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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 19:45 this Thursday (GMT):

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 14:00:12 -0000 (UTC), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 03:16 this Thursday (GMT):

On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 17:57:39 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Justisaur wrote:

On 9/3/2025 1:58 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Hey, time for free (if you squint) games from Amazon Prime! I haven't >>>>> even looked to see what the games are, but I bet at least one of them >>>>> is going to be a hidden object game. Anyone want to take me up on this >>>>> wager?

I got the games. I know I'll probably never play the old D&D games, I >>>>couldn't get through Pool of Radience last time and that was my >>>>favorite. I've got them now. Wow I've got 334 games on GOG! I frankly >>>>can't imagine how, I don't feel like I got that many through both >>>>purchasing and getting all the freebees.

The Number works in mysterious ways.

that is a very big number lol
I'm sure my number is also pretty big if I counted everything on console >>and emulation tho, so...

Your Schwartz is bigger than mine?

(Spaceballs reference)

Your Number is probably waay bigger lol
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On 9/4/2025 7:59 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 17:57:39 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 9/3/2025 1:58 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Hey, time for free (if you squint) games from Amazon Prime! I haven't
even looked to see what the games are, but I bet at least one of them
is going to be a hidden object game. Anyone want to take me up on this
wager?

I got the games. I know I'll probably never play the old D&D games, I
couldn't get through Pool of Radience last time and that was my
favorite.

I always leaned a bit more towards "Curse of the Azure Bonds" as my
favorite 'goldbox game' but "Pool" has a special place in my heart
too.

Curse was o.k. but I never finished it. I only even ever finished Pool
once. I actually liked Hillsfar too, which was panned as I remember,
but it was different, and I did finish it.

The only other D&D SSI game I remember I liked was Dark Suns: Shattered
Lands. If we expand to other tun based D&D CRPGS then I liked ToEE and
BG3 better too, though again I never finished either.

It still beats the realtime D&D games; BG1, Planescape, the couple D&D
MMOs. NWN1 & 2, I finished, so I guess that means they beat it too.
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:27:01 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 9/4/2025 7:59 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 17:57:39 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 9/3/2025 1:58 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Hey, time for free (if you squint) games from Amazon Prime! I haven't
even looked to see what the games are, but I bet at least one of them
is going to be a hidden object game. Anyone want to take me up on this >>>> wager?

I got the games. I know I'll probably never play the old D&D games, I
couldn't get through Pool of Radience last time and that was my
favorite.

I always leaned a bit more towards "Curse of the Azure Bonds" as my
favorite 'goldbox game' but "Pool" has a special place in my heart
too.

Curse was o.k. but I never finished it. I only even ever finished Pool >once. I actually liked Hillsfar too, which was panned as I remember,
but it was different, and I did finish it.

<reminiscence mode triggered>

Hillsfar was very arcadey. It wasn't really all that bad a game, but considering that it was released as a companion to the Gold Box games,
people's expectations were for something entirely different than what
they got. Its roleplaying elements were extremely shallow, and the
arcade wasn't that great either. It was okay, but the disappointment
of those who played "Pool" or "Curse" first was completely
understandable.

I think the people who liked "Hillsfar" the most were those who came
upon it fresh, not having played other Gold Box games. I had a friend
who swore by it... at least until he played "Pool". He still loved
"Hillsfar" after that, but he acknowledged that "Pool of Radiance" was
the better game.

I came at the game from the other direction, and I have to admit my
original impression was... not favorable. I've mellowed on it since
then, but I'd much rather play any of the core Gold Box games than
"Hillsfar".

The only other D&D SSI game I remember I liked was Dark Suns: Shattered >Lands.

The SSI era of D&D games was... mixed. They had some hits, they had
some flops, and they had a lot of games in the middle. They never
really topped their earliest attempts, though; "Pool", "Curse" and
"Eye of the Beholder" were the games they were best remembered for.

I've a personal softspot for "Stronghold" ("The D&D Kingdom Simulator"
from 1991) and the two "Ravenloft" games weren't bad either. The
aforementioned "Dark Sun" games --especially the first one-- were
quite enjoyable, and "Al Qadim" was neat too, if a bit arcadey.
"Dragonstrike" was a... /unique/ take on a flight simulator, and a few
of the middle-era Gold Box games ("Secrets of the Silver Blades",
"Gateway to the Savage Frontier") weren't too bad. None of them were
great but neither did I regret buying any of them.

On the other hand, SSI also released games like "Eye of the Beholder
III", "Menzoberranzan", "Spelljammer", and "Dragons of Flame", which
were either poorly conceived from the start, or good efforts that were
badly implemented.

If we expand to other tun based D&D CRPGS then I liked ToEE and
BG3 better too, though again I never finished either.

It still beats the realtime D&D games; BG1, Planescape, the couple D&D
MMOs. NWN1 & 2, I finished, so I guess that means they beat it too.

The original "Baldurs Gate" and "Planescape" remains some of the top
D&D CRPGs in my opinion. BG1 because I felt it captured the /feel/ of
playing the tabletop game better than anything else, and "Planescape"
for its engaging setting and story. I was never that fond of the
/mechanics/ of the Infinity Engine games --in this, I'll happily grant superiority to the turn-based combat of the gold-box games-- but
overall I found them quite enjoyable.



</reminiscence disengaged... for now>


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On Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:59:19 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I always leaned a bit more towards "Curse of the Azure Bonds"

Ah, the good ol' days. I can remember backstabbing a dracolich with my
thief for crazy damage.

Yeah, it let you do that.
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