My introduction to wizardry was the Altus produced game on ps2, although I didn’t play that game very much but spent much more time on Etrian Odyssey on the DS. Just started playing the remake of the original Wizardry and enjoying it so far.

Good watch! But there were a few inconsistencies with this documentary, like how Samus’s melee counter actually came from Mercury Steam and not from Other M, and how “Metroid Dread” didn’t originate from the Prime 3 scan log but was exacerbated by it

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I gave up on persona q because i got stuck but now I'll push through it after i finish the strangers switch drpg game.

Any chance at a tutorial somewhere?

Was this game abandoned? I keep looking for the video that showed if this game was completed or not. And then you said that you talk about Metroid design and dungeon crawlers, but there's no video on that either.

seeing a metroid video from a channel called "the crawl" is funny to me.

Dungeon crawlers are some of my favorite games.

38:12 King's Field and Shadow Tower mentioned🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great video

What programs did the person make the game with

Really well done video.

I first played Wizardry when I was about to start high school in 1990 on NES. I finally got to the end when I was working on my PhD in 2010, playing it using an emulator on my laptop.

That footage looked a lot like an RPG Maker game to me. Is Dragon Quest the model for RPG Maker?

Wizardry 😑 Wizardry, Japan 😮

filling up my steam wishlist with all of these gems

First Wizardry game I ever played was Forsaken on PS2. I rented the game from a Hollywood Video store. I also dabbled a bit in online right before it shut down. That was a brutal mmo 😅

This isnt dungeon crawler Carl.

Im playing that game now on iOS. Because it’s the 1st it’s a microcosm of all other DQ’s. It’s nicely done for how old it is. Gameplay 1st always!

Varia Suite (album) for the win! 👌🏽

KZbin reco’s knew exactly what I was looking for. So happy to have a bunch of dungeon crawlers to add to my list! That said, now that Wizardry Daphne got released; I’m not a fan of mobile/live service games but I really found it did a great job through it’s presentation to make you feel like you were adventuring as a party. I really hope it inspires other devs to try and replicate that experience in the future in a full fledged game!

Gamespot fired the team who makes their only popular series.

I recomend trying Moghunter or Yanfly's Battle UI's thats all I can say

PS1 and PS2 had some great exclusive wizardry games.

You're cooking with this idea, a DRPG with Metroidvania level design elements is something that I would love to play. I know you said you want to avoid going too experimental with mechanics but I feel like foregoing a traditional leveling system in favor of upgrades that you find in the environment could be really neat. One of my favorite things about the DRPGs I've played (mostly Etrian Odyssey) is that "do I push my luck and explore just a little further" war of attrition vibe. I think it would be cool to lean into that by forcing players to explore for stat boosts and new skills instead of being able to just grind levels.

Loved the video, this was awesome. I bet the other comments say bunches of good stuff about it. Me though? Gotta talk about Samus and Ridley in Other M... Nothing new, but what happened need not ever be forgotten or hidden. Samus's flashback during Other M Ridley fight is beyond lame. I can't even stomach listening to someone claim otherwise without shuddering as I have to relive that dark moment in our journey with her... much in the same way she faltered in the face of Ridley. Only difference being, I'm not an intergalactic Chozo enhanced bounty hunter in custom made power armor with years of experience. She'd fought Ridley how many times up until that point, and suddenly, coincidentally... in the game that had her start ranting and raving about the babyyyy, and being an emotionally meek and submissive lap dog... Coincidentally in that very same game, they also give her a totally shoehorned "Hero suffers breakdown staring into the eyes of her nemesis" moment. Like it was a fine thing to maybe feature in a comic, or any side media that wasn't that far along in the Metroid timeline or something... Or if they dialed back how dramatic it was and totally repackaged the sentiment that Ridley scared and hurt her deeply in the past. And I mean totally toned it down and repackaged it. Then maybe. Maybe it would have been an interesting moment of characterization. But the way it was done, in that context, it would be totally eyebrow raising for somebody who's easily went head to head with her old foe, to then have a random, 1st time ever mini mental breakdown the Nth time they fought. There are reasons that game was and is largely panned, and only given praise for some of it's strong points, and it's effort to freshen things up. That Ridley childhood flashback crap, is absolutely one of those reasons. Had it not been just so far along in her career in the timeline, as well as the player's spending decades with her at that point...then I am sure it would have been received better. Zero Mission did a great job harkening back to the past. It was simply not characteristic for her, nor a welcome or understandable attempt at further characterization. It simply was a NOT GOOD attempt at adding more facets to her characterization. Dread, definitely proves players are more than open to seeing further facets of Samus. Fusion too. When looked at closely, many of the games tended to slowly and tastefully introduce new and overall behooving aspects to her character. Not make her psychologic swiss cheese. That Ridley crap was absolute discount bin, derivative, cliche, half baked BS though. I'm glad I live in a world where you wouldn't catch the majority of Metroid fans claiming that even if you put their families at arm cannon point in front of them lmao.

I just got into Wizardry Variants Daphne and I fell in love with it instantly. Now I am in this wizardry rabbit hole finding out just how many games and even anime are wizardry inspired and how big it really is? I think I'll be trying more games, Variants Daphne doesn't even feel like a gacha, its amazing

Yo who here playing wizardry Daphne? So far it’s my favorite phone game, great dungeon crawler and has a great wizardry vibe. It’s only been out a couple months! Get in losers! We’re going crawling!

FF7 remake is not rpg its action adventure

Is this like the dungeon parts of Phantasy Star 1?

Wizardry Variants Daphne already out!!

I absolutely agree with your 1st and 2nd points here, especially 2nd point. Most people and new game devs don't understand or can empathize with how difficult completing an rpg is, and it's quite misleading to expect a solo game dev can pull off a triple A standard game, which needed medium to large teams with more hardware capacities. The 2nd point is essential for solo game devs, as time/energy/attention is limited, and if you want a high quality rpg game, high quality any game or any project you do have to lower expectations and consider niching down.

Playing snes translation of 1, 2, & 3. I never enjoyed the perspective, but something out of 80s rpgs that just ges to me.

Thoughts on Wizardry the Five Ordeals?

I played the original Wizardry on an Apple 2E, and the original Rogue a DEC PDP-11.

I was so close to subscribing, but then I see this...he's a "game jurnalist"...

Hmmm

might sound crazy but i would love to see from software remake the first dragon quest

Hello.

I love her already

Incase anyone is wondering the music playing in the beginning of the video is Code - Deck from Phantasy Star Online Episode III

Rewatching this today. Gives me good feelings. Love this video, man.

I want to see a Metroid Movie one day and with a live action Zelda Movie on the way a live action Metroid Movie seems to be a possibility, I would personally want Megan Bonne to play Samus, I really liked her character Elizabeth Keen from the Black List, in fact Elizabeth and Samus have a lot in common both had a horrible and traumatizing past though Elizabeth's past was more vague, and both were determined and wanted to get the job done even if it caused their lives which sadly for Elizabeth it did, that's why Megan would be perfect for Samus.

Love to see Republic Commando get some love. Boss is my favorite Star Wars character.

The newly released Wizardry gacha game Daphne is pretty good~ It doesn't even feel like a gacha-game because of how much hands-on the game is.

Didn't know the existence of the extraction crawlers genre. Such astonishing graphic assets wasted in pvp and pve online games....it's really a shame...it will not work more than a very fractioned niche of the market. First person Dungeon Crawlers and roguelike have always been solo experiences because people like that enviroment and atmosphere to be soloed. There were Nethack and Larn in the 90s then Diablo mixed the things with the hack and slash genre.But the first person view attempts were always just clones of doom

15:00 Appears a Dragonlance fan is playing this run....Not sure about 3 of the names but Gold, Tas, and Rastlin gotta be references.

Wizardry 7 now has an fan-translation of the PSX version in English if anyone is wondering.