Thoughts on Battlespire

[Luzur]

It's so funny how older Beth games had tons of nudity yet these days Beth won't even show a pair of tits, let alone allow you to have actual sex.
M rating means shit these days.

You kidding, the lore had sex cults and shit once upon a time. Cyrodiil had all kinds of crazy groups infesting their jungle capital.



Now it's temperate forests and the occasional generic chapel. *Sigh*

New Dev team, i guess.

 

[Sceptic]

So for the first time since I got my new PC I decided to finally install Battlespire and try it again. With all this new CPU power it should run at a glorious framerate and be silky smooth all the way through, perfect for a replay!

Nope, still runs like shit, choppy as hell. I'm pretty sure I used to get DOSBox to 300k or so cycles before it started chocking, now I can barely go above 150k before it collapses on itself.

Goddamnit.

 

[Atlantico]

Where did I claim that bugs are part of the experience?

my point was that all Bethesda games are buggy as fuck.

Do you think that view distance in Silent Hill is also bad?

Yeah, it was terribad, but they made that a "feature" of the game. Are you claiming shit draw distance is a feature of Battlespire?

 

[markec]

Where did I claim that bugs are part of the experience?

my point was that all Bethesda games are buggy as fuck.

Do you think that view distance in Silent Hill is also bad?

Yeah, it was terribad, but they made that a "feature" of the game. Are you claiming shit draw distance is a feature of Battlespire?

Its been three months, why the fuck do you even care anymore?

Also couldnt you write some kind of long rant or something, I mean after all that time passed you would expect some creativity.

I know, how about you try again but this time with some effort, that way I can actually pretend that Im not wasting my time arguing with you.

If its possible try make it in less then 6 months.

 

[Atlantico]

I know, how about you try again but this time with some effort, that way I can actually pretend that Im not wasting my time arguing with you.

There's nothing to argue about. You clearly like the game, and what was I supposed to write, that your opinion is wrong? It's like, your opinion, man.

Everything I disliked about the game, you viewed as either a good thing or "typical Bethesda". Fighting, I think is shit, you like it. Level design is tired early 90s 3D, you like it. Items and UI is unfocused and tedious, you like it. Game is buggy, you think that's "typical Bethesda", and so on and so forth.

Battlespire is not a great game, it's not terrible, it's thoroughly mediocre. Hardly a controversial opinion quarter of a century after the game was released, one would think. Hardly controversial even at the time of release.

It doesn't run well and is buggy, but not for you. Just other people.

 

[markec]

I know, how about you try again but this time with some effort, that way I can actually pretend that Im not wasting my time arguing with you.

There's nothing to argue about. You clearly like the game, and what was I supposed to write, that your opinion is wrong? It's like, your opinion, man.

Everything I disliked about the game, you viewed as either a good thing or "typical Bethesda". Fighting, I think is shit, you like it. Level design is tired early 90s 3D, you like it. Items and UI is unfocused and tedious, you like it. Game is buggy, you think that's "typical Bethesda", and so on and so forth.

Battlespire is not a great game, it's not terrible, it's thoroughly mediocre. Hardly a controversial opinion quarter of a century after the game was released, one would think. Hardly controversial even at the time of release.

It doesn't run well and is buggy, but not for you. Just other people.

Well I hope you made your peace, I honestly cant imagine why would anyone, after three months, still care about a random internet argument.

So maybe I was too subtle, lets try this again in the most polite way possible.

I dont give a fuck.

 

[Atlantico]

I dont give a fuck.

If you say so.

Well I hope you made your peace, I honestly cant imagine why would anyone, after three months, still care about a random internet argument.

Why would anyone care to vehemently defend game quarter of a century after it was released?

 

[Eirikur]

I was fairly hooked on the game shortly after the release, but haven't played it in at least 15 years. Remember enjoying the story and setting very well. The most memorable things to me are the two character names Imago Storm and Sirran Angada, since I used those for various other RPG characters, especially in Might & Magic. Even used Imago as my IRC handle for several years.

 

[RK47]

It's shit.

 

[Sceptic]

So for the first time since I got my new PC I decided to finally install Battlespire and try it again. With all this new CPU power it should run at a glorious framerate and be silky smooth all the way through, perfect for a replay!

Nope, still runs like shit, choppy as hell. I'm pretty sure I used to get DOSBox to 300k or so cycles before it started chocking, now I can barely go above 150k before it collapses on itself.

Goddamnit.

Took me a while but I finally managed to get the game to run properly. Now it's on max screen size, high quality, runs silky smooth. Told myself I'd play a couple of minutes "juts to check it's all good", half an hour later I called it quits after getting slaughtered by daedra.

I love this game

Also got Daggerfall to run perfectly, but that one was never that hard. Let's see if I can get Redguard to also run at good speed...

 

[Wayward Son]

Had a very similar experience to Sceptic after trying to get the game free and it never working I got it on GOG. Damn fine game for a FP RT dungeon crawler with a really cool concept for character creation.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

You kidding, the lore had sex cults and shit once upon a time.

Well, there's the temple of Dibella in Markarth where the priestesses spend time in communion with Dibella ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) , and you bring them a...teen girl? (being generous) to join their ranks, which can't be good. The slut in Riften suggests you honor Dibella with lots of fucking. But nothing onscreen.

 

[Sceptic]

Had a very similar experience to Sceptic after trying to get the game free and it never working I got it on GOG. Damn fine game for a FP RT dungeon crawler with a really cool concept for character creation.

You're like a younger version of me

Do you mind posting or PMing me the dosbox.conf that came with the GOG version of Battlespires? I'm curious to see what it looks like compared to my own custom conf. And if you or anyone else has the one for GOG Redguard that would be greatly appreciated too, it might make it easier to find the best settings for that game.

 

[Boleskine]

 

[Erikkolai]

Haven't touched this in 20 year, doing a replay now. Creating a Breton Battlemage (custom of course).

I suspect that I'm stuck with the spells I select on character creation. Do you know I can find (or train) any new spells later?

These are the ones I intend to go with so far:

• Cause Damage
• Cont. Damage
• Shield
• Resistance
• Cure Health
• Cure Poison
• Dispel Magic
• Teleport
• Slow Fall

Btw. I like how Cause Damage can be modded into basically any kind of attack spell (touch, ranged, fire/cold/shock, etc.) at any time, reminds me of the Spell Maker system in Daggerfall.