Are most of these games available for free? I ask because I've seen people mention they should be available for purchase on GOG.
They are not available on GOG or Steam, but you can find them on various abandonware sites.
Are most of these games available for free? I ask because I've seen people mention they should be available for purchase on GOG.
Dunno, I never got the POR fanboyism. It's the only GB game I never finished despite restarting many times across different platforms. It has shittiest graphics and some horrible interface issues the following games have mitigated (like having to reselect the spent spells all over again when you go memorizing, or casting your cures manually at camp without the fire-and-forget "fix" command of the later games). No paladins and rangers either, making the game fairly useless for party transfer. Design-wise, it's a fine game, but hardly superior to others. Nostalgia, I guess, and maybe also the "bawww, AD&D on levels 3+ is unrealishtick!11" butthurt. Me, I'll take POD or TSF over POR any day.
Bros some chick joined me in Jelek after that scum Skyla tried to ambush me. She got charmed, and held, and killed like a useless moron. She told me some password probably after the fight and then died. Wonder if I missed out on any good shit.
Dunno, I never got the POR fanboyism. It's the only GB game I never finished despite restarting many times across different platforms. It has shittiest graphics and some horrible interface issues the following games have mitigated (like having to reselect the spent spells all over again when you go memorizing, or casting your cures manually at camp without the fire-and-forget "fix" command of the later games). No paladins and rangers either, making the game fairly useless for party transfer. Design-wise, it's a fine game, but hardly superior to others. Nostalgia, I guess, and maybe also the "bawww, AD&D on levels 3+ is unrealishtick!11" butthurt. Me, I'll take POD or TSF over POR any day.
The Pool of Radiance module for FRUA solves all these issues. Only problem is you can't import the party into later games (I don't think). This has probably already been mentioned in this massive thread, but I'll throw it out there anyway.
Hey, thanks for the info! I was thinking of replaying PoR, but the hideously rough interface was holding me back. Hadn't thought of checking out FRUA modules for a "remake". FRUA along with the later GB games refined the interface to a much more tolerable level.The Pool of Radiance module for FRUA solves all these issues.
So... which bawks of gold is best to start with? I haven't played any of them so far, and I feel my kool kred is lacking because of it
If you intend to transport the same party through the Forgotten Realms series, you might as well start from CotAB, since it introduces rangers and paladins to the game. Otherwise, PoR is probably the most representative and rich in spirit GoldBox.So... which bawks of gold is best to start with? I haven't played any of them so far, and I feel my kool kred is lacking because of it
Pool of Radiance or Curse of the Azure Bonds. PoR is rather rough around the edges, having to manually select each individual spell to memorize every time you rest.
Dude...Start with Pool of Radiance. If you're annoyed by PoR's interface issues, mainly the lack of a fix-command and the need to manually reselect spells to memorize, you could try Gold Box Companion (utility for the MS-DOS versions, Windows only). You select the spells once, click "Store memorized spells" and then "Restore spells" when needed. Also has a fix-command.
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jhirvonen/gbc/
I just started a Curse of the Azure Bonds game yesterday, but the tedium of pressing comma and dot, or Home and End really just got to me after half an hour.
Whoa. That's an unexpected development.
Too bad the Amiga version still looks 10x times prettier than the PC one.
Also, do I understand correctly that "fix" in this utility is just a restore health cheat? Because in games, it actually involved autocasting the memorized spells and resting to regain them, rinse and repeat. Which could produce an occasional (and sometimes not so occasional) random encounter during the resting phase.
Jelek is such a fucking pain in the ass. Too many encounters!
There is a safe place in Jelek where you can rest, one that you can access with the password you got from the non-romanceable chick (after the fight vs Skyla).I had to exit because I can't rest in the goddamn inn, they keep jumping me.
Yeah I am gonna have to. I hate doing that but I forget shit so much easier these days. I don't even know what's going on any more. Back when I played this the first time I kept a notebook with shit drawn in it, maps etc., too old for that shit now haha