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The Eschalon games are up. Are they worth their low price?
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Gord
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I only played Eschalon Book 2, but liked it a lot.
Nice presentation for an indie game (I esp. liked the sounds and music).
Story and most quests are not exactly very complex, but good enough to have some fun with them.
Character system is skill-based, you can buy every skill by spending skill points OR by paying a trainer OR reading a book (trainers cost incrementally more and books usable only once per skill, though, both might be limited to some maximum, too).*
If you reach a certain value in some skills (10, I think), they unlock special abilities, e.g. a special attack for weapon skills.
One thing that is solved particularly interesting is the cartography skill - to use the mini map, you need the skill. The higher the skill, the better the mini map.
Walking speed is not as bad as some people say (at least in 2nd, don't know about 1st one) and the game has a quicktravel via checkpoint system in place, so transversing larger distances usually isn't a problem either. It didn't bother me, anyway.
I'd say they are definitely worth 3$, but if you are totally unsure and broke, you might get them still a bit cheaper in some bundle or the next Steam Summer Sale.
*If that does sound a bit exploitable to you, you are right - basically it's best to use your skill points only to raise skills and learn new ones from trainers or books and if you have enough money you can become a jack of all trades.
Nice presentation for an indie game (I esp. liked the sounds and music).
Story and most quests are not exactly very complex, but good enough to have some fun with them.
Character system is skill-based, you can buy every skill by spending skill points OR by paying a trainer OR reading a book (trainers cost incrementally more and books usable only once per skill, though, both might be limited to some maximum, too).*
If you reach a certain value in some skills (10, I think), they unlock special abilities, e.g. a special attack for weapon skills.
One thing that is solved particularly interesting is the cartography skill - to use the mini map, you need the skill. The higher the skill, the better the mini map.
Walking speed is not as bad as some people say (at least in 2nd, don't know about 1st one) and the game has a quicktravel via checkpoint system in place, so transversing larger distances usually isn't a problem either. It didn't bother me, anyway.
I'd say they are definitely worth 3$, but if you are totally unsure and broke, you might get them still a bit cheaper in some bundle or the next Steam Summer Sale.
*If that does sound a bit exploitable to you, you are right - basically it's best to use your skill points only to raise skills and learn new ones from trainers or books and if you have enough money you can become a jack of all trades.
Failed to make me emotionally engaged but played for a few hours and seems to decent if bland RPGSs. Try the demo first and then decide if the Author is worth of being Patronized by your 3 Doritos.
Kirtai
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Personally, I like the Eschalon games a lot - I'd say they're definitely worth a few bucks. They're a bit bland and not super deep or complex, but still very enjoyable romps overall.
There are demos on the official site if you want to try them out first: http://basiliskgames.com/downloads
Kirtai
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I didn't see this mentioned here but this is from a blue post (GOG staff) three days ago:
G-Doc
I'm an old-time cRPG fan, myself, and nothing makes me more happy than an addition of a good role-playing game to our catalog. May will make me outrageously happy
I can't say anything else, really, but May is here and you'll find out yourself soon enough.
Sounds quite intriguing.
G-Doc
I'm an old-time cRPG fan, myself, and nothing makes me more happy than an addition of a good role-playing game to our catalog. May will make me outrageously happy
I can't say anything else, really, but May is here and you'll find out yourself soon enough. Sounds quite intriguing.
What can it be what's not there already? Maybe Wizardry games finally? Wizards&Warrios?
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PLEASE let it be the Gold Box games!
If it's Wizardry VII then hopefully not Gold.
Yeah Wiz Gold is fucked up (the text flies by so fast you can't read anything).
Who owns SirTech's old IPs anyway?
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Obviously bitComposer currently has the license to use the Jagged Alliance IP, though I'm not sure if they actually own it. Wizardry belongs to the Japanese.
The Japs actually own the IP? I thought they were just licensing it. Interesting.
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Oooh, I found something. Something new.
Black_Willow
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Huh?
Infinitron's being mysterious. Why spill the beans here when a front page scoop will harvest that much more brofists?
Wizardry™ is owned by:
Owner(APPLICANT) IPM Inc. CORPORATION JAPAN 1-1, Osaki 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo JAPAN 141-6010
Owner(APPLICANT) IPM Inc. CORPORATION JAPAN 1-1, Osaki 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo JAPAN 141-6010
The only thing marked NEW in the RPG section is Eschalon Books I and II.
No Gold Box or Wizardries.
No Gold Box or Wizardries.
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I'd rather see Wizardry 8. Wiz 7 is readily available as abandonware, but finding Wiz 8 is much worse.
I've found and downloaded Wiz8 in one day (most of it spent actually downloading due to not exactly broadband speeds).
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