tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post6561780214673022103..comments2024-03-29T01:07:22.708+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Rome: Pathway to Power - LOST!The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-17375398993063471532020-12-05T08:49:51.121+11:002020-12-05T08:49:51.121+11:00This is one of the greatest games I have played as...This is one of the greatest games I have played as a child and still brings back memories. You who say it is aweful, well it was ground breaking when released - it was basically GTA style RPG (rob people and some innuendo style references later on). Day and night cycle. Intrigue and violence. War and beauty.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025714850981034684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-42621686929217718302019-05-11T04:32:32.703+10:002019-05-11T04:32:32.703+10:00So...
You need the dagger to get the die
Without ...So...<br /><br />You need the dagger to get the die<br />Without the dagger you are sure to die<br /><br />(Yeah, I'll show myself the way out...)Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-80394117810147694942019-05-10T23:35:18.420+10:002019-05-10T23:35:18.420+10:00But you'd still have to get the dagger too in ...But you'd still have to get the dagger too in order to be able to get the die and still escape.Reikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326356159794723662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-66125483722650048272019-05-10T03:04:47.943+10:002019-05-10T03:04:47.943+10:00Time flies when you are having fun!Time flies when you are having fun!Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-5132082393066574512019-05-09T19:53:11.310+10:002019-05-09T19:53:11.310+10:00And people thought that Hugo III would be the wors...And people thought that Hugo III would be the worst one, back when making guessing 1992 rankings in... <a href="https://advgamer.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-year-that-was-1991.html" rel="nofollow">2016 holy cow it's been so long already!?</a>Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-41839863386680599472019-05-09T19:37:29.779+10:002019-05-09T19:37:29.779+10:00I really thought Curse of Enchantia would be worst...I really thought Curse of Enchantia would be worst game of the year by far, but finally it appears it's gonna be a tight fight!Alfred n the Fettuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15586336731691674651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-85962812455095927222019-05-09T17:01:58.129+10:002019-05-09T17:01:58.129+10:00Considering their usual way to power even #9 would...Considering their usual way to power even #9 wouldn't be frowned upon, and 1 and 2 only because you had the audacity to be born poor and not a citizen.<br /><br />That said I do like the backgrounds that reflect the time and place, gives a very nice "ancient times" feel to it, you can almost imagine it being the way a play is staged.<br /><br />And I agree with Michael on the better title and the entertaining read, like a gladiator in the circus we thank you for your highly amusing suffering.ShaddamIVthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024540172370536692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-8131092117430494362019-05-09T11:47:51.685+10:002019-05-09T11:47:51.685+10:00There's one other way to make money. You can b...There's one other way to make money. You can buy a loaded die in Herculaneum and gamble with it in Chapter 2. It's not a huge influx of cash (if you stop before the other gamblers figure out you're cheating), but it can provide some extra pocket change.<br /><br />I beat this game as a kid, and I remember utterly despising the RTS sections. I think I'd be willing to replay the other chapters, but never again will Hector invade Britannia.Psilonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-49709651530543078572019-05-08T21:51:19.578+10:002019-05-08T21:51:19.578+10:00I'm confident the answer is yes, but seeing as...I'm confident the answer is yes, but seeing as I had many attempts to complete Chapter 4 and only ended up succeeding with 2 sesterces to spare, I don't think it will be easy. And the only way to make money before borrowing money partway through Chapter 2 is by getting the dagger in Chapter 1 and threatening people before the lava hits.<br /><br />I did briefly consider restarting from Chapter 4 anyway until I remembered that the game only lets me have a single save game, so I could either restart Chapter 6 with 102 sesterces or start the game from Chapter 1 again.<br /><br />So, my guess is the only way to realistically do it is by buying the dagger anyway in order to start chapter 2 with some cash, thus avoiding the moneylender's exorbitant fees and being able to buy a slave earlier and compete in the first gladiator arenaTBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-44276176418004914602019-05-08T21:32:08.448+10:002019-05-08T21:32:08.448+10:00Is it possible to win without the Dagger if you bu...Is it possible to win without the Dagger if you build up 200 sesterces during your last opportunity to make money (which I guess is the chapter before Egypt) - so you can hire the assassin twice?Voltglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893726442063421240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31832406677486237592019-05-08T16:56:44.908+10:002019-05-08T16:56:44.908+10:00If Curse of Enchantia didn't have such good gr...If Curse of Enchantia didn't have such good graphics it'd be the worst for sure.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40873285316090491932019-05-08T16:00:50.365+10:002019-05-08T16:00:50.365+10:00Yeah, bad games are fun to write as well, perhaps ...Yeah, bad games are fun to write as well, perhaps because you get to vent your frustration - good games are great fun too - I think it's the average games that I find least fun to writeTBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40056502560607655832019-05-08T15:51:14.489+10:002019-05-08T15:51:14.489+10:00Ha. Maybe in my shame I walked all the way to Gree...Ha. Maybe in my shame I walked all the way to Greece with a hangdog expression on my face, kicking stones as I went and refusing to be happy that I was a slave in a burning city weeks earlier and was now a rich landowner.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-17218330746673304782019-05-08T15:46:32.966+10:002019-05-08T15:46:32.966+10:00I think my obsessive compulsion to finish kicked i...I think my obsessive compulsion to finish kicked in at some point but fortunately it left me after I couldn't get the Amiga version to work.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-67101888776776364812019-05-08T15:42:53.736+10:002019-05-08T15:42:53.736+10:00Happy to do it. And I'll be voting it for wors...Happy to do it. And I'll be voting it for worst for sure, unless something surprising pops up.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-79132653210211650452019-05-08T15:40:43.256+10:002019-05-08T15:40:43.256+10:00At least you tried. If I did end up managing to ch...At least you tried. If I did end up managing to cheat my way to success it would at least have been true to Hector's personality.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-80336078930637323332019-05-08T15:38:47.834+10:002019-05-08T15:38:47.834+10:00Nice one. Makes me think that most of the things I...Nice one. Makes me think that most of the things I've listed that we'd consider immoral would be perfectly acceptable in game's setting. I'd guess only 1, 2 and 9 would be frowned upon by most ancient Romans.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-67569568111743996702019-05-08T15:34:33.023+10:002019-05-08T15:34:33.023+10:00Yeah. I could cope with the common rare trope if i...Yeah. I could cope with the common rare trope if it wasn't tied into a chapter 1 dead-end that isn't a dead-end until the VERY LAST ACTION OF THE GAME!TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-59905204703184170662019-05-08T08:43:20.471+10:002019-05-08T08:43:20.471+10:00Funny thing. The worst games tend to make the best...Funny thing. The worst games tend to make the best reading. I often find this to be the case here and at the crpg addicts house.Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-51618646058493974712019-05-08T06:07:22.989+10:002019-05-08T06:07:22.989+10:00Interestingly, the hill behind you on the "lo...Interestingly, the hill behind you on the "losing" screen looks very much like the Acropolis in Athens. Some nice real estate in Attica at that time.limbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671884456426769899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-23134472725342494512019-05-08T04:22:24.621+10:002019-05-08T04:22:24.621+10:00Frankly, I am amazed that you persevered so long. ...Frankly, I am amazed that you persevered so long. Let's hope you'll face no as awful game in the nearby future!Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-72162820786234990732019-05-08T04:04:19.451+10:002019-05-08T04:04:19.451+10:00Thank you SO MUCH, TBD, for getting through this l...Thank you SO MUCH, TBD, for getting through this lump of a game in my place. I think this one is a contender for worst game of the year. That dead end is simply inexcusable! I am sorry you got saddled with it.Reikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326356159794723662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-18245910156696951032019-05-08T03:03:15.051+10:002019-05-08T03:03:15.051+10:00> MisterKerr tried to help too but while his he...> MisterKerr tried to help too but while his help didn't pan out I appreciate the attempt.<br /><br />That's what happens when I post from a work computer that randomly blocks *some* gaming sites, like the one Laukku posted his link from which I couldn't actually click on until I was on a different computer. I still think there's probably a way to cheat/hex edit your way to the end in the PC version, but at this point it's probably moot. Well, that's Rome for you!MisterKerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525316028415093685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-63265439547567880602019-05-08T02:42:57.009+10:002019-05-08T02:42:57.009+10:00After reading your list of Hector's accomplish...After reading your list of Hector's accomplishments, I stand by my earlier remark that the game would best be named "granditer furtum sinum currus".<br /><br />Awful game, but an entertaining read. Thanks.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240427925874212338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-76596879919310796302019-05-08T02:21:42.339+10:002019-05-08T02:21:42.339+10:00>Say hello to the only dagger in the entirety o...>Say hello to the only dagger in the entirety of the Roman Empire,<br />>which would otherwise be tragically lost under molten rock and ash.<br /><br />https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CommonPlaceRare<br /><br />This is an especially cruel dead end, where you'd expect a basic item to be SOMEWHAT common.Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.com