Due to a deep-discount flash sale on GOG, I picked up one other recreation I would needed to return and full: May & Magic I.
I am stalled on Ultima IV till I’ve a stable day open to spend on gaming straight by means of to the top. Lack of save in dungeons is an actual challenge whenever you’re an grownup with non-game tasks.
However I might use a recreation I might pop in to and play. This can do. It is like a extra extremely purposeful, rather more forgiving Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.
I would had that again within the day, however I by no means accomplished it. Oh, I obtained obscenely highly effective wandering round preventing monsters, a lot in order that it was uncommon even the Council of Dragons would stick round for an entire fight spherical with out fleeing, however I by no means did get to the central quest. I will try this now.
I’ve had loads of enjoyable with it to this point, with two caveats:
– it has been low-cost with financial treasure. A lot in order that I solely not too long ago had my characters all leveled up, as more often than not I lacked the funds to coach them up. I am nonetheless nearly broke – I spent a couple of occasions lifeless broke, nearly out of meals, and but had magic gadgets and piles of gems (used for spellcasting, largely). I felt like my PCs in my Felltower recreation. I needed to give up and restart in a single session the place I had four individuals who wanted 200 gp every of therapeutic, 200 gp every of coaching value to stage, and one among them picked up a “Giant Protect +1” that turned out to be cursed. Detachable on the town to the tune of 1500. I had 27 gp on the time, and I used to be grateful for outside encounters that mauled me almost lifeless however coughed up 30-40 gp per particular person generally. I simply give up, unsaved . . . I used to be taking a look at 2300 gp simply to revive my get together to well being, which might be 5 encounters with treasure-toting monsters if I obtained a fairly good haul with out getting additional mauled. I imply come on, simply give me a bit extra cash.
– I forgot that spells are quantity codes. So I sort “Forged” “1, 2” for Bless, “2, 5” for a Sorcerer’s Levitate spell to keep away from pits, and so forth. I really want to discover a good compressed desk to print out, as a result of I overlook.
Except for that PITA, it is easy sufficient of an interface.
By the best way, is there a technique to give up DOS BOX video games apart from Alt-Tab after which X-ing out the window? That appears to be how I’ve to do it. It is simply bizarre. And it is both full display, or somewhat field on my display. It could be useful to resize it however have it windowed so I can do different stuff on my PC after I must.
Oh, and M&M I may be a uncommon recreation through which the instance characters are laborious to beat. I spent 90 minutes rolling up PCs, and ended up retaining 2 of the 6 authentic characters and simply renaming them.
I’ve heard II is nice, as nicely, so I’ll observe with that. We’ll see. I’ve I-VI now however no draw to play any to this point however I.
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