Slime Squisher
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Joined: Saturday, 3rd September 2011, 18:22
Sunday, 25th September 2011, 14:04
A couple game suggestions
Both of these games are a little old school, but really fun and engaging. I still play the hell out of them when I get the urge, and I figure someone out there might enjoy them as much as I do.
Wizardy 8. The last of one of the greatest old school RPG series. It has a really unique combat system and a good selection of race and class selection. You can have up to 6 playable characters and 2 NPC slots you can choose to fill if you want. The classes are all pretty well balanced and they all bring something interesting to the table. The world is fairly huge too, for the time. The combat has a strategic feel to it, since it is kinda sorta turn based. Basically you plug in the moves for each of your characters and then everyone moves according to their speed and initiative and all that. It has a cool storyline and is a lot of fun. Also has a hardcore mode that only saves when you exit the game and when you die your files are erased.
Warlords Battlecry 3. This is a RTS type game along the lines of warcraft with a few exceptions. You control a persistent hero created from 16 races and over 20 classes, so you can mix and match as you please. You gather resources like most RTSs, except you do this by converting mines and buildings with your hero and some units. You then create miners according to race to place in the mines to increase production. It's a nice change of pace from the micro involved in most other games like this. You find armor and weapons to use and there are sets that give bonuses and stuff when you complete them and all. It gets a little random but you should be used to that from playing DCSS. It has a hardcore mode also. Your characters level up twice as fast, but when they die that's it. Oh and it has a pretty decent community that still comes out with unofficial patches.
Anyways, just thought someone might find these as fun as I do.
Wizardy 8. The last of one of the greatest old school RPG series. It has a really unique combat system and a good selection of race and class selection. You can have up to 6 playable characters and 2 NPC slots you can choose to fill if you want. The classes are all pretty well balanced and they all bring something interesting to the table. The world is fairly huge too, for the time. The combat has a strategic feel to it, since it is kinda sorta turn based. Basically you plug in the moves for each of your characters and then everyone moves according to their speed and initiative and all that. It has a cool storyline and is a lot of fun. Also has a hardcore mode that only saves when you exit the game and when you die your files are erased.
Warlords Battlecry 3. This is a RTS type game along the lines of warcraft with a few exceptions. You control a persistent hero created from 16 races and over 20 classes, so you can mix and match as you please. You gather resources like most RTSs, except you do this by converting mines and buildings with your hero and some units. You then create miners according to race to place in the mines to increase production. It's a nice change of pace from the micro involved in most other games like this. You find armor and weapons to use and there are sets that give bonuses and stuff when you complete them and all. It gets a little random but you should be used to that from playing DCSS. It has a hardcore mode also. Your characters level up twice as fast, but when they die that's it. Oh and it has a pretty decent community that still comes out with unofficial patches.
Anyways, just thought someone might find these as fun as I do.
Anyone know if its abandonware? I refuse to pirate and its highly unlikely I'd pay for this game, but if I can get it morally/ethically/legally for free then I'd give it a try.