Posted on: August 20, 2018
imranf1
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End of a saga
Wizardry 8 is the end of a trilogy, and coincidentally the last game Sir Tech released as they were going out of business. While you don't need to have played the previous games, they do help give a lot of context; I'd recommend reading plot summaries, though they're not necessary. It's an 8(!)-person party dungeon crawler, but you only design 6; during the course of your travels on Dominus you may pick up 2 recruitable characters ("RPCs") along the way. There's roughly a dozen of them, but several are quest-specific and will only join you temporarily. The interface is decidedly old-school; this came out in 2001 (and its immediate predecessor in 1992). The graphics do the job but they won't sell you on the game. Roaming around is in realtime and not confined to a grid unlike previous titles, though combat is turn based. On a related note, the animations have issues, the vanilla game is S-L-O-W. Search the GOG forums for wiz8fast and a sped-up animations mod, otherwise you'll hate combat - and you do a LOT of it in this game. The story is okay, even if you're new to the series. The main draw imo is the party design - the game has unique classes not seen elsewhere, and the limitations of the classes and races will make you spend hours dreaming up fun party combinations. You pick personalities too, and they're all voice acted and have different things to say in different situations - really helps bring them alive. Skills are usage-based, and while you can allocate some points during level up it's better to simply use them. This does encourage grinding, but it shouldn't be an issue since the game throws tons of enemies at you. There's level scaling - while not inherently bad, here it doesn't hold back: you can and will encounter stronger enemies as often as weaker ones. It takes a while before you outlevel most enemies, which is usually by endgame. It's definitely aged and not for everyone. But if you love challenges in your RPGs, this is right up your alley.
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