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Dorgath

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  1. Thanks everyone!

     

    I think I have a better idea of what Avadon and Geneforge are about thanks to everyone's input.  Obviously yes, playing the demo is the best way to find out but I don't have a lot of time (as a sidenote, I actually am in the middle of Avernum 6, have Crystal Souls on hold, and switched to Icewind Dale 2 and finished the first chapter) so I just wanted to get a feel of what I should try/buy first :)

  2. I didn't mean the Spiderweb games are like Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale; I was just using them as an example of a totally separate game series but although both are rooted in D&D, the type of party is one of the main differences of the game.

     

    1) Avernum is 100% turn-based, but Avadon and Geneforge are both real-action outside of combat.

     

    I'm interested in this statement.  This sounds to me like BG and IWD, where if you don't press the Pause button, time flows (outside of combat) so day turns to night turns to day if you just leave it running.  Is that what you mean here for Avadon and Geneforge?

     

    Thanks for everyone's answers!

  3. I've only played the Avernum series but GOG is having a sale so am wondering if there's any difference between the game series? Aside from setting?  I mean, the only thing I can really think of something like Baldur's Gate was single hero and you found companions while in Icewind Dale you get to create the whole party, but I get the impression that Avadon and Genefore are all still party games? So are there any differences at all?

  4. Mmm... I don't know about exact opposite - in Majesty, you don't pick up heros and drop them to where they need to be. You also don't assign your heros or peasants "tasks"; you either set a reward/explore flag and hope the heroes will go to it, or place a building to be built and your peasants go to it automatically.

     

    Now, I haven't played Dungeon Keeper, but I have extensively played Majesty and judging from DK's wiki entry, they really don't sound alike at all.

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