On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Pedro Quaresma wrote:
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>[I think there's a missing set of ">"'s here]
I admit, I have to do them manually, because my mail program/server (Lotus
Notes/Domino) doesn't add them automatically =)
[snip]
> > 10 great RPGs better than those two... Ultima 4, 6 and 7, Betrayal in
> > Krondor, Darklands, Magic Candle 1, Wizardry 6, Starflight.... hmmmm...
> > Ultima Underworld 1 and 2! ;)
>
> >Krondor had bad voice acting, but I'll give it another shot. The
endless
> >wandering in a sparse landscape was a neat idea but got tedious... I'll
> give
> >it another try.
>
> It's a great plot, by Raymond Feist. I played the floppy version, so I
> don't even know how good/bad the voice acting is. The game is very
"free",
> so if you don't want to go to your main objective right away, by all
means,
> it's possible take a tour around the land of Midkemia, finding new things
> each chapter.
>Feist didn't write the plot of BaK. I think this is a good thing;
>professional authors who get too involved in a game have a strong tendency
>to screw it up, IMO. I think Bureaucracy is a good example of this:
>strong writing, but weak gameplay. Oh, and Feist had a strong hand in the
>making of Return to Krondor.
I'm 99% sure he had a strong hand on both, but it seems that I'm getting
lots of facts wrong lately, so I'll just be quiet.
>[look! actual collecting conversation!]
Ack, no! Where? Where? >:)
> >Good justifications, thank you! I will buy them today (although finding
a
> >complete Daggerfall might be tough).
>
> My pleasure :) Be sure you actually buy Daggerfall and not the
"Daggerfall
> Interactive Preview", as I think the boxes are quite alike.
>Daggerfall proper was, until recently, trivial to find unopened. It was a
>regular in the $5 bin in many stores. Now enough time has passed, and
>enough people consider it a masterpiece, that the price has gone up
>somewhat, but it's still not especially valuable or hard to find.
It has been happening with several RPGs, when the community starts
appreciating the game's real value. It's not hard to find, but paying less
than $15 may be harder.
>If you want a complete limited edition (not sure exactly what this is
>called offhand; if it's like ES:Arena it's the "Deluxe Edition"), *then*
>you should plan for a long hard search. (How hard is this one to get
>now?)
There is a special edition for Daggerfall? I didn't know that, or seen one
ever. The Arena deluxe is considerably hard to find, with all the props
included (mouse pad, etc)
What does the special Daggerfall include?
>-- Stephen
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