The CRPG Addict
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The CRPG Addict
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#2I read his blogs once per week. Really admire his skills and dedication. I probably won't touch 90% of the games he played.
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#3I’m writing a book about Why We Play mmorpgs, and this site is invaluable - something that should be obvious to anyone interested in the subject.
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#4Huge fan and check back regularly. I don’t read most of the articles but am eagerly awaiting Betrayal at Krondor which should be right around the corner. He loosely goes in order of release and is in 1993 right now I believe.
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#5Huge fan and check back regularly. I don’t read most of the articles but am eagerly awaiting Betrayal at Krondor which should be right around the corner. He loosely goes in order of release and is in 1993 right now I believe.
I'm waiting for the 95~99 years, guess it's going to take a while...
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#6I've enjoyed several write ups from The CRPG Addict - it's a true internet treasure. In particular, I appreciate how he treats each game as an individual artifact. That's not to say he doesn't reference other games when reviewing a title - he does. But the descriptions and discussion seen firmly grounded in understanding what the creators were _trying_ to accomplish, rather than pitting one title against another.
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#7Obligatory plug for Mattchat if you enjoy CRPG Addict
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#8> It's hard to count the number of Dungeon Master-inspired games that I've played since the 1987 original almost 12 years ago: the Eye of the Beholder series
I always thought EotB was inspired by "The Bard's Tale". I played the C64 port EotB felt similar.
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#9I'm a regular reader (and occasional commenter) of this site. It's a fascinating look at the history of what's probably my favorite genre of game. His taste in games isn't always the same as mine, but he's always clear about why he likes or dislikes things, and what the games provide.
He recently revisited Wizardry IV: Return of Werdna, notorious for being a very difficult game, and did a stellar job of going through not only how he got through its various puzzles and challenges, but more in-depth analysis of them and the game's lore...including the elusive "Grandmaster" ending, which may be the first hidden "perfect" ending to a CRPG.
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#10> It's hard to count the number of Dungeon Master-inspired games that I've played since the 1987 original almost 12 years ago: the Eye of the Beholder series I always thought EotB was inspired by "The Bard's Tale". I played the C64 port EotB felt similar.
So the history is actually really well described in crpgaddicts blog. First there was wizardry (basically all rpgs both in the us and japan are descendents of wizardry, some with the mixture of ultima). bard's tale is a wizardry clone (its wizardry in a city). Dungeon master is an attempt to make a better wizardry, taking advantage of the mouse and the amiga's graphics (its basically wizardry in real time). EotB is a dungeon master clone.