Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace

Old-school AD&D Second Edition game. Decent for its time, and not a bad nostalgia run.

Game keeps crashing when fighting nautaloids. Really wish they would remake this game.

Brings back memories. It's a fun blast to the past. If it's worth 10€ is debatable.

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I really wanted to like this game. I played most of the gold box games as a kid and always thought Spelljammer was an interesting D&D setting. The game has basically no tutorial or instructions and combat is very difficult, even on the easiest setting. I can overlook both of these issues. Basically you start the game running errands for planets to make money while waiting for the real plot to unfold. You also have to prepare the correct spells and buy the best equipment for all 10 named members of your ship prior to ever engaging in combat. The real problem is after learning how the game works through numerous trial and errors, it is still brutal through just bad design. Ship damage is insanely expensive to repair to the point it requires multiple jobs just to make enough money to get back to 100%. Should you try boarding, the AI for your regular crew members often times doesn't help or worse blocks your party from getting to the enemies. This results in the battle going on indefinitely and i've never had the computer agree to surrender even when they're down to the final enemy. Maybe because my fame is too low? The game heavily de-incentivizes you to engage in battle which is bizarre for a combat game.

Just like I remember it being and still a lot of fun. Extra points to authenticity by making it difficult to get running properly. Seriously. It was a pain. However, in playing with the configuration tool, I was able to tinker until it was good. Just don't go into this thinking that you're going to get it to run without work.

SSi <3