Mah Al Ibara

It must make Jeff feel pretty lousy to see all our complaints on the message board, but he does seem to have rushed G3. There are some improvements to play, but a lot of annoying old quirks remain, such as the awkward procedure for saving that reminds of saving back in the days of the Mac Plus. (And if you don't know what a Mac Plus is, you're either too young or a Windows user.) Still, Jeff's work is a hundred times better than that of 99 percent of software game programmers. I would rather wait six years for a Geneforge 4 that reflects what Jeff is capable of, rather than getting another rushed game a year from now.

I never did run across the enchanted anvil on Dhonal's Isle that Sciolino asks me to find. Does anyone know where it is? My eyes started to glaze over half way through Dhonal's Isle, and I hurried through it as fast I could. I even left some Mandrake Tincture and Demon's Bile (?) there, because I didn't realize how much I would need the stuff later to make the Eight Artifacts.

I have to admit that, though I've been buying Jeff's games since Exile, I am finding G3 to be not very enjoyable, for the reasons everyone has pointed out. If I simply follow my conscience (as I have in earlier games), I talk like a rebel and (for the most part) act like a loyalist, with the results that have been noted here. I actually felt lousy when Greta--whom I liked--left my broup because she disagreed with what I was doing, and I was left with Alwan, whom I can't stand. The game has become a chore, frankly, and judging from what others have said, I don't think I would enjoy it any more if I started again and played as either a straight loyalist or a straight rebel. I'm curious to know what Jeff was thinking when he scripted this one.

I'm pretty sure I checked everything on that level (and even the level above) and couldn't find it. Could you be more specific? What do you mean by "posts"?