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I'm too young to have played the older games, but Wizardry 8 is one of my favorite games ever, comparable to Morrowind in the fascinating lore, music and genera

I'm too young to have played the older games, but Wizardry 8 is one of my favorite games ever, comparable to Morrowind in the fascinating lore, music and general fun. I wish there was an open source reimplementation like OpenMW[1]. Perhaps, one day, I'll start writing one myself... 1 - https://openmw.org/ https://openmw.org/

shagie 2y ago
There's a faithful (mechanics) remake of the original on Steam - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord . The original view is in the corner - https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2518960/ss_24174f7c94f2c7028aff6f9c425aad15b500364e.jpg?t=1724265557 https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/stea... The price tag is a bit high, but the nostalgia was worth it (for me).
- ultimafan 2y ago
  For those not aware of it, the Japanese PSX port of the original Wizardry in the late 90s(?) is also an incredible option to go back and replay these gems. Has options for quality of life features, new graphics or original, despite being a Japan only release there's an option to use the original English text for everything. And it's got the first 3 games on one single disc with very straightforward party import/export features, so you can play through them with the same party as intended. Finding a CD .iso to emulate it is fairly easy nowadays and the games still hold up great.
  - dudinax 2y ago
    There's a similar release for the Super Nintendo.
- rout39574 2y ago
  Ooo... Did it include the I-9 easter egg?
  - shagie 2y ago
    There is no item number that way... so no. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2518960/discussions/0/7187237851771961437/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2518960/discussions/0/7187237...
djur 2y ago
Wiz8 runs pretty well still. The GOG version even still has the computer builder ad on exiting. I think they got their money's worth, because I got curious enough to go to the website in the ad and they're still in business! Who knows, they might still get the occasional sale from that 20+ year old ad buy.

shagie 2y ago

There's a faithful (mechanics) remake of the original on Steam - Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord . The original view is in the corner - https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2518960/ss_24174f7c94f2c7028aff6f9c425aad15b500364e.jpg?t=1724265557 https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/stea... The price tag is a bit high, but the nostalgia was worth it (for me).

ultimafan 2y ago
For those not aware of it, the Japanese PSX port of the original Wizardry in the late 90s(?) is also an incredible option to go back and replay these gems. Has options for quality of life features, new graphics or original, despite being a Japan only release there's an option to use the original English text for everything. And it's got the first 3 games on one single disc with very straightforward party import/export features, so you can play through them with the same party as intended. Finding a CD .iso to emulate it is fairly easy nowadays and the games still hold up great.
- dudinax 2y ago
  There's a similar release for the Super Nintendo.
rout39574 2y ago
Ooo... Did it include the I-9 easter egg?
- shagie 2y ago
  There is no item number that way... so no. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2518960/discussions/0/7187237851771961437/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2518960/discussions/0/7187237...

djur 2y ago

Wiz8 runs pretty well still. The GOG version even still has the computer builder ad on exiting. I think they got their money's worth, because I got curious enough to go to the website in the ad and they're still in business! Who knows, they might still get the occasional sale from that 20+ year old ad buy.