The David W. Bradley's Wizards & Warriors Thread

[Otaku_Hanzo]

Fine, but you both try W&W and get back to me.

It's just one of those games that'll make you throw up your hands in disgust.

Even if it's just Bard's Tale (the ORIGINAL one, yeah, the GOOD one) with a facelift, I'm pretty sure I would enjoy it. I do wish to check it out, but I'm not gonna go too far out of my way to get my hands on it. At least not at the moment. Too many other games I wanna play more right now.

 

[Ortchel]

I got my copy on Emule .. just saying.

 

[kain611]

Well this game came out about the same time Baldur's Gate II did and therefore didn't receive much attention. However i always meant to pick it up but alas never did. Did anyone here grab it? And if so how was it and is it worth tracking down? I'd be interested in buying someone's copy if their done with it.

Please discuss away if you've played it please.

 

[Jasede]

Worth playing if you liked Wizardry 6, 7, 8. Not worth in any other case. It's not a good game. It's a decent enough game, though.

 

[Norfleet]

Also has major grief with XP, I heard.

 

[Jasede]

That's fixable using Virtual Dub, a freeware program. I can instruct you as needed, and so can, I think, Section8.

 

[thesheeep]

I think I agree with Jasede here.

Although the game definately has its flaws, it simply is fun to have elephants in your group.

 

[Au naturel]

Does it have turned based combat? Some guy on another forum said it had real time combat that was impossible to use. Lies?

 

[zer]

Does it have turned based combat? Some guy on another forum said it had real time combat that was impossible to use. Lies?

No, not a lie - just half-truth Combat more like "real-time phase based" but you can set it (through option menu) to almost turn-based.

I love dungeons and puzzles from W&W. Class/Skill systems also good.

 

[Jasede]

It's turnbased enough.

 

[mondblut]

A good game with some flaws. In general I liked it more than Wizardry8, although I am definitely in minority here.

 

[Au naturel]

Jasede, might as well break out the "how to" to get WnW working on an XP machine, just in case.

 

[Jasede]

A good game with some flaws. In general I liked it more than Wizardry8, although I am definitely in minority here.

I just choked on my banana! Don't let Shagnak hear that! Then again, he's refreshingly mellow. Marriage does that to a man.

 

[Au naturel]

A good game with some flaws. In general I liked it more than Wizardry8, although I am definitely in minority here.

What elements made it a better game for you?

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

Wizards and warriors is a decent game. Close to the Wizardry series but with a rather bland and generic fantasy setting.

The thing I liked in W&W was how the "paper dolls" looked. I've always been partial to good looking paper dolls, must be my feminine side... Anyways, the little animated party members (even if animations are pretty rough, they are here and that's more than many other games can say) that change their looks when you equip them with new gear, are really cool. W&W was a game that satisfied the "micro manager" in me.

I also loved the underwater scenes. Having to hunt crabs (horrible creatures and all that) to get their shells and build your own scuba gear was pretty amusing. At first...

Now there are the quests, that need to be taken by each end every member of the party. That was a major pain in the ass.

Graphicswise, I still prefer old school 2D games over those atrocious 3D ones like W&W or MM9.

But a pretty good game despite it's flaws.

 

[Jasede]

Funny you mention MM9. I just got MM 6 to run, and have to ask: How did they manage to make 9 look worse than 6?

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

How did they manage to make 9 look worse than 6?

You tell me. :D

 

[DraQ]

How did they manage to make 9 look worse than 6?

You tell me. :D

MAH AHS! IT BURST MAH AHS!

 

[Xi]

I played all the way to the very end and my party was too weak to overcome the final area. I needed to grind out some more levels and get some better gear and just didn't feel like it at the time. Eventually I lost the save and have yet to reinstall it because the last time I tried it didn't work in XP. I'll have to try the freeware program that Jasede listed.

Worth a try and it's probably $5 bargain bin material at this point.

 

[thesheeep]

Ewwww.... disgusting.

I knew MM9 looked horrible, but I never saw it so directly compared to 6.
Must be even more horrid if you would directly compare it to 7 or 8...

 

[Andhaira]

mm7 was good, especially the good/evil thing.

mm6 has the best introduction cinematic though.

Wiz8 is better than both.

none of these games offer any deep rplaying or npc interaction though; just hack and slash. Wiz 8 has deep stats however, adn a deep party system.

 

[Jasede]

You know, what you call hack & slash is what computer role-playing was all about before Fallout (and Ultima IV if you like). I wish there were more games like this. Can't wait for Grimoire. That's what RPGs should be about - either that or the Fallout-style, but I prefer this one. Right now companies just make games which try to do both and fail, or that's my experience.

 

[Mantiis]

graphics whores - go play halo you faggots

 

[Jasede]

Halo looks like shit.

 

[SuicideBunny]

shit is graphically more advanced than any current or next-gen game.