10-31-2001, 04:33 PM | #1 |
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An official demo of the much-waited-for RPG, Wizardry 8, has been released. The demo, a 150 MB file, is downloadable from the following location: http://www.3dgamers.com/games/wizardry8/ Give it a spin, guys, and see what you think. This should be a fantastic CRPG experience. Many of us have been waiting for this game for over nine years (since 1992). Cheers, ------------------ Patience, my BUTT...I'm going to KILL something!!! |
10-31-2001, 05:29 PM | #2 |
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cool! what edition does it use.. where is it based>
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10-31-2001, 05:38 PM | #3 |
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It's not of the AD&D rules or universe (Forgotten Realms)...completely different system. The game plays a lot more like Might & Magic and Ultima rather than BG and IWD.
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10-31-2001, 05:39 PM | #4 |
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If it combines Might and Magic and Ultima then it can't possibly be bad.
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10-31-2001, 06:24 PM | #5 |
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I checked out the screen shots - they were very dark. I had to turn up the brightness & contrast of my monitor to eye-hurting levels to see anything. I hope this is not a true indication of visibility in the game. I HATE groping around in dense gloom all the time - sometimes is fine, but not ALL the time!
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10-31-2001, 06:32 PM | #6 |
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I think you can control that with the gamma settings, Fljotsdale. Typically, screenshots tend to be of rather poor quality.
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I had that problem with Battlespire, (from Bethesda). There were no instructions in the manual for turning up the gamma settings and I had no idea you even could (not heard of gamma settings even) but it annoyed me so much I mailed 'em and they told me how to do it. It wasn't an in-game function, either, they'd had lots of complaints apparantly - guess I am not the only idiot, lol! ------------------ Here be Dragons! Proud to be Dubbed Queen of the Illuminati by Diogenes. "If I say something to you and it can be taken two ways, and one of those ways upsets you...I meant the other one." |
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10-31-2001, 08:11 PM | #8 |
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10-31-2001, 09:55 PM | #9 |
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I don't dig it. I've been playing around with it for the last 30 min, and I hate the gui. Hopefully they will change stuff around before it goes gold.
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10-31-2001, 10:32 PM | #10 |
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Moni (and the rest of you): Just so you'll know, the "real McCoy" version will be in stores on November 15! Just 15 more days to go!!!!
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