Before Betrayal at Krondor, #Dynamix was already dungeon crawling. #SwordOfKadash mashes up Rogue, Wizardry and Gauntlet into 256 hand-crafted screens of real-time, trap-filled brutality. It's not fair, it's not gentle, but it might be the most atmospheric 8-bit crawl you've never played. Save states recommended. Imagination required.
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Mr Creosote
@mr_creosote@dosgame.club
mastodon 4.7.3Writing about computer game culture at https://www.goodolddays.net
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There is too much in the world to see it all. Won't stop me from trying.
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What happens when someone doesn't just try to copy an arcade hit, but thinks how something similar could make sense in a home computer environment? You get #Druid!
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@dosgameclub Hm, I thought: why not check out this April Fool's joke tonight... You have actually made a real episode! Never expected this. Good job, an actual surprise.
I've never played this game. I feel the enthusiasm of all the participants. Some of it sounds very fascinating. I'll probably never play it.
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@Tijn@dosgame.club
Or: Google/Apple decide something random is "wrong" with this "app" and they delist it. I don't understand how the world can accept such a huge dependency on highly erratic, clearly evil US conpanies.
Forced Weddings – Monkey Island and King's Quest VI
As a companion to the recent treatment of Prince Alexander's grand quest for love, here is a narrative analysis of its ending, compared to a contemporary game using similar motifs:
https://www.goodolddays.net/en/article/Forced-Weddings-Monkey-Island-and-Kings-Quest-VI/
We have to talk about #BaywatchNights. The first episode isn't half bad, with the deception theme and a prototypical femme fatale. It delivers on thrills and mystery. Just wish the other two detectives would have more relevant roles. Thread continues.
#WildPalms, episode 1. #KimCattrall says to #JamesBelushi: "Harry, this is William Gibson." I'm thinking, that's a funny choice for a character name in a series about virtual reality. Who walks up? The actual #WilliamGibson! Making a cameo as himself.
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@Tijn @dosgameclub That's exactly it. Everything which is not about shooting in this game sounds good ;)
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@ThreeOhFour
Quite in line with what I tried to express in my treatment of KQ6 posted a few days ago.
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@ThreeOhFour
Highly regressive for sure. But even more so, I don't understand why it's so inconsistent. Why make Alexander, a romantic hero, get into a swordfight at all? Why not handle the finale in a character appropriate way? This sort of confrontation would have fit for bodybuilder King Graham of part V. It amazes me how few ideas they had throughout the writing of this game.
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@MichaelKlamerus I've only watched the first one so far. Wouldn't call it immediately catchy. Storytelling-wise, there are enough small things to build some interest, but there is not one central, big hook. There are several shots which just scream "look, I'm art!" It's all a bit much, Well, let's see.
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@console @Tijn I checked my old notes. They say: professional voices in the German dubbing, among them for example those who regularly dub Jack Nicholson and John Goodman. But the translation itself is a bit shaky; they often translated too verbally, the sentences sounding tinny and artificial due to that. To be fair, the latter criticism also applies to many TV shows from the time.
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@jefklak I'm hardly a specialist and I don't like most of them ;) But, well, unless you're looking for the hard experience, I'd say Space Quest V (as mentioned in the review) or Quest for Glory IV (if you are open to a RPG-hybrid experience). Personally, I have a bit of a soft spot for the Laura Bow games as well. Most of the older ones are really hard to get back into nowadays.
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@dosgameclub Forgotten? I think it's one of the most popular adventure games of the 90s!
I last played this in 2018. At the time, I found the role of the "wisecracking sidekick" hyper-annoying. So much that I had to force myself to continue at all. It just rubbed me the wrong way completely.
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@jefklak Upon reflection, I believe that it's very much about living in the moment. Just going with the flow and "accept things as they are". I'm trying hard to use positive terminology, obviously ;)
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@console @Tijn Oh, and by the way, reacting on what's been said in the show: I did play the fully German dubbed version in the 1990s. Don't remember all details, like how wordplay puzzles have been translated. But overall, this was a big production also in dubbing. As common at the time, they even "translated" the protagonist's name, who became "Mal Block" ("Malblock" = scratchpad).
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