Fledgling Fyora Rick Abel Fan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Hello, I am a long time fan of the Exile Trilogy. I used to play it back in the days of the AOL shareware community. I also played a game that was quite similar called Enchantasy: Quest for the Eternal Grimoire. This game was somewhat more simplistic in nature, however had many similarities in the battle system and the interface as well. However, I noticed another similarity in one of the Exile games. It was Exile 2 I think...there was a character named "Eradan" mentioned in one of the books. What is funny, is that the same name was used for the main character in Enchantasy. Coincidence? I think not. I have always wondered why there were these connections between the games. However, to my knowledge, the creator of Enchantasy (Rick Abel) had no connections himself with Exile. Does anyone have any insight on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I just did several searches of the text dumps for the entire Exile series plus Avernum 1-3. "Eradan" never shows up, and neither does anything when I do wildcard searches for "*r*d*n" and "*rr*d*n". I also checked the Exile III books (the items you can pick up and use to read) by hand and there is nothing there. Is it possible you are remembering a different game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Eldaran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Originally Posted By: Rick Abel Fan Coincidence? I think not. You have reason to believe it's not a coincidence? Personally, I think it's a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Several computer games are based on pen and paper RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons. So some combat system aspects will be found it them. As for reusing names, well Jeff has to get them from somewhere so anything is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cryolemon Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Celtic Minstrel Originally Posted By: Rick Abel Fan Coincidence? I think not. You have reason to believe it's not a coincidence? Personally, I think it's a coincidence. Once is chance, twice is co-incidence and three times is enemy action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Rick Abel Fan Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Another interesting development. I was playing Exile III, and within Portal Fortress one of the books mentions a plan to assassinate Hawthorne, the brilliant and vicious ruler of the surface world. The interesting thing, is the main villian in Enchantasy was Duke Hawthorne, residing within Hawthorne Island. Funny enough, he was in-fact the ruler of the world in Enchantasy. It also mentions within Exile that Erika had a plan to assassinate Hawthorne. Well, in Enchantasy there was a character named Erika that you meet early on, whom is a part of the underground planning to...(I'm sure you can guess)...assassinate Duke Hawthorne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Looks like it's now coincidence. Once more for enemy action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Rick Abel Fan Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 You've got yourself some pretty amazing coincidences, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Originally Posted By: Rick Abel Fan You've got yourself some pretty amazing coincidences, my friend. We know for a fact that Erika was named after a (real-life, IIRC) friend of Jeff's. As far as battle and interface similarities go, both Exile and Enchantasy were clearly influenced by the Ultima series, especially Ultima 3. This is especially blatant if you play Enchantasy, where the whole UI is just like Ultima 3's. Assassinating Hawthorne is one of the three game-winning quests of Exile 1, typically the last one attempted. Is killing Hawthorne also a player quest in Enchantasy? If not, I am inclined to say it's just a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 From what little I can find on it, Enchantasy is an obscure 1991 DOS game. What are the odds that Jeff encountered it? —Alorael, who also worries about memories playing tricks. When's the last time you played the game? Could you be confusing names between the games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 The only actual complete sentence I can find about the game is here: http://206.220.41.10/users/DraginHikari/gamepad/?action=viewblog&id=475555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 There's also a with a download link. I can't be bothered to play the game to verify anything. —Alorael, who watched that video and would guess that the plots are entirely different even if the names are similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Wow, I never thought I'd see Enchantasy again. I played the Shareware version of that multiple times before I found the Exile series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd icedan77 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 you know I have played a lot of demos and other rpgs like Exile over the years and I have to say as far as quality and story and bugs go Exile is one of if not the best I have ever found quality is good in you dont get to sick of the reptitive fights like a lot of rpgs do story is a masterpiece MOST story lines (not all there are some good ones) on rpgs that I have played are dry and boring and will put you to sleep if you had to read it all and even on some of the better games with big bugets I have seen bad Bugs in them and so far on E1 and E2 worst thing I have found is a few spelling problems thats is reallllly good for a game as big as Exile I have played some that like the Demo part is good but the rest is so messed up you cant play some of the places or you crash..... and here I have made a really long and boring post off a few random thoughts sorry yall >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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