I played with the apple versions of the first five games, and maybe starting from the third you can feel a difference (also an interesting fact, the third begun to implement the standard wireframe style we see in the DOS versions).
Interesting. I found the encounter rate in Wizardry to be mercifully low. The bulk of combat encounters happen in set locations, usually right when you pass through a door into a room. Compared to old RPGs like Bard's Tale, it really isn't so bad.Meh. Wizardry 1 sucks dick. How autist are you guys that you can have fun with that?
Still random encounters on every step like in Wiz8 sometimes even when you just look in another direction.
You never get the nice feeling that you completed something with that shit.
It's no wonder that random encounter bullshit isnt popular anymore.
You can only rest in the inn which means tedious running back and forth even with the elevator.
And enemies can just randomly poison you which also is a lot of fun.
As if i had the time to fucking grind. Nah. Screw this.
A set amount of fixed battles per level in set locations, and then a few amount of random ones
Daily reminder that Classic Wizardry is better than Wiz 6-8.
Free movement, formations and better character mechanics?There's NOTHING ANY of the other Wizardries do better than 7.
Trying to muddle through Wizardry 6 still, but goddamn it feels like a trudge. The big problem is how the game is tied to the CPU, I either need to play it at a snails pace to see what is actually happening or just let everything zip by without seeing important stuff like level up info. Almost tempted to use Mad God's editor to give me the stats I need for promotions because I don't have the patience anymore to sit through really slow level ups to make sure I got the stats I needed for promotions. I don't like the idea of cheating, but I'd really like to play this thing on through to Wizardy 7 and 8 someday. Wizardry 1/2/3 are actually easier to deal with than this.
There’s EVERYTHING EVERY Wizardry does better than 7There's NOTHING ANY of the other Wizardries do better than 7
It seems I'm about to be...There’s EVERYTHING EVERY Wizardry does better than 7There's NOTHING ANY of the other Wizardries do better than 7
Free movement, formations and better character mechanics?There's NOTHING ANY of the other Wizardries do better than 7.
Guess the game number.
Free movement, formations and better character mechanics?There's NOTHING ANY of the other Wizardries do better than 7.
Guess the game number.
Free movement would be a big negative in my book.
Well, at least its not as terrible as M&M VI+ "hybrid" combat system.
Just because Wiz8 did something new and did it right doesn't mean that all previous entries have been rendered obsolete.
Wiz8 also has simply unparalleled party building. Calling it an incompetent random imitation of earlier wizardries is a dumbfuck-tier misrepresentation of the game.
Wiz8 also has simply unparalleled party building. Calling it an incompetent random imitation of earlier wizardries is a dumbfuck-tier misrepresentation of the game.
Somebody incompetently and randomly misrepresented my post and then called me a dumbfuck.
Have you seen him by any chance Rox?
Wiz 8 is like me cooking a Gordon Ramsay meal by watching his recipe video. I'm a decent cook so it's eminently edible but at the end of the day it's still a random dude trying to imitate a genius.
Unparalleled dumbing down and destroying multiclassing is your dream about party building? OK. Wiz 8 is a clear decline in party building compare to any entry on the series.Wiz8 also has simply unparalleled party building. Calling it an incompetent random imitation of earlier wizardries is a dumbfuck-tier misrepresentation of the game.
Unparalleled dumbing down and destroying multiclassing is your dream about party building? OK. Wiz 8 is a clear decline in party building compare to any entry on the series.
Yep, in particular free movement allows for much better use of verticality, intricate and huge levels where secrets are secret (while with tiles hidden doors can feel like simply some busy work to bruteforce, bumping onto every wall). It's fun discovering a hidden door in the bottom of a water lake, marching along a border and avoiding traps by triggering some, jumping onto others and overall cheesing, cheesing is always fun.Just because Wiz8 did something new and did it right doesn't mean that all previous entries have been rendered obsolete.
Nobody was saying that. You don't have to join either the aweigh or mondblut faction, sensible people can appreciate all of the games in the series without falling into divisive cuntery
Unparalleled dumbing down and destroying multiclassing is your dream about party building? OK. Wiz 8 is a clear decline in party building compare to any entry on the series.
Destroying the shitty "multiclassing" was a good thing. I can only speak for Wiz 6-7, but those games don't even have party building or class systems, and neither do they have multiclassing. They have checklists. No matter what you pick at the start, you then proceed to ride the class switch rollercoaster until you have six fightermagethieves with 100 in all the relevant skills, and finally settle for a class that has access to whatever OP gear you have at hand. You can play those games ten times and you'll end up with the same characters. You can play Wiz8 ten times and you'll always end up with something different.
Wiz8 also has simply unparalleled party building. Calling it an incompetent random imitation of earlier wizardries is a dumbfuck-tier misrepresentation of the game.
Destroying the shitty "multiclassing" was a good thing. I can only speak for Wiz 6-7, but those games don't even have party building or class systems, and neither do they have multiclassing. They have checklists. No matter what you pick at the start, you then proceed to ride the class switch rollercoaster until you have six fightermagethieves with 100 in all the relevant skills, and finally settle for a class that has access to whatever OP gear you have at hand. You can play those games ten times and you'll end up with the same characters. You can play Wiz8 ten times and you'll always end up with something different.