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krayzkrok · 02-04-2002, 11:05 PM

I'm not sure if I'd describe Wizardry 8 as more "hardcore", because it certainly has more than just "hardcore" appeal. I've played a great many CRPGs over the last 20 years, but for the past few years I never really got into any of them. I have pretty broad gaming tastes overall, although CRPGs have always been my favourite.

Wizardry 8 grabbed me from the first few moments of playing the demo. It was one of those games that instantly said "this game has got it right" - slick, fascinating, addictive as crack (so I hear!) and most of all fun. It's the first CRPG I've played in many years where the character creation process was really enjoyable. I spent a good 5 hours on it! I've never done that before (never needed to do that before [img]smile.gif[/img] ) Since then I've clocked up over 200 hours on it, easy, and I'll start over again when I've finished. I usually only play it on weekends as I'm too busy midweek.

I always feel that there's something interesting to do in the game - always several choices of areas I can visit, or quests I can continue, and many of the quests overlap so you end up finding new clues to older quests and suddenly going back to investigate them.

Games shouldn't be judged on the number of quests they have, or any such simple criteria. We're here to have fun, after all. As far as I'm concerned, Wizardry 8 has totally reinvigorated my interest in CRPGs, and I'm now extremely keen to check out Wiz 7 and others in the series. I really hope Sir-Tech is able to produce a follow up to this game - it would be a tragedy to lose the heritage that might produce more games of this caliber.

krok

[ 02-04-2002: Message edited by: krayzkrok ]

02-04-2002, 11:05 PM	#12
krayzkrok Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: January 15, 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32	I'm not sure if I'd describe Wizardry 8 as more "hardcore", because it certainly has more than just "hardcore" appeal. I've played a great many CRPGs over the last 20 years, but for the past few years I never really got into any of them. I have pretty broad gaming tastes overall, although CRPGs have always been my favourite. Wizardry 8 grabbed me from the first few moments of playing the demo. It was one of those games that instantly said "this game has got it right" - slick, fascinating, addictive as crack (so I hear!) and most of all fun. It's the first CRPG I've played in many years where the character creation process was really enjoyable. I spent a good 5 hours on it! I've never done that before (never needed to do that before [img]smile.gif[/img] ) Since then I've clocked up over 200 hours on it, easy, and I'll start over again when I've finished. I usually only play it on weekends as I'm too busy midweek. I always feel that there's something interesting to do in the game - always several choices of areas I can visit, or quests I can continue, and many of the quests overlap so you end up finding new clues to older quests and suddenly going back to investigate them. Games shouldn't be judged on the number of quests they have, or any such simple criteria. We're here to have fun, after all. As far as I'm concerned, Wizardry 8 has totally reinvigorated my interest in CRPGs, and I'm now extremely keen to check out Wiz 7 and others in the series. I really hope Sir-Tech is able to produce a follow up to this game - it would be a tragedy to lose the heritage that might produce more games of this caliber. krok [ 02-04-2002: Message edited by: krayzkrok ]