Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Gail Shaw <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
> > I'd say the same about the hack-and-slash style of RPG. You just have a
> > variety of (mostly) melee weapons instead of a variety of guns and (often,
> > not always) the hack-and-slash is 3rd person, not 1st.
>
> > Believe me, if you try just hacking your way through Diable without
> > thinking, you have a very dead character very quickly.
>
>   The third-person game types which I have liked most are:
>
> 1) The Tomb Raider series: Puzzles, wall-climbing, acrobatics, some
>    shooting (but not too much).
>
> 2) The Desperados series: Tactical puzzle-solving, but without fully going
>    to the RTS category (which I find a bit boring). Gunfights are more of
>    a puzzle-solving element than a real fighting element.
>
> 3) jRPGs: Tales of Eternia and Final Fantasy 8 are prominent examples.
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp


Have you also tried one of the Legacy of Kain series?
These were also great games. It's a pity, that they finished the series.

bluetree

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