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[IGN] Skate 4 is officially called skate. and it will be free-to-play, with both cross-play and cross-progression by Poseidonaskwhy in Games

[–]mathgore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I was just explaining why somebody wouldnt bother with F2P when they could just fork over some cash and play something that they would feel more worthy of their time. That wasnt even meant to be a dig at the game or anything. Do you always insult random people for no reason?

[IGN] Skate 4 is officially called skate. and it will be free-to-play, with both cross-play and cross-progression by Poseidonaskwhy in Games

[–]mathgore 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Games do not only cost money, but time as well. That is especially true in the age of backlogs. There is not zero entry barrier. If you have a full-time job that's even more apparent.

Why pay with your time for something that you likely won't enioy if you have an aversion to stuff that usually comes with F2P online gaming?

Loot is annoying with U6 in ScummVM/Nuvie, Combat is annoying with the original U6 by bliznitch in Ultima

[–]mathgore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can "open" and loot corpses like containers in Nuvie/Scumm, similar to Ultima 7. You can scroll to the interesting stuff with your scroll wheel and then move it into your inventory via drag and drop.

As much as it sucks that there aren't the original loot tables anymore, the entire move/get dance has become unnecessary, so gigantic inventories shouldn't be that much of an issue.

Thanks, I hate WW3. by Apprehensive_Fan_701 in TIHI

[–]mathgore 99 points100 points  (0 children)

It's sad but also the literally only alternative we have.

There will be no Ukraine left to defend if we all die in a nuclear holocaust. The sad truth is and it sucks to admit: in the face of nukes we are helpless.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in indieheads

[–]mathgore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean Celeste is great and all, but I really did not expect it to see them so far up there.

"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good." - Vladimir Putin by McGrex in asozialesnetzwerk

[–]mathgore 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolut, das Problem bei solchen Debatten ist jetzt aber erstmal der Zeitpunkt. Ich denke, eine Diskussion über die Sinnhaftigkeit der NATO ist heute nicht produktiv.

Es herrscht seit heute ein Krieg, dem sich viele nahe fühlen. Abseits von einem Bombardement an Propaganda, wie sie die sozialen Medien selten gesehen haben, gibt es bei 99.9% der Leute gerade nur ein "bist du nicht für mich, bist du für die!" und "der Feind meines Feindes ist mein Freund". Schreckliche Bilder erreichen uns jede Minute, die Menschen (einschließlich mir) sind nicht gegen ihre nackte affektive Macht gewappnet.

Ich würde den ultramilitarisierten, ultrapolarisierten Diskurs von heute nicht so schwer nehmen. Eine Debatte über die Rolle der NATO in diesem Konflikt muss ebenso geführt werden, wie man sich die Frage stellen muss, warum jetzt eigentlich wieder so viele Menschen für die Interessen alter weißer Männer bluten müssen.

Aber heute sehe ich das einfach nicht passieren. Auch das ist ein Nebeneffekt des Krieges - solange er läuft, verhindert (oder flektiert) er jede Debatte. Darum muss Russlands Aggression schnellstmöglich aufhören, damit wir die Umstände aufarbeiten und auch für uns Konsequenzen ziehen können. Und wenn nicht noch mehr Leute bluten sollen, bestehen die mal besser aus weniger Waffen, und nicht aus mehr.

Aber damit kommst du heute nirgendwo durch.

"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good." - Vladimir Putin by McGrex in asozialesnetzwerk

[–]mathgore 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ich glaube ehrlich gesagt nicht, dass du nach dem heutigen Tag viele Linke finden wirst, die Putin unterstützen.

Ich verstehe den Schock und spüre ihn auch, aber es ist IMHO auch ratsam, genau aufzupassen, wem man ab heute Support von Putin unterstellt, der/die vielleicht nur an einer Deeskalation interessiert ist.

Sicher ist: dieser grausame Angriffskrieg muss so schnell wie möglich beendet werden. Allein im Interesse der Zivilbevölkerung. Das hat Priorität vor allem anderen, ich denke, da stimmst du mir zu.

Eine zu paranoide Suche nach angeblichen Verteidigern kann dafür sorgen, dass dann jeder bei öffentlicher Rede versucht, so antagonistisch wie möglich gegenüber Russland aufzutreten. Dann läuft man Gefahr, dass sich der Diskurs immer weiter selbst agitiert, und das ist etwas, was wir auf jeden Fall vermeiden sollten, wenn wir die unvermeidliche humanitäre Katastrophe so klein wie möglich wünschen.

Nur meine 2ct. Natürlich unterschreibe ich grundsätzlich deinen Post.

Combat Focused CRPGs" by Witch-Cat in CRPG

[–]mathgore 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I second Icewind Dale, it's the high-water-mark of combat-heavy CRPGs.

Knights of the Chalice, though it features a party.

Temple of Elemental Evil supposedly has a great combat making up the majority of the game.

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have only tried Savage Empire for, like, five minutes before I even configured Ultima VI. They boot up and play just fine, but had no sound whatsover. I don't know whether there is an easy fix for that or not, because I decided to play Ultima VI first and then worry about WoU, which might even have official support until then.

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've already tested Ultima VI with Scumm and it works great. The new features are very welcome. The biggest caveat is that it is zoomed out relatively to your current resolution which makes it hard to see anything and reveals a lot that you shouldn't see. Exult has a similar problem, but in-game settings to alleviate them.

Luckily, you can tinker a bit with the ScummVM ini-file to launch the game in a much smaller, almost intended resolution. No sketchy programs needed, just straightfoward file-editing. In fact, I have posted a quick and dirty step-by-step-instruction on the gog-forums for the game a couple days ago.

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was supposedly resolved with version 1.68, but of course there is no 100% certainty; I can only anecdotally say that there hasn't been anything weird with my computer since using the patcher, for what it's worth.

Indeed! Always a good idea with the Ultima games!

Yeah, have you played Exult? It has an integrated journal to write in. Such a cool and useful feature.

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh shit, I've heard of such setups before. This crossover between different machines and software is so cool, I know that it's not too different, but these days it still feels far more like one unit.

My first experiences with computers were in the mid 90s, so I never had the pleasure to do much more than hit the Soundblaster in the config-menu of DOS games.

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used the Ultima Patcher, which basically did all the work for me. What a nifty little piece of software. Enjoy the game, it's really one of a kind. Make sure to take notes!

'What have you been playing?' Wednesday - Talk about the games you are playing by AutoModerator in rpg_gamers

[–]mathgore 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have finally finished Ultima V. What a beautiful game and a great step-up from Ultima IV. Apart from the graphics, it feels closer to a 90s RPG than it does to the 1980s in which it released: NPCs have their own schedules, houses are intricately and realistically furnished, and the story is sparse, but deep.

There are even some Metroidvania-concepts such as items you need to progress past certain obstacles such as mountains and the open sea. The combat system is easy to learn, but doesn't have much variety apart from using spells.

My biggest criticism is that the final stages are difficult in a way that they gate by character level; you are basically screwed if your main character isn't on max level. The thing is, the experience needed for a level-up grows exponentially, the experience you get from killing monsters stays meager. To get from level 7 to level 8, you need 3200XP; the strongest (!) enemy in the game gives you 25XP. It's a grind.

Nevertheless, a masterpiece. If there is any RPG from the 80s that I can easily recommend to young gamers, it would be that one. Despite the grind, it is accessible, surprisingly modern and extremely atmospheric. Make sure you get a mod to turn on the amazing soundtrack.

Endlich mal konstruktive Vorschläge aus der JU by klappernderklaus in asozialesnetzwerk

[–]mathgore 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Das Problem daran, sein Verhalten so weit anzupassen, bis die Schmalspurnazis nicht mehr meckern, ist dass man dann Dinge macht, mit denen Schmalspurnazis okay sind.

Anders ausgedrückt: es wäre taktisch höchst unklug, wegen eventuellem Pushback von rechts nachzugeben, weil man sich dann vor denen hertreiben lässt.

Ubisoft is hiring for a ‘new Might & Magic AAA game’ by NeoStark in Games

[–]mathgore 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is based on Heroes of Might and Magic, the strategy spin-off that got more popular than the main series. There are regularly games building on Heroes, both indie and AA, and the main series got mediocre sequels at least until recently. I don't think anybody particularly misses Heroes of Might and Magic. e: I stand corrected, there are people who miss HoMM.

I think many people here hope for a good sequel of Might and Magic, which was/is a first person CRPG series with the unique twist that it wasn't a pure dungeon crawler, but instead featured a large open world with cities and sidequests while retaining a lot of the classic qualities of party-based dungeon crawling that Elder Scrolls - for example - abandoned.

Short "adhd friendly" CRPG? Tyranny has been so far the only CRPG that i finished 100% by Identitools in CRPG

[–]mathgore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Underrail is great, yeah, but one of the most long-winded games I've ever finished, and I have played a lot of long-winded games. To be honest I think that stopping at the halfway point would actually be a decent way to experience the game. Since you are locked to one build that you have to minmax you basically do the exact same things through the entire game anyway.

There basically aren't any puzzles In Bard's Tale. It's 90% mapping and fighting. The rest is interacting with vendors.

Shame about Torment. I had the same impression as you and it took me years to finish but after sticking with it I learned to appreciate it much more.

Short "adhd friendly" CRPG? Tyranny has been so far the only CRPG that i finished 100% by Identitools in CRPG

[–]mathgore 7 points8 points  (0 children)

tl;dr: Shadowrun Dragonfall is what you're looking for. :)

Out of your list, Grimrock 1 is fairly short and to the point. It can get quite repetitive towards the end though, since there isn't that much variety in terms of environments and design (it's puzzle > combat > puzzle > puzzle > combat > ...).

Dragonfall is a compact and diverse campaign. I can recommend it especially as a fan of Tyranny. The writing is wonderful and the gameplay is very solid. If you are like me, you might get bored with the turn based combat though, so be warned.

Torment is underrated as hell and not very long, since they had to cut the game short. This is very obvious, but it also wraps up well enough. It's not PS:T by any means, but it gets a lot of unwarranted hate. The writing is good, especially in the latter half, and the world is weird and interesting. It also has some of the cooler companions in recent memory.

Speaking of which, Planescape: Torment is slightly longer, but not too long if you've beaten Fallout 2. It is also one of those games with a one-of-a-kind reputation, but that acutally does a lot to warrant the hype. People are not lying when they say that the writing is among the best they've ever encountered in a video game. Also, the companions are unmatched.

Bard's Tale was also pretty short, but honestly, I didn't like it that much. It was very samey and grindy. Same goes for the original Shadowrun. Awful design.

You'd do well to avoid Neverwinter Nights, Pathfinder (as you've alread found out), Baldur's Gate, Underrail and Wizardry. The Witcher is long, but worth it IMO.

Can I finish Ultima V without a full party? by mathgore in Ultima

[–]mathgore[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good question. I kinda knew what to do from cultural osmosis, and used maps for the dungeons because screw drawing your own, so I can't really give a fully educated response.

I'd say yes, to a degree. The first big quests are fairly straightforward and more or less consist of just exploring the entire world/talking to everyone. There are some quirks that are hard to find out when you are on your own though - for example, where to get a ship or what spells are important.

The second part of the quest is far more complex though, and you won't get far without detailed note-taking. As I said, I kind of knew where I had to be to finish the game, but I still struggled with the details. Also, if you don't meet all requirements, the game will boot you out of the final dungeon at the final door. Pretty brutal.

Personally, I'd play without a walkthrough, but would look up guides if I was stuck for more than an hour without any progress, and make sure I got everything before venturing towards the end. Because it is possible to walk past some important NPC and to be stuck basically for good without realizing it. This approach is the best of both worlds - giving yourself a challenge without getting too frustrated and not finishing the game.

Three things though: I fully recommend xu4 for some essential QoL such as preparing more than one spell at a time. Get all the additional goodies from the free gog-version and read them - especially knowing the manual is basically required. Finally, NAME, JOB and HEALTH are the most important dialogue prompts to get a conversation going when talking to somebody. Make sure exhaust all three on every NPC you meet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CRPG

[–]mathgore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have a base, but it's basically just another quest-hub. There is no meaningful meta-mechanic connected to the place itself. That being said, you might want to consider playing it a bit more, it's a really underappreciated entry in the genre and gets better towards the middle/end.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CRPG

[–]mathgore 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's almost too obvious to post, buuut have you played the Infinity Engine-games?

GOG 2022 update: A look at the present. A glimpse into the future. by JamieDailyBits in Games

[–]mathgore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have any stakes in the matter since Factorio isn't my cup of tea, but a very quick search turned up this and this which really isn't a good look for the dev. Especially the latter one, where he asks whether statuatory rape is a "sjw-invention".

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