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[Eagle of Fire]

I don't know what you really mean by "graphical tiles"... But if you want better graphics for this game in particular, the answer will always be no.

And I like it that way.

[MrBackAlleySka]

I think what he means is, in like tome and Zangband TK, you can have little bitmap "tiles" to replace the ASCII graphics. (though I Lloooove ASCII)

And actually there ARE tiles for this game, but they are a very crap job, and replace some of the windows letters. Such as a bat is a B, the graphics make it a little bat picture, but any words with B's in them will have that graphic instead. So Im not gonna bother finding it for anyone because it's such a horrid job and a disgrace. If you wanna find it, it describes itself as a "hack" so google for  "ADOM Hacks"  but it really is a bad job, just warning ya

[DakaSha]

most likely never will be.... thank god

[Triton]

There is no need for better graphics in ADoM, since it already uses the best graphics possible--your imagination.  If you need pre-rendered backgrounds and fully animated CGI cutscenes, you phail at life.

[MrBackAlleySka]

Well said Triton! Well said. No graphics can, or ever will top the graphics of the mind.  

[PrejudiceSucks]

*sighs* I don't really fail at life... much.

I just want to play a game in which I can at the very least look at the game and think 'right, that's an orc, I'm OK' rather than 'Is o for ogre or orc? What about O?'

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Well, there's always the "look" command.

[MrBackAlleySka]

Dang, ya beat me to that one. I like that ya need to "l"ook to see what they are. Gives a feeling of "It's dark and I can't see you...hmmm, what are you..."...or, you get what i'm saying. Meh, i'm going to bed, hehe Im sure I could describe that feeling better in the morning.

[Eagle of Fire]

o is an orc, and O is an ogre... What's wrong with that?  

What? Well yes, of course I memorized them all. (I have no life   ).

[MdaG]

I actually think these games look better in ASCII. I've tried Nethack, Zangband, ToME and ADoM and they all look better in ASCII. And that's coming from a guy who likes the scenery in the Myst games  

[PrejudiceSucks]

Aiee I'm so shallow.

Actually, I might give this a try, it looks quite interesting (features wise).

[MdaG]

If you want to try a rougelike with nice graphics tiles I recommend Nethack with the frontend Falcon's Eye. It's by far the best looking tiles I've seen for a rougelike game.

[PrejudiceSucks]

I already play ZandbandTK, I don't mind the graphics in that.

[Juni Ori]

Hmm.. has anybody else noticed that high-elf (possibly other elves too) archers are surprisingly deadly?? They cause devastating amounts of damage and hit nearly every time! I don't remember that I've noticed this before, though I think I once or twice played as archer. Or was it ranger..?

[MrBackAlleySka]

mebbie an archer....Hmm, Dunno. Rangers usually go for more melee, and don't get the archer's ranged bonus..