Games that start with fantasy but end in scifi?
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- killbot737
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Games that start with fantasy but end in scifi?
I Loved the scifi aspects at the end of Might and Magic, Wizardry and the first Ultima (although becoming a space ace was kind of a pain). I also liked the alternate settings of Ulima Mars and Jungle.
Are there similar games that anyone knows about? I've looked at the .hack series, but I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs.
I think someone with a Games Workshop license could make a sweet game about becoming a space marine. Some of the chapters recruit from "primitive" worlds, they could have the first part of the game be an adventure to become a man or whatever, and then the marines come and recruit your dumb ass and then you get to fight For The Emperor!
Are there similar games that anyone knows about? I've looked at the .hack series, but I'm not a huge fan of JRPGs.
I think someone with a Games Workshop license could make a sweet game about becoming a space marine. Some of the chapters recruit from "primitive" worlds, they could have the first part of the game be an adventure to become a man or whatever, and then the marines come and recruit your dumb ass and then you get to fight For The Emperor!
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Re: Games that start with fantasy but end in scifi?
Everything Gygax leads here, apparently.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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I just picked up the latest edition of Metamorphosis Alpha.
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Ah yeah, I forgot about Metamorphosis Alpha. I've got the latest mega-version too. A friend of mine got the oversized hardcover reprint for some reason. We never played that game when we were kids.
I suppose Gamma World could go fantasy->scifi too, depending on how you start out. Almost like the crappy beginning of Fallout 2, except I think you also start out with dynamite (single charge rods of delayed blast fireball) too.
I have a copy of Barrier Peaks too. I read it so much that the cover separated into two pagesfrom stress!
I suppose Gamma World could go fantasy->scifi too, depending on how you start out. Almost like the crappy beginning of Fallout 2, except I think you also start out with dynamite (single charge rods of delayed blast fireball) too.
I have a copy of Barrier Peaks too. I read it so much that the cover separated into two pagesfrom stress!
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My friends and I collectively wrote Gamma World fan fiction in 7th grade. I wonder if one of them still has it.
We also wrote an Apocalypse Now-themed story about the Smurfs. I believe that one is in a drawer at my parents' house.
We also wrote an Apocalypse Now-themed story about the Smurfs. I believe that one is in a drawer at my parents' house.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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How far back are you willing to go? Phantasy Star (IV) was like that. I think you can get it as part of Genesis collection on PS3.
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Oh, missed the no JRPG thing. That is the genre most likely to play that trope.
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Oh, missed the no JRPG thing. That is the genre most likely to play that trope.
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Re: Games that start with fantasy but end in scifi?
Shadowrun is a game setting that went from fantasy, to scifi, then to both mixed.
The upcoming Numenera game has similar tones, it's so far in the future that tech is indistinguishable from magic for the people of that world.
The upcoming Numenera game has similar tones, it's so far in the future that tech is indistinguishable from magic for the people of that world.
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I was going to question the upcoming part as the pen and paper Numenera has been available for a couple of years but then I remembered the upvoming crpg
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Something Awful has a sometimes wonderful series called WTF, D&D? where they mock old RPGs.
Here's one part of their treatment of Rift, which seems to throw fantasy, SF, and present-day into a blender and strain the result through a fine mesh of pretentious nonsense.
Here's one part of their treatment of Rift, which seems to throw fantasy, SF, and present-day into a blender and strain the result through a fine mesh of pretentious nonsense.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Altered Reality: Dungeon/City from the Commodore days.
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Re: Games that start with fantasy but end in scifi?
Ultima I
edit: oh, you mention that right away.
posted without reading... sorry.
edit: oh, you mention that right away.
posted without reading... sorry.