According to plenty of people, hey just reporting what I see mentioned eh, World of Warcraft is the PC form of 4th edition
According to plenty of people, hey just reporting what I see mentioned eh, World of Warcraft is the PC form of 4th edition
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I want a classic turn based rpg using 4E mechanics. A huge dungeon to explore with hundreds of hours of monsters to kill and treasure to find is what I am looking for. I also do not care for any movie scenes during the game. Just tons of dungeon crawling with D&D heroes getting more and more treasure.
Sounds like what you want is little more than the ability to play TABLE TOP D&D all by your self. An interesting idea, and one that I might find mildly appealing myself, but such a product wouldn't likely sell all that well in the current video game market. Most people seem to want story based cinematic experiences, especially from games bosting hundreds of hours. Even strategic war games have increasingly emphasized story mode play with cinematic cut scenes and/or real time action for multiplayer support.
Anyway the point is moot, until WotC gets the license back from Atari nothing is going to happen. In the mean time, if what you looking for is single player D&D you might want to consider subscribing to DDi. A recent issue of the e-zine had a single player adventure, and while it's only good for low level play, the article seems to have been popular and so it seems likely that future solo adventures may follow.
actually sounds like he wants d&d minis the video game. Which would have been fun.
actually yeah its exactly what I want.
I know that the current video game market is all about cinematic experiences but I do not have the energy to go into a huge discussion about how horrible the direction of the video game market has gone.
All Im saying is that I like 4E and by now there should have been a 4E pc game. I really liked the Temple of Elemental Evil pc game but I have played through it several times and never did I get tired of it due to lack of insane graphics, character detail and cinematic scenes.
I think the closest you'll get for awhile will be Diablo3, when it finally comes out. Just remember to throw away the 14 day free trial to WoW when you buy Diablo3 otherwise, Blizzard wins.
I've been playing Mass Effect 1 and 2, Borderlands, and Dragon Age. Those games are the closest things I've seen to a D&D game right now.
I like turn-based games. X-Com, the Dark Sun games, and a few others. I'd like to see the return of more games like that. Other games always seem like their in such a hurry. You "win" by basically collecting the best or most resources and/or building up your character or army and throwing it at the enemy and hope you hit hard enough to finish it off. Seems tedious after a while.
Go handheld. Both PSP and NDS has some tactical games in theyr roseters.
Also last best tactics game is Valcyria Chronicles on PS3 (IMO).
Sigh... Me wants 4ed single player Minis game OP wants...
Dragon Age comes close to the kind of feel I would for a game. Gritty and involved, with interesting characters. Still had its comedic characters and moments too. Was it the best game? No, but it got a lot of things right when it comes to fantasy RPG's.
I like turn-based games. X-Com, the Dark Sun games, and a few others. I'd like to see the return of more games like that. Other games always seem like their in such a hurry. You "win" by basically collecting the best or most resources and/or building up your character or army and throwing it at the enemy and hope you hit hard enough to finish it off. Seems tedious after a while.
Go handheld. Both PSP and NDS has some tactical games in theyr roseters.
Also last best tactics game is Valcyria Chronicles on PS3 (IMO).
Sigh... Me wants 4ed single player Minis game OP wants...
Actually I'd say that if you have access to either a psp or a ps3, final fantasy tactics is a deep game that play similar to dnd.
I like turn-based games. X-Com, the Dark Sun games, and a few others. I'd like to see the return of more games like that. Other games always seem like their in such a hurry. You "win" by basically collecting the best or most resources and/or building up your character or army and throwing it at the enemy and hope you hit hard enough to finish it off. Seems tedious after a while.
Go handheld. Both PSP and NDS has some tactical games in theyr roseters.
Also last best tactics game is Valcyria Chronicles on PS3 (IMO).
Sigh... Me wants 4ed single player Minis game OP wants...
Actually I'd say that if you have access to either a psp or a ps3, final fantasy tactics is a deep game that play similar to dnd.
but it is not D&D and it is not 4E. I played the PSP D&D tactics and loved it but once I went through the campaign twice it lost all replayability and it was 3E rules with no multiclassing at all. Final Fanatasy and other fanatasy games are similar to D&D but they still lack the true D&D look that I want in a game.
So I do indulge myself in non DnD tactical games meanwhile. I own NDS so can only mention the games I remember on that system. (I do know there are good games in this genre on PSP)
Tactic Ogre: Knight of Lodis
Front Mission: first
Disgaya
Luminous Arc I&II
Final Fantasy AD2
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Surviver
Valyria Profile: Covenant of Plume
Advance war
Also if one grocks Japaneese Super Robot Taisen is one every god damn system (but only very few localised).
Not all of them are top notch but I played them all and survived (in some cases enjoyed, in some cases clocked timer to 99:99).
There are more me thinks but those that come to mind fast enough.
And to be fair there are old school dungeon crawls: Etrian odysey I&II, Dark Tower and School of Heroes (on PsP) that also give out DnD vibe to me.
Those can same your hunger for now... But no hope for me there... Need to wait for when WotC makes 4ed game (and not some cheap ass action knock of I don't register those as games)
Go handheld. Both PSP and NDS has some tactical games in theyr roseters.
Oh right, so you want people to *download* the game because they can't play it on their PCs?
Go handheld. Both PSP and NDS has some tactical games in theyr roseters.
Oh right, so you want people to *download* the game because they can't play it on their PCs?
Download? What on Earth...?
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@OP: If you just want to fight monsters and get loot, you could try playing solo. Create 2-3 basic characters, grab the Mythic GM Emulator (which at its heart is "ask a question, decide if it's likely or not, and roll a dice modified by how chaotic the last scene was" with some tables for other stuff - I've used it for poking at some wargaming stuff, setting up the backstory for the main game, but it's designed for RPGs and some people & groups swear by it for its ability to throw something weird at you every so often), get one of the hundreds of basic dungeon layout tables (or make one, or just throw some tiles on the table and place connections between them), slap together a few encounters for varying xp budgets... or just use something from Dungeon Delves, or taken from an existing adventure.
I haven't done this, but I've heard good things from people who have, so you might like it.
Toolset
DM Client
Player Client.
It's the closest thing to D&D ever to hit the PC.