Amerestatistic
Liturgist
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2003
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- 101
Hi everybody. I've mostly just been lurking here for a while, and haven't had much to say until now. I just have a few questions about older RPGs since I'm trying to find and play some of the classics.
I currently have the Magic Candle (which I just started playing) Ultimas 6-7+serpent Isle, Wasteland, Knights of Legend, and Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams. So far I've only completed The Black Gate.
My first question: What can you recommend to somebody who would like to go back and play some of these games, but requires them to be accessible (well, as accessible as old rpgs can be...) and easy to get working on modern PCs? I'm only 18 and I didn't grow up playing them like I imagine a lot of you guys did, so keeping that in mind, maybe somebody can point me towards games that are good to start with...I'm afraid these generally don't include games where I have to draw my own maps, as I'm terrible at that.
A second question: I've tried to follow the discussions you guys sometimes have about what is and isn't an RPG. I'm wondering what do you guys think of the Ultima series? Are they role-playing games because they give you a wide and interesting world to explore in a non-linear fashion? Or are they adventure games with experience systems because you don't really get any significant choices outside of "Where do I want to go today?"
A third question: In another thread, somebody said...
"Wizardry VII, Crusaders of the Dark Savant was amazing in several respects. The sheer scope, grandeur, and compexity of the game they put on two floppies still boggles my mind. And the autonomy of the npcs.. Oh yes. There's something very cool about playing a game a second time and never meeting some of the npcs because a different npc killed them before you got a chance.That's just great."
This sounds intriguing, but first person dungeon crawlers don't seem that easy to get into, in my experience. Is this game relatively easy to figure out? Does it demand I do my own mapping, or is there some kind of automapping system? Is it commonly available as abandonware?
And now a fourth question. I'd love to find Darklands, but it doesn't seem to be available as abandonware anywhere, despite the fact that the only site that sold it (to my knowledge) seems to have been dead for months. (www.ultimatedarklands.com)
Is there a place I can download it? If not, is it being sold somewhere besides ebay?
Any answers would of course be greatly appreciated.
I currently have the Magic Candle (which I just started playing) Ultimas 6-7+serpent Isle, Wasteland, Knights of Legend, and Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams. So far I've only completed The Black Gate.
My first question: What can you recommend to somebody who would like to go back and play some of these games, but requires them to be accessible (well, as accessible as old rpgs can be...) and easy to get working on modern PCs? I'm only 18 and I didn't grow up playing them like I imagine a lot of you guys did, so keeping that in mind, maybe somebody can point me towards games that are good to start with...I'm afraid these generally don't include games where I have to draw my own maps, as I'm terrible at that.
A second question: I've tried to follow the discussions you guys sometimes have about what is and isn't an RPG. I'm wondering what do you guys think of the Ultima series? Are they role-playing games because they give you a wide and interesting world to explore in a non-linear fashion? Or are they adventure games with experience systems because you don't really get any significant choices outside of "Where do I want to go today?"
A third question: In another thread, somebody said...
"Wizardry VII, Crusaders of the Dark Savant was amazing in several respects. The sheer scope, grandeur, and compexity of the game they put on two floppies still boggles my mind. And the autonomy of the npcs.. Oh yes. There's something very cool about playing a game a second time and never meeting some of the npcs because a different npc killed them before you got a chance.That's just great."
This sounds intriguing, but first person dungeon crawlers don't seem that easy to get into, in my experience. Is this game relatively easy to figure out? Does it demand I do my own mapping, or is there some kind of automapping system? Is it commonly available as abandonware?
And now a fourth question. I'd love to find Darklands, but it doesn't seem to be available as abandonware anywhere, despite the fact that the only site that sold it (to my knowledge) seems to have been dead for months. (www.ultimatedarklands.com)
Is there a place I can download it? If not, is it being sold somewhere besides ebay?
Any answers would of course be greatly appreciated.