Kontroversial Keith

Kontroversial Keith: Saying It and Meaning It.

  • Old Game Reviews: Wizard’s Crown

    Prior to the gold box set AD&D games, SSI had Wizard’s Crown, which I heard had the basis for the combat engine for the gold box series. Wizard’s Crown was one of the original true hardcore CRPGs and quite difficult even when you had the game set to the lowest difficulty level (and I believe…

  • Game of Thrones: Sansa’s Conflict in Season 7

    While the North’s primary conflict will be setting up in preparation for the highly anticipated eventual confrontation with the White Walkers, the second probable confrontation will be an internal one that is festering between Jon Snow and Sansa Stark. Re-watching a few key scenes with Sansa Stark and Jon Snow’s interactions as well as off-screen…

  • Diablo 3: Season 7 Review

    I broke down the other day and rebirthed one of my undergeared Witch Doctors as I got that urge to start from scratch again. It didn’t take long to get basic gear and I’m currently struggling to get some of the rarer necessary items. Even though I haven’t played this season that long, I wanted…

  • Old Game Reviews: Bard’s Tale 3 Thief of Fate

    Of all the Bard’s Tale series, Bard’s Tale 3 Thief of Fate is my absolute favorite. It no longer had Michael Cranford writing the series, which meant that the story felt less religious and slightly less potent. But the game play was more balanced and tight overall.

  • Old Game Reviews: Might and Magic 2 Gates to Another World

    Although I did play Might and Magic I before II, I wanted to review II as I felt it was certainly the better game with more depth and content. Also, it was horribly addicting and something I could easily spin up today and play for hours.

  • Old Game Reviews: Ultima 3 Exodus

    After Bard’s Tale 2, I had become a CRPG addict. I would go out and try to find other fantasy games that complimented Bard’s Tale. There was a feature in Bard’s Tale that allowed you to import characters from a few other games, including Ultima 3. Since I was struggling a bit with Bard’s Tale…

  • Old Game Reviews: Wizardry 6 Bane of the Cosmic Forge

    Although Wizardry was a long running franchise, I only played 5-7. And of the three that I played, I only finished 6. But for me 6 certainly was the best of them because it had a great character development system that pretty much was one of the closest to the ideal that I wanted in…

  • Old Game Reviews: Bard’s Tale 2

    This is the game that started it all for me with regards to RPGs and the fantasy gaming genre. I believe I acquired this game in the 5th grade but lent it out to a friend for a short period. However, he did not give me the manual back, which made the game a billion…

  • Old Game Reviews: SSI’s Gold Box Pool of Radiance

    When SSI was selected to create the first official AD&D CRPG series, many people were ecstatic. SSI was known back in the day for heavy strategy games and the model that the Gold Box series would employ was similar to another game SSI produced called Wizard’s Crown. In the future, I might write up a…

  • Story Progress: Dealing with Marialeth’s Treasure Discovery

    So as I write this chapter, I’m at a bizarre crossroad where I’m having trouble deciding what items Marialeth discovers in this chest. She’s at an old trading post but there is no indication when it was destroyed nor by whom. We can assume that the responsibility most likely will be from the Arch Lich’s…