Recommendations please, for a story/role-playing CRPG

[Spazmo]

I plan to attain enlightenment through the Path of Least Resistance.

 

[Fez]

When you start feeling vibes from a .jpg file, it's time to put down that crack pipe and seek professional help. Maybe you should try playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. You would probably identify with the Malkavian characters.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

I'm pretty sure you can't get enlightenned eating just vegatables, unless anemia comes with being enlightenned.

 

[obediah]

...good luck in your cult zamuel.

Sometimes the simplest quotes are the best.

 

[zamuel42]

she doesnt accept money. So what if she give advice on who to donate to? I havent heard that she makes money from the vegeterian houses, but I hope she does. she donates her money well. The vegie house I have been to is good and doesnt make money because of her. I did a search to see if any english speakers sayed she want legit. I couldnt find one word against her. with the extraordinary claims she makes and her huge number of devotees I think one would make a site on the internet saying that what she says didnt work for him/herthe way to know if a master is real is if they can give you the sound and the light. most people can meditate on there own hard for a life time and will never get either. a master can give it to you immediatly. she says any one who get initiated will get it. that is the immediate enlightenment. she opens your wisdom eye and shows you where it is. if this at least wasnt true than people would say so on the internet. after that you can experience either any time you want. unless you dont meditate every day. then you forget. All the historic masters talk about the sound and the light. that is what all real religion is based on. I mean the knowledge that comes from getting to know it. every one gets the same knowledge from it. many great people, like gandi who have big success in the real world, say they make thier descisions based on mystical knowledge (from meditating and the world view it brings about) but you need to be initiated by a real master for it to be worth while. read one of her books before you talk shit.

The reason I came on this time is to ask the person who reccommended prelude to darkness if he was afilliated with it in any way, like friends with the makes.Id guess he/she is not. I only ask because he is the only person who reccommended it. and it costs 30 bucks.

 

[Sarvis]

I couldnt find one word against her.

Umm... you mean except for what I posted?

 

[zamuel42]

Just take it off because it is gross. I dont need to be reminded of bloody suicide every time I check this good forum. Your comments are always very short too, so the picture is the main message. what do you like about wrist slashing that makes it the picture you think most worth displaying? Is suicide such a good thing that you think they shouldnt get it wrong the first time and go on living?

Who eats just vegetables? going vegetarian means you dont kill animals, thats it. vegetarianism wont get you enlightened.

 

[zamuel42]

I dont care if the tiawanies govt investigated her, only if they found something. nothing else you wrote was negative.

 

[zamuel42]

weeed is the only drug I used to do and I quit

 

[Sarvis]

I dont care if the tiawanies govt investigated her, only if they found something. nothing else you wrote was negative.

Well, come back and tell us how it goes then I guess.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

The reason I came on this time is to ask the person who reccommended prelude to darkness if he was afilliated with it in any way, like friends with the makes.Id guess he/she is not. I only ask because he is the only person who reccommended it. and it costs 30 bucks.

I'm not affiliated with Zero-Sum, no. The forum for the game is located here, though, and the developers do pop in there every so often to check in on it.

Who eats just vegetables? going vegetarian means you dont kill animals, thats it. vegetarianism wont get you enlightened.

If you don't kill them at some point, I don't think you can eat them. Even if you swallow a tiny rodent whole and alive, it's still going to die when you digest it.

 

[corvax]

Is suicide such a good thing that you think they shouldnt get it wrong the first time and go on living?

Suicide is great, you should try it sometime.
New master - 100 dollars, enlightenment - 250 dollars , meditation session - 75 dollars, initiation - 20 dollars. Brainwashing - priceless.

 

[zamuel42]

She wont take any momey from me. She doesnt charge and she wont accept any. I will tell you how it goes. there is no hypnosis or anything like that. you just meditate on your own or with a group after initiation. During initiating she tells you some important stuff and then you sit in silence. she then magically opens your wisdom eye and you experience enlightenment. At first you dont accept that you are god like, you know, one of gods childeren, childeren are like their parents. So after initiation you have to meditate 2.5 hours min every day until you fully realize it. during that time all kinds of amazing stuff happens.

 

[Fez]

If that doesn't work out, you can always give the scientologists a try.

 

[Jason]

Please don't discourage this magical stardust child. I want to hear about the amazing stuff that happens.

 

[obediah]

Reminds me of the time I spent with Jim Jones. We had a great time, but I didn't get to go with the Aliens, because I can't fucking stand purple-saurus rex.

 

[Greatatlantic]

I remember my iniation into the Catholic Church. At any moment I expected to recieve the secret knowledge and signs passed down from the Knight Templars themselves. Then the bishop gave me a donation envelope... and that was about it.

 

[obediah]

I remember my iniation into the Catholic Church. At any moment I expected to recieve the secret knowledge and signs passed down from the Knight Templars themselves. Then the bishop gave me a donation envelope... and that was about it.

You didn't even guilt your weekly dose of booze and guilt?

 

[zamuel42]

Maybe you should try this one. all the desciples I have talked to and heard say it is very different and much much better than that.

 

[corvax]

duh, that's obvious grasshopper.
-master hussar 1:21

 

[Gwendo]

Emptying your mind 2,5 hours a day, will leave you weak spirited and susceptible to be manipulated, due to that wits downgrading.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

she then magically opens your wisdom eye and you experience enlightenment. At first you dont accept that you are god like, you know, one of gods childeren, childeren are like their parents. So after initiation you have to meditate 2.5 hours min every day until you fully realize it.

I really don't care much for mocking anyone else's beliefs, but you do know how that sounds, right? She magically does something to you, and then you have to meditate and meditate until you notice something different? It's like, "No, trust me! It worked. Just keep meditating and you'll see. Still don't? Well, meditate some more - but only do it a few hours a day for many, many weeks."

 

[Claw]

No, no, no, you got it all wrong. Zamuel said "immediate enlightenment" so we shouldn't have to wait many weeks for results.

 

[corvax]

You will also be able to know everything or almost everything. you will also be able to meet god and saints. You will also be extremely blissful. The meditation is extremely enjoyable/extasy/bliss. Its is mindblowingly good from the first time (initiation) on. She says meditating without being initiated by a master is a waist of time.

generally i'm a very tolerant person but a line has to be drawn somewhere

 

[gumbomasta]

such a wierd post

This is definately the most bizzarre thread I've ever read.

Story-heavy

In my humble opinion, it sounds like you really should play Torment - Tight, epic, well-written and immersive with a unique setting, definately fits your criteria.

Betrayal at Krondor - an old school one with a great story, in-depth party system and real personality to it's world. It's available as abandonware online.

If you don't mind something a little more combat heavy, give Wizadry 8 a spin. It's what some could call "old school" in its gameply but it offers a colorful, memorable cast. Lots of combat, but with deep tactics and a thick magic system.

Ultima 7 - pt. 1 - great story, classic style graphics, a true party with personality. Light on the RPG stats, but makes up for it in an immersive believable world.

Darklands - The only RPG I've ever played that explores life in Mideival Germany, complete with an authentic currency system (1 silver = 16 copper, huh?). I actually don't reccommend this game to you personally as it really has no story, nor does it have magic (in the "traditional" rpg sense), but it's still too unique to leave out.

GOod luck with your meditation... I really have no problem with you renouncing rpgs, etc. but whatever you do, don't forsake the James Brown Star Time boxed set.