hundreds of games, but amazingly enough, I very rarely finish any of them (spent too much time playing Out of the Park Baseball I guess ). A couple that I actually did finish to the end were Gothic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and an oldie Buck Rogers game. I have all of the Wizardry series (I - VIII), almost all of the Ultima series (I - VIII, plus both Ultima Undergrounds...dont have Ultima IX), Wizards and Warriors, Morrowind, Gothic 2, Might and Magic 3 and 6, Baldurs Gate 1 and 2, Planetscape: Torment, Arx Fatalis, Diablo 1 and 2, Dungeon Seige, Gladius (for the PS2)......I got Battlefield: 1942, Warcraft battlechest edition, the original Half-Life....heck probably dozens of more games.
My problem is that I start a game, get a few levels into it, then stop playing for whatever reason, then start at the beginning again, rinse and repeat. This makes me give up on games because I only see the beginning of them and never really get into the meat of the game.
I prefer first person perspective (hate the little people of Baldurs Gate type games), and prefer turn-based combat over real time, but can get into real time also (but dont really like real time strategy games much).
What should I start playing that I should be determined to finish ? Ive been getting bored with Morrowind, and Gothic 2 hasnt held my attention like Gothic 1 did.......Help.....Me.......Im thinking Wizardy 8 meets the first person perspective, turn based combat requirements well. Is this what I want to do ?
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genji
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 39
Location: Melbourne, Australia |
If you like your turn-based combat, then Wiz 8 is a fine choice. It gets a hearty recommendation from me, and I'm sure many other people here will agree.
That's pretty much all I can say. It has a great character creation system, and intense, challenging combat. Give it a try!
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the mighty stamar
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Posts: 602
Location: arcata ca, humboldt county |
wizardry 8 might be the only game that fills those requirements....
Its great and very difficult. |
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
I had the same experience with Gothic 2. But after getting NOTR and the translation patch it makes a huge difference.
I wouldnt say it was up to the quality of the original Gothic, but its definately a lot closer than vanilla G2 is.
Ultima IX is fun if you get all the fan patches. It still has some issues but I enjoyed it a lot after applying the patches.
Your first person + turn based requirement is very restricting. I also can only think of Wizardry 8.
What about console RPG's? It sounds to me that they would fit your style a lot more. Sure most of them are not First Person, but most are turn based.
I quite often dont finish a game the first time I play it. I tend you play games and then when I get burned out I just archive the save game and go back later. Quite often there are spaces of many months to a year or two between the first and final play session of an RPG. It does cause problems with games that dont have suitable quest logging etc, but its not that bad most of the time.
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genji
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 39
Location: Melbourne, Australia |
You could always try some games from back when first-person turn based was the 'in' thing. Ultima Underworld, Eye of the Beholder, other Wizardry games, etc.
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Hexmaster
Noble Knight
Joined: 17 Jan 2002
Posts: 206
Location: Bristol, England |
If you like turn based, give Silent Storm a try.
Its second world war setting but still good....sort of 3d version of Jagged Alliance 2 (also still very good and on budget).
On the console front, you could try Final Fantasy X.....very good story / grafix and is turn based.
Regards,
Hexmaster
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