Gamespot rates Wizardry 8 "Best RPG of the year!

Merkin · 12-03-2001, 02:24 PM

Gamespot just updated their Top Games list, Wiz 8 has de-throned Dark Ages of Camelot for the top spot! Whoo-hoo! It's also made it into their ten best overall list.

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters...013054,00.html

Congrats to Linda Currie and the W8 team!

Dan Speziale · 12-03-2001, 05:38 PM

Well, that's great! This, combined with the games 9.1 rating (and great review) should give it some recognition. I really hope so because I haven't found any bugs in this game (except the ones you fight, that is) and to me that is a rarity these days. The game should get kudos just for that alone!

Dan

Merkin · 12-03-2001, 06:03 PM

I've found a couple of VERY minor bugs. But in a complete rarity, the programmers are talking about them on the forum, and working on a patch asap. They released this game extremely polished, and even though Sir-Tech is no more, the design team obviously care a great deal about the game, and want to fix even minor probles as soon as they are reported.

BTW, did you know that they are even repairing saved games for people affected by a minor bug? I've NEVER heard of tech support doing that before! Wiz 8 is a top - to -bottom class act!

damarlvr · 12-03-2001, 08:18 PM

Long time listner first time caller...

Had to delurk. IMHO, this id the best game since, well, Wiz7, and SirTech deserves huge kudos. This is just desserts. Congratulations to Ian, Linda and all of the team!

Dajjer · 12-03-2001, 10:53 PM

Sir tech has alway been a great company.

I played Wiz 1 on my apple 2 and the floopy stoped working. To any Wiz vets remember you couldn't save in the dungeon and you were only allowed one save per floopy. If your party died in the dungeon you had to invent a party to pick up the corpses before the dungeon animals ate up your recently dead adventures.

Any way I damaged my floopy and they replaced it well after the 90 days guarantee. They even told me about the bishop / ninja bug.

12-03-2001, 10:57 PM

Excellent!
I am very happy for Sir-Tech, The Curries and everyone who has been able to get it and play, myself included!

I have been very pleased with the non-buggy game I have been playing...bugs make a game miserable to play, they really do!

I remember Wiz 7 being as fantastic as ride

and have NEVER had bug problems with Sir-Tech games...I hope this does them justice for their creativity, their dedication to the games they create and the service they provide their players...a top notch team if ever there was one.

Knip Dyolf · 12-04-2001, 01:05 AM

The site that Merkin has posted (Gamespot) also has about 8 or so movie file downloads. One of them is a movie of Gamespots review and the others are snips from the game. For those of us without the game yet these are nice appetizers.
Mind you though, if you dont have a broad bandwidth connection or similar they are about 70 Megs each

Mage of Mystra · 12-04-2001, 11:41 PM

That's strange, most of the reviews for Dark Age of Camelot were better than Wizardry VIII's. Anyways, you can't really compare a single player game with a multi ones. They are just too different.

Hakuryu · 12-04-2001, 11:51 PM

Im happy for Sir Tech, and I do love the game, but I have found alot of bugs. Mostly they are not true bugs, but annoying nontheless like when you are on a higher level than monsters like in the Rattkin Tree, and you enter battle only to have the monsters retreat forever ( they cannot get far enough away to auto end battle ) until you go down or go fight them.

I made a list as I found them, but cannot get to Sir-Techs forum... server errors/just not connecting. I sent an email to support and they told me it's my computer... hmmm never heard that one before [img]smile.gif[/img]

Overall the bugs arent too bad, not like Tribes 2 which I will not play ( after playing 1 for 3 years ), and since I play Wiz8 about 4 hours a day... thank god it didn't have anything to do with Sierra.

12-03-2001, 02:24 PM	#1
Merkin Manshoon Join Date: August 29, 2001 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 186	Gamespot just updated their Top Games list, Wiz 8 has de-throned Dark Ages of Camelot for the top spot! Whoo-hoo! It's also made it into their ten best overall list. http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters...013054,00.html Congrats to Linda Currie and the W8 team! __________________ Proprietor of:<br />Spydah\'s Web<br />A Gaming Community

12-03-2001, 06:03 PM	#3
Merkin Manshoon Join Date: August 29, 2001 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 186	I've found a couple of VERY minor bugs. But in a complete rarity, the programmers are talking about them on the forum, and working on a patch asap. They released this game extremely polished, and even though Sir-Tech is no more, the design team obviously care a great deal about the game, and want to fix even minor probles as soon as they are reported. BTW, did you know that they are even repairing saved games for people affected by a minor bug? I've NEVER heard of tech support doing that before! Wiz 8 is a top - to -bottom class act! __________________ Proprietor of:<br />Spydah\'s Web<br />A Gaming Community

12-03-2001, 08:18 PM	#4
damarlvr Welcomed New User Join Date: December 3, 2001 Location: California Posts: 1	Long time listner first time caller... Had to delurk. IMHO, this id the best game since, well, Wiz7, and SirTech deserves huge kudos. This is just desserts. Congratulations to Ian, Linda and all of the team! __________________ Mirrors are the doors through which death comes and goes. You have only to watch yourself your whole life in a mirror to see death at work like bees in a glass hive.

12-04-2001, 01:05 AM	#7
Knip Dyolf The Magister Join Date: November 29, 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 68 Posts: 126	The site that Merkin has posted (Gamespot) also has about 8 or so movie file downloads. One of them is a movie of Gamespots review and the others are snips from the game. For those of us without the game yet these are nice appetizers. Mind you though, if you dont have a broad bandwidth connection or similar they are about 70 Megs each __________________ \"Listen, strange women lyin\' in ponds distributin\' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. \"<br />Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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12-03-2001, 05:38 PM	#2
Dan Speziale Dungeon Master Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 55	Well, that's great! This, combined with the games 9.1 rating (and great review) should give it some recognition. I really hope so because I haven't found any bugs in this game (except the ones you fight, that is) and to me that is a rarity these days. The game should get kudos just for that alone! Dan

12-03-2001, 10:53 PM	#5
Dajjer The Magister Join Date: November 24, 2001 Location: California Age: 75 Posts: 121	Sir tech has alway been a great company. I played Wiz 1 on my apple 2 and the floopy stoped working. To any Wiz vets remember you couldn't save in the dungeon and you were only allowed one save per floopy. If your party died in the dungeon you had to invent a party to pick up the corpses before the dungeon animals ate up your recently dead adventures. Any way I damaged my floopy and they replaced it well after the 90 days guarantee. They even told me about the bishop / ninja bug.

12-03-2001, 10:57 PM	#6
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	Excellent! I am very happy for Sir-Tech, The Curries and everyone who has been able to get it and play, myself included! I have been very pleased with the non-buggy game I have been playing...bugs make a game miserable to play, they really do! I remember Wiz 7 being as fantastic as ride and have NEVER had bug problems with Sir-Tech games...I hope this does them justice for their creativity, their dedication to the games they create and the service they provide their players...a top notch team if ever there was one.

12-04-2001, 11:41 PM	#8
Mage of Mystra Dungeon Master Join Date: November 23, 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 97	That's strange, most of the reviews for Dark Age of Camelot were better than Wizardry VIII's. Anyways, you can't really compare a single player game with a multi ones. They are just too different.

12-04-2001, 11:51 PM	#9
Hakuryu Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 29, 2001 Location: In the basement Posts: 30	Im happy for Sir Tech, and I do love the game, but I have found alot of bugs. Mostly they are not true bugs, but annoying nontheless like when you are on a higher level than monsters like in the Rattkin Tree, and you enter battle only to have the monsters retreat forever ( they cannot get far enough away to auto end battle ) until you go down or go fight them. I made a list as I found them, but cannot get to Sir-Techs forum... server errors/just not connecting. I sent an email to support and they told me it's my computer... hmmm never heard that one before [img]smile.gif[/img] Overall the bugs arent too bad, not like Tribes 2 which I will not play ( after playing 1 for 3 years ), and since I play Wiz8 about 4 hours a day... thank god it didn't have anything to do with Sierra.

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