nostr:npub175dlmjzxq6fgswh73qym7epwcll0dlrkpvcd479u9fc3yrzgxrqsjdwrtj nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Yeah Grimoire is absolutely fantastic if you're into Wizardry style games. It has issues, namely that the art style and tone is about as schizophrenic as the person who created it, but it's an amazing game.

nostr:npub175dlmjzxq6fgswh73qym7epwcll0dlrkpvcd479u9fc3yrzgxrqsjdwrtj nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Yeah because of disk space all the information on the game is outside of it, you can just Google "Ultima IV manual," and find a PDF easily, although Gog usually has the manual bundled with the game. Also i recommend using a different version of Dosbox like DAUM or Staging so that you can use shader filters. I use a CRT shader filter since it makes the game much much easier on the eyes compared to the raw bright pixels you get by default.

Ultima IV is always a bit of a nightmare, you need to write notes for every bit of text you find so that you can type it in to ask NPCs about it. Really cool idea for a game but I'm not patient enough to wander around collecting clues and typing the clues to every random NPC I find.

nostr:npub175dlmjzxq6fgswh73qym7epwcll0dlrkpvcd479u9fc3yrzgxrqsjdwrtj nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Oh yeah Arena has it too! Fun game, the tutorial dungeon is one of the goats imo. Unrivaled atmosphere. It also has the best combat in the series by far

nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv The rune code changed every time you opened the game so they'd have to figure out every possible question coded in and write the answer for each one.

>I'm curious if there was an in-universe explanation for why the enemies became immune to (physical) attacks? "You tried to summon the spirit of magic but you fucked up the incantation so you summoned Beelzebub and now he dwells in every enemy."

I think some games had in universe explanations but not Wizardry

nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv Back in the day it was much easier to distribute copied discs of games than to distribute the manual you had to read to play the game, so to stop piracy devs would ask you to enter information that was only found in the manual. So for example when you open Wizardry 6 it shows you magical runes and asks you what each one symbolises, the only way to figure that out is reading the magic section of the manual. If you answer wrong the game assumes you’re a pirate and makes all enemies immune to attacks. Funnily enough some people still pirated the game and beat it by exclusively using mages since spells still worked. Fun challenge run.

nostr:npub175dlmjzxq6fgswh73qym7epwcll0dlrkpvcd479u9fc3yrzgxrqsjdwrtj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw The game plays fine on Linux without much hassle.

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Must fly to munch

Check mate nigga

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A lot of my irl friends are total normies, and being someone who was terminally online for years, it's a weird feeling having access to arcane knowledge that nobody else knows about. I remember having to explain to one of my friends, this innocent Catholic girl, what canthal tilt was.

nostr:npub175dlmjzxq6fgswh73qym7epwcll0dlrkpvcd479u9fc3yrzgxrqsjdwrtj nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw that sounds like a great way to give one nerd a great understanding of sine curves and all the class hooligans a great understanding of the location of all office supplies in the teacher's desk and how they can be fashioned into lethal weapons