Betrayal At Krondor!
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anybody remember this game?
aww god what a game...
i remember playing it in like 1997 or so.. [tearing up]
such nostalgia!!
<a href='http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=116' target='_blank'>whee!!</a>
anybody remember this game?
aww god what a game...
i remember playing it in like 1997 or so.. [tearing up]
such nostalgia!!
<a href='http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=116' target='_blank'>whee!!</a>
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I'll never forget... the frustration... even with a walkthrough and detailed FAQs, it was like IMPOSSIBLE to NOT DIE... and I didn't want to cheat and look up answers to puzzle boxes I didn't get, but oftentimes the supplies inside were the only thing stalling death for another couple hours/minutes... and after all that, I still never even knew where to go half the time or what to do...
and yet, it was puzzlingly addictive =P go figure. thematically kinda a precursor to Baldeur's Gate, I suppose.
it was awesome having to learn basic mathematics skills WHILE playing a game..
it's hard to explain, but it was just awesome.
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LIES.
Betrayal at Krondor wasn't a hard game. Actually, it was rather easy compared to any other RPG at the time, because it had no random monster encounters. All the monsters spawned at their patrol locations at the start of a new chapter, and once the player disemboweled them, they never came back.
The key to understanding BaK lies in the following advice:
1) Surprisingly many quests can be completed durring chapter 1, so do not rush to Krondor. Instead, walk around the map, whack some enemies to gain better stats, and find better equipment.
2) The Brak-Nurr is too tough for newbies. Don't even bother.
3) Search all the woodlands beside roads well. You can find a billion chests with useful things inside, and even a magic shop with a respectable selection of spells.
If you want a RPG so hard you'll cry and squeal "UNFAIR!" after an hour of playing, try Nahlakh.
If anyone wants to know a trick to get infinite money.... google for "Betrayal at Krondor" and "broken crossbow trick". Kinda fun if you've finished the game before.
as for what I said about the game being hard -- maybe I was just young and impatient. I remember getting sick all the time from poisoned swords, etc, and not having enough money to heal, and always running out of food... my income never felt like it was fast enough to keep up with my food dependancy -- at least not fast enough to be able to buy any phat l3wt at the same time...
and as for leveling up characters -- it felt futile, because they stick you with NEW characters between chapters... what's up with THAT?
By the way: check your food before you eat it. Trust me. The first time I played, I didn't know to do that. I kept dying from poisoned or rotten food. You can save yourself a lot of grief by checking the food first.