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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So how do bows do with respect to ranged combat? Can they hit anyone no matter how far out?

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, now that you've got some levels under your belt you shouldn't be too fragile.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Are spells the only way to get area attacks?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
That was actually an interesting dungeon. You had to get away from a fight and dig up an item, which seems quite sophisticated.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh lord. Infinite numbers of rats. That seems kind of ridiculous but grinding must get awfully slow after a while.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Ah, what I've come to think of as the standard mythology mashup for these early RPGs.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I'd be wary of traps for the unwary.

...you know what I mean.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It doesn't seem like you get rewards either way, aside from the secret treasure room. I suppose the experience is its own reward?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
City of the Yellow Mud Toad seems perfectly fantasy.

Interesting you can power through the same wizard who hyperslept you earlier.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh boy, it's probably going to be full of annoying skeletons or something that don't take normal damage.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, now that we've got the key we can get something back in the Mud Toad village, right?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like the ship, even though it's more of a teleport point than sailing over the same texture.

I say, let's go to those ruins. We did just get a potion for that, right?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, that was some worthwhile plundering in the ruins.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
That was actually a pretty worthy trap for the unwary.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like coming back at high level and visiting early-game areas that are supposed to be a challenge at the time, and pitched as such.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
The whole place is at least a little bit redeemed by that secret passage to the undercity.

Also at some point we're fighting that dragon. That's just too much foreshadowing to ignore.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Wow, the dragon is sadder than anticipated.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Man, I remember the days when an IBM PS/2 was the pinnacle of computing.

Right now I'd side with the infinite chorus of madness, though.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Man, they are really on top of escapees from the isle of madmen.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, now the comparatively lackluster opposition makes sense, if you can get here early.

I imagine when Namtar went to the Mountain of Salvation he was kind enough to leave the door unlocked behind him?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Yeah, Namtar seems like the sort of guy who'd collect a bunch of treasure and then get bored with it.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I do like that the magic school does give you a ton of magic spells in the end.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So, is it better to get a game over from a cutscene, or get clobbered with large numbers and remove all doubt?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
You just randomly can't do anything for one round while someone beats on you? Wow, that's really just kind of begging for chain reloads.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

senrath posted:

Brute force, for Old Jack.

There is no response other than this. Old Jack may have touched our lives briefly, but it was all the sweeter for it.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
They couldn't even spring for a new skybox for the final confrontation?

Well, I suppose games were drastically smaller back then, both in space allotted and in dev team.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, that answers the question of if falling is a thing. In dramatic fashion!

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Man, what's it like to be the general for a dude who's turning into a force capable of eating the universe? You can probably feel your job slipping away.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Aw man, backtracking! The greatest curse of the RPG, and it endures to this day!

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Okay, that was a quality fakeout ending.

The gently caress did this idea of faerie lizardmen come from, though? I don't think we've ever seen those two words together before.

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