Suggest a good RPG?

[PhroX]

But when every freakin character tells you half a page worth of monologue then it's annoying.

Then don't think of it as a game. Think of it as a book

 

[Ondskan]

We each recommended the same game once, you're the one who kept coming back to bash it. So who has more time?


What? All 5 of us here?

And what are these other games like these you are referring to that made it plural there?


Or the 90% of players who write game reviews?
http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/review/187975.html

Well to be frank the game sold few copies Not that the masses are right but still.

Then don't think of it as a game. Think of it as a book

I tried but a book is full of real adventure, not monlogues looking back at history constantly.

 

[flyingchicken]

Then don't think of it as a game. Think of it as a book

I tried but a book is full of real adventure, not monlogues looking back at history constantly.

fun book != monologues .

But I haven't played the game myself, so maybe its other features redeem it?

 

[Rub'Rum]

Few wordy games are better for you than just reading a book.

 

[Yeekim]

Thank you for all the great suggestions, I appreciate it!

I am currently playing Titan's Quest, but have been convinced to check out Baldur's Gate and Masquerade: Bloodlines as well once I'm done with that.

Planescape seems a classic that must be checked out as well.

Don't take this as a hint to end your most interesting discussion, though!

 

[PhroX]

Thank you for all the great suggestions, I appreciate it!

I am currently playing Titan's Quest, but have been convinced to check out Baldur's Gate and Masquerade: Bloodlines as well once I'm done with that.

Planescape seems a classic that must be checked out as well.

Don't take this as a hint to end your most interesting discussion, though!

Sonds like you've made some good choices there.

Just one suggestion though, when you go for Baldur's Gate, take a month off work. If you play through both of them, plus the expansions, you're probably looking at200-250 hours of gameplay

 

[Zubbus]

Well to be frank the game sold few copies Not that the masses are right but still.

So who get to say whether a game is good? the people who played it or the people who didn't?

 

[flyingchicken]

So who get to say whether a game is good? the people who played it or the people who didn't?

Those who played could regret, and those who didn't can't know.

 

[Zubbus]

Those who played could regret, and those who didn't can't know.

Umm except I'm trying to deal with this person who won't understand what you just said.

 

[Guardian_PL]

double post, please delete

 

[Guardian_PL]

Well to be frank the game sold few copies Not that the masses are right but still.

Yeah, and at the same time Fallout3 and other Bethe$da products were sold in great numbers, thanks to the power of marketing. Doesn't relate imo



P.S. And sorry for bursting the bubble, but there's a LOT of cases when people didn't buy the game, yet still played it. I bought Civilization Chronicles about half a year after I've started playing CIV for instance.

I was too young to buy Betrayal At Krondor (now that's a classic!) at the release, but I've spent countless hours enjoying it when it became a freeware.

 

[Rub'Rum]

I was too young to buy Betrayal At Krondor at the release, but I've spent countless hours enjoying it when it became a freeware.

Wut!! Betrayal at Krondor freeware?! *runs to Google*

Are you sure it's freeware, I seem to find contradicting stuff online about this.

 

[Ondskan]

Who cares? It's not like it's ethicly justifiable to earn money of something you aren't working on or producing in over 10 years?

 

[Maniacal]

Who cares? It's not like it's ethicly justifiable to earn money of something you aren't working on or producing in over 10 years?

Yes it is. There is nothing with with people producing and/or sellnig remaining copies of osmething they created 10 years ago. As long as they add an update that allows it to run on new operating ssytems like Vista or Windows 7.

However, if the company no longer exists ad it's been 10 years, especially 90s games and especialyl anything from before 1995 it should probably be released as freeware because any purchases would be 2nd hand with no money going to the owners.

http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

Sells many old and starting to get old games with money going to whoever owns the rights now if the origional studio is gone.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Who cares? It's not like it's ethicly justifiable to earn money of something you aren't working on or producing in over 10 years?

Yeah tell that to book authors and musicians.

 

[flyingchicken]

The Bach Foundation will sue all of your donkeys off.

 

[Guardian_PL]

Well, I don't care what some money-hungry as**oles from some random company say, Sierra did release BAK as freeware in 1997 to promote Betrayal In Antara, and from that time there's plethora of sites from which you can download the full game.

I've found some crap that some vivendi company want to survive credit crunch by selling billions of CD's of BAK worldwide, but I'm not giving in to their bull.

I can pay 20 pounds to Mr. Feist, but I won't spend a penny to some corporate (explicit content), who think they can benefit from other's work.

I'm one of these guys who think that condemning owners of The Pirate Bay is only a show titled "how America's money bought Swedish justice system". I can't wait for lawsuits to knife manufacturers (so much crime can be done with these knives) or companies like Volvo or Volkswagen - their vans are used for organized crime after all - JAIL them!

Times are changing, and I'm fed up with agreeing to some crazy ideas, just because someone out there said so

 

[Ondskan]

Yeah tell that to book authors and musicians.

Most times, especially when it comes to musicians, actors and computer programers, they stop getting money from it very soon. Instead it is the parent company and their fat CEO's and corporate stockowners that get the money.

Thus it is not only ethicly not wrong, but it should be encouraged (notice SHOULD, not is )!

 

[Rub'Rum]

Most times, especially when it comes to musicians, actors and computer programers, they stop getting money from it very soon. Instead it is the parent company and their fat CEO's and corporate stockowners that get the money.

Thus it is not only ethicly not wrong, but it should be encouraged (notice SHOULD, not is )!

I don't know where you're pulling that out from (although I suspect it's a place that smells bad). Seems like anyone who doesn't sign a ******** contract or does hire a good lawyer has a shot at getting indefinite money from their work. Actors get paid per movie if I'm right so of course they don't get money from royalties, it's in the contract. As for musicians, no, unless as I said you accepted to bend over for a company for some reason.

 

[Iranon]

There are many great RPGs around... I especially enjoyed the Baldur's Gate Series and Gothic2, but if you care most about gameplay (rather than engaging story or eye candy) roguelikes are still kings.

Nethack forever.