Back at 'real' DOS days EOB3 was very slow for me, so I guess it's normal that it's slow on DOSBox.

I never finished EOB2, btw 😊

Never finished it? oh you should.. great game. I'm one of those weirdos who played EYE1 then imported my party to EYE2 then imported my party again to EYE3.

maybe one of those unofficial patches could help improve speed with EYE3... we'll seeee...

I think EOB2 was the first RPG I ever played. Also one of the bests. I was still a n00b back then 😜 yet I think I got pretty far in the game.

Indeed, EOB2 was one of the best rpgs IMHO, you've gotta remember that darn 'Sentry' puzzle thingy, don't you? Did you solve it?

Ronald

Never got into any of those old first-person RPGs (Wizardry 1 being the oldest that I know of) until Wizardry 6. Wizardry 6, 7, and 8 are one of my favorite RPG trilogies (the plot is light, but the fantasy/sci-fi mix is cool and the game mechanics are great).

I've always wanted to go back and check out the EotB, Bard's Tale, and Might & Magic series (plus a few odds and ends like Buck Rogers, Mines of Titan, DungeonMaster, etc.) but with all the games I have vying for my attention I've never managed to give any of them more than an hour or two of my time before moving on to something else.

I recall EOB3 as the game that would not shut up. Turning on the digital sound meant a never-ending cacophony of undifferentiated noise. Loading games and new areas was painfully slow on my 386SX @20MHz but running them wasn't so bad. EOB2 by comparison was a masterpiece, even if the designers let their cruel streak run wild at times.

I think the main issue with EOB3 is that it ran like crap without EMS. You need EMS for this game. To be honest, it required a hefty machine to run at a reasonable pace. This doesn't mean the game was smooth. I don't think it was.

PS - Forget EOB3 and play Lands of Lore:The Throne of Chaos. It's a way more satisfying experience. 😁

Land of Lore was really easy compared to EOB. You had an unlimited space in your inventory and stuff 😁

At least EOB2 had a better ending that EOB1. The first just said something like Congratulations, you have beaten the game... then you are sitting there staring at a DOS Prompt. It was a big letdown after spending 20-30 hours playing it.

I think EOB3 had a completely different team coding it than the first 2, I also remember it was not as smooth and more buggy.

I also really liked Lands of Lore, and also Anvil of Dawn. Both were similar to the EOB series. Another was the Black Crypt on the Amiga, one of Raven's first games before they went on to do Heretic/Hexen.

I think EOB/EOB2/Lands of Lore were developed by Westwood while EOB3 was developed by Event Horizon software (if memory serves me well).

Xian97 wrote:

At least EOB2 had a better ending that EOB1. The first just said something like Congratulations, you have beaten the game... then you are sitting there staring at a DOS Prompt. It was a big letdown after spending 20-30 hours playing it.

oh my god.... i was ready to smash my monitor with the keyboard that day... oh so many years ago...

i thought i did something wrong, i even loaded my savegame from the start of the final stage and re-killed the beholder... no go... indeed the ending was just a paragraph of text with a "Congratulations" at the bottom 🙁

no problem, EOB2 and EOB3 more than made up it 😀