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Poll Oblivion
My wife Cathy recently got into the Xbox game Oblivion. The game is quite excellent graphically and contains much complex detail, if you are into immersive fantasy RPG I have never seen one better. This is her first real taste of role playing games. She loves it, and wastes time on it with the best of them.
I used to play games like that, D&D is the primary reason I ended up leaving university as a freshman, but it has been many years since I have played any RPGs.
I have spent a little time watching her play her character, but I am about done with that. She spent more than an hour shopping in a market district, then spent another hour trying on clothing and organizing her closet (and she isn't nearly done yet, she tells me).
I remember when RPGs were hack/slash, throw a fireball, heal, repeat.
To my wife, they are shop, dress, organize, make potions, repeat, (especially the shopping part).
Soon she will be a 20th level mage using that process/strategy....smile....
As a barely related aside, I recall one of my favorite games from the '80s,
M.U.L.E.
Does anyone here remember that game? The dynamic auction in M.U.L.E. was very far ahead of its time and I have never seen it replicated nearly as well. Over the years I have wondered why not, the multiplayer game couldn't have been more fun, if any classic concept deserves an update M.U.L.E. is most deserving.
My wife Cathy recently got into the Xbox game Oblivion. The game is quite excellent graphically and contains much complex detail, if you are into immersive fantasy RPG I have never seen one better. This is her first real taste of role playing games. She loves it, and wastes time on it with the best of them.
I used to play games like that, D&D is the primary reason I ended up leaving university as a freshman, but it has been many years since I have played any RPGs.
I have spent a little time watching her play her character, but I am about done with that. She spent more than an hour shopping in a market district, then spent another hour trying on clothing and organizing her closet (and she isn't nearly done yet, she tells me).
I remember when RPGs were hack/slash, throw a fireball, heal, repeat.
To my wife, they are shop, dress, organize, make potions, repeat, (especially the shopping part).
Soon she will be a 20th level mage using that process/strategy....smile....
As a barely related aside, I recall one of my favorite games from the '80s,
M.U.L.E.
Does anyone here remember that game? The dynamic auction in M.U.L.E. was very far ahead of its time and I have never seen it replicated nearly as well. Over the years I have wondered why not, the multiplayer game couldn't have been more fun, if any classic concept deserves an update M.U.L.E. is most deserving.