Kontroversial Keith

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  • Old Game Reviews: Master of Orion II Battle at Antares

    I received a copy of this game I believe either in my 2nd or 3rd year in college. Easily, I must have spent countless hours, even way passed its published date, playing this game. I never played the original nor did I try the follow up one, despite the fact that one of my TAs…

  • Old Game Reviews: Wasteland

    Wasteland was one of the best post-apocalyptic RPGs and is the progenitor for the Fallout series. It essentially is Bard’s Tale with guns and skills with turn based scrolling combat. Recently, there was a new version produced as a Kickstarter project by Brian Fargo. Although I haven’t played it yet, I did want to look…

  • Old Game Reviews: Might and Magic 8 Day of the Destroyer

    Might and Magic 8 would be the last great Might and Magic ever made. While the game legacy would continue when Ubisoft acquired the rights to the brand, the same vision and sentiment would never be the same. Might and Magic 8 for me was the best of the 6-8 game series engine, even though…

  • Old Game Reviews: Ultima 6 The False Prophet

    As the Ultima series continued to evolve, the complexity of the game, world and storyline also increased. Ultima 6 for me is by far my favorite Ultima in the series. At this point, the game was far ahead of everything in the market when it came to RPG style world building and you felt that…

  • Old Game Reviews: Ultima 4 Quest of the Avatar

    For my money objectively speaking, Ultima 4 Quest of the Avatar is perhaps the greatest CRPG in existence. Certainly, there are more advanced CRPGs, ones with better content, mechanics, combat systems, etc. However, Ultima 4 did what few games have done which is bringing actual role playing into an otherwise hack-n-slash themed universe. The game…

  • Old Game Reviews: Bard’s Tale 3 Thief of Fate

    Of all the Bard’s Tale series, Bard’s Tale 3 Thief of Fate is my absolute favorite. It no longer had Michael Cranford writing the series, which meant that the story felt less religious and slightly less potent. But the game play was more balanced and tight overall.

  • Old Game Reviews: Might and Magic 2 Gates to Another World

    Although I did play Might and Magic I before II, I wanted to review II as I felt it was certainly the better game with more depth and content. Also, it was horribly addicting and something I could easily spin up today and play for hours.

  • Old Game Reviews: Wizardry 6 Bane of the Cosmic Forge

    Although Wizardry was a long running franchise, I only played 5-7. And of the three that I played, I only finished 6. But for me 6 certainly was the best of them because it had a great character development system that pretty much was one of the closest to the ideal that I wanted in…

  • Old Game Reviews: Bard’s Tale 2

    This is the game that started it all for me with regards to RPGs and the fantasy gaming genre. I believe I acquired this game in the 5th grade but lent it out to a friend for a short period. However, he did not give me the manual back, which made the game a billion…

  • Old Game Reviews: SSI’s Gold Box Pool of Radiance

    When SSI was selected to create the first official AD&D CRPG series, many people were ecstatic. SSI was known back in the day for heavy strategy games and the model that the Gold Box series would employ was similar to another game SSI produced called Wizard’s Crown. In the future, I might write up a…