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Gallery: D&D Tactics PSP

pixelator — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:58:49 MDT

Yeah, pity the nerd who sits back clutching 1st or 2nd ed. D&D over 3.5. You want to talk cluster f***? Every play Mythus?

Nostalgia is great - it's still paper and dice, after all. But the rules are better, now.

pixelator

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Kuromimi — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:21:05 MDT

1 & 2nd ed max levels based on race and 18(%%) str? Good riddance.

I assume they did 2nd ed so they could dumb down the movement rules for the game. Any more info on why they went with an older system?

Kuromimi

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Oyn — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:08:20 MDT

As much of a mess as 2nd ed was, it was still light years ahead of 1st because, you know, they explained stuff. Having said that, I too am nostalgic for 1st edition. :)

Oyn

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crayonshinobi — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:44:58 MDT

Wow...I would play this game in a heartbeat...if it had been made for a real console or for the PC. Why does PSP still exist?

Oh, and yeah...3/3.5 beats the living HPs out of 2nd edition. However, I cannot fault anyone for 1st edition nostalgia! ^_^

crayonshinobi

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TehDiplomat — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:51:57 MDT

Is Marlon Wayans gonna be in this one? He was so good in the first edition it was very exciting.
The thing that irritates me the most about D&D video games is they simplify thieves to the point where all they do is pick locks and backstab. Where are all the neat abilites like climbing walls and reading languages. We need more multiple solution puzzles out there. And not just "steal the key" or "kill the guy to get the key"

TehDiplomat

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mr.dandy — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:46:40 MDT

What's a D&D book without art by D.A.Trampier??? Not as good, I tells ya.
Kind of makes me wish I had a PSP.
Fantasy + Alignments + Turn Based + Squares = Archon 2007???

mr.dandy

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AvocadoOverboard — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:40:13 MDT

Sorry what's the big deal when the rules change? Me and my friends just play it like it is. Too many charts? done use em =p

AvocadoOverboard

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bluemeep — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:27:19 MDT

Now if only there'll be a code to enter Gold Box graphics mode...

bluemeep

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AdamW — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:25:15 MDT

Attacking the darkness everywhere you go!

AdamW

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Dervish — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:54:37 MDT

Gotta agree with all those promoting 3e/3.5e. Combat especially is handled so much better. It's a lot harder now for a bad DM to pull crap on you in the middle of a battle.

I was one of those who resisted the change, initially, but I converted pretty quickly.

Dervish

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Crimson (PS3 ID Black--Tiger) — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:53:15 MDT

There are some things that changed and had nothing to do with the rules that threw people off, and Wizards has done some evil along with the good that is 3.5. I totally thought 3.5 was a money grab until I went over, and I've never looked back.

I think a lot of 2e players don't like the high fantasy turn the art took after 2nd eds relatively realistic works, and some flavor elements were lost in translation. But, I have to agree... 3.5 is much more streamlined without necessarily being dumbed down.

Crimson (PS3 ID Black--Tiger)

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FhnuZoag — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:48:20 MDT

Alignments mattering is hardly new to tactical RPGs - check out the likes of Tactics Ogre, in which elemental alignment is a big factor on damage you do in battle etc.

I'm worried, though, about how well this game captures the D&D combat system. The screenshots (not the ones here, since I seem to have failed my spot check for them) seem to suggest we have a pretty standard move/cast/whack system.

This is a shame, since in D&D, you can do all sorts of weird and wacky stuff, like ready actions to interrupt opponents (e.g. prepare to shoot a disruptive missile at a wizard the moment he starts casting a spell), use grapple/bull rush/overrun to push or toss smaller opponents out of the way, do aid another to make it easier for another PC to hit the enemy, throw rope lassos, and so on.

FhnuZoag

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Mitch — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:41:12 MDT

The only time a nerd like myself gets lost on a nerd comment area is when it relates to D&D. Hahaha.

@AGiES: Very nice avatar picture thing. I'm a Pens fan but I definitely hate Buffalo's new logo. And I won't say I'm rooting for Buffalo because every team I've rooted for in the NHL/NBA has been knocked out of the first round (Penguins, Stars, Rockets) so I'll just say good luck ;)

Mitch

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imaria — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:31:25 MDT

2e was a mess, but 3e/3.5e killed a lot of spirit; it streamlined too much; every last damned thing had a massive chart attached. Really, D&D just had a hard time of itself ever since WotC discovered Magic cards and how people apparently like complex rule combos.

imaria

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Soygen — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:19:58 MDT

He failed the save roll on the gallery. :(

Soygen

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quen — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:11:41 MDT

I would laugh at all the diehard RPG geeks posting here to say that 3E was a huge step up after the nonsensical 2E rules... except that I'm one of them. (Although I suspect Fahey threw that in specifically to lure us out. Presumably there is some kind of net trap involved.)

I haven't played any D&D video games since 'Pool of Radiance', though, and probably plan to keep it that way...

quen

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Dishliquid — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:11:31 MDT

I'm going to chalk up your opinion to nostalgia. If you had any real experience playing 3.5, you'd feel like you wasted your childhood on a terrible mess of incompatible rules.

Dishliquid

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emag — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:10:33 MDT

As if it wasn't obvious enough upon release (e.g., from the exodus of players towards other gaming systems), TSR has gone on record as saying that 2e meant to be a heavily-censored, dumbed down version of D&D targetted specifically at mentally challenged children. I have no idea as to what 2.5e was to be (I think all the "authors" of that monstrosity were lynched).

BD&D was fine. 1e expanded upon it, but in a less less than cohesive way. 3e/3.5e streamlined and clarified 1e. It's only the mental midgets who knew nothing but 2e that complain that 3e/3.5e actually has, y'know, rules.

On topic, D&D Tactics looks good, apart from speed (or lack thereof). How about something that plays as fast as the Gold Box games?

emag

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Krytha — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:09:45 MDT

I cast Greater Dispel Magic on the gallery enchanted with invisibility.

er... damn, I rolled a 1.

Krytha

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Dullspork — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:05:48 MDT

3.o was the best thing to happen to D&D in years. Anybody who likes the older versions better hasn't really compared the two or is living on excess nostalgia.

Dullspork

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Mommar — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:00:28 MDT

I agree with Vongarr, Thac0 was crap.

Mommar

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branwheatkillah — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:52:06 MDT

2nd Edition was a lesson in futility. 3/3.5 is the best D&D system there is. Easy, streamlined, and accessible.

branwheatkillah

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Throtex — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:50:32 MDT

Prize for best artwork goes to 'invisible stalker'.

Throtex

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vongarr — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:48:20 MDT

Yeah, and it's impossible to have an ac higher than 10 in 2nd ed. 10 to -10. Thac0 sucked.

vongarr

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Sei — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:47:47 MDT

2e 4L

Sei

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Agies — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:43:40 MDT

I think you have it backwards. 2nd ed was much more of a jumbled mess than 3 or 3.5.

Agies

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doubtful — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:43:21 MDT

For now, check out nine new screens of square dancing goodness.

Those screen shots must be shrouded in a cloak of invisibility +1 because I'm not seeing them.

Is it because I'm wielding Firefox?

doubtful

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WreckTheLaw — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:43:07 MDT

Err, currently this gallery you speak of is without images.

WreckTheLaw