Curse

Tirgar · Jul 04, 2005, 10:39 AM // 10:39

I wish to complain that Guild Wars does not closely enough resemble my favourite game, Paradroid on the Commodore 64

I feel like I have been duped into buying this game on false pretences.

I spent a lot of time misreading, misunderstanding and misconstruing everything about the game so I know what I am talking about.

Arena.Net deliberately made the following depatures from my self induced delusion;

1) Its in 3d, 3D!!!! I tell you, where is the bas relief 2d scroll eh ?
2) I bumped into a creature outside of ascalon whilst holding down my fire button and no mini game appeared to allow me to take the creature over. WTF !!!!!! <- (for the acronym challenged this means “Wheres The Ferret”, strange but true)
3) No blasters…. Like duh, how am I supposed to blow up the enemy.

Needless to say that any time now I am going to stop playing the game, any time now………..still here but definitely on my way out the door to this game….. yes sir……….no more Guild Wars for me………..any time now and you never here from me again……………..I’m gone….well that sorted you Arena.Net, wallow in your social poverty and wild bewilderment at my departure…..your sorry now aren’t you, oh I know you won’t admit but your hurting allright……hello ?

Regards

Tirgar

P.S. To be fair I entered a thing called a PVP battle and at least there the AI on the opponents was much more in keeping with the original Paradroid.

Caco-Cola · Jul 04, 2005, 11:00 AM // 11:00

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P.S. To be fair I entered a thing called a PVP battle and at least there the AI on the opponents was much more in keeping with the original Paradroid.

Yah but it varies from time to time. The enemy AI or those that they put on your team (though why I need teammates, I don't know) is sometimes worse than the henchmen AI.

silvertemplar · Jul 04, 2005, 11:17 AM // 11:17

rofl. Yea i'm so peefed about not being able to have a lighsaber and go "force pull" to get that ranger that keeps running from me. Didnt A.Net say i would have instant travel? Where the hell is my "force-jump" so i don't have to run along the windy road, i want to jump to other side of the map damnit!

Tirgar · Jul 04, 2005, 12:28 PM // 12:28

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Originally Posted by silvertemplar

rofl. Yea i'm so peefed about not being able to have a lighsaber and go "force pull" to get that ranger that keeps running from me. Didnt A.Net say i would have instant travel? Where the hell is my "force-jump" so i don't have to run along the windy road, i want to jump to other side of the map damnit!

You see Arena.Net, Another traumatised individual whose life you have shaded with the crayon of deceit.

I see another life spent waiting for "just one more patch" for you to deliver us, our mini-gaming, light sabering, droid blasting, text adventuring goodness that you definitely promised us, in a pre-view I once saw, sometime….

Garrett · Jul 04, 2005, 10:17 PM // 22:17

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Originally Posted by Tirgar

you have shaded with the crayon of deceit.

ROFL.

EchoSex · Jul 04, 2005, 10:41 PM // 22:41

*Blinks and stares, tilting his head to the side slightly at a 40 degree angle* ....Yeah?

Keesa · Jul 05, 2005, 05:00 PM // 17:00

I love this thread.

Acan Vishnu · Jul 05, 2005, 05:05 PM // 17:05

I love you.

No, I'm serious. I have been trying to remember the name of that game for so long, I could remember bits and pieces of it, but nothing solid enough to get results out of google. That is so getting installed on every computer I can get my hands on.

Rbp-7-(Ooz) · Jul 05, 2005, 05:35 PM // 17:35

if you loved the original... you will love the remake of Paradroid:

Freedroid

Reiden Argrock · Jul 05, 2005, 11:22 PM // 23:22

enh? pfff, wheres my /god command huh?

Rbp-7-(Ooz) · Jul 05, 2005, 11:25 PM // 23:25

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Originally Posted by Reiden Argrock

enh? pfff, wheres my /god command huh?

I played it at lunch... it's a garsh darn 100% clone of Paradroid... what more do you want!?

it even has the sounds down pat.

"deeew DEEEW deeeew, wedalloooweedaloooweedalooo"

Vigilante · Jul 06, 2005, 08:31 AM // 08:31

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Originally Posted by Tirgar

...WTF !!!!!! <- (for the acronym challenged this means “Wheres The Ferret”, strange but true)

WTF Means Where's The Food... We were making shirts for some school activity (it might have been powderpuff) an we convinced the teacher that WTF meant Where's the Food, so we were allowed to have that printed in huge letters on our shirts

Other than that... WTF?

Lalii · Jul 06, 2005, 09:50 AM // 09:50

Best thread yet. XD

Calimar · Jul 06, 2005, 09:57 AM // 09:57

Paradriod rocks. (rocked

). 'nuff said.

where's the NETHACK interface ANYWAY!?

Tyil Thunder Arrow · Jul 06, 2005, 03:54 PM // 15:54

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Originally Posted by Rbp-7-(Ooz)

I played it at lunch... it's a garsh darn 100% clone of Paradroid... what more do you want!?

it even has the sounds down pat.

"deeew DEEEW deeeew, wedalloooweedaloooweedalooo"

thought it was supposed to be a cross between that and telenguard(oh how i would love to play telenguard again)
/cries while reminissing

Rbp-7-(Ooz) · Jul 06, 2005, 04:28 PM // 16:28

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Originally Posted by Calimar

Paradriod rocks. (rocked

). 'nuff said.

where's the NETHACK interface ANYWAY!?

You did see the Paradroid remake link right?
http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/ <---- Paradroid remake

Nethack ---> http://users.tkk.fi/~jtpelto2/nethack.html

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Originally Posted by Tyil Thunder Arrow

thought it was supposed to be a cross between that and telenguard(oh how i would love to play telenguard again)
/cries while reminissing

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2046 <---PCdos version.... not as pretty as the C64... but...

I miss Temple of Apshai too.

EnDinG · Jul 06, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51

I think the game I miss is Lands Of Lore?

It was an RPG where you would wonder around all over the place... It was on a hard disk when I was a kid. I would play it forever. I remember there was a big castle in the middle, the top right had a town... There were Serfs all over the castle area. If you attacked them in a town or something, they would attack you back. And I think you would be their enemy forever.

Whenever you hit an enemy, one of those Batman "WHAM" signs would appear. Like a yellow / red graphic would go over the enemy saying you hit them. *Sigh* I loved that game.

Rbp-7-(Ooz) · Jul 13, 2005, 03:36 PM // 15:36

it took me awhile to find it... (it was on my favorites at home.)

But here are three remixes of the Paradroid Music.

http://remix.kwed.org/index.php?search=paradroid

plus http://remix.kwed.org has TONS of cool C64 inspired music. I find that 1/3 of my MP3 files are these tunes.

Rbp-7-(Ooz) · Jul 13, 2005, 09:06 PM // 21:06

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Originally Posted by Tyil Thunder Arrow

thought it was supposed to be a cross between that and telenguard(oh how i would love to play telenguard again)
/cries while reminissing

there is nothing else I can say except.... Who is your Daddy!?

Telengaurd Remake!

http://buildingworlds.com/telengard/