I have never actually tried it. Never really had the time. But I know a number of posters in the Co8 forum have talked about doing it before.
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Sir CarcassI have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered Userregular
edited October 2010
I don't see how it would be, unless you're save scumming like crazy. It is D&D after all, and 1st level characters are squishy. There are some fights in the beginning that are just downright hard with a full party. But people have pulled off crazier things.
I actually recently found my Lords of Magic disc, as did a friend of mine, and we've been playing a game of it.
Fairly stable, though with the custom lord creator, you can really break a game. I've regularly soloed entire armies with my lord and gotten them to max level by turn 70 or so. Then I mentor up the appropriate troop type and have a max-level army marching around, conquering Urak without breaking a sweat as I hit the triple digits in turns. :P
I've heard only terrible things about Lords of the Realm 3, but the second is among my favorite old strategy titles.
Both have problems with modern systems, though. Scrollspeed is insanely fast, and Lords of the Realm 2 tends to have half-second timers on messages that you have to reply to.
Well, not the whole engine. Everything but the combat is shitty. The interface is lame and unfinished, and the 3D implementation is serviceable but still goofy,
And the infinity engine games have pretty much everything going for them except that the combat is good, but can be an unsatisfying slog in parts. In ToEE, even fighting mobs is fun and challenging.
I, for one, always enjoyed the combat in FO1&2. So much so, that I spent a good chunk of my free time over a couple of weeks modding it, to some extent. Just took care of some balance issues with the weapons and armor, added some interesting tweaks, and updated all of the art. Used stuff I found online, really, and my favorite one was a photo of the actual model weapon that Deckard used in Bladerunner, which the .223 was based on. Took that, edited the stand it was on out of the picture and converted it to the color palette that FO uses, and presto--new .223 that looks legit.
Then my laptop was stolen and I lost all of it. Seems to be the story of my life, always losing my work. Had my best sketchbook stolen by an ex-girlfriend's evil ex-girlfriend, too. Spiteful bitch, she was.
But yeah, so far I'm enjoying Arcanum, though it's a little rough around the edges. Love being a Necro, though, so that makes up for it.
Man, I recently bought Arcanum.
It's intriguing although, I sporadically run into things that really break the game for me.
I still wind up loading it back up.
I recently noticed a comment about a dog npc in a forum.
Poor dog was already dead before I even knew the thing existed.
I don't know if I want to load before I visit Ashbury and replay 2 hours, or go on without the mutt.
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Sir CarcassI have been shown the end of my worldRound Rock, TXRegistered Userregular
Man, I recently bought Arcanum.
It's intriguing although, I sporadically run into things that really break the game for me.
I still wind up loading it back up.
I recently noticed a comment about a dog npc in a forum.
Poor dog was already dead before I even knew the thing existed.
I don't know if I want to load before I visit Ashbury and replay 2 hours, or go on without the mutt.
Wow, so happy I spent a lot of money to bump my towns up to blue, just two of them right now but they took on an even force of soldiers and killed them with few casualties.
But now, with two squads, I take the long way around towns to hit them from the proper angle. Is it wrong to reload after you get your people killed?
Some might say so, sure. But its up to you on what to do. I did when I started, but try not to unless its something really stupid (Elite running 30 squares, pulling out an RPG and literally disintegrating my main guy through 2 windows and a chest high wall)
I bought both Baldur's gate and Planescape torment, but I am having trouble playing them, because I had forgotten what an awful system 2nd edition D&D really was. Frickin thaco and negative armor class.
Well, the thing is, my main lady, Shrew seems to always catch the magic bullet even though she's behind some cover. But I also think I need to take her to these cities as a scout to figure out where everyone is and then have her run out of the sector.
I love this game!!!!
Um, what stat dictates their ability to be stealthy? Agility?
I honestly don't know. You are going into stealth mode (z, I believe), right?
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Waka LakaRiding the stuffed UnicornIf ya know what I mean.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
My Duke Atomic Edition cd broke when I moved house, so I went looking around GOG for some games. Ended up getting SHOGO:MAD, Blood One Unit Whole and Outcast as well.
outcast is so tempting. The constant posts online about it being unplayable scare me away.
It's so amazing, such a living, fun world.
It could really use a full remake though. no more fucking voxels, no more awful interface.
Just how well does it play? I've glanced in the forums at GoG and it seems the game runs in a weird resolution without using a fan patch that may or may not break stuff. It looks like a game I would enjoy, but I worry. Should I worry? Does worrying ever help? Why am I so conflicted? I guess this is what I want to say; Is the game ok as is from GoG, or does it take a bunch of extra fucking around to get it to an enjoyable state? I could probably live with playing in a window if it came down to it.
I don't know yet, didn't have time to test it. It was really fucking good back then though.
It's that terrible voxel engine, it was kinda cool back then, with unearthly water effects and some interesting level geometry, but it runs 100% on CPU, and CPUs changed a lot.
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edited October 2010
Goddamnit, why does Torment have to be like the only $9.99 game on gog's frontpage right now? I could talk myself into a repurchase if only it'd play like its friends and drop to $5.99.
Goddamnit, why does Torment have to be like the only $9.99 game on gog's frontpage right now? I could talk myself into a repurchase if only it'd play like its friends and drop to $5.99.
Torment is worth $10.
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Goddamnit, why does Torment have to be like the only $9.99 game on gog's frontpage right now? I could talk myself into a repurchase if only it'd play like its friends and drop to $5.99.
Torment is worth $10.
I doubt they are going to sell their most requested game ever for their cheapest price.
What Torment is worth and what I can rationalize laying out right this second are two different things.
It is really worth all your money, and rationalize that you can sell your blood to pay for it.
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DrakeEdgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
Yeah, it's burning a hole in my wishlist too, as are a couple of other games that I'd really like to have on GoG. I just lack the fun bucks to throw around.
Torment is by far the best purchase I've made on GoG though, as it's 1) a massive RPG, 2) still unsurpassed in world-building and writing, and by far most importantly 3) it's going to get played for more than a couple of hours. The resolution and interface mods mean that the game looks beautiful and pin-sharp on any display, and the dialogue-heavy nature of the game means that you spend less time grappling with decade-old mechanics.
I'd only get it if you genuinely intend to start playing it right then and there, and if you do then it's easily worth the next $10 you spend on games. This isn't an old fan speaking either - I picked it up last week.
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Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Anyone know how well Lords of the Realm holds up? I always kinda wanted to see how LoM turned out...
I remember LoM and LotR 2 fondly, though I always though LoM was the better of those two.
LotR 3 is rather ho-hum though. Never player the first Lords of the Realm.
Fairly stable, though with the custom lord creator, you can really break a game. I've regularly soloed entire armies with my lord and gotten them to max level by turn 70 or so. Then I mentor up the appropriate troop type and have a max-level army marching around, conquering Urak without breaking a sweat as I hit the triple digits in turns. :P
I've heard only terrible things about Lords of the Realm 3, but the second is among my favorite old strategy titles.
Both have problems with modern systems, though. Scrollspeed is insanely fast, and Lords of the Realm 2 tends to have half-second timers on messages that you have to reply to.
If someone could mod ToEE's turn-based combat system into any Infinity Engine game, that would be heaven. Although I'm guessing it's impossible.
Yeah, I've always said BG1/2 + ToEE Engine = rpg heaven.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
And the infinity engine games have pretty much everything going for them except that the combat is good, but can be an unsatisfying slog in parts. In ToEE, even fighting mobs is fun and challenging.
Then my laptop was stolen and I lost all of it. Seems to be the story of my life, always losing my work. Had my best sketchbook stolen by an ex-girlfriend's evil ex-girlfriend, too. Spiteful bitch, she was.
But yeah, so far I'm enjoying Arcanum, though it's a little rough around the edges. Love being a Necro, though, so that makes up for it.
You should really ask these questions in the planescape thread, though.
I can remember I did that my first time, but I don't think you can do that without first doing what he wants.
I went into the dedicated thread first, but they're slinging what seem like heavy-duty spoilers, so I ran away.
It's intriguing although, I sporadically run into things that really break the game for me.
I still wind up loading it back up.
I recently noticed a comment about a dog npc in a forum.
Poor dog was already dead before I even knew the thing existed.
I don't know if I want to load before I visit Ashbury and replay 2 hours, or go on without the mutt.
Depends on if you want Easy Mode or not.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Don't mix tech and magic.
They are polar opposites in the extreme and don't mix with each other with pleasant results.
But now, with two squads, I take the long way around towns to hit them from the proper angle. Is it wrong to reload after you get your people killed?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
I love this game!!!!
Um, what stat dictates their ability to be stealthy? Agility?
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
You win this time GOG.
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It's so amazing, such a living, fun world.
It could really use a full remake though. no more fucking voxels, no more awful interface.
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Just how well does it play? I've glanced in the forums at GoG and it seems the game runs in a weird resolution without using a fan patch that may or may not break stuff. It looks like a game I would enjoy, but I worry. Should I worry? Does worrying ever help? Why am I so conflicted? I guess this is what I want to say; Is the game ok as is from GoG, or does it take a bunch of extra fucking around to get it to an enjoyable state? I could probably live with playing in a window if it came down to it.
It's that terrible voxel engine, it was kinda cool back then, with unearthly water effects and some interesting level geometry, but it runs 100% on CPU, and CPUs changed a lot.
Torment is worth $10.
I doubt they are going to sell their most requested game ever for their cheapest price.
It is really worth all your money, and rationalize that you can sell your blood to pay for it.
Then you must endure.
And in enduring grow strong.
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I'd only get it if you genuinely intend to start playing it right then and there, and if you do then it's easily worth the next $10 you spend on games. This isn't an old fan speaking either - I picked it up last week.