It's a good game, and if I sometimes seemed less than enthusiastic during my posts, it's because Bradley rubbed me the wrong way in the game materials and continued to rub me the wrong way (at this point that phrase becomes unfortunate) with his frequent invitations to look at those bazoombas"ġ. "The final score of 53 is much higher than I gave its predecessors, influenced by the much better approach to the story and NPCs, and the slightly better approach to magic and combat. He rated it 106th out of the 119 games he played thus far.
Not listed, Keep going.ģ2 Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge. Further and further down the rabbit hole. Maybe he should take out the "RPG" bit from his name right. With a well-written plot and character interactions, huge worlds to explore, and a number of innovations, Michael Cranford has created an undiscovered masterpiece.I had a bit of time and begun wondering how CRPG Addict scores compares to the Codex top 70 list. Suffice to say that if you are a fan of sci-fi RPG, Centauri Alliance is a must-have. I can wax nostalgic for pages on end for outstanding gameplay features, so here is a small sample: the hex-based, turn-based combat interface that emphasizes tactical planning, excellent overhead automap that you can even move in, creative psionics abilities (the equivalent of "spells" in fantasy RPGs), skill-based puzzles similar to Wasteland. Once you finish assembling the adventuring party, the plot thickens as soon as you begin space exploration outside Lunabase, and never lets up. This wonderful linkage with other RPGs is a great innovation that should have been emulated by latter-day RPGs, but sadly the game was too unknown to affect that change. If one of your Bard's Tale characters is a wizard, he will be in for a big surprise (Hint: magic does work, to a certain extent). At the beginning, you can choose members of your adventuring party from a pool of applicants, or transfer existing characters from the Bard's Tale series, or even Ultima and Might and Magic games! Centauri Alliance intelligently alters or drops fantasy items and spells that would be out of place in its sci-fi gameworld, and makes appropriate adjustments. But it's the gameplay that counts- and Centauri Alliance has it in spades.
Sounds like your typical day-time sci-fi channel flick? It is.
As a member of this rebellion, your job is to assemble a team of adventurers chosen from this coalition, locate a dangerous renegade in the Omicron VII and "neutralize him at any cost." The Centauri Alliance was formed between humans and 5 alien races as a rebellion force that strive to bring about a peaceful coexistence among all the races. It is the 23rd century, and the galaxy is at war, divided into dozens of alliances. There are many great things about the game, but let's start with one of the more mundane aspects: the plot. The result is a thoroughly captivating space RPG with a lot of polish and innovations that deserve to be on every gamer's shelf. Calling the game " Bard's Tale in space" is not unaccurate, since Centauri Alliance is also a first-person, multi-character real-time RPG, and designer Michael Cranford evidently put as much effort and love into the game as his best-known creations. So far this is what I have so far from reading the above threads and discounting games that may only be mediocre:Īn excellent "hard" sci-fi game from the creator of legendary Bard's Tale, Centauri Alliance unfortunately remains relatively unknown- in sharp contrast to that classic series. Wyrmlord started this one, but it seems from the reading that there isn't much of note for the Commodore 64. Haba started a great thread for discussions on games, though it covered a large gambit and wasn't really focused on best games of the Amiga and Commodore systems.īlackadder also had a good discussion going, but his Amiga games weren't exclusive. Are there any must play games that Codexers would recommend? The title of the thread I made mentions the Atari (ST/XE particularly), Apple, Amiga and Commodore systems, but if I missed others let me know.
CRPG ADDICT LEGEND OF FAERGHAIL PC
However, I know very little about non IBM PC games from the same era. By the end of this year I think I'm going to be able to complete nearly every old school, pre-1997 IBM PC-compatible RPG that I never got around to tackling.
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