Codex Review RPG Codex Retrospective Review: Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon

[octavius]

So is "smoka" Dragon in Polish?

smok - dragon
dziedzictwo - heritage/legacy

smoka - of a dragon

So I guess it's the same etymology as in Smaug in The Hobbit.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Yes, it's a little known fact, but Tolkien was Polish.

 

[Gandalf]

So is "smoka" Dragon in Polish?

smok - dragon
dziedzictwo - heritage/legacy

smoka - of a dragon

So I guess it's the same etymology as in Smaug in The Hobbit.

Smok is of unknown pre-Slav origin and Smaug is from primitive Germanic verb smeugan, meaning "to squeeze through a hole", because that's what the Smaug did, I think.

 

[Beans00]

I convinced him the music in the gorasul intro was a dialect of ancient german from the dark ages.

Actually it's Old French from the early middle ages

The game uses music from the band Corvus Corax, which plays moderny renditions of period music.

I was completely trolling him anyways but that makes it even funnier.

 

[Zdzisiu]

Yes, it's a little known fact, but Tolkien was Polish.

And here we have a fragment of the original manuscript for "Hobit, abo tam i nazŏd"

Hobit małowiela niy wyskoczōł ze skōry, jak syczynie doszło do jego uszōw, i narŏz ôboczōł blade ôczy wytrzyszczać sie na niego.

– Ftoś ty je? – pedzioł a wyciōng sztylet przed siebie.

– Co ôn je, mōj sacss? – szepnōł Golum (co dycki prawiōł do siebie, bo nigdy niy mioł żŏdnego, co by dō niego mōg mōwić). To bez to sam prziszoł, bo naprŏwdã w tyj chwili niy mioł głodu, bŏł ino ciekŏw. We inkszym przipŏdku nojprzōd by chycioł, a dopiyro potym szeptoł.

– Jŏch je pōn Bilbo Bojtelŏk. Straciōł żech cwergi i czarownika i niy wiym, kaj żech je. I niy chcã tego wiedzieć, jak ino stōnd pōdã.

– Co ôn mŏ we rōnckach? – spytoł Golum, kej patrzoł na miecz, co mu sie blank niy podoboł.

– Miecz, ôrynż ze Gōndolinu!

– Sssss – prawiōł Golum i zrobiōł sie moc uprzyjmy. – Mozno siednie sam i poôzprawiŏ kōnsecek, mōj sacss. Rŏd mŏ zŏgŏdki, pra?

 

[Black]

I barely remember playing it a long time ago in Potato, which fucked the game. Game has some puzzles/riddles you have to answer manually by typing the answer. But the game didn't accept prestigous Potato special letters such as ą so you had to play on the easiest difficulty setting which made riddles simple point and click answers.

 

[tindrli]

never ever heard about this one before

 

[lukaszek]

I barely remember playing it a long time ago in Potato, which fucked the game. Game has some puzzles/riddles you have to answer manually by typing the answer. But the game didn't accept prestigous Potato special letters such as ą so you had to play on the easiest difficulty setting which made riddles simple point and click answers.

supposedly in english it was even worse, hence passage in review stating that story difficulty is for germans.

Middle ground is good too as it still offers a number of answers. Mind you that I didnt fail a single one and Im not a puzzle guy. Sadly if you are into it, the only way is to pay dariusz for dojcze lessons

 

[lukaszek]

i was in a bar recently and there was a guy who sat next to me and asked me about gorasul.

Spoiler

true story

 

[Black]

i was in a bar recently

Why

 

[Snufkin]

Dink Smallwood review when?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Dink Smallwood review when?

I really need to play that again

 

[Lord_Potato]

I'd also love to read the review of the timeless classic Metalheart: Replicant's Rampage