[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
A quick rundown of those games would be:
Betrayal at Krondor - One of my favourite RPGs ever produced.(The instrumental track from Old Deuteronomy from Cats is a perfect soundtrack for some parts of this game.)

Star Control II - A serious contender for the best game I have ever played. The only complaint I can make about it now is that the ship combat AI is predictable once you've played against it a few thousand times. I special ordered it, and paid $80 CDN for this game when I was only 12, but never regretted it.

I played Starcon II and thought it was incredible (my #2 computer game of all time, after System Shock). And I played Wizardry 8 and thought it was quite good... but other than Quest for Glory I, II, and maybe IV, those were the only computer RPGs I ever liked much. And I've played a lot. Do you recommend Betrayal at Krondor, today? I mean... can it stand up to modern competition? ...is it like Civilization 1, "Fun when it came out, but outdated now" or like XCOM, "Fun when it came out, and is still its genre's reigning champion"?

And by the way, if you really like good games, you should check out Xenogears. It is the best game I've ever played (I think - certainly amongst RPGs), and it's hard to imagine it being beaten anytime soon. Console RPG, though, so much more linear than you may be used to.

-Cherry

P.S. As for the linear part: I view that as a good design decision, that let them build a strong plot and allowed for a well-developed narrative.

[ January 24, 2004, 05:47: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]