/vr/ - Retro Games

>>304151
>needing to use automap on EotB

>>304109
Got it, alright I'll replace him when I get the chance to.

>>304151
I'll look into it since I want music but I don't want an automap feature. Either I don't use a map or draw one myself.

>>304191
Drawing the maps was one of the best parts of these games.

>>304202
I must be weird then because I couldn't ever force myself to draw a map for a real-time dungeon crawler. Seemed like my characters would starve to death before I finish doing it, and pausing is a no-no because most of the time it obscures my view screen.

I'm kinda stuck on the second level. I don't know how I'm supposed to kill those monsters that look like piles of rocks, they seem to be way beyond my level.

>>303594
Use the All-Seeing Eye for automapping: http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jhirvonen/ase/

Also keep in mind that EOB is an okay dungeon crawler and by no means the best of the genre.
Play Dark Heart of Uukrul next.

>>304227
The piles of rocks are very sturdy but not hard to beat with some patience. Try fighting them unarmed, punching and kicking them to death, speeds up the process lots.

>>304227
I'm at the same spot exactly. Fuckers are unkillable I swear. Maybe I just suck at this.

>>304248
Just follow the advice at >>304243, go unarmed at them. Also a good way to train ninja levels. If that's not enough for you, you can hurl some spells at them, but you probably haven't found those out so I won't spoil those.

>>303594

Oh man, I remember play EotB: Legend of Darkmoon back when I was like five or six years old.

I had no idea how to play, including how to swing a weapon, so I ended up getting through the forest to the temple by just throwing everything in my inventory at the wolves.

>>304270
I found the poison cloud spell but it takes like 2 full mana bars for my wizard to cast that. Not very useful.

>>304279
Poison cloud works wonders against slow and stationary enemies, don't underestimate it.

>>303946
Might and Magic series. (4 and later at the very least)
Legacy of the Ancients
Betrayal at Krondor
Megatraveller 1-2
Realms of Arkania series. (especially 2)
Wizardry series. (6-8 in particular)
Gold Box games. (Curse of the Azure Bonds etc)
Lands of Lore 1-2
Ravenloft 1-2
Anvil of Dawn
The Dark Heart of Uukrul.
Wasteland.

If you wanna bawl your eyes out then start with Wizardry 4 or Dungeon Master 2: Chaos Strikes Back.

>>304287
>If you wanna bawl your eyes out then start with Wizardry 4 or Dungeon Master 2: Chaos Strikes Back.
Pretty much all Wizardry games qualify actually.

whats the game that aged at the best?

I've played only legend of grimrock and I'd like something AWESOME

dark/diablo-ish maybe?

>>304321
Oh I don't know. The others ones tend to be just hard.
4 actively dicks you over like it was the computer version of Tomb of Horrors on just a little bit less crack than the original.

>>304234
Not OP but I'm considering using this because getting lost looking for that one items for fucking forever doesn't sound like fun. On the other hand, that feels like cheating.

>>304325
A lot of the games ITT have aged like fine wine. Some of them have aggravating controls, but otherwise they're as good as they ever were. If you want more like LoG (i.e. realtime combat) then check out >>303954 and Captive.

>>304325
Might and Magic 3-5 maybe? (or Worlds of Xeen if you don't mind unbalancing 5)
Wizardry 7-8. (8 really)
Lands of Lore 1.
Betrayal at Krondor.

Honestly it's very dependent on what you consider awesome.
I'm not sure there are that many fleshed out darker settings though. The Ravenloft games are technically in a gothic horror setting.

http://www.listal.com/list/rpg-world-dos-classic-edition

is this list worth a shit?

>>303594
Don't forget when you do reach the spiders, if you have a clerical magic, to cast "Slow Poison" it can save your character until you find that flask.

How can no one know this one?

>>304389
>those top 2 games
NOPE
>>304467
Ishar trilogy is beautiful, but the gameplay is rather standard.

>>304476
*Aside from the top 2, it's a pretty servicable list though.