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24 August 2009
Different from its noteworthy descendants
Bear in mind this a PS1 game from the 1990's.
Think Tekken more than Dynasty Warriors 2. This is a fighting game, not a super-soldier-takes-on-armies-of-thousands game. This is a side-scrolling, one-on-one combat game based on combos and quick button-pushing. As such, it is fun, well-designed, but like all dueling games it eventually loses it's flair.
25 August 2009
Classic story-telling and fantasy combat
Technology has come a long way since Return to Krondor, a game I first played on a Compaq PIII with 266 MHz, Win 98 and 512 MB RAM. Then, the game taxed my system. Now, well don't make me laugh! RtK runs just fine on Vista using compatibility mode for Win 98 or ME and with 256 colors, if you run as administrator.
The graphics look great for 1998, outdated though they are today. The point of this RPG is to tell a story of adventure of five heroes in a world of swords and sorcery. The heroes face a variety of challenges and quests along the way, with fully-voiced dialogue and turn-by-turn combat. The combat engine runs very much like an automated pen & pencil game, with the player only deciding how to equip and who to attack.
RtK featured innovations later carried forward - an alchemy system now seen in the Oblivion series and the much-maligned Two Worlds - as well as old-school character classes and special skills based on those abilities. For example, only mages could use magic, while only warriors could use axes and thieves could use lockpicks.
The lockpicking puzzles were an added element of fun - trying to figure out the locks to various treasure items without triggering the poison- or firetraps.
If you're looking for killer graphics and first-person action, you'll be bored. If you want an immersive and enjoyable story, you may very well enjoy Return to Krondor.
13 September 2019
Quick game of deception and treachery for 3 to 8 players
"Among Thieves" by Floyd Pretz is a party game in the sense that you really need 4 or more people to get a good game going, though it plays with 3. It is a game of deception, treachery and taking risks. The falls in the same Dystopian universe as Coup and The Resistance, but it's truly a different game where the focus is on your actions, not your identity.
It will take a play to get the feel of the game but after that it flows quickly. Each turn the Heistmeister chooses a target company to blackmail, and chooses thieves to go on the heist. Each thief chooses to be honest or dishonest. If all thieves are honest, everyone takes a share of the heist. If all thieves are dishonest, nothing is gained. But if there's a mix of honest and dishonest thieves, the dishonest thieves take double but lose honor while the honest thieves gain honor. At the end of the game, the least honest thief may be eliminated while the thief with the largest take may win.
The game moves fast, and the competition to get the most money while not be the least honest thief introduces tension. Promises are made and broken. A game with 5 players who know what they're doing will take 15 minutes.
The components are quality but not extravagant. The art is fun and adds atmosphere. Good game. I should note it won the Geekway 2 the West design prize in 2018.