tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post8480120121776550294..comments2024-03-23T00:57:10.650-07:00Comments on Chrontendo: Chrontendo has List-o-maniaDoctor Sparklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-69622629002394264392009-12-10T23:52:15.089-08:002009-12-10T23:52:15.089-08:00Well, I'll confess, I've never even heard ...Well, I'll confess, I've never even heard of the Dark Eye games, nor Drakensang, but I suppose that just shows how little attention most PC RPGs get nowadays. But, overall, I'd say Western RPGs have held up reasonably well for such an old genre. Granted, the genre has evolved a bit, and most big titles are released for consoles as well, but the last few years have had Fallout 3, Borderlands, Mass Effect, Fable 2, The Witcher - all big sellers. Compared to other 80s/90s genres: point-and-click adventure games, shoot-em-ups, beat-em-ups and so on, the RPG genre has managed to survive. But you are right - they sure can't compete with all the JRPGs flooding the market.<br /><br />As for my feelings on PC RPGs - I don't know. I never personally cared much for the actual game of D&D, and sometimes find those elements irritating in video games. I'll start a game and think, "Jesus, do I really have to pick a race and alignment and so on for every character? Can't I just play the game?" Some old Western RPGs are so stat and number heavy that I feel like I'm filling out my taxes rather than playing a game. On the other hand, I find myself really liking some of the newer console Western RPGs. I'm just now playing Mass Effect, and am quite impressed. I can't say I miss a mouse when playing games like ME or Fallout 3. But these games do have the "pick and play" appeal of so many JRPGs. ME allows you to use a default character if you don't want to putz around with character creation at the start of the game.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-72014764505013663932009-12-10T11:53:33.517-08:002009-12-10T11:53:33.517-08:00Hmm, it is interesting thinking about old western ...Hmm, it is interesting thinking about old western RPGs and there presence today...WIzardry is pretty much dead in the west, but I can imagine it has a fanbase in Japan. The groundbreaking Ultima Series was discontined after Ultima IX (except some occasional Addons for Ultima Online, which has a loving fanbase still today), and the IP is rotting at EA (and after the terrible year they had pretty unlikely to reappear in the near future), Bards Tale and Pool of Radiance had each a remake which both tanked. Dungeon Master was discontinued after the retroesque Dungeon Master II from '95 (which was really cool...and which I should finish one day...), because the company was bankrupt...and I believe the IP also lies with EA. Eye of the Beholder was interesting (there is also an fun Speedrun on the SNES Version, which is better suited for speedrunning than the PC Version), and the AD&D license was continued with Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale and so on, though after D&D Online and the later Neverwinter Nights 2 it lies pretty much dormant for now (afaik). The last western RPG which hold up the classical virtues of the good 'ol days was Dragon Age: Origins from...just a month or so ago...and Drakensang from 2008, continuing the Dark Eye PC-Game Trilogy from 1992 till 1996. But these games (except of course that Bioware Blockbuster) were not recogniced widely except in germany, cause the Dark Eye is a german Pen&Paper RPG (and when you start reading the sourcebooks, you realize it is VERY german). Though the sequel to Drakensang is arriving in Feb 2010 and is very likely to continue after that, the western RPGs are kinda dead...and I believe it is related to the rise of home consoles and the japanese proficiency with it, while the western RPGs counted on PCs...which was a flawed idea if you think about it today. <br />Though this forum is part of Chrontendo, I would like to see youre memories about western RPGs and theyre represantation today, and youre thoughts which is the better plattform for RPGs. I personaly like to play an RPG with a mouse, though I played much RPGs with Gamepad.qaylIS aka Nicolas Deußerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943098766424527157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-58280369384301648612009-12-07T23:09:17.377-08:002009-12-07T23:09:17.377-08:00Well, the world was still awash in Chaos Theory ma...Well, the world was still awash in Chaos Theory mania when that list came out. Enthusiasm for that game may have cooled a bit in the last few years. Not that its a bad game or anything.<br /><br />The three western games all rank pretty low in the Famitsu list: GTA Vice City, Sim City and, the highest ranked at #66, Wizardry. That series was pretty popular in Japan, and they still make Japan only Wizardry games this day. Coincidentally, we cover Wizardry in Chrontendo 26.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-38316324215007994122009-12-07T19:38:31.674-08:002009-12-07T19:38:31.674-08:00Interesting.
Which were the three western games on...Interesting.<br />Which were the three western games on the Famitsu list?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116910019803434672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-58472761806247541982009-12-07T05:32:11.338-08:002009-12-07T05:32:11.338-08:00"3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theo..."3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (PS2/XBox)"<br /><br />this is the one that sticks out like a sore thumb, can't imagine it's turned up on many other lists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com