Arcanum

[DrSpike]

Hehe, I always suspect that people who ask for manuals downloaded the game.

[Dis]

if I had a scanner I could scan the game box

[Dis]

come to think of it, I don't think Planescape: Torment came with a manual either. It was a game repackaged with another game that sold for $9.99 at walmart. but I think it had a pdf file...

but I should check if the manual is on the CD in pdf format. I forgot to check that. brb

[Dis]

how about that, the manual is on the CD. I feel like an idiot.

Most of these repackaged games do come with the manuals on the CD's. actually many games come with the manuals on the CD's anyways and forgo the printed manual (or have an abbreviated version of it).

and it's only 190 pages. . This could take me a while, and I have to wake up early. I won't get a chance to play this till tomorrow night, but I'll probably be too tired from waking up early...

[DrSpike]

/me points and laughs.

[Dis]

ahh, now that I finally finished reading the manual, I can play the game.

It was actually a pretty good manual I must say. Actually I need to do some posting here before I can play the game. And then I need some sleep. I think I'll quit work again so I have more time to play computer games.

[DarkCloud]

The character design and concept is amazing, but personally it was too hard for me, I got rid of the game after being unable to get past the *#$* bridge with several characters.

Good luck with it- it's a very fulfilling system!

[Kassiopeia]

The bridge is really awful, I agree. I had to level-up for quite a while, spent all my luck points, and only made it through with a few points of health left. It would definitely need some tweaking.

[DrSpike]

Nothing wrong with a bit of challenge.

[DarkCloud]

DrSpike- you try the bridge and tell me what you think

It's worse than the volcanic bridge with the kobolds in Baldurs Gate, if you can believe that... and since it's much much simpler an encounter than BG's bridge- that really is VERY difficult to believe.

[Dis]

hmm, we'll see. The combat has been pretty easy so far. Though I went unconcious once from a critical failure of some kind. Is there any way to get combat messages so I can tell what the hell is going on?

But I admit, I've only done the first map and that cave.

I wasn't sure where to put my points. There are so few points to spend. Only 5 points at character creation. I put most into my attributes and one for a healing spell.

I was going to do a sort of fighter/mage hybrid. No technology. I even chose the upbringing that gives a bonus to magic, but penalty to tecnology. I'm also a half elf. But now it says I can't pick up any technology items .

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Nothing wrong with a bit of challenge.

This was the Final Fantasy concept of "challenge", though - only way to manage is to go back and kill small critters to get enough XP for a few extra levels. Tedium

[mactbone]

What bridge are we talking about here? I remember the first bridge but that had several options in how to get across... I don't really remember any areas where I truly had trouble it was more like I didn't have sufficient information sometimes to complete a quest and would spend forever hunting down everyone to talk to.

[Kassiopeia]

Yeah, it's the one with a group of bandits. IIRC there was a way to get around it without a fight, but that was an alignment option I did not want to take.

[Spiffor]

If you hire the ogre in the pub, the bridge is no problem at all.