I would definitely pay $60 or more for this. This looks well written and interesting for learning about games I never played back in the day. Bard's tale and Ultima 4 were my first crpg's as a teen in the 80's using my Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive. I only wish I had the time I had as a teenager to devote to crpg's again.
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#32http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/ The author of this blog is in the process of playing every CRPG created since 1975. They discuss strengths & weaknesses, its place in the history of RPGs, etc.
Was it too much to register crpgaddict.com ? :(
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#33So how many years would it take to complete all of these games?
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#34So how many years would it take to complete all of these games?
I have no answer to this question, but various people are revisiting old CRPGs in a more or less exhaustive manner. My favourite one is crpgaddict who plays a list of CRPGs in chronological order, with at least 6 hours spent on each one.
He's been at it for a decade now, and his list still isn't finished...
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#35> This is the question I’m asked the most: “Will there be a physical edition?”. I would love to have one, but it’s something very complicated to produce – especially for a 528-page color book! Most on-demand printing services won’t do something this big, and even if I cut the book down to CreateSpace’s 480-page limit, it would be a VERY expensive book, costing over $60! I think the author is severely underestimating…
It is hard to say; for a hard-cover that's at least as big as an octavo (larger would be better though), I'd pay up to $120, but that might completely eat their costs if they do print-on-demand. They would have to do an actual print run to actually make any money on it, which means crowd-funding, and I'd only put the odds at 50-50 that it gets funded.
It's a finished product that just needs a physical release. Kickstarting it would make a lot of sense.
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#36Absolutely amazing. I skimmed through the entire book, and the level of detail is insane. Now if only I had a 2nd lifetime or immortality to play all of these games.
I noticed World of Warcraft was missing, which seemed odd at first. But then I noticed:
> This is our first full release. We’re very proud of it, but we still couldn’t add all the games we wanted to cover, and sections on MMORPGs, old hardware and developers had to be cut, so hopefully there will be more versions in the future.
In case anyone else was wondering.
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#37Reading about Ultima IV is the difference between generations.
Ultima I and II were a hot mess. Ultima III was remarkable. Ultima IV and V were mind blowing when I was a kid. If a 19 year old "CoD Player" can't figure out to RTFM, its their loss.
RPGs aren't easy for a reason, they're supposed to require effort to master and possibly win. And like life, you don't always win.
Kids today want everything handed to them it seems. I lost interest in games decades ago because I thought we'd get better versions of Ultima IV as time went on. Instead we got "interactive" movies for the most part.
Little Johnny wants to be a rock star, but learning guitar is hard. Try this 5 button fake guitar, now you've got talent! So of course mastering the up, down, left, and right arrows would be hard to figure out.
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#38Very slick. Is the source code available somewhere?
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#39Reading about Ultima IV is the difference between generations. Ultima I and II were a hot mess. Ultima III was remarkable. Ultima IV and V were mind blowing when I was a kid. If a 19 year old "CoD Player" can't figure out to RTFM, its their loss. RPGs aren't easy for a reason, they're supposed to require effort to master and possibly win. And like life, you don't always win. Kids today want everything handed to them…
There's a point, though, where the user interface gets in the way of enjoying the game. It's fine if the core mechanics are complex but they should be exposed to the player in an intuitive, accessible way.
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#40Reading about Ultima IV is the difference between generations. Ultima I and II were a hot mess. Ultima III was remarkable. Ultima IV and V were mind blowing when I was a kid. If a 19 year old "CoD Player" can't figure out to RTFM, its their loss. RPGs aren't easy for a reason, they're supposed to require effort to master and possibly win. And like life, you don't always win. Kids today want everything handed to them…
Where in the pdf does the author trash Ultima IV? In the first paragraph "Regardless, the achievements of
Ultima IV are astonishing" and in the conclusion "Ultima IV is still one-of-a-kind, even after all these years."