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  1. Army RPG

    I honestly would like to see a military RPG set in a post-industrial environment, possibly even WWI or WWII. It might work really well as a sort of procedurally-generated roguelike, where the manner in which missions are completed or failed alters the course of a large-scale conflict. I...

  2. Accurate weapon skills

    I have been thinking for some time about a system that included skills for each individual weapon, with somewhat overarching categories for different weapon classes. For instance, a single skill for short blades, with individual skills for daggers, knives, gladius, spatha and the like. I think...

  3. A macabre question regarding in-game graveyards.

    Loom.

  4. Editorial Charles Miles on Wizardry 8 Difficulty

    I've always thought of the Arnika Road as something of a tutorial in it's own right. Chances are that the first time you travel it, you'll run across at least one mob that could wax your party pretty handily. Because of this, it serves to teach newer players the fastest way to identify...

  5. Good 4x games to recommend

    I actually could have enjoyed MoO3 if it weren't for the horrible bugs. Not bugs as in "some features don't work properly" or even "the game occasionally crashes to desktop". Bugs as in the game suddenly CTD's at startup and the only solution is to uninstall, clear any traces of it from your...

  6. Best past discontinued RPG settings?

    I have to mention Al-Qadim here. While I don't think we actually need a rehash of the setting as TSR imagined it, I would love to see more RPG's set in Persian and Arabic mythologies.

  7. Wizardry -no respawn?

    While I don't think the respawn rate itself can be changed, the latest version of Cosmic Forge does allow you to alter respawn points in W8. Note that the map editor requires a massive amount of memory to run, so much so that loading some large areas is almost certain to crash the program.

  8. Disgaea vs La Pucelle vs Phantom Brave vs ...

    For the most part, these games are all base around the same design. The only noticeable differences are the plots (universally shit) and various refinements in the engine. I would say your best bet is Disgaea 2, since AFAIK this is the latest Nippon Ichi game released. I got it at release and...

  9. Oldest CRPG you can still tolerate playing

    Sorry for the extra post, but I had a question for Vazdru. How did you actually manage to get Thunderscape to run on a semi-modern rig? I had a blast with this game when it first came out, but the last three computers I installed it on wouldn't even play with a boot disk. While I expect my...

  10. Oldest CRPG you can still tolerate playing

    I have a habit of replaying Wizardry Vi every 2-3 years, but I have difficulty playing any games older than that due to the cumbersome interfaces. While I can certainly handle dated graphics- or even ASCII- being forced to perform basic game play procedures using overwrought systems is a killer...

  11. What kind of indie rpg would you like more?

    I wouldn't mind seeing an RPG that had a spaghetti-western type setting.

  12. 2005 RPG of the Year Thread

    Since it technically reached completion just a couple of weeks ago, my favorite RPG of 2005 would have to be GearHead. It's certainly the one I spent this most time playing. If the time a game actually enters distribution is too important to override it's completion, I guess I'll have to go...

  13. Development Info 3059 ranges out to v3.6

    I tried this game several versions back and was not impressed. However, I downloaded this version on a whim and soon found myself engrossed in it. So far as I know, this is the first real-time roguelike, an aspect which definitely takes some getting used to. I recommend you at least try this...

  14. Which game grabbed you the most>?

    No other game has ever affected me this way so much as Master of Magic. In the twelve years since I bought it, I've probably spent upwards of 500 hours playing. I'm still occasionally struck by an idea for an unusual wizard/race combo and have to load the game in DOSBox. In fact, I once...

  15. Your own fantasy species

    What about a race of humans who have died, but don't stay dead? Such a person could be very difficult to kill, but would be forced to follow a strict ethos in order to prevent their soul from passing on. I'm not talking about playable vampires or actual undead, just humans who, by sheer force...

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