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- From: bshields@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Bill Shields)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Role-Playing Games
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 19:40:35 GMT
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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- swkgohw@nuscc.nus.sg (Sir Launcelot Du Lac) writes:
- >: though I have in the past played AD&D. Presently, I've got a little time
- >: and money. I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a good
- >: role-playing game with a minimal amount of tricks, traps, thinking. Lots
- >: of magic items, character types, armor, weapons, and general beating the
- >: snot out of monsters. Also good graphics and sound. Thanks. Greg.
-
- >I wouldst recommend the entire ULTIMA series to thee since that is without
- >a doubt the greatest CRPG series ever. BUT since thou art obviously a
- >hack-and-slasher **grin**, thou might find the AD&D Gold Box line more to
- >thy taste. 80% of it is bashing monsters, and it follows the AD&D rules
- >quite closely. Graphics and sound art adequate for this series, but if
- >thou insist on superb graphics and sound, then the AD&D Legends series
- >(Eye of the Beholder and The Legend of Darkmoon) wilt be my recommendations.
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- I didn't like the Ultima games at all. I hated the entire birds-eye
- view thing. Even Ultima VII I didn't like. Between this annoying
- viewpoint and the lo-res graphics (320x200x256 colours isn't it?) I just
- couldn't hack it. Its apparently very large though so if you can hack
- it it'll keep you entertained for ages. Eye of the Beholder II is great
- but you forgot to mention the most ultimate CRPG game: Ultima
- Underworld! Absolutely fantastic!
-
- Just my $0.02 worth.
- Billy Shields
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