Tenderfoot Thahd Eljah Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I bought the avadon hintbook in the spiderweb store for 10 $ and I am not sure what to think about it. Avadon was my first rpg from spiderweb and I really love it. But starting playing Avadon I went tingly all over cause I thought I got stuck. Today I know I have to return to some locations later in the game when I have more experience or special items (e.g. the knife which opens the magical sealed doors) or that Jeff seems to like creating passages you can't reach. Without knowing that I tried hours of frustrating actions or running around without being sure whether I could succeed or not - so I bought the hintbook which I normaly never do `cause I like exploring and solving tricky quests. Anyway, I did buy it and it helped me understanding the "philosophy" of the game and allocated the hints I needed. There are three main parts in the book: Walktrough - Area (or quest-)descrition - Maps Imho I think all passages have blemishes or even bugs. What do you think? The three major blemishes are... 1. walkthrough: searchfunction does not work properly! The whole workthrough part is not properly formated as text. Words like "dragon" or "trainer" from the walkthroughpart will not be displayed using the searchfuntion - which is extremly annoying. 2. Area (quest-)description: I miss more quest details. in the "area description" more information (e.g. where I got the quest or about the reward) would be helpful. I could not get the reward of two quests, cause I could not remember where to get the reward. (one of the wayfarers rewards and huntsman gable, which I found very late in the game). 3. Maps: I miss a caption. The maps do not display the characternames but just the numbers mentioned in the walkthrough, which makes ist much harder e.g. to briefly lock for certain characters or places. 1+3 are imho mayor flaws for a 10$-official-hintbook. 2 propably is a matter of taste. Some like more detailed quest information, some just prefer hints without a detailed how-to-desciption. IF you have got the hintbook I would be interested in your opinion: Have you got the same "bugs" or is there an updated version available? Are all spiderwebs hintbooks like that or is the avadon just in a beta-version-state? And don't get me wrong: I love Avadon and I think Jeff does a great job ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora mamachi Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I got the hintbook too. It would have been nice if it told you who gave you the quests and where to find the reward. I missed the text after Halriks Farm and now I dont know where the reward is would have nice been if I didn't have to replay. In the maps there are letters but are missing a txt box explaning the letters that is very annoying. The search function worked fine in my version. I have to say this is a very big game so I am glad I have the hintbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: mamachi In the maps there are letters but are missing a txt box explaning the letters that is very annoying. The letters on the maps are used in the guide section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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