You know the drill.
>>3986922game had such an unfortunate release window right between ssi and ie games.
>>3986925Goldbox was dying, they'd held onto the engine for too long. IE games were directly inspired by it.The problem was it was too little too late and the followup was way too buggy.
>>3986928the saddest thing is being turn-based makes dark sun more relevant to modern crpgs than either of its contemporaries
>>3986931>either of its contemporariesI'm confused by this.
I just want an honest answer. The jank won't bug me, I've played total piece of shit games in the past, but... is it entirely focused on combat, or is there anything else to it?
>>3987082Questing and exploration more, combat is fairly easy, depending on your party and familiarity with 2nd Edition, until the very last fight of the game. It's overall not a large or long game, very tight package, maybe 20 hours.
>>3987102I see. Well, sounds like it's time to finally give it a shot. I'd consider myself pretty adept at the system, though far less so Dark Sun specific changes, so it depends on how different it is in practice
>>3986922Enlighten me on the drill
>>3987111Biggest trap for those who don't know is Druid>Cleric in this setting because there are no gods, clerics are more elemental focused and can't even raise the dead.
>>3986922>still no survival simulator set in Dark SunHow? It's a perfect setting for it.
>>3986922Dark Sun, and Warriors of Eternal Sun for Genesis, were terrible. edgy doomed world trying to be more hardcore and hard for the sake of being hard.
>>3987131That'd require anyone in charge of approving such things to care about Dark Sun, which I assure you is not the case.
>>3986922NoNo, I don'tWhat's the drill?
This is an awesome little game with great graphics and music and solid combat, but the worst bugs I have ever seen. Like everything feels like it's on the verge of not working or has already stopped working. Made it to the big desert area and bopped around on all the screens. That was where I put it down. I think I'm near the end of the game.
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>>3987234I've played it many times and never had any showstopping bugs outside of the final battle not triggering, just had really good luck, but it never struck me as even half as bad as any Bethesda game. Now, the second game is buggy as all hell.
>>3986922I've heard about this more than any other goldbox game. Is that because it's the best, or most controversial?
>>3987268It's not a Goldbox game.
>>3987277>>3987268Ok, other strategic simulation games of that era, then.
>>3987299SSI made a lot of games, but they existed in a time before most people who discuss games here were active players of RPGs, so the later the game was released the more well known. It's the kinda developer that influenced the developers you know rather than part of your experience.
>>3986922>big beefy guy inviting you for gay sexNo wonder this shit bombed and no one cares about it these days.
>>3987305It's funny how differently you guys see it because you live in a post Gachi world. I remember when I was a kid watching Mad Max I never even got the leatherclub undertones.
>>3987307Nah, you were just a faggy kid that should have gotten his shit beat in more
>>3987370Non sequitur.
