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thartanian
Guards Lieutenant
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 156
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| Which rpg/mmrpg manifested your favorite wizard/necromancer? |
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I thought arx and morrowind had badass wizards. The ligtning in both rox. |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
Try the BG series. Some real toughies there. Irenicus anyone?!!
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Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:38 pm |
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thartanian
Guards Lieutenant
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 156
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Really? I played NWN and had a sorcerer there. Very powerful and awesome magical effects. Do the Baldur's Gate series have better and more uber spells for their wizards? |
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Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:54 pm |
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Guybrush Threepwood
High Emperor
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
Posts: 500
Location: Oklahoma |
I rather liked the summon dragon spell in Challenge of the Five Realms.... otherwise my favorite wizard would be from Arcanum. And yea...Challenge of the Five Realms was an old game no one heard about that I rather liked despite its archaic graphics. That was the first game I ever got to use a sound card on....great sound effects for its time. Before that I was using the regular clicks and beeps from the comp and other terribley generated sounds.
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stanthony
One Smart Dog
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Posts: 556
Location: Tallinn, Estonia |
Corwin, I'm with you on this one. Irenicus was o tough bad one indeed. From the very beginning it felt like he is very dangerous. Sarevok (although not wizard himself) looked simply pathetic in the shadow of Irenicus' magic 
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Zephyr Elvirion
Baron of the Court
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 336
Location: New Zealand. |
I've never played a Wizard/Necromancer in a RPG 'coz it's just too dammed hard to figure out how cast spells - except for Arx, where you drew the symbol in the air (even I could understand that one  ), or where you can cast from a scrole. But the spell book, and learning and sleeping to memorize spells is all very confusing. Plus, I can't figure out how, you can be a wiz/necro and live - I mean, at the beginning you're just too darned weak to survive on anything but weapons, surely. And by then it's too late, you may as well just be a fighter - it makes no difference to the game anyway, what character you play.
Personally, I'd like to see an RPG that gave xp not just for fighting - yes I know you get xp for doing fed-ex questettes, but there should be more to it than that. I get bored with nothing but hack n' slash being the be all and end all of a game. I'd also like to see a game that differs depending on what kind of character you play, and I don't mean good/evil - but, really, even that doesn't have much of an impact on a game.
It doesn't seem make a jot of difference what type of character you play - as long as you're killing things - and that's not what makes a good game as far as I'm concerned.
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Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:10 am |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
I liked the necromancer in Diablo2, he was a nice one; as for wizards... hm, my favorite spell-caster in a CRPG was Luther in LoL2. Especially when he was on mandrake  .
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Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:26 pm |
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lestat14
Tremere Vampire
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Posts: 651
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I also liked the necromancer from D2....the sorceress from the same game was also very powerful in later lvls.....right now i am playing a wizard in nwn based on Raistlin Majere from the dragonlance books....
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Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:37 pm |
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Lord_Brownie
High Emperor
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
Posts: 575
Location: Unfashionable arm of the spiral galaxy |
I like playing a wizard in Daggerfall because of all the custom spells that can made.
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Fri Sep 26, 2003 9:54 pm |
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gdgrimm
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Posts: 110
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quote:
Originally posted by Sherrin
Personally, I'd like to see an RPG that gave xp not just for fighting - yes I know you get xp for doing fed-ex questettes, but there should be more to it than that. I get bored with nothing but hack n' slash being the be all and end all of a game. I'd also like to see a game that differs depending on what kind of character you play, and I don't mean good/evil - but, really, even that doesn't have much of an impact on a game.
It doesn't seem make a jot of difference what type of character you play - as long as you're killing things - and that's not what makes a good game as far as I'm concerned.
Well, the Elder Scrolls games (Daggerfall and Morrowind at least, I haven't played the others) make that option available. They use skills based development, so your character goes up levels by using it's particular skills. Your thief character will improve more in a cave by sneaking by, or jumping over, bad guys than he will by walking up to them and beating them with a club. Or when faced with a locked door, the system is designed to improve your thief if he picks the lock, improve your mage if he casts a spell to unlock it, and allow your fighter to use his strength to just bash the door down (in Daggerfall). |
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Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:13 pm |
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lestat14
Tremere Vampire
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Posts: 651
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you can creat custom spells in morrowind using spell components you already know.....
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Zephyr Elvirion
Baron of the Court
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 336
Location: New Zealand. |
I have all the Elder Scrolls, but I must admit I've not played alot of Arena or Daggerfall - the 'blockyness' gets to me (haven't we been spoiled ), but Morrowind did do that to a certain extent, yes, especially in your Guild. Looks like I'll have to go back to Daggerfall and keep at it, lol.
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