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On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:24:24 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:

Q> markB <m...@netweb.net> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
Q> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
Q> 
Q> >Anybody else aware of these guys - basiliskgames.com
Q> >
Q> >The third in the Eschalon series is coming out this month.  I just
Q> >discovered them, and am busily into Book I.  It is surprisingly good.
Q> 
Q> 
Q> Well I suppose if you're into turn based, isometric games that look like
Q> they were made 10-20 years ago...
Q> 
Q> Seriously, touting a fixed 1024x768 resolution in 2010 as a _feature_
Q> and upgrade for book 2?
Q> Oh look the screenshots for book3 are in that resolution as well.
Q> 
Q> This is exactly the reason I don't buy most "old school" games, it's one
Q> thing to want the feel and gameplay of those old games, but these guys
Q> forget that when those games were new, they were being played at
Q> resolutions that fit the hardware of the day, resolutions that were at
Q> or near state of the art whenever possible.
Q> 
Q> There's a vast difference between 1024x768, native on a 17" CRT and the
Q> same resolution windowboxed on a 20" 1600x900 widescreen LCD (which is
Q> what I have, though it's by no means state of the art.)
Q> That windowboxed display is actually _smaller_ than on the 17".
Q> 
Q> That doesn't equal fun, it equals eyestrain and headaches - no thanks,
Q> no sale.
Q> 
Q> Xocyll


There are those of us who play/like Eschalon precisely because it IS
old school.  Especially because the games do not require players to
have a super-computer and not having resource-hogging eye-candy.

I love both Eschalon Book 1 & 2, looking forward to Book 3.



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