Garrulous Glaahk Dear Potato Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm about to complete the game, and I must say that I have enjoyed it as much as Avadon (my first spiderweb game). Unfortunatelly, I left the Scimitar "final" quest for my last important quest. I wandered Avernum for hours and hours until I realized that there wasn't any other means apart from Athron to obtain the first password key. She was my first dragon killed in the game, but after talking to Erika, I was sure that there was an altenative to obtaining the password she had; so, as I said, after hours of frustrating explorations, I gave up and looked at the forums. I was surprised to see that in fact, I did broke the game, and I put myself in a non-win situation. Is there any reason to keep this "feature" in the remake? Yeah, I know, it was not wise to kill Atrhon so soon, but the punishment is waaaaaay to harsh. I can't win the game without using cheats because of this decision? Thats going too far. Anyway, I'm just curious; is there any thorough reason to keep this non-win situation? As for me, I'm a bit disappointed. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Even as it is, some people complained about the game being "dumbed down" and reducing the number of choices available to the player: I don't see it that way, but taking away the option to kill the dragons might have been a bridge too far. Anyway, just use the cheat to revive Athron -- that's what it's there for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug kensuguro Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 yeah, what would have been nice is if you killed Athron, you could have just gotten the password from the death, like she tells with last breath kinda thing. Then you'd have the option to kill, and foolproof password retrieval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Dear Potato Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Well, I understand the value to keep faithful to the original, but as I understand, many other changes have been made to the gameplay (I never played the original ones). I just believe that this particular issue could have been adressed somehow, for the benefit of gameplay. But, anyway, it's just a little mistake in a game that I have enjoyed inmensely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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