POOL OF RADIANCE ANDROID DOSBOX PLUS

This is bliss! I'd have thought I'd get bored by the quite limited range of enemies (and gear) or become frustrated by the, erm, quirky AD&D 1st (2nd?) edition rules, but no. Turn- and party-based combat goodness! Oh, how I've missed true turn-based combat with a large party (6 members) against a large amount of enemies (10+) in RPGs. Anyway, it's a good reminder, that CRPGs don't have to be PST-like digital books to get their point across and story told. Now, if that's not a limping parable, I don't know what is. Now, they act like small spoonfulls of the story that give you enough to envision what the whole soup is like. Had there been more text in larger chunks, it would have felt more of a literary thing than it is now and I would have expected more from it, writing-wise etc. I'm convinced that this is partly because the terse text is in fact a spark for your imagination and you (sort of) fill in the rest. It is interesting how much the game conveys with so little narrative text (due to memory constraints back then).

In order to not just chalk it down to old grognard's nostalgia for the yesterdays, I wrote down some observations of the game so far. Granted, one must approach these games with patience and a willingness to do handwritten notes and mapping, and be ready for a lot of page-flipping through the journal and/or manual, which all require a whole different attitude than modern games, but regardless I'm really, truly and honestly, having a lot of fun.

POOL OF RADIANCE ANDROID DOSBOX PLUS

So, with these requirements, I chose to go with the Dragonlance Trilogy (I never had any of the games in the trilogy back in the day), starting with Champions of Krynn.Īfter the expected steep learning curve (it's been ages since I last touched any of the Gold Box games, so I'm practically starting anew) and the stiff early game experience with the clucky interface and all, plus the technical hurdles (took me some head-scratching to get saves working, for example), I've really surprised myself how much I'm liking the game. I also wanted to try a game I had not played before, so POR was out because of that too. I know I should have started with Pools of Radiance, I know, but I thought I'd perhaps last longer if I started with one of the later games with their refinements to the engine (albeit small, but hey, every little bit counts). The idea is to go through them all, although I'm quite sure I will run out of steam well before I make it through all of them, but at least so far, after three evenings of playing, I'm really enjoying myself and going onwards with vigour. I got a crazy idea a couple of days back to go revisit the Gold Box games after long last. The graphics and the music part are done well which increases the interest in the game.(Well, despite my best efforts this became a semi-rant, I guess, so I'm giving you fair warning: Old geezer semi-rant follows.) The game is set in a fanciful world and amuses the player with the thrill and adventure. The gameplay of the pool of radiance revolves around fights, wars, and the wise choices to be made in order to win the battle. The spells can only be used during a fight and for healing the wounds. There are not enough traps in the game and also, the usage of spells is limited. On the contrary, the mighty soldiers can break the locks to open the doors. The thieves can open the locks using their skills and knowledge and the magicians use their magic to unlock the locks so that they can open the doors. The fighting system is fun and interesting.

The soldiers in the battle use weapons for fighting. The player needs to defend his warriors as they are important and can be utilized in forming walls for saving themselves from the magic and encounter the magician before he uses his magic. The player can always use the fireball charm to defeat the enormous number of foes and thus, save himself. The game contains several unusual missiles, huge creatures, robbers, burglars and the list goes on. The fights are tough and it is not easy to win them. As the player continues in the game, he meets several non-player characters, goes to many shops, and attend events.

The location of the player can be seen on the maps and the present time is also shown. The game consists of the perspective of first-person and provides top to down view. The pool of Radiance is a role-playing game.

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