This is Joanna Szatecka (Instagram) (photo: Fine Art Wiktor) and her cosplay of the female Despotic Tyrant player character from the RPG/strategy game Dominion of Darkness - Dark Lord/Lady Simulator: https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion
She is a LARP organizer: https://www.facebook.com/BialyGryfLARPY
I thank her very much!
When I was a kid, I was replaying my favourite games. I played Arcanum 4 times, Baldur's Gate 3 times, Fallout at least 2 times... I was excited with making different character, team, choices and watching how it influences the story.
Nowadays when I buy some non-linear, choice-rich game I am thinking "oh, I will play it at least few times to see more branches!"... But after one gameplay I take interest in the different game.
Hello
I've decided to give BG1 EE a go this weekend. Curious to know a few things
Any mods worth getting or just play the EE?
Add any DLC?
Are all classes great for a first run? I was thinking of Dwarven Cleric or Fighter (never actually played a Fighter class)
Side note. I have played DnD at the table for many years. Also played several crpg's
Cheers
Hi there! All too often, CRPGs are recommended on the basis of build diversity or combat. Those are very important, of course, but I'm interested in CRPGs that have consistently strong storytelling and writing.
I think that is undervalued in many CRPGs. Even BG3, which brought many people into the CRPG fold is (in my opinion) more renowned for its freedom than its writing.
I'm aware of Planescape: Torment and will be surely playing it soon! (Currently on WOTR.) I'd appreciate your best recommendations beyond P:T for the best writing in a CRPG, of all time. Thanks.
Just wanted to spread word about this.
I'm happy for the studio. I loved Trudograd and while I wasn't super impressed by the original ATOM, it wasn't a bad game.
For ATOM RPG 2, the highlights seem to be combat finishers, more biomes to explore, vehicular combat mini-game, car customization. At least these are things that caught my attention.
Although, to me personally the bigger news is that The Cursed City update for Swordhaven will launch in May. That'll make the game content complete, and I'll be able to finally dive into it. I prefer Swordhaven for one simple thing, Dinosaurs. I also hope that the studio considers a fantasy title in the future.
Two pieces of news. Just spreading the word.
For any queries, tag u/reev4eg. He's one of the brains behind the studio and is fairly active on Reddit.
So I started playing Arcanum a year or so ago and I really liked the characters and story and general atmosphere but the combat was so unsatisfying and the character building so overwhelming that I ultimately ended up putting it down before being able to finish it.
I want to go back and play a full game of it now but I'm intimidated from my last experience. Do any of you guys have any tips for a first run? Anything that can help me to understand the combat mechanics better or maybe build strategies? I really want to be able to get through the entire game this time
Hero Quest on Amiga 600 was one of my favourite games as a kid. And it is important for me for many reasons:
This game had big influence on me and my interest in dark fantasy/horror and cRPG/TTRPG. I never played board game version but still it has special place in my mind.
So like I said in the title im currently working on a crpg game of my own, working away just trying to survive. On the brink of homelessness and nothing I do feels like its going my way. But I am working on updating the game to have a view window possibly in the future.