I tried playing this like 5 or 6 years ago and just couldn't get into it (interface probably). But I decided to give it another go since so many people seem to like it.
Installed the game and it wouldn't run (gave an application error or something, I'm using Windows 7 64bit). The DVD came with version 1.08j and I read last version was 1.08k or something but couldn't find last patch in the official site. Found some shady link with it, I trusted my antivirus and firewall and ran it. Doesn't seem to have installed correctly. So I reinstalled the game just in case and just went with 1.08j. Went to Google and found some very recent posts (like, from 5 days ago) saying that the latest Nvidia drivers fix the error. I didn't really believe it, I mean G1 is like 10+ years old, but whatever, I installed it and … it worked!
Ok, so 3 hours later I finally got the game working. Talked to Diego after the intro, jumped down the pond to check if there was any good lewt down there, and drowned.
Ok, so I won't go do crazy things anymore, let's just follow the path. Found some dudes above on a bridge on the path, climbed the ladder and went to talk to one of them. My character was not standing erect, which should have been a hint, when I moved the mouse up to 'talk' my dude swang at the guard and was obliterated. Ok, so guess that means my dude was in 'fighting mode'.
So, eventually got to the camp. I want to be a mage so all the silly people offering me fighter and thief skills, ignore them… can't find any mage sensei here, maybe in camp 2? camp 3 seems to be some hippie dung smellers (priests? shamans?).
Tried to buy some stuff from some dude, but after like 20 minutes trying to figure out how to trade stuff, I gave up (couldn't make it trade less than 10 of my things for all I tried)
I'll try again today, but not looking too shiny.
Installed the game and it wouldn't run (gave an application error or something, I'm using Windows 7 64bit). The DVD came with version 1.08j and I read last version was 1.08k or something but couldn't find last patch in the official site. Found some shady link with it, I trusted my antivirus and firewall and ran it. Doesn't seem to have installed correctly. So I reinstalled the game just in case and just went with 1.08j. Went to Google and found some very recent posts (like, from 5 days ago) saying that the latest Nvidia drivers fix the error. I didn't really believe it, I mean G1 is like 10+ years old, but whatever, I installed it and … it worked!
Ok, so 3 hours later I finally got the game working. Talked to Diego after the intro, jumped down the pond to check if there was any good lewt down there, and drowned.
Ok, so I won't go do crazy things anymore, let's just follow the path. Found some dudes above on a bridge on the path, climbed the ladder and went to talk to one of them. My character was not standing erect, which should have been a hint, when I moved the mouse up to 'talk' my dude swang at the guard and was obliterated. Ok, so guess that means my dude was in 'fighting mode'.
So, eventually got to the camp. I want to be a mage so all the silly people offering me fighter and thief skills, ignore them… can't find any mage sensei here, maybe in camp 2? camp 3 seems to be some hippie dung smellers (priests? shamans?).
Tried to buy some stuff from some dude, but after like 20 minutes trying to figure out how to trade stuff, I gave up (couldn't make it trade less than 10 of my things for all I tried)
I'll try again today, but not looking too shiny.