
His blatant love of the remake caused how many people to get DS just to play it? Now, lets take his review of Bard's Tale. After reading through the review if it didn't get a great score I would have have thought he was nuts. He was obviously a huge fan of the remake. Not to pick on Corwin, but lets take his U5 review. I understand that a lot of people with a lot of different tastes do reviews here, but it would be nice to see a fancy graphics title get a mediocre score after a mostly positive review. But, compared to the higher scores that games with much more apparent flaws (besides graphics) get kind of unvalidates the scoring (to me at least). I like all and agree with all the pros and cons listed (I think a fault of the game is needing to have a mage/thief mix for lockpicking which is silly and wasn't covered), and I agree with the 7/10 score. I would like to see a new engine not for graphical enhancements, just for an improved UI. You hit on all the points I thought while playing. There is more to Spiderweb games than meets the eye, although it may be REALLY hard to believe. Together with the apprently linear plot and combat focus it doesn't sound like a game I would be interested in. Graphically the tilesets just fail to evoke any of the underground moodiness I would expect from the setting - that can't really be a technology problem, 10 year old games did that just fine. Hmm, I never played one of the spiderweb games. For any old schoolers that haven't played before though it is certainly highly recommended. I realize this is largely due to the nature of the market and expenses involved in new development, but I've been hoping for the next gen of these games for quite some time. Despite some minor graphical improvements, this is effectively the same game I played 10+ years ago with Avernum 1. While I enjoy these spiderweb games and appreciate the effort involved, I simply can't play these anymore. I use FRAPS for 3D titles but I've always had trouble finding something reliable for 2D.


I think it's a good and informative review but frankly, you could've made your own screenshots. Thanks, Dhruin! I will be at least grabbing the demo of this game, but only when I'm finally through Avernums 1-3. Read on for the entire review, here.Ī nice read.
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But it's a dangerous and unforgiving world full of monsters and battles with bandits and other races, such as hostile factions of the cat-like Nephilim, the lizard-like Slith and more.If you haven't played one of Spiderweb's games before, this is a great place to start. Over time, these exiles have built an entire culture with towns and settlements, fungi farms and mines - even trade with the surface. Over many years, the Empire has banished criminals and dissidents to this sub-world, to eke out a harsh existence in the sunless caverns. We take a look at Spiderweb's latest Avernum epic:If you are unfamiliar with the series, Avernum is an underground world of tunnels and caverns underneath an arrogant and nameless Empire on the surface. RPGDot Forums - View topic - RPGDot Feature: Avernum 4 Review
