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| 24 JUN 2010 at 8:20pm | |
FnordSchattenjger  Posts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | I need to stop impulse buying games *grumbles* Fantasy wars & Sherlock holmes vs jack the ripper can be added to the list (I already have elven legacy, and while I have tried it, and liked it, I never finished it. Now I have part 1 in the series as well, which I think i'll play before elven legacy (fantasy wars, elven legacy... not exactly good names, but at least the games are nice))
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| 25 JUN 2010 at 3:28am | |
AndromusGuild Master  Posts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Hmm.... I have relatively few unfinished games (being something of a completist), if we're talking about games started and never finished. Unplayed games, that's another matter. Too many good online promotions these days. Anyway, my list of unfinished games: Driver -- Loved the concept, but was just too zarking difficult. Need for Speed 3: See above. Mystery of the Mummy -- Should have been a natural game for me, with a mansion full of puzzles, but it just didn't grab me as it didn't use the character of Holmes very well. Probably will give another go as I've been gradually assembling the various Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games, and I'd like to play them in order. Elder Scrolls: Arena -- Too intimidating in size when I played it, with not much direction. Now that I've given the more accessible Morrowind a playthrough, and had a chance to get used to the style, I might be ready to give Arena a try again. Oddworld 1ortions of the opening section difficult enough that I was discouraged from continuing. It had such an intriguing and quirky sense of style that I'd like to give it another go. Fate and Sacred: Too repetitive in gameplay for my taste, and with not nearly enough interesting loot to make up for it. Sacred at least had a massive game world and a rather enjoyably geeky sense (if awkwardly translated at times) of humor going for it, I would like to wrap it up sometime. Final Fantasy 3 and 8: I think I got worn down by their size, combined with a gradually fading interest in JRPG's due to having gotten into CRPG's over the last few years. Cave Story: Loved the gameplay in general, but found the battles toward the end much too difficult. Neverwinter Nights 2: I've been working on this on and off; the major problem is that's it's something of a time sink. Difficult to play on weeknights, for example, when in theory I should be getting a few hours of sleep so that I'm worth something at work the next day! : Rhem: It had me going in circles, and not really being able to piece anything together. It really should be my sort of game in many ways, and so will get a replay sometime. Shadowcaster: I got stuck on a level way back when, before there were a lot of walkthroughs available online. Never got around to finishing it.
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| 25 JUN 2010 at 9:25am | |
FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | If you did not like Mystery of the mummy, don't let that stop you from playing the other Sherlock Holmes games. They change voice actor for Holmes (to a far better voice actor, who sounds nothing like the one in mystery of the mummy), and the puzzles are far less tedious and more interesting in the later games. It is a challenging bunch of games, but they are challenging in a good way. Oh, and my list includes games that I've not started, or only tested, but that I have bought. I also try to finish most games that I start.
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| 26 JUN 2010 at 4:33am | |
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| 27 JUN 2010 at 8:44pm | |
FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | It is nice when you can scratch games from these kinds of lists. *scratches king's bounty* Oh, and when I was searching to see if I had king's bounty on my list, I noticed this on Travellers list (it was only a few entries above King's bounty) System shock 2 - could never get this to work http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75031#hyperthread the same fix works for both thief & SS2)
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| 3 AUG 2010 at 2:30pm | |
FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | Its nice when you can remove games from lists like these (away went ultima 4 & megaman 10. Sadly my list still managed to grow with my last edit Not only did I add GalCiv 2, and the other games that I posted that I bought in the strategy nerd thread, but I also managed to get my hands on the rather hard to find game Two Thrones (another game along the line of Europa universalis. Its supposed to be the worst of the lot, due to its limited scope which is the 100 year war, only focusing on France & England), the not so hard game to find Mafia & Velvet assassin, which was on sale. Grandia 2 is a JRPG, so I guess it would count as an RPG. ETA I never managed to finish Summoner either. I spent HOURS playing it, only to be stumped at one of the last fights of the game... This is always annoying. When I played through Icewind dale 1, I plowed through most of the game without any real problem, but once I met the last boss, my party was under leveled & underpowered. I did manage to finish it, but darn, it was not a fun fight. It all ended up in my paladin chasing the last boss around the room, because it stopped using its more dangerous special abilities after a while, so it could not really do any damage (a near immunity to fire also helped).
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| 3 AUG 2010 at 10:59pm | |
AndromusGuild MasterPosts : 5538 Joined: 6 NOV 2002 Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Fnord (3 AUG 2010 2:30pm) Heh, that's basically how I handled a dragon towards the end of Baldur's Gate 2. The fight had dragged out so long that the dragon seemed to run out of magic, because it stopped using things like Meteor Storm, and the other high level stuff it had been clobbering my party with. It was an ugly fight, but I won eventually.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 10:25am | |
FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | I decided to put down a few 1-10sek (0.1-1€) bids on an auctioning site for a few games, and simply hoped for the best. I managed to score the following games: Crown of the north Nightlong: Union city conspiracy The sacred amulet Egypt 1 & 2 Light & Darkness: The prophecy (I suspect that I got a french version though Oh well, it would not be the first time I've learnt to read a new language thanks to a video game) Rage of mages The legend of lotus spring Alien logic Alone in the dark: the new nightmare Disciples 1 Postmortem Frontlines: Fuel of war CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence Etherlords 2 Starfox adventures Lord of the rings: the third age Marvel ultimate alliance (Wii) I did not actually expect to win so many of them, in particular as some of them are brand new & factory sealed. I ended up paying more for postage than for the games themselves (But many were from the same sellers, which cut down on postage). Heh, that's basically how I handled a dragon towards the end of Baldur's Gate 2. The fight had dragged out so long that the dragon seemed to run out of magic, because it stopped using things like Meteor Storm, and the other high level stuff it had been clobbering my party with. It was an ugly fight, but I won eventually. It might well be so that the engine forces NPCs to have spell lists, much like that of player characters, but that they have more spells available. I don't think the roleplaying game has such limitations though (but then again, I've never been an AD& GM)
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 12:46pm | |
markornikovJourneyman.jpg) Posts : 1303 Joined: 28 OCT 2011 Location: BE, Antwerp Status : Offline | most of them are games i regret ever buying them > like Dragon Lore II, Double Switch, Creatures. or huge RPG-games like Fallout 3, Oblivion and Just Cause 2. In those cases only a 100% completion/exploration counts
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:16pm | |
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 8:18pm | |
FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | hi Fnord, i see Legend of Lotus Springs, i goet intrigued by that one and bought it...it was fun to see and they did some remarkable things with the tech of the time, but in the ned, i did not find it enogh to keep going...but it has some nice aspects indeed. and lots of fun history. I had actually never heard of the game before I put down a 1sek bid on it, but it did at least look nice. With fun history, do you mean as in historically accurate information, or simply a good story? I did notice something that I know that a female friend really hates, and feels derogatory to women: The game is marked with "Women wise", which according to the manual deals with "things that women finds interesting", and then it lists a few spiritual things with poor scientific basis or vanity related things. CB: Have you given Indigo Prophecy or Penumbra a serious chance? Both are rather solid AGs. most of them are games i regret ever buying them like Dragon Lore II, Double Switch, Creatures. I do have a few games that I regret buying as well. Games like Frank Herbert's Dune (Which manages to misspell Frank's name on the title screen...) Global Domination Secret of the lost cavern Spellcross Firewarrior and many more (many of which I have donated to other people, or simply put in a box in order to forget what a waste of money they were)
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 11:02pm | |
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FnordSchattenjgerPosts : 2751 Joined: 15 SEP 2008 Location: SE, Stockholm Status : Offline | Indigo prophecy is a bit more of a "choose your own adventure" kind of thing. It has several places where "loosing" or doing "the wrong thing" won't end the game, but impact the story itself. It is probably closer to the old interactive fiction games that were popular in the past than modern AGs, but I found its story to be strong enough to make it worth playing through. On the other hand, the game is probably best played on easy... Penumbra is more of a hybrid than a true AG. An action/adventure-adventure? Still, its atmosphere really made it a winner for me.
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