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On 22 Feb 2005 11:21:45 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, "NFLed"
<NFLed@aol.com> wrote:
>
>wolfi...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Combat in Wiz 8 can get rather slow after a while, I mean like 40
>mobs
>> against your group, talk about looooooooooong battles
>
>I guess it's a matter of perspective. In games like Diablo combat is
>very throwaway as generally each battle lasts a few seconds. In games
>such as Wiz8 combat takes quite a bit longer as there is plenty more
>strategy (or tactics). In both types to me what is important is that
>combat not get boring-repetitive and in Wiz8 that was very much
>interesting and not boring at all throughout as there are different
>types of foes requiring different types of strategy (or tactics).
>
>Diablo type games numb my mind very quickly as it's just click and they
>fight. Wiz8 kept me interested throughout each battle plus the
>storyline and all of the other rpg elements are extremely well done.
>
>Wiz8 is a great game, one of the very best along with Planescape
>Torment and Baldur's Gate 2.
I just restarted Wiz 8 a few days ago; going to try to play all the way
through to the end this time.
Last winter I played it for a while, but got bogged down in the combat and
finally got involved in other things and quit playing.
For me, the big issue wasn't that the combat was detailed and battles
sometimes took a long time. What got to me was the lack of respite from
combat: too many times it was just one battle after another, with no break
or chance to do anything else in the game.
For example, some times in Arnika I'd leave one shop and head for another
merchant a few blocks away: half a dozen battles and several hours later, I
might have managed to get half a block away from where I started. Once in a
while, that kind of unending combat is fine, but when it happens day after
day it takes too much away from other parts of the game for my taste: I like
to explore, poke into corners, do other things than just fight fight fight.
I'm still in the early part of the game this time around, but so far I don't
seem to be getting bogged down by combat as much as I remember from the last
time I played. Not sure if it's better tactics, more patience, or fewer
distractions, but I'm going to try to finish it up this time.
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