Hi Everyone,
A while ago, I bought the Avernum 1-3 games as a complete set and I've been playing A1.
A1 is OK, but I've just killed Grah-Hoth and now I'm pretty much like, eh... the hell with it. I'm at the point where I'm at Black Spire, and have just realized I need to get the Royal Seal. I don't doubt that I could eventually find out where the seal is, but to me it all seems like too much pointless running from place to place, talking to this person and that person, with no combat and nothing really interesting going on. The lack of an in game quest log and a quick travel option really seems to become a grind in the late game when you need to collect a lot of stuff and don't have any unexplored dungeons left. Not to mention that fighting Black Shades is about as fun as contracting Swine Flu.
I did enjoy a lot of A1. I would never have made it this far if that wasn't the case. But I don't really to want invest this much time into A2 or 3 if I run into these same in game lulls and a lot of pointless running back and forth for idle chit-chat.
So for those of you who have played all the Avernums, what would you recommend? Would you consider A2 and/or 3 to be worth getting into for a player like me? Is there more organization and continuous plot development/action, or should I skip it and head back to Geneforge, which I liked?