Wizardry 8

Skinbeard · Post by **Skinbeard** » Wed Jan 16, 2002 2:36 pm

Hiya,

I'm thinking I need a RPG "fix" to hold me over until NWN and Icewind Dale 2... Someone mentioned Wizardry 8 to me but although I have read reviews, I'm still not sure. I never played the previous ones and I'm not so sure about the first person perspective.

For those who have played it, I'd like to hear your toughts. Is it a worhwhile buy or should I look into some other game?

Thanks.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 17, 2002 7:31 pm

It's a very good game, but it's more like Might & Magic in its 3D, first-person look-and-feel than the standard Infinity engine product. You create a team of six characters, so there's little interaction among them (except that you can give them voices and personalities, which are rather repetitive); but you can add up to two NPCs to your party, each of whom have some attractive dialog over time.

There are fewer quests, and the game is very non-linear. It's also a lot of fun. Basically, if you want to stay with BG2-like games, consider Planescape: Torment, easily as good (though different); and Arcanum is very fine. But Wizardry 8 is very good as well.

Quark · Post by **Quark** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 8:30 am

I've only played the demo for a few minutes, but that's the game's own fault.

After 5 minutes this is what I thought:
"Hmm, this is like M&M6/7, which I forgot about once BG came out"

The combat's identical to Might and Magic 6 and up and the demo didn't give me anything to show why it's better. M&M's spell interface was much more intuitive. It kind of helps that the demo starts you out in a fight, 'thanks for letting me get used to a game before throwing me in a combat situation'.

I'm sure the game is as good as people say it is, but I just won't buy a game when it's demo (which is supposed to teach you the game) throws you in head first.

Skinbeard · Post by **Skinbeard** » Fri Jan 18, 2002 9:06 am

@Fable: Well, since I've already went through Arcanum a few times and P:T more than I can remember (It being my favorite RPG) I thought I'd go for something a bit different. Thanks for the advice, I went ahead and tried the demo and liked it a lot. Got me to buy the game

@Quark: Too bad the demo didn't do it for you. Like I said, I liked it enough to buy the game. And so far, it's a blast. You're right that the demo kind of trusts you into the thick of things, but I never go through tutorials anyway so...

Sabretooth · Post by **Sabretooth** » Mon Jan 21, 2002 6:26 am

Yep I bought this game last week and I've barely left my PC since. I'd never heard of it 'till I read a (good) review about it in a games mag so I decided to take a chance and I'm sooo glad I did.
The overall atmosphere and freedom that Wiz8 gives you is really great. Better than any other RPG I've played I'd say, even the BG series

Which I still love of course.

Some people will find this game very difficult to begin with (damn Juggernauts

) . The learning curve is pretty steep but it is so worth taking the time to play. I wish there were a forum for it here. The best forums for this game that I've seen so far are at [url="http://www.ironworksforum.com"]www.ironworksforum.com[/url] and [url="http://www.rpgvault.net"]www.rpgvault.net[/url]
Acually they're the only ones I've seen so far

BTW Fable, there's a guy by the same name as you at Ironworks, is it you or an imposter?

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jan 22, 2002 3:57 pm

It's me.

Since I'm moderating here, I feel I need to keep my player-based comments to a minimum--other members of our forums may not understand it, or take it wrong. It's also a very graphics-intensive board, which means that for many folks it's tough to run.