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  • any single player CRPG games like Baldur's Gate/Shadowss of Amn?

    From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Yes on Thu Dec 13 11:33:39 2018
    On 12/13/2018 11:19 AM, Yes wrote:
    I used to play the BG/BG2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale and
    Wizardry (5,6 & 7) series a lot, also Morrowind. The Fallout and the
    Star Wars series did not have the same appeal for me as BG/IWD/NWN.

    Are there any single-player CRPG games being offered these days that
    approach the style of those games? Sims, combat and strategy games
    don't interest me. And games requiring a high end graphics card are
    also a no go.

    There is Wizardry 8 which concludes the trilogy with Wiz6 and 7. It is
    old enough to not need what is considered a high end graphics card today
    but it does deviate some from the prior Wizardry titles in graphics and
    a little bit in game play.


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  • From Yes@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 13 19:19:46 2018
    I used to play the BG/BG2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale and
    Wizardry (5,6 & 7) series a lot, also Morrowind. The Fallout and the
    Star Wars series did not have the same appeal for me as BG/IWD/NWN.

    Are there any single-player CRPG games being offered these days that
    approach the style of those games? Sims, combat and strategy games
    don't interest me. And games requiring a high end graphics card are
    also a no go.

    Thanks,

    John

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Yes on Thu Dec 13 23:01:35 2018
    On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:19:46 -0000 (UTC), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,
    Yes wrote:

    I used to play the BG/BG2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale and
    Wizardry (5,6 & 7) series a lot, also Morrowind. The Fallout and the
    Star Wars series did not have the same appeal for me as BG/IWD/NWN.

    Are there any single-player CRPG games being offered these days that
    approach the style of those games? Sims, combat and strategy games
    don't interest me. And games requiring a high end graphics card are
    also a no go.

    IMO, they don't require high-end cards, but you may have a different
    definition of it.

    Tyranny

    Pillars of Eternity

    are both spiritual successors to Baldur's Gate/IWD series.

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    Zag

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to noone@invalid.invalid.com on Fri Dec 14 10:01:44 2018
    On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:19:46 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"
    <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:

    I used to play the BG/BG2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale and
    Wizardry (5,6 & 7) series a lot, also Morrowind. The Fallout and the
    Star Wars series did not have the same appeal for me as BG/IWD/NWN.

    Are there any single-player CRPG games being offered these days that
    approach the style of those games? Sims, combat and strategy games
    don't interest me. And games requiring a high end graphics card are
    also a no go.

    The Pillars of Eternity series immediately springs to mind; it's a
    classic top-down (often erroneously "isometric") RPG in the vein of
    the the old Infinity-engine games.

    You may also wish to considers others, such as "Torment: Tides of
    Numenera", "Tyranny" or the "Divinity: Original Sin" franchies; all
    share a similar viewpoint.

    Of course, there's always the Witcher series, especially Witcher 3.

    If you want a break from the usual fantasy locales, Wasteland 2 and
    the Shadowrun Returns franchise are worth a look.

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  • From Yes@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 14 19:36:27 2018
    Thanks. I'll check them out.

    John

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  • From Bozo User@21:1/5 to Yes on Mon Nov 13 10:42:51 2023
    On 2018-12-13, Yes <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:
    I used to play the BG/BG2, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale and
    Wizardry (5,6 & 7) series a lot, also Morrowind. The Fallout and the
    Star Wars series did not have the same appeal for me as BG/IWD/NWN.

    Are there any single-player CRPG games being offered these days that
    approach the style of those games? Sims, combat and strategy games
    don't interest me. And games requiring a high end graphics card are
    also a no go.

    Thanks,

    John

    Well, obviously, Planescape:Torment. You can play it in modern machines
    with the GemRB engine, but you need the original game data either from
    discs or maybe from GOG.

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