Pedro Quaresma wrote:
>
> >I'm really more concerned why people think the series is the best ever
> when
> >there are really only 3 standouts.
>
> Not standouts. Masterpieces.
If it were a masterpiece then it would've sucked me into it's world and not let
me go. It didn't do that. :-) Maybe I just don't like quasi-fantasy-british
worlds.
> You don't understand. U1 was made in 1978, there was _nothing_ like that in
1979.
> And none of them had spacetravelling! ;)
See, this is my main beef with U1. Garriot took a gazillion things and mashed
them all into the game. What business does aliens and space travel have in a
fantasy RPG? This isn't Journeyman Project we're playing, here. It just seems
really amateurish. I've never been able to get past it.
> Seriously now, do you know any other saga with at least 3 masterpieces,
> that has lasted for 23 years?
22 years, actually. And since U8 and U9 were crap, that's really where the
saga ended. And the length isn't fair; Wizardry 8 is coming out soon, and that
will make 21 years for it; does that make the series a masterpiece? Of course
not.
> (And with such fantastic market value? $10000+ for an Akalabeth, $1250 for a CPC
>advertisement, $1000 for an
> Akalabeth CPC floppy only...)
Well, the market value of them isn't something I'd label as "best of all
time". Nazi paraphernalia routinely sells for thousands of dollars but I
wouldn't call it "best collectable of its genre of all time", quite the
opposite, it's despicable.
My final point is that I don't think you can assign a label to it as strong as
"best RPG series of all time." There are millions more console people than PC
people who would argue against you because FF appeals to them more than
Ultima. Would they be right, when console RPGs like Grandia have a better
combat system? Of course not. But since they're the majority, technically
they're right. I agree it's a great series, and a few of them are fantastic.
But not best of all time -- because NOTHING can be best of all time.
Wait, someone paid $1250 for an ADVERTISEMENT? Are they deranged? Stuff like
that shouldn't be auctioned, it should be properly scanned and preserved and
shared with everyone. Good grief.
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