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Peregrine

12-11-2006, 12:47 PM

I was checking out one of my favorite sites, Gametunnel, which reviews shareware games, and this week they have been awarding their game of the year award in various categories, today it was RPG. I checked it out, and I have tried some of the games, Empire and Dungeon is pretty good, but the top award went to a game I hadn't tried called Fastcrawl. Basically this is a game engine to generate very random dungeons that you explore with a random party of characters. I downloaded the demo and have had a blast so far, basically you get three starting characters from (I think) the normal four classes of Warrior, Rogue, Mage, and Cleric. In my party I don't have a cleric. You wander around the dungeon by clicking on doors to open them or segments of the dungeon to explore. There are monsters, traps, secret doors, and treasures to be found, and each time you get to the next level in the dungeon, your characters advance a level and get better stats and a choice of a few ability upgrades. You also find a variety of equipment as you explore that you can plug into gear slots to improve your character. You also have a supply element, which only gives you so many "moves" through the dungeon, if you run out, you lose, but you can find plenty of supply packs as you move around.

I think I like this game enough to buy it for $20, it's sort of like the rogue games, but easier in that it's graphical and the monsters don't move around, but for quick and fun dungeon exploring, it's cool!

Here's a shot of my current party, the blue swirly thing shows where I am, the evil eyes thing to the left indicates a monster.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/krm123/fastcrawl.jpg

Peregrine

12-11-2006, 01:08 PM

dola - I've played another game, it looks like the amount of characters you have can vary, the second mission after I lost the first was four characters, plus I rescued another one in the dungeon. Mage Power!

Chubby

12-11-2006, 01:13 PM

linky?

Peregrine

12-11-2006, 01:14 PM

hxxp://www.pawleyscape.com/fastcrawl/

Fouts

12-11-2006, 05:40 PM

Trying it out, I like the music.

Mustang

12-11-2006, 05:52 PM

How easy is it to gain supplies in the game? I don't think I'd like a RPG that much if it seemed all I was doing was searching for supplies...

Antmeister

12-11-2006, 06:08 PM

Thank you sir. Gonna try this out as well.

Fouts

12-11-2006, 06:17 PM

Reminded me of a card type game (like magic). I see the character building stuff in one mission, but I don't think it carries over. So in the next mission you would start with level 1 characters again?

I'm more interesting in building a stable of adventurer types for the long haul. The game has potential.

Bee

12-11-2006, 08:10 PM

Interesting game. Has potential so hopefully the developer will continue to expand the game beyond what it is right now.

Peregrine

12-11-2006, 10:19 PM

Interesting game. Has potential so hopefully the developer will continue to expand the game beyond what it is right now.

Right, from the forums the developer (basically one guy) is definitely working on adding new features and making changes to the game, which is good, I know it was mentioned that he's going to try to open some of it up for players to make changes also, to create the possibility of mods.

Godzilla Blitz

12-12-2006, 12:33 AM

Oh, thanks for posting this!

I've been playing more and more of these games that you can fire up and play in short sessions. This looks perfect.

Crim

12-12-2006, 01:08 AM

Mustang

12-12-2006, 01:38 AM

Hmmm. One developer, working alone, making a very customizable game...

both working in fantasy...

Mustang

12-12-2006, 01:38 AM

Reminded me of a card type game (like magic).

Quest Cards?

Axxon

12-12-2006, 05:37 AM

Quest Cards?

The description reminds me of Hero Quest which has cards in it but plays nothing like magic. It is a quick dungeon crawl where you move your ( up to four ) heros around fighting monstercards and drawing treasure cards, using spell cards, etc. Fun game.

Mustang

12-12-2006, 08:22 AM

The description reminds me of Hero Quest which has cards in it but plays nothing like magic. It is a quick dungeon crawl where you move your ( up to four ) heros around fighting monstercards and drawing treasure cards, using spell cards, etc. Fun game.

Love that game. Would buy the expansions for it but, they are out of production. The Elf expansion and Barbarian expansion go for about $250 on Ebay. :eek: I haven't tried Descent yet but, I believe it is the same.

Bee

12-12-2006, 08:38 AM

Right, from the forums the developer (basically one guy) is definitely working on adding new features and making changes to the game, which is good, I know it was mentioned that he's going to try to open some of it up for players to make changes also, to create the possibility of mods.

That's cool. I looked on the forum but couldn't find any posts by the developer discussing adding new features or anything, so I was thinking he might be just putting it out there and not really going to continue support for it.

Warhammer

12-12-2006, 08:44 AM

Love that game. Would buy the expansions for it but, they are out of production. The Elf expansion and Barbarian expansion go for about $250 on Ebay. :eek: I haven't tried Descent yet but, I believe it is the same.

You talking about Descent by Fantasy Flight?

Mustang

12-12-2006, 09:48 AM

You talking about Descent by Fantasy Flight?

Yep, that one. Bought it but, haven't busted it out yet to play. (Add it to the stack o' games I have...)

Peregrine

12-12-2006, 10:54 AM

I've seen Descent on the table a lot at various board game events but haven't managed to play it yet, looks pretty fun. And yes, Fastcrawl really reminds me of Heroquest also.

Axxon

12-12-2006, 07:53 PM

Mustang

12-12-2006, 11:58 PM

FWIW there is a computer version out there for HQ that I've played which is a very good and has modules out for it.

Wouldn't happen to have a link would you?

Axxon

12-13-2006, 12:15 AM

Wouldn't happen to have a link would you?

Sure would.

Axxon

12-13-2006, 12:16 AM

Sure would.

:p :p Sorry, couldn't resist.

hxxp://www.allegro.cc/depot/project.php?_id=1054

Antmeister

12-13-2006, 12:27 AM

:p :p Sorry, couldn't resist.

hxxp://www.allegro.cc/depot/project.php?_id=1054

Wow...thanks for the link. There are some other games on that site that interest me as well.

Axxon

12-13-2006, 12:43 AM

Wow...thanks for the link. There are some other games on that site that interest me as well.

Hey, for the guy who's links have brought many cool games to my attention, it was a pleasure.

Warhammer

12-13-2006, 10:41 AM

Yep, that one. Bought it but, haven't busted it out yet to play. (Add it to the stack o' games I have...)

Descent is a good game. But, the scenario you play is very important. Also it depends on how evil the GM is in playing the creatures. Some scenarios are dependent upon speed, while others you need to be more deliberate. The one problem with the game is time, it can be a pretty long game.

Mustang

12-16-2006, 02:40 AM

Axxon

12-16-2006, 02:53 AM

Fun little game. Seems like a ramped up Dungeon Hack game. I was browsing the messages boards and it seems like there is another game that I'd like to check out.. 'Fate' Haven't seen that one mentioned here (probably has though)

It's a Diablo clone which is pretty fun. It's on the simple side. It has no classes per se. Each level you assign points to skills such as swords, shields, offensive magic etc.

You have a pet which fights with you and has an inventory. You can send the pet to town to sell his inventory whenever you like and you fight alone for a while. There are "kill the badguy" quests which give you rewards.

All in all, if you like diablo it's worth a look. It does have an easier interface.

Mustang

12-16-2006, 10:42 AM

All in all, if you like diablo it's worth a look. It does have an easier interface.

Kept me up until 4:00 in the morning so, looks like my $20 will go to this one for now.