#Dosbox crusader no remorse Pc#

The most I can say about the control scheme is that once I acclimatized, it, uh, worked? I guess? Anyhow, basic controls and aiming are achieved with the arrow keys and various direction-plus-alt/shift/ctrl combinations that give us additional “tactical” movements, many of which will be completely useless over the course of the game because either you or the enemy will be dead before using them even crosses your mind. Having discovered the control guide, I was rather disappointed to see that they cannot be customized. Sorcery.Īlright, so here I have a highly trained killing machine out for revenge against a corrupt government that betrayed him and his mates, who can finally perform coherent basic human movement, as opposed to idly standing in place or erratically break-dancing on the teleport pad. The only usable FAQ I found was half corrupted (somehow?), and while most of the text under the controls section was undecipherable gibberish, I managed to deduce that the function keys did stuff. In my last ditch effort I turned to Google. I assumed that they would be customizable, or at least could be viewed in the options menu, but such a sub-menu was nowhere to be found. The game is played from a semi-top-down isometric perspective, so naturally I immediately assumed it would control similarly to Diablo 2 (which, admittedly, is much more recent).Ĭrusader’s controls are very, very strange if compared to most typical modern controls, and figuring them out by myself seemed incredibly daunting.

It isn’t the game’s difficulty that is challenging, but the whacked, woefully inaccurate control scheme and the lack of responsiveness.

While getting Crusader to run didn’t prove to be a challenge at all thanks to the already configured DOSbox that came with the download, actually playing the damn thing was quite tricky.

#Dosbox crusader no remorse Pc#

Now naturally, instead of being satisfied with this justification and just jumping back to Origin to download the version already set up to run on modern systems, I decided to earn my stripes as a retro PC gamer and try to get the old version running.Īnd then I remembered my laptop has no optical drive. This is an original copy, mind, and a testament to how much game packaging has changed over the decades. This discovery swiftly washed away any faint fear I had regarding my looming senility. The thin strip of plain white paper with the word “Crusader” printed on it with small, simple black letters was nestled somewhat unceremoniously between the over-decorated Warhammer Collection and the fold-out box of Red Alert Domination Pack. Upon checking my little stash of retro games looted from my eldest brother’s room back in the family home, I discovered the spine of an old CD case that looked mighty familiar. Somehow the box art evoked a faint memory, and since the whole idea behind these articles is rooted in nostalgia, I decided to take hold of said memory and trace it back to wherever it may lead. Looking through my digital library for hidden gems of a bygone age, I found many worthy candidates for articles to come, but the one that I picked for this round turned out to be Crusader: No Remorse, sitting in my Origin account ever since it was offered through the client’s “ On the House” service. While System Shock 2 is most definitely retro by today’s standards, for my second game I was gunning for something that was released before I was born, and I’ll try to keep this up as a prerequisite going forward.