Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

 Happy Halloween everybody.

A web visitor created a nice logo for my website and I thought I would share it with you. He is a fan of my site and an avid catapult builder. Being brown and orange it is perfect for halloween! Here is the logo:

Coming today! I have a whole bunch of Legend of the Seeker stuff that I am going to post. It premieres tomorrow night!

Will

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I have been on a Sabbatical for the past couple of weeks and I haven’t done any posting to this blog but I have a whole lot of new stuff and new ideas coming. And I also have a lot of the Legend of the seeker stuff coming too. For now I want to post a picture of a dagger that someone sent to me. If you can offer any information on this dagger please comment or send me an email. Thanks! More stuff coming later today.

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I have been finding myself looking around for a new game to play on the pc but am not sure what I should get. I really love, and enjoy, games that are cut from a medieval cloth. I really enjoy being an adventurer, or wizard, while I explore villages, castles, and the mysteries of a new world. Not to mention the occasional encounter with a dragon. Anyway, I am looking for a new medieval world to explore and if you have any recommendations I would love to hear them. You can either email me or post a comment.

For now, what I can give you is a review of some of the medieval role playing games I have enjoyed.  Hopefully I can lend some insight. I have arranged them in order of which ones I think are the best. From best to not so best J

Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion – If you are looking for a medieval role playing game to get and you haven’t played this one then you are in for a treat. This is the one to get. It is simply one of the best games in the genre.  The game play is smooth, seamless, and remarkable. You can follow any of four professions ranging from fighter to mage, assassin, or thief. And you can blend all four in any way that suits you.  This is not kids stuff. It is very involved and very detailed. There are large quest lines that will give hundreds of hours of play. It is worth every penny.  Another nice thing about this game is the ability for you to own your own home in every major city. It’s a nice way for you to get comfortable and a great place for you to store all your stuff.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Gothic – This used to be my absolute favorite game (until Oblivion came out). It is quite remarkable and when it came out in 2001 it was a step above everything else in the genre. It has a remarkable story line and it will keep you moving forward towards the conclusion. Game play is a little bit different than your typical game and it takes a little bit of time to get comfortable with the interface but awesome game.  This is one of the first games that had a world that was an entity unto itself. Things happened in the world regardless of what you were doing and I remember the first time I played it I was adventuring around and exploring things and I had to keep adjusting the brightness on my monitor because the game seemed to be getting darker. Eventually I caught on and realized night was quickly falling and it was really getting dark! Needless to say it wasn’t long before I was stumbling around in a forest in almost total darkness being chased by wolves!  Fun game. Gothic - (Gothic Universe is all 3 together) Dungeon Siege – This game is different than the others in this review. It is what I call a small character game where the figures and players are small on the screen. But it is a lot of battling and adventuring fun.  The game play is very linear In that you have to make your way through a series of environments all the way to the end of the game. There are lots of secrets and lots and lots of armor, weapons, treasure and more. Eventually you end up controlling a party of players and a few pack mules to carry all your stuff around. I spent many hours managing and enjoying all the various weapons and treasures in the game. It’s a lot of fun tracking down and finding the secret objects in this game. - Dungeon SiegeFinal Fantasy VII – This game has anime like characters and a look that is generally aimed at a younger audience but I do love this game. It is now considered a classic and it warrants that title. A lot of fun  although the interface and interaction with NPC’s can at times be a bit of a drag on the game play.  It is just a lot of good epic fantasy fun. This game put the Final Fantasy franchise on the map and I think they are up to installment 12 now  but 7 is the one that really made its mark on the gamers world. These games are mostly aimed at console players but 7 is readily available for the PC. - Final Fantasy VII, Platinum EditionGothic 2 – This is an upgraded and more intense iteration of Gothic 1. It is smooth, more refined, and more involved but just not quite as good. The world is expanded upon and everything is bigger and better. In other words it is a great sequel. But it can’t beat Gothic 1 because that is where it all was introduced to us. It’s just a great sequel with more of the same. - Gothic II

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