tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post7511113298352649264..comments2024-03-27T05:41:17.928+01:00Comments on CRPG Revisiting old classics: Ishar 1 - Frustrating saving mechanismSaintushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-56501923753847128592014-01-25T19:09:26.459+01:002014-01-25T19:09:26.459+01:00theres a troll in the first dungeon waiting around...theres a troll in the first dungeon waiting around the corner to smack your head off with one single blow. so there you would have quit the game, crying, anyway. xDD<br />(great article)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-22646025036610945762014-01-25T19:04:11.378+01:002014-01-25T19:04:11.378+01:00pussypussyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-37444809860856425182013-04-26T00:37:35.986+02:002013-04-26T00:37:35.986+02:00Come back to when it was published.
As far as I kn...Come back to when it was published.<br />As far as I know, Ishar was the first "real-time first person RPG" that was not a "full dungeon adventure".<br />That was what made it really appealing : you traveled across countries, through forests, across rivers, into villages and cities where other RPGs had nothing more to show you than walls, other walls and more walls.<br />That said, I'm not fond of it's real-time combat system and do prefer the Might & Magic series.<br />But none of the M&M has a better immersion value than Ishar.<br /><br />I noted than an Ishar character can refuse to heal another character (using the "heal" skill) but will still accept casting a healing spell to the very same character...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-90807338290844752372013-03-04T19:01:58.570+01:002013-03-04T19:01:58.570+01:00Ishar 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. T...Ishar 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. To be honest, it is not by any means the best rpg game out there but had some really interesting features that I haven't seen in later games.<br /><br />For example, the voting system is brilliant and realistic, as characters are not expected to like everybody else, just like in real life. If one of the party members hated another, then he would refuse to heal him. Additionally, some traitorous characters could leave your party when sleeping. That was awesome.<br /><br />But, of course, it could have been made much better. The game shouldn't allow you to kill one of the members using those that like him/her. That doesn't make sense. Some characters are pretty much useless, especially the thieves, spies, hypnotists, etc...<br /><br />The story, the dialogues and the clues are really poor. However, the immersion is quite good. Maybe that's where its charm lies. There are forests, dungeons, cities, fortresses, little villages, piers, lonely houses, etc... It is very varied and not boring at all.<br /><br />It's worth a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-75686548725546095662012-07-06T20:52:33.805+02:002012-07-06T20:52:33.805+02:00The Ishar-Series never really got my interest to i...The Ishar-Series never really got my interest to invest Time and the Money for playing and reading that you must Pay In-Game Gold for saving your Game sounds downright ridiculous...Mavericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-38227590874419270022012-07-06T11:38:51.962+02:002012-07-06T11:38:51.962+02:00"Ishar 2" is the best of the trilogy, at..."Ishar 2" is the best of the trilogy, at least in my opinion, so I hope you'll enjoy it. As for the first part you could always try hex-editing the money of one of the characters and keep this pile for saving purposes (yeah, I know it's a bit hardcore, but that's what I did when playing the game a few years ago).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521016928847201078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-35393305789935064922012-07-06T09:51:25.262+02:002012-07-06T09:51:25.262+02:00I know crystals of Arborea is the first of them bu...I know crystals of Arborea is the first of them but starting with that could indicate I was to try out the whole series sequentially which never was my goal. Let´s see if Ishar 2 is good enough and then I´ll see wether other parts of the series will be revisited. Thanks for reading!Saintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241513709473747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-35805480611213819732012-07-06T09:28:09.064+02:002012-07-06T09:28:09.064+02:00Thankfully they did away with 'pay to save'...Thankfully they did away with 'pay to save' in Ishar 2. I'm surprised you didn't start with Crystals of Arborea which was a prequel to the Ishar series, if not officially part of it.Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859158206963441813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-17966235108147759992012-07-06T07:13:09.880+02:002012-07-06T07:13:09.880+02:00There's also a save states version (not entire...There's also a save states version (not entirely stable when I tried it) for DOSBox.<br /><br />Ishar 1 was supposed to be my upcoming game on my play list, but I decided against it, commenting on my list "sounds boring".<br /><br />I think I briefly tried a pirate copy of one of the Ishar games back in my Amiga days, but obviosuly it didn't grab me. My fondest memory of Ishar is actually a review in an Amiga magazine. It showed a picture of some very angry and ugly orcs with the caption "Looks like Millwall has lost again", being of course a reference to the infamous Millwall football hooligans of the time.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-4563617202437312262012-07-06T04:36:17.723+02:002012-07-06T04:36:17.723+02:00Hmm... You could try playing the Amiga version.
I...Hmm... You could try playing the Amiga version.<br /><br />I think the emulator lets you saving states, so you could use that as a form of saving at any time.HRosehttp://loopingworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3986955720568668168.post-70480510901918183922012-07-06T01:16:11.544+02:002012-07-06T01:16:11.544+02:00Wow, what a odd save mechanism. I never knew Ishar...Wow, what a odd save mechanism. I never knew Ishar had that implemented. Pretty interesting.<br /><br /> Sounds like it will be a challenging game!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com