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Posted September 24, 2009
I'm a newcomer to computer RPGs, coming from a videogame console background. I bought the Might and Magic pack a few weeks ago, and since then I've been playing MM1 non-stop. I just loved it.
Now there is this attractive game called "Realms of Arkania". I had never heard about it, but it looks very interesting. Could anybody share opinions on this game, or offer a few relevant links about it?
Posted September 24, 2009
imho RoA series has more flavor than MM, also more depth in any way, story, character creation, immersion etc. You should definitly try all three games.
for me its the best old school RPG
Posted September 24, 2009
I've also only barely heard of RoA before, but it looks awesome, and for two games it's dirt-cheap. I've heard that the Dark Eye PnP game is pretty crunchy, as well, so it's probably got some detail to it. I'm gonna buy it.
Post edited September 24, 2009 by Mentalepsy
Posted September 24, 2009
As someone said in the comments section for the GOG release announcement, ROA is perhaps not the ideal place to start if you're a newcomer to the PC RPG genre. The micro-management (of food, fatigue, disease and funny spell names etc.) required by these games is more than a little bit insane (although in a charming kind of way), and RoA 1's 4 screens of character creation alone are scarier than most horror movies I've seen. Still, if you're having fun with MM1 it shows you got the right mindset and, as Mentalepsy said, dirt-cheap is always dirt-cheap...
A few quick links with some more info about ROA1 Blade of Destiny and RO2 Star Trail (under headings "Computer Roleplaying Games" and "Adventure Game Walkthroughs" respectively):
[url=]http://www.angelfire.com/hero/tjekanefir/sites.htm[/url]
Post edited September 24, 2009 by KEgstedt
Posted September 24, 2009
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KEgstedt: As someone said in the comments section for the GOG release announcement, ROA is perhaps not the ideal place to start if you're a newcomer to the PC RPG genre. The micro-management (of food, fatigue, disease and funny spell names etc.) required by these games is more than a little bit insane (although in a charming kind of way), and RoA 1's 4 screens of character creation alone are scarier than most horror movies I've seen. Still, if you're having fun with MM1 it shows you got the right mindset and, as Mentalepsy said, dirt-cheap is always dirt-cheap...

Oh yes, I really dig this crazy stuff! I've already drawn about twenty or so MM1 maps here :)
Posted September 24, 2009
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KEgstedt: As someone said in the comments section for the GOG release announcement, ROA is perhaps not the ideal place to start if you're a newcomer to the PC RPG genre. The micro-management (of food, fatigue, disease and funny spell names etc.) required by these games is more than a little bit insane (although in a charming kind of way), and RoA 1's 4 screens of character creation alone are scarier than most horror movies I've seen. Still, if you're having fun with MM1 it shows you got the right mindset and, as Mentalepsy said, dirt-cheap is always dirt-cheap...

Sounds perfect. It's been a while since I've chipped a tooth playing a CRPG. :)
Posted September 24, 2009
It's generally really well loved among the old Wizardry/M&M types. Great game but not for CRPG dilettantes.
Posted September 24, 2009
The reason I'm starting to play CRPGs is exactly that: I'm looking for something deeper and more immersive than console RPGs.
I know CRPGs are very different from the ones I'm used to and that they demand serious patience and time, but I'm the kind of person willing to spend months to finish a game. I've just finished Ultima I (it didn't take long, really), I'm having tons of fun with MM1 (I love having to draw maps, take notes of what people tell me in towns and stuff like that), and so It seems like this one is also pretty good for someone like me.
And thanks for the link!
Posted September 24, 2009
Are these games big on the puzzles and riddles that some old RPGs have, or are they more straightforward adventuring?
Posted September 24, 2009
The RoA Series is the only CRPG Series that feels almost lieke an P&P Game (way more than Baldurs Gate or even Fallout).
Posted September 24, 2009
RoA will definitely be a very different experience compared to Might & Magic. The combat, for example, is way more sophisticated and tactical.
But it can also be very frustating and unforgiving. I've never played the first one very far, but in RoA 2 there are several points in the game where you _CAN_ (edited that word in, forgot it at first. Whoops!) get into a dead end. Save early, often, and - most important - in different slots.
But it makes up for those flaws with a lot of flavor. I love the random events that happen when you stroll through towns (hint: try taking your pants of and walking through a town ;-) ), the random encounters on the world map...
The soundtrack is also very, very good, especially in RoA 2 (which has the best of all three in my opinion). I own the CD version of it, which has CD audio tracks for every piece of music in the game, and it's great stuff. A quick check of the download showed that it apparently doesn't have the CD audio tracks - I recommend a good sound font for the MIDI music for maximum enjoyment ;-)
Post edited September 24, 2009 by Vanion
Posted September 24, 2009
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Vanion: RoA will definitely be a very different experience compared to Might & Magic. The combat, for example, is way more sophisticated and tactical.
But it can also be very frustating and unforgiving. I've never played the first one very far, but in RoA 2 there are several points in the game where you _CAN_ (edited that word in, forgot it at first. Whoops!) get into a dead end. Save early, often, and - most important - in different slots.
But it makes up for those flaws with a lot of flavor. I love the random events that happen when you stroll through towns (hint: try taking your pants of and walking through a town ;-) ), the random encounters on the world map...
The soundtrack is also very, very good, especially in RoA 2 (which has the best of all three in my opinion). I own the CD version of it, which has CD audio tracks for every piece of music in the game, and it's great stuff. A quick check of the download showed that it apparently doesn't have the CD audio tracks - I recommend a good sound font for the MIDI music for maximum enjoyment ;-)

You lucky German bastards actually got the versions with all the music too. The US releases had tracks cut.
Post edited September 24, 2009 by phanboy4
Posted September 24, 2009
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Vanion: RoA will definitely be a very different experience compared to Might & Magic. The combat, for example, is way more sophisticated and tactical.
But it can also be very frustating and unforgiving. I've never played the first one very far, but in RoA 2 there are several points in the game where you _CAN_ (edited that word in, forgot it at first. Whoops!) get into a dead end. Save early, often, and - most important - in different slots.
But it makes up for those flaws with a lot of flavor. I love the random events that happen when you stroll through towns (hint: try taking your pants of and walking through a town ;-) ), the random encounters on the world map...
The soundtrack is also very, very good, especially in RoA 2 (which has the best of all three in my opinion). I own the CD version of it, which has CD audio tracks for every piece of music in the game, and it's great stuff. A quick check of the download showed that it apparently doesn't have the CD audio tracks - I recommend a good sound font for the MIDI music for maximum enjoyment ;-)
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phanboy4: You lucky German bastards actually got the versions with all the music too. The US releases had tracks cut.

Well it's a German PnP system, which has a game or three made by Germans. Of course they'll get all the good stuff :D.
Posted September 24, 2009
Yeah, it's one of the very few games that are not their best in the English version. A shame, really.
But if you know how to use sound fonts, you can achieve the same or even better quality than CD audio in RoA 2. The CD audio tracks, in fact, are just the MIDI tracks recorded on the Roland SC-88, if I remember correctly.
But I'm curious, which tracks were cut in the US version?
Posted September 24, 2009
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Vanion: Yeah, it's one of the very few games that are not their best in the English version. A shame, really.
But if you know how to use sound fonts, you can achieve the same or even better quality than CD audio in RoA 2. The CD audio tracks, in fact, are just the MIDI tracks recorded on the Roland SC-88, if I remember correctly.
But I'm curious, which tracks were cut in the US version?

[url=]
http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33920[/url]
Not sure exactly what tracks, but the States only ever got 1-CD versions, while it seems the German edition was on 2 discs.
Post edited September 24, 2009 by phanboy4
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