DogTheNine

ah, nevermind, i read the fine print more closely and it's a bunch of shareware games. I'm guessing it's the demo's

 

"PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUY What Is Shareware? Shareware allows you to try top-quality software before you pay the authors"

 

Ah well =)

Hey

I came across a game package called

101 Greatest XP Games Vol. 2

 

2 of the games listed were Avernum and Nethergate.

I was wondering if anyone actually owned this compilation as I am curious to know if there are other spiderweb games in it. I perused the web but could not find exactly what games were in this thing.

And, well, I can buy the thing for $5 and know that i'm at least getting 2 good games!

 

Thanks

I just bought the Geneforge series on Steam and started playing 1. Ouch! That was more old school than I realized lol

It will take some getting used to. That old school inventory and teeny world map. But it looks like it could be interesting. I never had the chance to play games like these back in the day. So this should be a good experience for me.

Does there happen to be any character creation guide for Geneforge 1? I found a FAQ/Walkthrough, but it didn't really say what a good way to build a character was. I basically don't want to suck and die a lot and end up getting discouraged with the game. But there were just so many things to choose from at creation, I wanted them all!

my biggest gripe to that aspect isn't so much walking from one side of the map to the other without fighting anything, but it's when I have to uncover the entire map at that slow speed. And you "have" to because you're an "adventurer" lol

Yeah, I almost grabbed it, but steam has a contest going on where you can win your top 10 wishlisted games, and I needed to fill my list up so I had to put all 5 geneforge games in my list lol. So I can't buy geneforge yet until I win it from steam! But as soon as their little contest is over I plan on buying the series.

well actually i plan on buying all of them at some point, so I don't really need the demo's I guess I'll stick with avadon in-between playing Eschalon

Thanks

Greetings!

I recently stumbled upon Avadon the black fortress. I couldn't believe someone actually created a "modern" old-school type RGP game. At least one that didn't look like it was from 1985 lol.

Needless to say my eyes grew large!

 

I quickly bought Avadon, then I found Eschalon and have actually been playing those 2.

 

When I bought Avadon, I didn't realize that spiderweb made other similar games. I only found this site like 2 days ago through the eschalon forums (I purchased all 3 games through steam).

 

Upon seeing all of the great spiderweb games I immediately began to drool.

 

I have not yet bought the other games because I have so many on my plate at the moment, but I wanted to know from those that have played, which series should I start first?

 

Avadon: The Black Fortress, GeneForge 1, Avernum 1 or Nethergate

 

I was thinking of playing Avadon since I already have it, then trying Nethergate after that since it is the only 1 in the series. BUT, it can sometimes take me a bit to get warmed up to this older style of gameplay, so I wanted to ask those of you who have played them all, WHICH ONE WILL GET ME HOOKED ON THESE? Because I really would like to be able and sink my teeth into them

 

As for the type of game I go for, I tend to prefer a bit more action. I'm walking through eschalon 2 and there's like almost completely empty maps. Boring. I'm used to games like Baldur's Gate 2, Might and Magic 6 and Pools of Radiance. I like a good mix of action and story, but if I had to lean 1 way, it would be action. Well, I like story, just not pages of dialogue

 

Thanks in advance!

 

PS, what is this AimHack I keep seeing on here? I skimmed through 1 post and it looked interesting.