Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Ok, I'm serious here. If you haven't played through A3 to (almost) the very end, STOP READING NOW. . .. ... .... ..... Ok. I just fired up an old save of mine after reading through Draky's A3 FAQ on GameFAQs, and I noticed that he kept STRONGLY hinting that something would happen to the Tower of the Magi after Day 160. So, I bought a ton of mushrooms and Rested about 100 times until I got to day 161, walked my Party back to the Portal to the Tower, and... It's all destroyed! Infested with Demons! All the NPCs that weren't part of the Triad nothing but bloodstains and mangled corpses laying about! Shattered walls! Pits of fire/lava! Imps EVERYWHERE! Demons standing sentinel at every path that leads to the Portal in the tower's center! A badly injured and harrassed Solberg telling you how Linda finally f'ed it up big time and all but summoned Hath-groth (sp) back into Avernum! Man. It's one thing for a game to hint that trouble might be brewing... but to actually go ahead and have the WORST happen, to utterly destroy a bastion of power like the Tower of the Magi... to kill everyone present indiscriminately, as would be the case if a demonic invasion were to unexpectedly occur... I guess what I'm trying to get at is that I have to give massive Kudos to Jeff for doing it. To penalize you for lingering overlong in a very real, very disturbing, and impossible to fully rectify way. I think going back to the nuked Tower is one of the BEST Avernum moments of them all. Uh, that's all. I just wanted to vent. Comments are, of course, welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Synergy Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Was that a vent or a rave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Both, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Marak:I guess what I'm trying to get at is that I have to give massive Kudos to Jeff for doing it. To penalize you for lingering overlong in a very real, very disturbing, and impossible to fully rectify way. I think going back to the nuked Tower is one of the BEST Avernum moments of them all. Well, really, it probably would still have happened even if you'd already stopped the Vahnatai before it did -- the two events weren't related in any way. Chances are some other party of adventurers gets to clean up the mess while the party that stopped Rentar is busy enjoying their newfound fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Chief Spider watching The Simpsons Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I think we're owed an explanation of how the new portal is created so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Espionage Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I am playing avernum 3 for the first time (though i have finished Exile 3) and it seems like the days go much slower in Avernum than in Exile. I am no where near 160 and i have done all of the slimes/cockroaches/trog/giants/golem missions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Nofrastue Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Well that whole scene is old news. But now that i think boout it is a little freaky. Does anyone important die there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 If you consider just about anybody but X and Solberg important, yes. Mahdavi and Linda are the notable deaths. —Alorael, who very much likes the tragic romance "quest" that you can't complete, whether or not it's intentional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Rent-an-Ihrno Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 what romance quest? what does x have to say about the tower etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Dark Mage Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 its sad because i liked the magic tower even when it was just an isometric image in my computer when i was 10 and i didnt understand a word of english, anyway i though that the exile game was so charming... i hope that the tower will be rebuilt in a4. about that anyone knows how the movement system of A4 will be?avernum or geneforge way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Quote: Originally written by chicho:about that anyone knows how the movement system of A4 will be?avernum or geneforge way? This was already discussed in the A4 topic in General. It's going to be turn-based like Avernum but mouse-based like Geneforge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 But also with keyboard movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk mistica Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 to the original writer.... FIND LINDA>>> KILL GRATH-HOTH!!! Be strong... think of it as Delis after 36-40 days into the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Foley's Body Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Quote: Originally written by mistica:to the original writer.... FIND LINDA>>> KILL GRATH-HOTH!!! Be strong... think of it as Delis after 36-40 days into the game Yea except in Delis, a bunch of surface dwellers die (and I should add that it wasn't a sign of freedom and a way out of the dank cave of Avernum[uNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING])... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Marak Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 What happens in Delis after 40 days? I don't think I've seen that... do the slimes overrun the whole town or something? It was kind of fun to cut the Linda/Portal in half with the Blassed Athame (sp?). She certainly deserved some kind of messy end like that. Talk about not learning from the past... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Taiko. Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Quote: its sad because i liked the magic tower even when it was just an isometric image in my computer when i was 10 and i didnt understand a word of english, anyway i though that the exile game was so charming... OMG exactly the same for me! when I was a child, I growth with exile, I didn't understood anythings, and haven't gone far btu I liked it! And the tower of magic was my favorite place, because it was the only one that was on every avernum so I took place in ether and put all my items there, the demons stelth them, my hanger is endless, I SWEAR FOR REVENGE! GREA HOTH, I KILLED YOU IN THE PAST!!! I WILL DO IT AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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