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Offline aldo_14

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on: December 16, 2003, 07:30:54 am
Anyone recommend any of the above?

i.e. I liked KoToR, but at the end of the day it finished.  and I'd liked to have been able to go around pottering in the world (or worlds, in this case), gathering up stuff and generally making a nuiscance of myself.
 

Offline J3Vr6

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Reply #1 on: December 16, 2003, 08:01:46 am
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, or GTA 3 :)  That's pretty non linear.

Balder's gate was non-linear, right?  I remember an old game my sister lent me that was non-linear and fun to play:  Return to Krondor or something like that...
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Offline Levyathan

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Reply #2 on: December 16, 2003, 08:36:58 am
Ultima IV.
 

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Reply #3 on: December 16, 2003, 08:41:35 am
Baldur's Gate is pretty good at being hybrid-linear. You've got a pretty clear central, linear plot and then there's a bunch of stuff scattered everywhere around it. Very well put together.
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Offline Nico

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Reply #4 on: December 16, 2003, 08:47:29 am
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 Return to Krondor


Ouch, you'd have to dig into a lot of dust to find that one, it's pretty old , no pentiums back then :D
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Offline Triple Ace

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Reply #5 on: December 16, 2003, 08:53:37 am
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, or GTA 3 :)  That's pretty non linear.

Balder's gate was non-linear, right?  I remember an old game my sister lent me that was non-linear and fun to play:  Return to Krondor or something like that...


I can never play too much GTA.:D
 

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Reply #6 on: December 16, 2003, 08:57:14 am
Return to Krondor should be available for a free download somewhere. The company released it for free on a couple different game magazine CDs. I think I have a copy of it around here somewhere. It was a great game, but there's too much crap to manage and its too easy to get yourself into a situation where no amount of luck can save you.
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Offline Nico

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Reply #7 on: December 16, 2003, 09:48:09 am
besides, you have to make it run first, and that's not a given...
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Reply #8 on: December 16, 2003, 09:54:13 am
X-Plane. :D
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Reply #9 on: December 16, 2003, 09:57:29 am
Morrowind :yes:
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Reply #10 on: December 16, 2003, 10:47:43 am
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Return to Krondor should be available for a free download somewhere.


IIRC it was only Betrayal at Krondor that was released like that.  BaK was awesome, but RtK was less so.  RtK was pretty linear, too.
 

Offline J3Vr6

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Reply #11 on: December 16, 2003, 11:02:59 am
I forget which Krondor she lent me.  I know that it had puzzle chests laying around the roads and wilderness that were annoying.  It was a decent game, would put it as linear as Baldar's Gate I guess.

Wasn't I-war2 supposed to be non-linear?  I never picked that game up but I heard u could go fly anywhere and do what u felt like.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #12 on: December 16, 2003, 11:12:08 am
I war didn;t work too well, though.  You coudl theoretically play 'elite' with it, but there wasn't a particularly good economics model for trading / pirating IMO.  You'd accumulate vast quantities of stuff, but there's wasn't really much need for it.  Plus being a spaceship is somewhat distancing.

I have GTA:VC on the PS2, but I've done pretty everything I want to in it...... I guess Morrowing might be ok, but I'm not a fan of fantasy stuff........
 

Offline Martinus

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Reply #13 on: December 16, 2003, 11:27:46 am
[color=66ff00]Betrayal at Krondor is available to download here guys. :)

I've never played it myself though.
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Offline 01010

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Reply #14 on: December 16, 2003, 11:56:47 am
Morrowind is really difficult to get into if you're not RPG minded and you don't have the time to sit down and put at least 5-10 hours with it the first time you play it.

It's taken me a year to really get into it.
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Reply #15 on: December 16, 2003, 01:18:41 pm
Fallout 1 - Fallout 2 :D
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Reply #16 on: December 17, 2003, 08:46:55 am
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Fallout 1 - Fallout 2 :D


Non-linear?  If you say so... :lol:

For the BaK freeware, you'll want to get the patch... try here.

MMORPGs :ick are generally non-linear, if you're truly desperate.

psst! Daggerfall > Morrowind :p
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Offline J3Vr6

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Reply #17 on: December 17, 2003, 08:51:40 am
MMORPGs?  Is that like a MUD?  I used to play one...  It was a text one, no graphics.  Pretty fun.
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Offline Impurial

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Reply #18 on: December 17, 2003, 08:56:02 am
MUD = MultiUser Dungeons. Great fun :D
MMORPG = Massively MultiPlayer Online Role Playing Games.  Includes MUDs, but generally refering to games like EverQuest, RuneScape, Anarchy Online :ick.
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Reply #19 on: December 17, 2003, 09:31:29 am
Bah, Morrowind. Play Gothic II and you'll get to know a really good RPG:p
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