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Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals

From	Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
Subject	Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals
Date	2024-02-20 19:08 -0600
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Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 02:40:08 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
> (Ross Ridge) wrote:
> 
>> If you don't like Wizardry 6 or 7, I think it'll because they become less
>> of a dungeon crawl than the earlier games.  There more of story in 6,
>> and even more of one in 7.  In 6 you're no longer exploring a simple
>> dungeon, and in 7 the game finally becomes non-linear, with fairly
>> extensive outdoor area.  I expect you'll like these games anyways, as
>> the game is basically just catching up with what Might and Magic had
>> done years earlier.
>>
>> Wizardry 7 also has automapping so I never bothered making my own maps
>> when I played.  I don't recall having any problems with the sound, but I
>> never played under DOSBox.  On the other hand I played it at least once
>> without any sound, so that's an option if you don't like what DOSBox
>> does with it.
> 
> I already have Wiz 6 and 7 installed and they both work fine in
> regards to sound. I just have not played them yet.
> 
> I think you need to put points into the automap skill to get anything
> useful out of it for Wiz 7 IIRC. I need the map to be useful right
> from the get-go. My own maps will be.
> 
> Finally, I do not mind a bit more story in my dungeon crawlers as long
> as they don't go overboard. I am sure I will like Wiz 6 and 7 just
> fine. It is actually Wiz 8 I am more concerned about. That one uses
> level scaling which I do not like.
> 
I played up to level 8 characters with mostly the guys from the roster 
at the beginning.  Pentas is a lemon, because he has VIT 8.  You'll have 
to watch both him and your mage because of it, and I started over and 
threw him out.

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          Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) - 2024-02-02 02:40 +0000
            Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-02-02 13:54 -0500
              Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) - 2024-02-03 01:32 +0000
                Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-02-03 08:37 -0500
                Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) - 2024-02-03 17:38 +0000
              Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-02-20 19:08 -0600
                Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-02-21 12:05 -0600
              Re: wIZARDRY ] 5 ordeals Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-02-26 18:35 -0600
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