/vr/ - Retro Games

Betrayal at Krondor

and I really like Daggerfall

"Oh you know, the usual. Wizardry, Might and Magic, Dungeon Master... the list could go on."

>>1528254
Fate: Gates of Dawn. Probably the best RPG I've ever layed hands on.

Might & Magic IV and V are probably the chillest first-person CRPGs ever made

>>1528254
What game is this? I've tried to describe it in one of those "games you can't remember" threads, and I think that may be it

>>1528357
It's Dungeon Master

>>1528361
Fuck, thank you, I'll have to check it out now

Shining in the Darkness is pretty good.

>>1528368
I've heard it was very popular back in the day,not sure if it held up too well though

dark heart of uukrul

>>1528371
Aside of the controls, it did. It has that smooth buttery, no-bullshit feel that every good retro RPG is capable of giving, and it's very easy to get into. And the runemagic system is still one of my favorite spell systems ever.

>>1528254
Pool of Radiance
The Elder Scrolls - Daggerfall
Wizardry VI - Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Wizardry VII - Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Wizardry VIII
Betrayal at Krondor
Ravenloft - Strahds Possession
Dungeon Hack
Eye of the Beholder II - The Legend of Darkmoon
Might and Magic IV and V - World Of Xeen

Do not limit yourself only to first person RPGs.There are plenty a good ones that are isometric and in top down view.

>>1528387
How do I get into Pool of Radiance? The controls feel clunky and are putting me off greatly, having to look up every third line in the manual is tedious and the game economy and loot system feels incredibly botched.

>>1528387
Add the first three Realms of Arkania and you've got a pretty legit list right here.

>>1528405
RoA1 is kind of weak actually

>>1528417
Yeah I can't disagree. I included it for completion's sake

>>1528404
>How do I get into Pool of Radiance?
It is simple:
>look up the date the game came out
>take everything the way it is
The game is very old.
Just try and play it as if it is the first game you ever played and your taste in gamaes is yet to take form.

Amber trilogy are awesome top-down/first-person hybrids

>>1528425
I am no stranger to games of that era. I've finished Might & Magic 2, Dungeon Master etc. and loved them. It's this particular one that puzzles me. It's my first SSI RPG however.

I tried playing Champions of Krynn (always like Dragonlance...) but couldn't deal with the battle screen. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it's hard to tell where the enemy is, until you're almost right next to them. At the beginning of a fight, have to keep scrolling the view around until you see them. Maybe there's a zoom function or something I missed?

Otherwise, I really liked Dungeon Master, and Might & Magic III (never tried the others in that series). Oh and Bard's Tale is fun also.

>>1528405
How hardcore are these games? I heard they're pretty brutal.
Do I have a chance of making a blind playthrough? I finished Drakensang so I have a vague understanding of the underlying mechanics.

>>1529728
It's not as difficult as it is convoluted. The manual has 60 pages. Drakensang is like Skyrim in comparison tbh.

How is PaperSorcerer ?

>>1529738
short and simple but pretty fun

>>1528365
The town music is burned into my brain for all eternity and I hardly played it. My brother was obsessed. He still remembers the way through the first dungeon almost 25 years later lol.

>>1528438
I just started it and I'm kind of struggling as well. Just hauling my 5 unconscious friends around the town looking for a place to rest. Fuck you, city guard.

I'm playing a cracked Amiga version, so I think I'll be spared the manual checks.

If you really feel like dropping it, consider playing the FRUA port by Ray Dyer instead. FRUA is the final evolution of the gold box game engine and a lot more polished than this. I've played dozens of Ray's other modules on that platform and trust him to make it fun.

I've also enjoyed playing Black Crypt and Ishtar series.

>>1529872
Ishar... fucking auto correct

>>1528405
>German RPGs
>good

>>1529893
>Realms of Arkania
>Amberstar, Ambermoon, Albion
>Gothic
>Fate

>not good

objectively wrong

>>1529898
>Realms of Arkania
>good

No see you keep getting this wrong

>>1529836
I actually have that FRUA version downloaded. Is it true to the original or did it take some liberties to it aswell?

Hired Guns. One of the top-10 games on Amiga, as far as I'm concerned. It's basically a futuristic version of Dungeon Master, and each character can be controlled by a separate player.

>>1531548
The same company that later brought you GTA

I forgot the name of that one game that was like "Dungeon Master...except in space". I have it on my hard drive somewhere. Anyway, if anyone thinks of it, post it, because that's my contribution to the thread.

>>1531570
Captive? Dunno if it was taglined like that but that's basically what it is.

It's also my favorite first person dungeon crawler of all time. Give it a shot y'all, just remember to play the Amiga version.

>>1531570
>>1531632

>>1531632
>Captive

Yep, that's it. Thanks. My game folder is too big for its own good.

>>1531634
Play it.

Towers 2 on the atari jaguar. One you wont be finishing anytime soon.

What about the Ultima Underworld series?

>>1528368
>>1528371
>>1528382
Easily one of my favourite games from my childhood.
Tip if you're starting out, running only 1 character can work out easier in the long run.

>>1533730
It's not old school. Ultima Underworld set a new course that other games followed.

Anything good for consoles? Mega Drive or Snes preferably.

>>1536382
No, a controller doesn't have enough keys for a proper RPG.

>>1536382
Shining force.

>>1536382
Shin Megami Tensei II
Wizardry 1-3
Dungeon Master
Eye of the Beholder

>>1536385
Weak bait.

My favorite is probably Lands of Lore. Though it's pretty "casual".

You and an alien Sean Connery go on an adventure to save Patrick Stewart from a Scrotum witch pretty much.

>>1536642
You must be thinking of Shining in the Darkness, that one was a first person RPG, Shining Force was turn-based strategy.

>>1536691
indeed.
My bad.

I can't say for sure to be honest. It certainly has never -looked- like a genre that I should enjoy, but I do remember enjoying this particular freeware game a lot.

>>1536647
>playing DM and EotB on console
For what purpose