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vesselle · 11-20-2001, 01:16 PM

~~wolfgir~~

first off, get the demo.

or, cut and paste this link into your browser, if the link above doesn't work.

http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/wiz...emoEB.exe.html

it should take you directly to the download site. click on one of the 3 links along the left side of the page. be sure to click the name of the city! the top one (indiana) seems to be the fastest lately.

it is a huge download for everyone, but with a dialup connection it can be frustrating, so get something like getright download manager. this allows you to reconnect and pick up where you left off if your connection dies.

::smiles:: so now that's out of the way.... playing it is the only way to really do justice to this game.

i had never played any wiz games before, except wizards and warriors and really, totally, completely disliked that game. i thot it was so bad, that i paid no attention to anything about wiz 8 over the last year or so.

however, my bf talked of nothing else, saying that as a might & magic fan, i would love wizardry. so, eventually, i got the demo.
let me just say... he was right! i fell in love with it.

this game is completely engaging. it is fun from the start and has everything a crpg player loves. you can spend hours creating a party, choosing from many races and classes. or if you don't like doing that, then just jump in and choose the standard kind of teammates, giving them standard attributes... either way works!

the interface is huge, but not complicated. it's very intuitive, and you can customize nearly everything. your teammates have their own personality, talk among themselves, and talk & react during battle.

it is a full 3D world with an original style. the animations on your character's faces and the monsters are detailed and varied. there are hundreds of skeletal animations, so all the baddies look different. then they have hundreds of skins, too, so that within the same kind of baddie type, they still look different.

and the screen interface is thought out very well. you can set it up so that you see your party's faces, their conditions and the text windows all the time. or you can hide their faces. or hide their faces and the text box. or hide everything with just the barest of borders to show their conditions.

all your keyboard controls are customizable, so that you can use your fave configuration. that really wins me over. ::smiles:: 5 pages of keyboard configs. i'm in heaven!!

oh, and its from first person perspective. not topdown like BG series.

i know i am leaving tons of stuff out. but the most important thing is that they have done the storyline and gameplay exactly right. its fun, it pulls you into the world of Dominus and with the personalities of your characters, you find yourself involved and caring about everything that happens.
::looks around at everyone else:: i don't think i am alone in saying that when a certain baddie in the demo proceeded to "snack" on your teammates, it was agonizing.

i don't see how anyone who loves crpgs, good storylines, and involving gameplay could be anything but totally immersed in this game.

V***V

ps: get it!!!

pps: another link (fileplanet) for the demo.

remember, this is fileplanet, so scroll down to the bottom of the page for the regular, free servers. i think they are despicable, but when desperate, i hold my nose and download. LOL!

ppps:: on the fileplanet downloads, remember to click the button with the word DOWNLOAD, on the left side. if you click the name of the server instead, you will go to that server's site and then be all mixed up as to what's going on. (.... well!?!!?!! it happens to me. ppbbh!!)

[ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: vesselle ]

11-20-2001, 01:16 PM	#2
vesselle Hathor Join Date: April 6, 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 2,296	~~wolfgir~~ first off, get the demo. or, cut and paste this link into your browser, if the link above doesn't work. http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/wiz...emoEB.exe.html it should take you directly to the download site. click on one of the 3 links along the left side of the page. be sure to click the name of the city! the top one (indiana) seems to be the fastest lately. it is a huge download for everyone, but with a dialup connection it can be frustrating, so get something like getright download manager. this allows you to reconnect and pick up where you left off if your connection dies. ::smiles:: so now that's out of the way.... playing it is the only way to really do justice to this game. i had never played any wiz games before, except wizards and warriors and really, totally, completely disliked that game. i thot it was so bad, that i paid no attention to anything about wiz 8 over the last year or so. however, my bf talked of nothing else, saying that as a might & magic fan, i would love wizardry. so, eventually, i got the demo. let me just say... he was right! i fell in love with it. this game is completely engaging. it is fun from the start and has everything a crpg player loves. you can spend hours creating a party, choosing from many races and classes. or if you don't like doing that, then just jump in and choose the standard kind of teammates, giving them standard attributes... either way works! the interface is huge, but not complicated. it's very intuitive, and you can customize nearly everything. your teammates have their own personality, talk among themselves, and talk & react during battle. it is a full 3D world with an original style. the animations on your character's faces and the monsters are detailed and varied. there are hundreds of skeletal animations, so all the baddies look different. then they have hundreds of skins, too, so that within the same kind of baddie type, they still look different. and the screen interface is thought out very well. you can set it up so that you see your party's faces, their conditions and the text windows all the time. or you can hide their faces. or hide their faces and the text box. or hide everything with just the barest of borders to show their conditions. all your keyboard controls are customizable, so that you can use your fave configuration. that really wins me over. ::smiles:: 5 pages of keyboard configs. i'm in heaven!! oh, and its from first person perspective. not topdown like BG series. i know i am leaving tons of stuff out. but the most important thing is that they have done the storyline and gameplay exactly right. its fun, it pulls you into the world of Dominus and with the personalities of your characters, you find yourself involved and caring about everything that happens. ::looks around at everyone else:: i don't think i am alone in saying that when a certain baddie in the demo proceeded to "snack" on your teammates, it was agonizing. i don't see how anyone who loves crpgs, good storylines, and involving gameplay could be anything but totally immersed in this game. V***V ps: get it!!! pps: another link (fileplanet) for the demo. remember, this is fileplanet, so scroll down to the bottom of the page for the regular, free servers. i think they are despicable, but when desperate, i hold my nose and download. LOL! ppps:: on the fileplanet downloads, remember to click the button with the word DOWNLOAD, on the left side. if you click the name of the server instead, you will go to that server's site and then be all mixed up as to what's going on. (.... well!?!!?!! it happens to me. ppbbh!!) [ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: vesselle ] __________________ my best friend is a junkie. what does your best friend do?