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1988 classic Amiga game - role playing games
"Why I Don’t Like RPG Games" by Adam "Frey" Barczyński, Act 1, Scene 1. Firstly, they’re very monotonous, secondly, they’re monotonous, and thirdly, nothing happens in them. It’s just corridors, doors, more corridors, and foul-smelling creatures. Well, Omega is the exception, of course, where I spent many days and even more nights. "Why?" you ask. Yes, primarily because I have no life. But this game was actually created for people like me. Sure, there are dungeons, strange creatures, treasures to find, and levels to achieve, but other than that, Omega is nothing like other RPGs. First of all, we don’t have any specific objective here—we don’t have to go anywhere or defeat anyone (at least not right away). We simply enter Rampart City with a certain (and not very large) amount of gold, and the rest is up to us. There are shops, pubs, a casino, a weaponsmith, a library, a school, a gym (at least that’s how it should be described), a temple, a cemetery, the ruler’s castle, a bank, a gladiatorial arena, and a prison and legionnaires’ barracks (not together, although the level of luxury in both is probably quite similar). And what of all this? Absolutely nothing, because, as I said, the developers didn’t impose anything on us. If we want, we can try our hand at gladiatorial combat (they pay well), search for treasure in hidden caves in the mountains, join a legion, or embark on a life of crime (the Thieves’ Guild holds meetings daily between 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM in the parish hall, but it’s difficult to buy in). Of course, outside the city, we can wander (no allusion) the land and, let’s say, steal horses (or at least try), or simply become a traveler. The graphics are practically nonexistent (in the standard version, it’s semi-graphics composed of ASCII characters), and there’s simply no music (not even semi-music). While there were versions with graphics, as you can see from the screenshots, they weren’t as good as the "text-based" ones (strange, but true).
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loved that game and I have no idea why :)nick (21-03-2025 09:18:47)
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