Re: Story-based RPG recommendation.

"Knight37" <knight37m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns96FEE3153E81Cknight37m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "AMO" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> once tried to test me with:
> Planescape is real time but don't let that bother you. You can pause and
> give orders at any time and combat is not very important in the game, you
> can generally just run away from almost all difficult encounters. This
> game
> is much more about story and not so much about combat. Almost all your
> experience points come from doing quests.

Thanx for that. A shame really as for some reason turn-based really grips
me. Its like playing UFO:Enemy Unknown or Jagged Alliance II.

> Trust me, it's worth putting up with real time to play this game, the
> story
> is fabulous. I will say that the game takes some time to really get going,
> once you find Pharod it gets more interesting but after you find Ravel it
> REALLY gets interesting.

Well, I think whilst I can still purchase this game, I'l give it a go. It
seems like importing it from the U.S. is the best way forward. Quite funny
that there's such a difference in supply/demand ratio of games. Currently
been reading in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim and people in Canada appear
to have difficulty getting hold of Homeworld 2 where its plentiful here in
the U.K.

What annoys me at the moment is that in the U.K. Nintendo Gamecube games
don't really drop that much in price. This is especially true of RPG games.
So games like Skies of Arcadia, one they sell out, they get even more
expensive on Ebay. Thinking of sourcing a copy from the U.S. but with
Gamecubes I have to look up NTSC > PAL conversions etc.

Still its probably worth it in the long run. We're getting ripped off here
in the U.K. when it comes to Jap GameCube RPGs. :(

>> Some people mentioned KOTOR. Unfortunately, this isn't my kinda game.
>> Maybe I didn't give it much of a chance, but I didn't really like it.
> What didn't you like about KOTOR?
> Knight37 - http://knightgames.blogspot.com

I don't know. Maybe it was the fact that I couldn't get to grips with the
combat control system. Maybe because it was sci-fi than fantasy. Whatever
it was, I lost interest after a while.

AMO


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