Let's Play / Master Classes Archive

Yes. I have never played any of the sequels.

The Xbox one is not at all like the games that share its name. And the NES version of Bard's Tale is gimped. It has a good chunk of the game cut out (and I think is easier). The NES version of Might and Magic, on the other hand, is one of the best versions of it out there (the Mac version of M&M is also great).

I'm in the opposite boat: I've gone through II and III but never had the chance to really play much of I.

Also, Apple //c for life.

http://www.geocities.com/thebardstal...ale-story.html

Good images of BT1 and its versions.

... and maybe it's just me but with our own little forum we could let a few more LPs or MC show up now, if people have content ready? I know I'm getting bored at work... Anyone else think so?

Yeah, Zelda's through and Link to the Past is wrapping up, so I don't think it'd hurt if dosboot and FyreLuigi started their LPs sometime soon.

I've been mulling over the thought that if I don't cut in line, it'll be months before I get an answer to the question, "Should Kid live or die?"

... Well I don't

How should this be regulated? Or should it be? How many people already have stuff? How many people are ready? Should we vote? Should people who are already have stuff done just begin posting? Do we need/want a hierarchy
for this or do we revel in our anarchic self-rule?


not nominating myself for this, just asking out loud questions I have about upcoming LPs and such

In anticipation for the Okami LP (which will be a few months down the road, from the looks of it,) I started up a fresh save last night.

Good GOD do people talk a lot in the first couple of hours. I'll have to resort to the Thumbnail Theater-style dialog display, and lots of summaries, unless I want to end up with ten thousand screencaps before I even get to the Orochi.

Also... I thought of doing the whole thing in haiku, but I quickly dismissed that. It would be extremely limiting for explaining gameplay mechanics.

Anarchic self-rule. It's ridiculous for anyone aside from Parish to try and "regulate" anything here. Post some guidelines in the very first post here, so that it acts as both record-keeper and introduction.

I listed some things I think people should ask themselves before starting. Adding something like, "Check to see if there are already half a dozen being updated every day. If there's too much stuff going on, maybe nobody will read yours, and your ego will be sad."

Doesn't choosing to let her die mean you get Glenn? And saving her gets you that speedo kid?

Yeah... I think the choice is obvious.

WhatCHA mean, speedo kid?!

(le Chickenhawk would also have been acceptable)

WhatCHA mean? Ain'tCHA gonna play the game twice anyway to getCHA all the characters in one perfect file?

Edit: Dammit, beaten to the puncha.

I just want the CC thread to start, so we can go nuts with the accents.

INDEED. THAT WOULD BE MOST ENTERTAINING.

I might want to recommend that if you're using Photobucket, you might not want to move the pictureth* from one folder to another after you've uploaded them.

It ith**... problematic.

*pictures
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Guidelines:

Be courteous and have some common sense. If there are a bunch of LP threads maybe hold off. If a couple just finished up you're cool to go ahead. Don't bitch and whine if your thread doesn't take off like so-and-so's, especially if there are already a bunch of threads and you couldn't wait. If you know someone is already waiting for an opening, maybe let them go first.

Come on guys, this isn't rocket science. Be cool with it and it'll be cool right back.

I think it would be nice if there was something of a queue, even if informal. If you're ready to start yours, make a post, and then you can have an idea of how many people are ahead of you.


Also, I found out that work will be hell for me for the forseeable future, so I may not be able to start Bard's Tale soon.

Indeed, I think it might be nice to see when people are willing or able to do their LPs, just so we can get a general idea of when people should go. I'm definitely not going to be doing mine for at least two months, maybe more.

Also, I totally agree with what Brick said.

I'm hoping to start mine sometime after next Monday (my last day of class). And I'd definitely like to do it over summer since I won't really have time to do it after that. But that's about it. I don't really care if someone else wants to go first.

I wouldn't necessarily mind launching mine sooner then later. Having just wrapped up FFIV again recently, I was planning on playing through V again before hitting up VI. However, I'm only a quarter of the way through and already feeling burnout on it, so I may just move onto FFVI.

I'm prepared to start with Legend of Mana at any point, really. I've taken some preliminary screenshots, but I can't do much more before actually starting the thread.

I'd say go for it, things are slow enough and LoZ just finished. Maybe just ask if anyone else has their stuff together already too?

Since the only other games I know really well have been spoken for (and I think I'd enjoy participating in those threads more than "running" them)..

Is there any interest in some kind of Quest for Glory run? Maybe just QFG 2, or it could be the whole series (at least through 4, dunno if I can get 5 working on ubuntu well enough to play). They aren't long games, and I know 'em like the back of me hands. Someone already mentioned Space Quest, and there's been quite a few threads so far that are really just kinda documentation/walkthrough, but..

I'm a little hesitant to just proclaim it, since they're just straight puzzle games, you know? QFG does have some alternate paths/characters but nothing to write home about.

Dunno. Taking my own advice and gauging interest.

EDIT: stoked for Legend of Mana, jump in if you see an opening. Half the names on the list are "starting.. sometime" so it's not a real queue of any kind.

i love QFG so much. SO MUCH.

I'd like to see how others played through these games, I always did mage so seeing a thief run or fighter. I loved QFG2 and 4 (voice-acting) especially. I'd love to follow this, oh are you stoked for the re-make being done by AGD?

I hate AGD/Tierra/whatever they are calling themselves now with some kind of burning fanboy passion. They renamed "Romancing the Throne" to "Romancing the Stones". Why?

Paraphrase-quote: "Because the title is based off the movie of the same name, so we corrected it."

HEY. FUCKWITS. IT'S SIERRA. IT IS A COMPANY BUILT ON ADVENTURE-PUZZLE GAMES FILLED WITH PUNS. "THRONE" WAS INTENTIONAL. PLEASE DIE OF CANCER OF THE AIDS OF THE GENITALS.

The sheer stupidity infuriates me beyond all reasoning to this day.

Also QFG2 is very near and dear to my heart and they don't need to be mucking with it because they haven't the ability to make their own dang game. -.-

*seethe*

Actually they did make their own game it's called Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman Mine. I played their version of KQ2 which I thought was an improvement over Roberta's original which lacked any sort of cohesive narrative, I don't know if the game was based on the movie or not, considering how seriously KQ took itself I doubt it was a pun and more of a copyright thing. Puns and humor came with Space Quest and Quest for Glory, who were headed by not Roberta Williams.

But that's a discussion for another thread

Do we get to chose your Pets and/or Golems?

false: Oh, I'm not a KQ fan by any stretch (5 was good, but my first Sierra was Space Quest), but all the KQ subtitles were puns. Romancing the Stone came out in 84, KQ2 came out in 85; KQ2's about Graham looking for a queen, so they played off that. But the pun was VERY intentional, and related to the game topic.

Romancing the Throne, to Heir is Human.. I don't know if 4 is based on anything, 5 is Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder.. this is intentional stuff, and messing with it just smacks of hubris and ignorance. If they were able to copy whole sections of the game, changing the game subtitle is not an issue of copyright. =p

Anyway. To be fair, they made that years ago, maybe the original people aren't there or they stopped being retarded, who knows.

...so to answer your question, I am not so caring about their remake (which, as was said, has been going on for a few years now) and am happy with my original floppy disks. ;D