Chronological order?

[Amy Walker]

I'm a bit confused about all of the remakes and re-remakes and series. What is the chronological order to play all of the Spiderweb games in?

[Kelandon]

Exile, Avernum, and the new Avernum are the same basic game, remade several times. (And Nethergate: Resurrection is a remake of Nethergate.) Everything else is an independent series, where chronological order doesn't really matter.

 

If you want to go from least advanced engine to most, in chronological order within each series, it would be:

 

Nethergate: Resurrection

Geneforge series

Avadon series

Newest Avernum series (A:EftP, forthcoming Avernum 2 and 3 remakes, Avernum 4-6)

 

(Or arguably Avernum before Avadon, rather than after.)

[Level 1 Hermit]

Geneforge series guaranteed the best.

[Alorael at Large]

Chronological order of release is a little bit messy; series overlap. It's roughly like this:

 

Exile

Nethergate

Avernum, original trilogy

Geneforge

Avernum, second trilogy

Nethergate: Resurrection (actually in the middle of Geneforge and the Second Trilogy)

Avadon

Avernum, remake of original trilogy

 

—Alorael, who otherwise thinks Kel's response conveys story order perfectly.

[Quiconque]

Here are the games, clumped by year and by "engine":

 

Exile (1994-1997; Blades in 1997)

Nethergate (1999)
Avernum 1-3 (2000-2002; Blades in 2004)
Nethergate: Resurrection (2007)

Geneforge (2001-2008)
Avernum 4-6 (2005-2009)

Avadon (2011- )
New Avernum (2012- )

 

Different series and games may have some big engine differences, but the games clumped within a given "engine" here definitely have the most internal workings in common.

 

In terms of remakes, we have:

 

Exile > Avernum 1-3 > New Avernum

 

Avernum 4-6 > New Avernum (presumably)

 

Nethergate > Nethergate: Resurrection

 

Thus, while "Avernum Remakes" is technically accurate, it's a little misleading since the original Avernum games were also remakes.

[RainbowDashRadical]

I wish he'd make new games rather than remakes, though. If he put all of his focus on Avadon, then he'd get the series finished in half the time. Then just be on to a new series after that. Anyone know why he likes to remake the Avernum series so much?

[Kelandon]

I wish he'd make new games rather than remakes, though. If he put all of his focus on Avadon, then he'd get the series finished in half the time. Then just be on to a new series after that. Anyone know why he likes to remake the Avernum series so much?

See this topic for discussion of this issue. Please don't clutter up this thread with it.

[Amy Walker]

Thanks a lot for all the help.

[Neoteric]

Thanks for the replies guys! I guess I will just stick with Geneforge and Nethergate for now!