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Fantasm · 01-09-2002, 04:17 PM

Hey gang,

Got Wiz 8 from my wife for Christmas, and we've both been playing it non-stop since then (thank you Sir-Tech for letting us take the CD out while playing it so we can each play it simultaneously on our respective 'puters).

First-time poster here, followed some of the threads from over at Vault Network, but didn't feel comfortable registering there with all the e-vertising. Hopefully this board will catch on as well.

I haven't completed the game yet, got what I guess is about 2/3rds through the game (got up to 17th level, got the CM and HoS and had enough to buy the AD (hopefully acronyms are enough of a spoiler protection

, and was about to have another go at slaying the big N) before I started reading posts about party makeup and those great class spotlights. Since I felt I was getting close to the end, and frankly I don't want this great game to end yet, I decided to start over with a bit more power-gaming in mind (using a single Bishop, fleshing out my samurai more, not to mention experience other personalities...it's fun having a mentally-unstable samurai

.

But I can get into my thoughts on party makeup and whatnot later. For my inaugural post, I wanted to relay how much my cat absolutely LOVES this game. She'll be laying in my lap while I'm playing like she always does, and occasionally she'll look up at the screen while I'm fighting a monster. Being the mighty huntress that she is (NOT - all our cats are indoor-only

, she'll get up on my desk to investigate the strange critter closer. Highwaymen are no big deal, but if it's a rat or a hogar or anything like that, she'll get up there and check it out. She REALLY gets interested if it's animation includes lots of movement. Wasps will do the trick, and she always likes bats as well.

But the single-most hated monsters by my cat, without a doubt, are plants like Crimson poppies and Acidvines. When a Crimson poppy gets up close and gets that head and that tail swinging back and forth in oppositte directions, my cat goes absolutely NUTS! I swear to gawd, it's like cat-nip. She'll get up on her haunches and start attacking that demon-spawn with all her might. Sometimes I get worried she'll push my monitor off the back of my desk she's pawing at it so much. Although my wife and I couldn't stop laughing for 10 minutes when we first saw this, I'm sorry to say that it has made my game unplayable at times when my cat is in the vicinity. I'm sure it's just as funny a sight watching me trying to peer around the cat and push her out of the way long enough to complete my battle orders. Sadly, I usually have to throw her out of the room until the battle's over.

So to any people out there that say that Wizardry 8's graphics don't measure up, I'd just like to give my props to the developers for making VERY realistic monsters. None of our cats have ever cared less what has happened on a computer monitor, but Wizardry 8 is the first game I can honestly say that they enjoy just as much as I do. =)

01-09-2002, 04:17 PM	#1
Fantasm Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 9, 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 17	Hey gang, Got Wiz 8 from my wife for Christmas, and we've both been playing it non-stop since then (thank you Sir-Tech for letting us take the CD out while playing it so we can each play it simultaneously on our respective 'puters). First-time poster here, followed some of the threads from over at Vault Network, but didn't feel comfortable registering there with all the e-vertising. Hopefully this board will catch on as well. I haven't completed the game yet, got what I guess is about 2/3rds through the game (got up to 17th level, got the CM and HoS and had enough to buy the AD (hopefully acronyms are enough of a spoiler protection , and was about to have another go at slaying the big N) before I started reading posts about party makeup and those great class spotlights. Since I felt I was getting close to the end, and frankly I don't want this great game to end yet, I decided to start over with a bit more power-gaming in mind (using a single Bishop, fleshing out my samurai more, not to mention experience other personalities...it's fun having a mentally-unstable samurai . But I can get into my thoughts on party makeup and whatnot later. For my inaugural post, I wanted to relay how much my cat absolutely LOVES this game. She'll be laying in my lap while I'm playing like she always does, and occasionally she'll look up at the screen while I'm fighting a monster. Being the mighty huntress that she is (NOT - all our cats are indoor-only , she'll get up on my desk to investigate the strange critter closer. Highwaymen are no big deal, but if it's a rat or a hogar or anything like that, she'll get up there and check it out. She REALLY gets interested if it's animation includes lots of movement. Wasps will do the trick, and she always likes bats as well. But the single-most hated monsters by my cat, without a doubt, are plants like Crimson poppies and Acidvines. When a Crimson poppy gets up close and gets that head and that tail swinging back and forth in oppositte directions, my cat goes absolutely NUTS! I swear to gawd, it's like cat-nip. She'll get up on her haunches and start attacking that demon-spawn with all her might. Sometimes I get worried she'll push my monitor off the back of my desk she's pawing at it so much. Although my wife and I couldn't stop laughing for 10 minutes when we first saw this, I'm sorry to say that it has made my game unplayable at times when my cat is in the vicinity. I'm sure it's just as funny a sight watching me trying to peer around the cat and push her out of the way long enough to complete my battle orders. Sadly, I usually have to throw her out of the room until the battle's over. So to any people out there that say that Wizardry 8's graphics don't measure up, I'd just like to give my props to the developers for making VERY realistic monsters. None of our cats have ever cared less what has happened on a computer monitor, but Wizardry 8 is the first game I can honestly say that they enjoy just as much as I do. =)