Codex Review RPG Codex Review: Islands of the Caliph

[Nathaniel3W]

I remember my first playthrough of Darklands. Every travelling priest who demanded money from me, I would tell him to get lost, and then he would curse me and I would lose a little hp and mana and I thought "It'll just come back in a few days." Then after playing through hours and hours of the game I realized my guys were really weak and they could barely carry their armor. That's when I realized all those damn priests were cursing my permanent stats. Those bastards.

Anyway. Interesting to see a religious-centered game not based on Christianity and that doesn't have you shouting allahu akbar as you kill people.

 

[mondblut]

and that doesn't have you shouting allahu akbar as you kill people.

And here's my interest instantly evaporating.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

No wonder I didn’t like Darklands…. Fucking tyrannical priests. Now if killing them gave me power then it’d be a “AWESOME! FUCK YEAH!”

 

[Nathaniel3W]

and that doesn't have you shouting allahu akbar as you kill people.

And here's my interest instantly evaporating.

You like shouting allahu akbar and killing people... in Minecraft? You saw this, right? https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...qsa-the-knights-of-the-al-aqsa-mosque.143018/

 

[mondblut]

And here's my interest instantly evaporating.

You like shouting allahu akbar and killing people... in Minecraft? You saw this, right? https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...qsa-the-knights-of-the-al-aqsa-mosque.143018/

Do I look like an FPS gamer? I didn't even play Ethnic Cleansing, ffs.

 

[Rincewind]

Only skimmed the review because it's extremely wordy (more like an analysis) but this is a hard nope.

"Retro-pixel art" (that never existed)
No party creation
Automap
No elaborate dungeons
Review does not contain the word "puzzle"

This is no Eye of the Beholder. Reminds me of Legends of Amberwald which I dutifully played through, and although it was kinda cute, I found it shallow and boring.

 

[Maxie]

Only skimmed the review because it's extremely wordy (more like an analysis) but this is a hard nope.

"Retro-pixel art" (that never existed)
No party creation
Automap
No elaborate dungeons
Review does not contain the word "puzzle"

This is no Eye of the Beholder. Reminds me of Legends of Amberwald which I dutifully played through, and although it was kinda cute, I found it shallow and boring.

ever since Darth Roxor has found some tattered english dictionary he's decided to torture everyone around with it everytime he wishes to say anything
thankfully he smells bad so people don't stick around til the end of the sentence most often

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

What words is Foxy Loxy finding difficult to follow from the Rat Lord? God damn furries squeaking and yipping on the forum.

 

[Infinitron]

Only skimmed the review

No party creation

I'm not sure you even read my introductory paragraph...

 

[FreeKaner]

Dropped the game immediately when I saw that scimitar model. It's especially nonsensical in comparison to how they made historical and accurate models for other weapons, especially the shields and axes.

 

[Rincewind]

Only skimmed the review

No party creation

I'm not sure you even read my introductory paragraph...

I did read your whole blurb. But I kept reading on hoping it would be an interesting game anyway.

 

[Dr1f7]

game looks sick, and great review!

added to my wishlist, just under "aura: hentai cards"

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Hmmm…. Aura hentai cards?

“Wait… lockpicking?”

Fuck no. I’m out.

And this is why….

“Hillsfar Nightmares”

 

[Elwro]

The Codex was always about semantics, but well, if there's a single character, and 1) the plot doesn't revolve around fighting an invasion of, say, Acid Blobs; or 2) that character isn't protected by a blob of some holy aura or whatever, there is just no motivation to use a name with 'blob' at its core -- it doesn't really describe anything that's relevant to the game.

 

[asper]

Playing this game now and having a blast. It is a very fun blob.... 1st person tile based rpg? The movement style is that of a blobber, just saying 1st person can give the impression it's fully 3d?
Bonus points for an original setting that hasn't been explored much in gaming!
The tropical/warm environments fit the current summer very well. Fun and surprisingly good game, this one.
The review is indeed more of an analysis; stating which stats should be upgraded shouldn't be a part of a review (but rather of a walkthrough), but thanks for the writeup

 

[Darth Roxor]

imagine moving a post referencing a review from the review comments to an unrelated thread where now it reads like something random

israel is not sending us their best