tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post6348761817388287077..comments2024-03-27T05:41:17.928+01:00Comments on CRPG Revisiting old classics: Legend of Faerghail - RevisitedSaintushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-49832892743863871932017-05-19T16:06:10.741+02:002017-05-19T16:06:10.741+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-21081620349346486572014-07-19T21:03:13.635+02:002014-07-19T21:03:13.635+02:00Affirmative :-)
I found your play-through by way ...Affirmative :-)<br /><br />I found your play-through by way of the "The CRPG Addict" blog (into which I had stumbled after reading Chester's play-through of "Ultima IV"), which mentioned that you had a very hard time beating the end-game, comparing the difficulty level and the apparent unfairness to "Wizardry IV".<br /><br />I thought I could try comment on what the intention was behind the game design. At the time when we created the game, we certainly were not aware of "Wizardry". We did not even know that "Wizardry" was to "The Bard's tale" what "The Bard's tale" was to "Legend of Faerghail".<br /><br />I any case, I salute you for playing through the English language version of the game. Along with Chester's playthrough, that makes two recent playthroughs in less than two years. I am amazed and astounded ;-)Olaf Barthelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-36656443221326407092014-07-15T14:20:06.200+02:002014-07-15T14:20:06.200+02:00A special welcome to my blog. I suppose you are th...A special welcome to my blog. I suppose you are the creator of the game ? Saintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-86007465009958060372014-07-14T16:15:48.261+02:002014-07-14T16:15:48.261+02:00Concerning random encounters: You will find these ...Concerning random encounters: You will find these only in the wilderness, but not in the dungeons. Your party will need provisions in order to keep marching on, and the only constant source of food is the wilderness, in which you can hunt and which therefore provide an inexhaustible source of food. The dungeons, however, sport a finite number of enemies on each level. If you see a monster (or non-hostile denizen) roaming the halls, and you end up killing it, it will be gone until return to this level lateron.Olaf Barthelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-3677494822748776422013-07-06T22:14:32.859+02:002013-07-06T22:14:32.859+02:00Great game, still own my copy. Thanks for article,...Great game, still own my copy. Thanks for article, great job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-16374794315904839562013-04-09T22:41:18.558+02:002013-04-09T22:41:18.558+02:00Och att fler svenskar än jag har spelat det är int...Och att fler svenskar än jag har spelat det är inte heller fel ;)Luzurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-12874033300911271662013-04-09T22:37:41.514+02:002013-04-09T22:37:41.514+02:00still own my copy, although i never got much far i...still own my copy, although i never got much far in it, cleared the dwarf mines iirc.Luzurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-65963796484711912622012-09-04T19:57:27.917+02:002012-09-04T19:57:27.917+02:00Ah! I see. I also found a video of someone explor...Ah! I see. I also found a video of someone exploring the outside world. Looks very interesting. great article and can't wait until you go into the mines!Eric Kinkeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023849791958941291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-7384252579165100402012-09-04T18:35:29.300+02:002012-09-04T18:35:29.300+02:00Travelling is done stepwise without scrolling inbe...Travelling is done stepwise without scrolling inbetween.Saintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-40999532169608997842012-09-04T01:22:08.044+02:002012-09-04T01:22:08.044+02:00I am trying to find more videos of this game in ac...I am trying to find more videos of this game in action so I can see what traveling looks like. Seems to be a lot of full-screens that you really dont travel around in.Eric Kinkeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023849791958941291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-39185482192671309982012-09-02T06:49:16.600+02:002012-09-02T06:49:16.600+02:00That was a fun read... This is one of my old favor...That was a fun read... This is one of my old favorites... still have the original box and everything in it(with over 100 other original RPGs... I'm a nut). Looking forward to your further posts on this one.Bandaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122265043900504427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-49565739234429964782012-09-01T21:23:05.450+02:002012-09-01T21:23:05.450+02:00Firstly this game features much less random encoun...Firstly this game features much less random encounters than, say Bards Tale III which made me crazy. Yes, there are frequent random encounters in the wilderness perhaps every 10 steps but you could always run from them and still remain in the same spot. <br /><br />In dungeons you see ghost shapes representing the monsters. You could either defeat them or drop a bait to stop them from chasing you. Afterwards they don´t respawn unless you revisit - and therefore reload - the dungeon. <br /><br />Both these factors contributes to my view that this game is not as bad as you might think regarding random encounters. I would say that the SSI Goldbox games easily match this game.<br /><br />You should definetely try this game out. I don´t think you will get disappointed in this respect. <br /><br />Regarding monster types encountered, you very, very seldom meet more than one type of monsters and they are picked from the fauna of the area you are visiting. The only way in which you meet more than one party of monsters at once are when the ghost shapes moves to the same spot at the same time where you are, then you have to face more than one group at once. But that happens seldom and never in the wilderness where you never see those ghost shapes representing monsters.<br /><br />This game has more depth than what first meets the eye and I hope to clarify some of this in my later posts.Saintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-83310036910968675232012-09-01T18:14:00.858+02:002012-09-01T18:14:00.858+02:00I'm interested to see some more about this gam...I'm interested to see some more about this game - might give it a try on WinUAE myself. From your comments and the screenshots it does look like an expanded Bards Tale so I might enjoy it. I noticed a couple of the portraits (Cleric and Dwarf) are copied directly from artwork from the Dungeons and Dragons Basic Players Manual though :) Acrin1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02424198775294748644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-46914362696012638482012-09-01T16:49:07.184+02:002012-09-01T16:49:07.184+02:00This was a game I considered for my chronological ...This was a game I considered for my chronological play list, but eventually I decided against it. On my list I have commented Legend of Faerghail thusly: "CONSTANT AND UTTERLY MIND-NUMBING RANDOM ENCOUNTERS". In other words, it looked and sounded like Bard's Tale.<br />Are the random encounter rate that frequent in your experience? And are the encounters totally random, so that you risk facing Elves, Undead and Grizzly Bears all in the same party? Or is there a logic to the encounters?PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.com