tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post8199162497265743454..comments2024-03-27T05:41:17.928+01:00Comments on CRPG Revisiting old classics: Demon's Winter - Getting strongerSaintushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-25760304022865267772011-09-01T09:52:25.992+02:002011-09-01T09:52:25.992+02:00Heh, after posting my comment above I found out th...Heh, after posting my comment above I found out that you can see the proper name of a magical items by viewing it in the characters' possessions from the Camp menu. So now my wizard has a Crystal Dagger +1. But what is the property of "Crystal" (or "well made" for that matter)? The manual doesn't tell, but I suspect that "well made" just makes it more valuable.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-85941383992311118172011-09-01T08:21:26.906+02:002011-09-01T08:21:26.906+02:00You are right. It is strange that ranged weapons d...You are right. It is strange that ranged weapons doesn´t exist. I don´t remember if I even reflected over that or if I just forgot to mention it. There are so few item slots so with ranged weapons it will be hard to keep all strange items you find as well.Saintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-75382578082758294802011-09-01T00:36:08.472+02:002011-09-01T00:36:08.472+02:00I'm surprised neither you nor the CRPG Addict,...I'm surprised neither you nor the CRPG Addict, to my knowledge, had mentioned one thing missing from this game - ranged combat. There are no ranged weapons and no corresponding skill. For a game that tried to be tacical this omission is surprising.<br /><br />But what annoys me most with this game, is the way ID'ing items work. The only time you are actually told what a weapon does is when buying it from a merchant, so you need to write down what it does. Magic items that you loot OTHO seems to be already ID'ed. At least the one you find in the first dungeon, which you mentioned. So the only way to really gauge an item's worth is to see how much you can sell it for.<br /><br />The user interface is crude, but having recently played Star Command (another 1988 game) Demon's Winter was actually an improvement. :-)<br /><br />In general I like this game. I like the skills system, even though they are rather unbalanced. And combat was easier and quicker than I thought. <br /><br />There seems to be some difference between the Amiga version (which I'm playing) and the other versions. I couldn't pick Fencing for my Paladin, for example, and the game always starts my party at the ruins of Ildryn. The graphics are nearly as crude, though...PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.com