Temple of Elemental Etc

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Copy protected? Damn them! Do I look like a thief?

Yes.

[BustaMike]

My friend's neighbor got a copy of Temple of Elemental Evil and we borrowed it to check it out. The best thing about this game is the pretty CD's it comes on. Otherwise it should be named the Temple of Elemental Crap.

[Harry Seldon]

I have one of those in my bathroom.

[Jamski]

I read the gamespot review too, and these are the bugs people are clling game stoppers on the Interplay, Troika and Atari forums.

GOD WHY ARE THE GAMES I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ALWAYS SUCH CRAP!

-Jam

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Jamski
I read the gamespot review too, and these are the bugs people are clling game stoppers on the Interplay, Troika and Atari forums.

GOD WHY ARE THE GAMES I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ALWAYS SUCH CRAP!

-Jam

Might be because the games with alot of hype and expetancy can afford to go through with a shoddy release and still turn a profit, instead of being canceled or delayed like the lesser known ones.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Jamski
GOD WHY ARE THE GAMES I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO ALWAYS SUCH CRAP!

Hype disconnected with reality.

[DrSpike]

Tbh the hype for this game wasn't really that big. I mean, its for hardcore D&D fans.

[GhengisFarb™]

I hope they offer a download for us immoral Americans to reinstall all the stuff the censors made them take out.

Anyway after the MoO3 scam I don't buy anything till after its been run through the ringer a bit.

[Jamski]

Tbh the hype for this game wasn't really that big. I mean, its for hardcore D&D fans.

Like me And naturally us "hardcore fans" were being told for months how great it would be, and totally true to the rules and all that jazz... and then we rush out and buy it, thinking,
"YAY! Someone's finally made a D&D game for people that play D&D!"
Only to be sadly dissapointed, of course

The game's dead short too, compared to the IE games. It only took me about 15 hours. That's one and a half day's playing. (and one and half days reloading because its so buggy) Good value for 50 Euros, eh?

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Sadly, 15 hour games aren't that uncommon these days.

[Harry Seldon]

That's why I like the open ended RPGs like Morrowind and Fallout or the straight throughs like Dungeon Seige and Final Fantasy. If I can't spend a hundred hours playing it, it's not worth my time.

[Urban Ranger]

15 hours? Bah! What a ripoff!

[ravagon]

Originally posted by Jamski

The game's dead short too, compared to the IE games. It only took me about 15 hours.

Darnit. Well thats a killer for me. Bugs I can handle as there's generally a patch out by the time it gets here but I can't see any recovery from something that major.

I don't suppose you ignored all "side-quests", etc?
Or does it have the mother-of-all editors for customising and adding in new playability?

[Marid Audran]

This thread does nothing for my enthusiasm. I read a few reviews of Temple of Elemental Evil and the impression I received is that it's another shallow dungeon-crawl with pretty, souped-up graphics. I already had my fill of this sort of thing with Icewind Dale I/II (one for 2E AD&D, one for 3E). Actually, I already had my fill of this sort of thing back in the days of Senoir Diablo the First.

So I'm going to pass on it. The commentary reminds me of the Pool of Radiance II backlash. I'm appalled at the timidity of game publishers and designers these days. They show complete deference towards the amorphous attitudes of the "casual gamer" and ergo refuse to design anything that may alienate or unduly challenge him. This typically means creativity, novelty, character development, non-linear plot progression, moral quandaries, and text longer than two sentences gets eighty-sixed!

'Tis a real shame, because Arcanum was a wonderful, thoughtfully constructed role-playing game with a unique setting. And character customization? Arcanum is without peer on that score. Arcanum was marred by an unwieldy graphics engine but a lot of soul was poured into it. Oh well.

[Jamski]

I don't suppose you ignored all "side-quests", etc?

Nope, but I suppose I could re-play with an evil party

Or does it have the mother-of-all editors for customising and adding in new playability?

Nope.

The commentary reminds me of the Pool of Radiance II backlash.

Its not THAT bad. At least it doesn't delete your HD or leave out rangers, bards, druids, feats, etc. It s just as buggy though. I'm hoping they make a sequel, as the frustration come from seeing how good it could have been.

-Jam