04-01-2011, 03:29 AM | #21 |
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PLAAANESCAAPE. Get the widescreen mod to increase the resolution, and it's suddenly one of the graphically prettiest games as well. http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ (this is almost necessary now, the maximum resolution in the original being 640x480. The Fix and Tweak packs are good to have as well: http://www.spellholdstudios.net/ie/pst-fixpack)
Vampire: Bloodlines too, as everyone said. There is a block of the kind of filler combat that nowadays counts for CRPG "gameplay" towards the end, but the rest is excellent. Killer writing. There's a great variety in how you can approach the game with different characters. (Unofficial patch: http://www.planetvampire.com/bloodlines/files/patches/, resolution patch if needed: http://www.fileplanet.com/156598/150...lution-Patcher) The Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion Mask Of The Betrayer is another excellent game by Planescape writer Chris Avellone, if you can handle the initial akwardness of the NWN2 engine. It's often overlooked because an expansion to the mediocre NWN2. Probably want to play the above two first, and then see if you like it. Last edited by haptsonir; 04-01-2011 at 03:57 AM. |
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Thanks fellow smeghead!
I'm definitely getting Planescape soon. Vampire Masquerade: Redemption" is on GOG slightly cheap, is that a good game too, or should I stick with Bloodlines? And I was eyeing "Guild Wars" along with "Neverwinter Nights". Is that any good, also?
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You might want to check out Betrayal at Krondor, also on GoG. Haven't played it much myself, but it's praised for its good story, and the combat system seems quite nice. It's turn-based with movement on a grid.
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I'll plug TES games one more time. It's true that Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 are fairly wide open (MW being the most open by far), but all three have pretty defined main quests, and all of the main quests are very, very dark. We're talking flesh-eaters, vampires, irradiated mutant cows, totally insane cultists, etc. etc. And particularly in Oblivion, there are lots of quests that are more puzzle-y than kill-y. You can spend those games dungeon-crawling, but you mostly don't have to unless you want to. And mods let you play the game pretty much any way you'd like. I'm glad for the reminder about Arcanum and PS:T. The last time I checked these games cost $50 or more . . . glad they're reasonable now. |
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Jannik-Thanks for the recommendation. It doesn't really stand out much for me, but it doesn't look bad, so I'll put it on my radar.
larissa-Thanks for clarifying. If Neverwinter Nights is more adultish, I'll probably go with that over "Guild Wars", especially since I know it doesn't need to be played online like "Guild Wars". And I'll try "Morrowind" again sometime.
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i'll definitely add my vote for vampire the masquerade: bloodlines. It is brilliantly well designed. We need so many more games like it.
Also, if you have a ps2, i recomend trying out any of the SMT (shin megami tensei) games. They deal with alot of post-apocalyptic themes, and crazy sci-fi interdimensional stuff. You also typically collect and fuse demons together to build your party. The genres of the games vary pretty wildly, but they are all aimed at an adult audience and are very high quality.
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Bloodlines might be a more "beginner" friendly start. I don't know if it matters, PST isn't that difficult. Also, there's nothing wrong with good old Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. The simple straight forward sword and sorcery adventure has never been done better on the computer, and they are a nice introduction to the Infinity Engine. Quote:
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I don't know if the GoG version is fixed, but I've heard that it's practically impossible to get Redemption working in newer versions of Windows
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04-02-2011, 08:17 AM | #30 |
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redemption has some redeeming qualities (harr harr). But it has a wide range of flaws and its just an entirely different type of game from bloodlines. Bloodlines comes about as close as any videogame to emulating the pen and paper experience. Redemption doesnt really try to do that and focuses on more typical rpg dungeon crawling. Its still pretty good, but its not nearly as cool an experience as bloodlines.
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Okay, thanks zane!
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I also recommend Vampire Bloodlines. It does't get darker and more mature than that in RPGs, I think. (Even if I didn't like the combat that much.)
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