'Realms of Arkania: Star Trail' a Faithful Remake of Realms of Arkania’s Classic Sequel

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• Kyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975

  November 2016

  I had totally forgotten I had played this game, as I recall I think it was an enjoyable experience.
  
  
  

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• Myrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,483

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  oh wow, spent tons of hours on this game when I was younger
  
  back then if I remember right, it was Sir-Tech's first venture out from the Wizardry series
  
  also you can get ROA 1+2+3 for $3.00 on Gog
• LynxJSA Member RarePosts: 3,334

  November 2016

  Kyleran said:

  I had totally forgotten I had played this game, as I recall I think it was an enjoyable experience.
  
  
  

  I was a great game but that UI - which was fine back then - is... less than fun to deal with. Hopefully they do the CPU speed tweaking in the remake (ex: combat phases, camping speed), otherwise it's fiddling with DOSBox or whatever to make the game remotely playable on today's systems.

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• Mendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609

  November 2016

  Star Trail was pretty brutal as well.  One bad RNG result could (and would) roll up an entire party in an instant.  That made saving at almost every step vital.  Not particularly the style of game I enjoy.  The logistics -- food and loot -- were pretty sparse too, if I remember correctly.
  
  I did love the overland map and travel, though.  The 'paths' were exceptionally well done.  I wonder why that mechanism didn't become a standard feature in other games?
  
  

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• Scorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914

  November 2016

  Hmmm , i will wait and see this get released and some reviews out , I love the TDE system .. But there last attmpt was medicore and still has some of the same problems it did at launch , for 3 years now ... Maybe they should fix Blade of Destiny first , before a sequel , Would sit better with the communtiy that back3ed there last project and feels neglected ..