Daggerdale - Reviews at EN World, Neuroglyph

Shocking! We all had such high hopes around here.

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ROTFLMAO!!

 

Thank you Attri

I concur with Taluntian,
Iv'e been rollin dice & clickin mice for thirty years. I downloaded the Xbox trial just for a look, I don't call it D&D if I can't create my own character just another hack in' slash. PC looks the same by the reviews. This war wizard won't be wastein his cion..
And I was really looking forward to it.

 

It baffles me that the game-makers can't get it right with the fan base. D&D games sell because of their name. But they sell to the actual fan-base of D&D, not just gamers. If they want a winner on their hands, they need to make a deep game. Flashy graphics are boring.

 

They used to, anyway. But its not d&d anymore. The new rules are just a stremlined version of WoW. Rpg`s, as us oldtimers remember them, are dying. Plain and simple.

 

This one passed me by, and not complaining!

I really miss the old-school party based RPG's. And I mean real party! Not just 1 or 3 of them.

And hacking (mice-raping) tru never-ending hordes of anime-rejects is not my idea of an RPG!

Raw is right. We, who remember the old ways, watch the RPG dying.

Garry is really rolling in his grave...but not with dices!

 

RPG games are not dying, they are changing with the times. Most of the older RPG games had parties because the ability to play with actual other people was non-existence for computer gaming until the internet came out. Baldur's gate and old sytle text based MMO allowed users to play with other people who were not controlled by the computer.

At this current time, most RPG based party games are MMO like WOW. It is a pitty that most of the MMO RPG games are ruined by the younger and immature generation, but it is the new way to play RPG games. Thank god some companies still make good story driven RPG games with party based format, DAO, DAII, etc... Even though you don't have 6 party members, four is enough to get through most battles, etc...

Yeah it stinks that RPGs are no longer what they were, but it is better to have something to play than nothing at all.

 

I disagree. The actual Tabletop game "Rules" have changed, but not the game itself, as the Players and DM make the game. Converting even 4th edition to a CRPG should not be that challenging. Just add a story to make the game interesting. The actual game mechanics shouldn't be that tough to handle for them, as they are now dumbed down for idiot level play.

 

Well...in the 4ed rules you don`t even get to place skillpoints anymore. this bit was aparantly too complicated. But you do have a point. A good DM and some creative players can play anything. But the same people would also choose to play an rpg that has a good ruleset, I would suspect.

 

3.5 was the best for me! There was little left that needed improvement.

As for cRPG's, may be, that the new ones are good too. But find my more drawn to the classics.

Imo since the couldn't shine with flashy fx, they shone because of something else.

 

I liked the Drakensang games, though. Both games were damn refreshing. Gave me that old-school feeling when I played them.

 

Then you surely have played the Realms of Arcania Trilogy. 'Das Schwarze Auge'

My faves by far. The level of involvement and micro management was epic!

The heroes could catch colds or infections and such! The Witch or healer in the party had to forage for herbal remedies and so on!

Yeah, Drakensang was really good. The fist DSA game in 10 years to hit the PC.

But it was still a rather simplified DSA.

 

I think I played the Realms of Arcania games back in the days. The name seems familiar. I remember Betrayal at Krondor, Ultima 5-8, and Might and magic 6. Arena, was one too, but i remember giving up on it. Got lost all the time...I Should check out the arcania games this evening. Am sure they are fun.

 

Yeah! Getting Lost.

Not possible with today's games. But way back getting lost and finding the way was half the game!

Here the GoG page on Realms of Arkania

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/realms_of_arkania_1_2/?pp=632667547e7cd3e0466547863e1207a8c0c0c549