Wasteland Remastered
Originally released in 1988, Wasteland is a pioneering game that established the post-apocalypse genre for computer RPGs. Its success led to the creation of its spiritual successor, the Fallout series. Over the years, Wasteland became a cult classic. This remastered version brings the original Wasteland with updated graphics and audio, plus some quality of life improvements to the current generation of players.
This is a faithful remaster, not a remake. It preserves all the quirks and even some of the bugs (like super loot bags) from the original. Whereas the original game made you reference a “paragraph books” with real and fake paragraphs, which is where the plot is, plus doubling as a primitive anti-piracy measure, the Remastered includes cut scenes and voice-overs by a narrator. All “paragraphs” are now voiced and the paragraph book has become your journal. Another improvement is the auto-recording of found passwords so you don’t have to write them down yourself.
– Real player with 208.1 hrs in game
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I did not play the original Wasteland back in 1988, so this was my first experience with the original. I was playing video games in the 1980s and do enjoy similar games (e.g. the SSI Gold Box games, the Bard’s Tale trilogy), so I am not put off by older games. However, as this game has been remastered, I do feel that it is fair to hold some aspects of the game to modern standards, in particular: the graphics, sound, UI and mechanics.
First off, the game does do a good job of updating the graphics and sound. If you are just looking for the original Wasteland with better graphics and sound, then they did a good job with it. The graphics look clean and crisp while still maintaining the vibrancy and style of the original graphics. If I do have one complaint about the graphics, it would be the reused graphics for the monsters. It was okay in 1988, but for a remastered game a bunny and a rat should not be using the same graphic. The game does not have such a huge number of enemies that unique graphics for each monster would have been prohibitive.
– Real player with 53.4 hrs in game
Jagged Alliance 2 Gold
The small country of Arulco has been taken over by a merciless dictator - and only you can loosen the iron grip! Jagged Alliance 2 Gold Pack immerses you into an elaborate role-playing universe where you will interact with more than 150 characters, recruit your own band of soldiers and create your own custom mercenary to win back Arulco - not once, but twice! The perfect blend of strategy, role playing and tactical combat!
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Magicians Legacy
In the turn-based strategy Magician’s Legacy you are going to follow Korig, the eleventh Prince of the withering kingdom of dwarves, who went to the East hoping to find out the secrets of ancient magic, change the world and give a new life to his people.
You will face hordes of enemies, loyal allies, beautiful and hideous places, difficult tasks, deep dungeons and insurmountable mountains on your way. Raise your best army, build the camp, study the basics of combat magic and go ahead - defeat enemies and find out the mysteries.
The action of Magician’s Legacy takes place in the world of fantasy game “Necromancer Returns”. Once again enjoy the familiar mechanics of classical turn-based strategies and recognizable visual style, explore new spells, face new enemies and allies: from people and dwarfs, to combat eagles and steam dragons!
Key Features
• Immerse yourself into an epic plot, enjoy side quests and tasks
• Turn-based combat system
• Explore a wide new world: from valleys and mountains, to dungeons and ancient ruins
• Watch your choice in dialogues: each answer will affect the fate of the campaign
• Fight dozens of enemies: beasts, people, undead, elementals and mechanical creatures
• Improve your camp to receive reinforcements and study new spells
• Upgrade your hero, find artifacts, choose skills and tactics of fight
• Enjoy the beautiful fantasy world and the mechanics of turn-based strategies
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Necromancer Returns
- Hardly win the fight. The last harpy remains. Last enemy between the win.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
Harpy crits.
You lose.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Grifons: oh princess ur here to fight necromancer?
Princess: yes damn necromants raise dead people its illegal lets put em' inda jail.
next fight raises fuck ton of skeletons by magic
DEMOCRACY KINGDOM BEATCH
- Early game - Skeleton, skeleton, skeleton.
Late game - Fire wave, fire wave, fire wave.
Faced antimagic creatures with aoe vs our brave skeleton army - WE’R FCKD JOAHNY!!! (tactical preemperation)
– Real player with 20.3 hrs in game
So much fun. At least until you come to the last level (Played on normal). Very unbalanced, till then you don’t have any trouble getting to the final level. Maybe I’m just to dumb to realize what has to be done, but out of nowhere, I didn’t see any other choice than to switch mode to easy. No fun at all, easy is easy at its best… Two battles later I switched to normal again, fine, got an item which raised my attack. Until the final battle… No idea how to make this. Wait, there is a possibility! G.R.I.N.D. No sir, really just no. I won’t play boring-won-before-battles again and again just to get enough money to buy the best armor (angel). Really: No.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game