The first five Wizardrys crushed your level 1, underequipped parties mercilessly then laughed at your misfortune as it autosaved your gruesome demise and scattered your party's corpses randomly around the dungeon, more or less forcing you to start from scratch. Good times. The series went through a huge change with the sixth installment and got one hell of a lot more forgiving, though.
As tough as the first few Wizardrys were, they still have nothing on the original Bard's Tale, where your fledgling party was sent out naked and unarmed to fight through a maze-like, monster infested city just to buy equipment. Also, it deleted your save when your party was annihilated (The manual even tells you not to get attached to your characters... harsh!)
As tough as the first few Wizardrys were, they still have nothing on the original Bard's Tale, where your fledgling party was sent out naked and unarmed to fight through a maze-like, monster infested city just to buy equipment. Also, it deleted your save when your party was annihilated (The manual even tells you not to get attached to your characters... harsh!)
