Hello everyone, my name is Ed, I'm 44 years, married with 3 kids, a couple of turtles and lovebirds, and a bunch of Japanese Koi. I'm a Filipino living in Manila, which makes me one of the few Asians here.
Loved crpgs since Zork in '81(?) --- one of my biggest regrets in life is not finishing the game after spending so many sleepless nights drawing maps and trying to figure out the puzzles (got stumped by one puzzle). Set aside gaming for a looong time 'til I picked up Heroes of Might & Magic on a whim. Liked it though it was a strategy game, so I thought I'd try the sister product, Might & Magic VI --- and that was like coming home! Since then, I've been constantly on the lookout for that next RPG. Played all the MM series since MMVI, BG1 and 2, IWD, Torment, W&W, Vampire and Anachronox. The last 3 I picked up to pass the time until Wizardry 8 came out. Didn't really expect much out of them, but was surprised that I immensely enjoyed Vampire and Anachronox and was actually a bit disappointed by Wizards & Warriors.
I love Wiz8 and have only one complaint: combat mode is kinda slow, and there's no easy way to disengage except to get out of range. I wish they'd just adopted or improved on the MM system which was way simpler and faster, and was seamlessly integrated into the "explore" mode.
I speak for my son Kevin too, who's 13 yrs. and spends way too much time on MY pc playing MY copy of Wizardry8 (**grumble**). So I guess our average age is 28 years, definitely on the young side
