/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1175098
Icewind Dale.

>>1175098
I've asked about that on /v/ some time before /vr/ existed and got almost nothing, to be honest. Many RPGs have winter locations, but whore wintry settings are rare on nonexistent.

I like winter. I wish I could find a snow-themed game, too. Not necessarily RPG, any adventure game would do.

Come to think of it, Syberia and the sequel, but I don't like point-and-clicks. Too bad for you and me, OP. Too abd.

>>1175101
Not retro though.

>>1175104
I am in the same boat here. My favourite places in video games is the ice worlds. Donkey Kong Country is a big reason for this because it has such a beautiful snow area.

>>1175109
Skyrim then.

>>1175104
>I like winter. I wish I could find a snow-themed game, too. Not necessarily RPG, any adventure game would do.
You should check out Aconcagua. It requires some moonspeak knowledge, though.

>>1175220
Aconcagua, yeah, and, though not retro, D2 is all winter.

>>1175178
Not only is it retro, but a great game, too!

Winter Voices.

> Retro is a term used to describe aspects of modern culture which are consciously derivative or imitative of those trends, modes, fashions, or attitudes of the recent past which have or had come to be seen as unfashionable.

May be a bit of a stretch to call it an RPG, but there you go

>>1175109
Same engine as Baldur's Gate 1, unless you're talking about HoW which crudely tacked on the BG2 alterations and was even a bit slower, same issue with the character sprite styling. I seemingly had a small design team, probably why it took them a while since BG1 to release, though it hardly turned the software on it's head. Okay, it had a little OpenGL acceleration added on, but that really didn't mess with the game, it did actually make it a bit faster, unlike later on.

>>1175368
Release date. Don't be stupid.

>>1175385
>and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier
>on platforms
>platforms

>>1175394
You are an imbecile. Seriously.

>>1175397
You're a stuck up console kid.

Aleshar: World of Ice

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/391/

>>1175385
Stop being autistic, the game came out in 2000.
>muh NES

>>1175385
get a load this idiot, someone explains exactly what is and isn't retro about a game, and he's like "dur hur, the year, the year!" >>1175536 is right, ass-pies everywhere

>>1175937
Using the same engine does not make it the same platform.
If it was an addon that required a pre-cutoff game that's a different story but sequels and spinoffs released outside the frame are not considered retro here even when they are practically identical. Faithful remakes however are allowed.

>>1175143
That snowfall was incredible.

>>1175385

Subhuman piece of shit.

I wish we got some official word on what the cut-off point for PC games is. Maybe by OS for which they were made?

>>1176034
The way the music timed with it perfectly. And those backgrounds on the snow levels before the storm were so clear and amazing. As a Canadian I felt right at home.

Daggerfall.

Lords of Midnight?

The Phantasy Star series has a snowy planet. You aren't always there though.

Have you played Daggerfall?

>>1178494

Whenever I play an RPG game where I can choose my element type in any way I usualy choose wind lightning or ice. I hate windy, and stormy levels in games all together, but I haven't come a cross a snow or ice themed stage or environment I hated.

>>1176061
If you're talking about for what's classified as retro. The official cut off is the year 2000. The rule for consoles is any game for any console pre-20000.
Using OS doesn't make any sense and many games weren't made explicitly for one OS they just required a minimum OS.

>>1179019
Oh yeah, nice excuse for people wantonly yapping about all those console games from later years:
>>1176263

>>1178494
>Not reading the OP post