Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post

11-13-2000, 10:11 PM

Alright I'll get right to the point... I am a terribly indecisive person and can not come to a decision whether or not I should get W&W. I also happen to be the type of person that needs his daily dose of gaming to live through the day and currently there are no RPGs on the market which appeal to me and I haven't gotten (got Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, and quickly getting bored with Diablo 2 which playing 8 hours a day tends to do...). W&W is an enigma... I've lurked in this forum and read the various things people have said about W&W. I've checked out the links at Gone Gold and that didn't help very much either.
The general impression of the reviewers seems to be that it has tremendous nostalgia value (I loved Bane and Crusaders, and the various Wizardry games that came out for Gameboy/NES/SNES in Japan so that is a major plus) and the character creation/class system seems to just absolutely rock (being a stat/skills freak this is also a plus). Graphics really isn't an issue for me (not too much at least) since FPS graphics would kill my system anyway, and the graphics doesn't look too bad IMO (maybe my standards just arent' that high...). I don't care too much about bad voice acting (am used to it from most games). Don't care much about music either as long as it isn't bad enough that I can't shut it out while I'm playing the game.
The problem seems to be the extreme bugginess (I'm not counting on a patch either judging from the tone of people's posts) and extremely crappy interface. Well I'm basically here for advice to sway me in either direction...
1) How long did it take you to 'get into' the game? And...
2) at what point if any did the bugs frustrate you so much that you didn't want to see the game for a while?
3) Is night time REALLY that bad? Aren't there spells or something that help you see at night or something?
4) If given a choice to go back to the point in time right before you purchased the game would you purchase it again?
5) Sea Dogs (Bethesda) is coming out soon. Should I get W&W or Sea Dogs?
6) Is the game fun? (THE most important question IMO)
Please no replies like: "the game suxx0rz d00d" I get enough of this on Battle.net (another plus for W&W is that I don't have to deal with homophobic, xenophobic, immature, testosterone-loaded 13 year olds who think they're 1337 (or however this is spelled currently)
gangsta's (yeah like one of them would be playing Diablo 2)).

Hope I didn't ramble on and on for too long... Sorry for all the parentheses (I know it's a bad habit, but I love 'em cause they're kind of like ways to break the rules of grammar without actually breaking them)

11-13-2000, 10:11 PM	#1
Shoujo Guest Posts: n/a	Alright I'll get right to the point... I am a terribly indecisive person and can not come to a decision whether or not I should get W&W. I also happen to be the type of person that needs his daily dose of gaming to live through the day and currently there are no RPGs on the market which appeal to me and I haven't gotten (got Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, and quickly getting bored with Diablo 2 which playing 8 hours a day tends to do...). W&W is an enigma... I've lurked in this forum and read the various things people have said about W&W. I've checked out the links at Gone Gold and that didn't help very much either. The general impression of the reviewers seems to be that it has tremendous nostalgia value (I loved Bane and Crusaders, and the various Wizardry games that came out for Gameboy/NES/SNES in Japan so that is a major plus) and the character creation/class system seems to just absolutely rock (being a stat/skills freak this is also a plus). Graphics really isn't an issue for me (not too much at least) since FPS graphics would kill my system anyway, and the graphics doesn't look too bad IMO (maybe my standards just arent' that high...). I don't care too much about bad voice acting (am used to it from most games). Don't care much about music either as long as it isn't bad enough that I can't shut it out while I'm playing the game. The problem seems to be the extreme bugginess (I'm not counting on a patch either judging from the tone of people's posts) and extremely crappy interface. Well I'm basically here for advice to sway me in either direction... 1) How long did it take you to 'get into' the game? And... 2) at what point if any did the bugs frustrate you so much that you didn't want to see the game for a while? 3) Is night time REALLY that bad? Aren't there spells or something that help you see at night or something? 4) If given a choice to go back to the point in time right before you purchased the game would you purchase it again? 5) Sea Dogs (Bethesda) is coming out soon. Should I get W&W or Sea Dogs? 6) Is the game fun? (THE most important question IMO) Please no replies like: "the game suxx0rz d00d" I get enough of this on Battle.net (another plus for W&W is that I don't have to deal with homophobic, xenophobic, immature, testosterone-loaded 13 year olds who think they're 1337 (or however this is spelled currently) gangsta's (yeah like one of them would be playing Diablo 2)). Hope I didn't ramble on and on for too long... Sorry for all the parentheses (I know it's a bad habit, but I love 'em cause they're kind of like ways to break the rules of grammar without actually breaking them)