Exile or Avernum?
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Apprentice
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written Friday, February 20 2004 16:49
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I am probably going to buy all three of either series. Which is more worth my money? I have played the first half of Exile 3 and like it a lot. I hear that the Avernum series is just a remade exile series. Is that true? Is the story/characters/magic/locations/etc, all the same? And in the end, does the flashier graphics of Avernum make for a better game? Thoughts are appreciated, thanks. Posts: 2 | Registered: Wednesday, February 18 2004 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, February 20 2004 17:01
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Both are good. I preferred E1 to A1, A2 to E2 and I'm fairly ambivalent on E3/A3- both are decent. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, February 20 2004 17:31
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Exile is the rough copy of Avernum. Buy the latter, it is MUCH MORE BETTER to play and to see. Exile is Stone Age. Uuuh, they will downkarma me for this, Exile has fans ... Let's say that: Once playing Avernum, you never want return to Exile anymore. Ay ... not curses again ... Why don't you simply try out the demo? ))  //((>>> -------------------- site of the month: Do not trample down the earth on which you walk. Calculate your personal footprint. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, February 20 2004 17:47
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avernum isn't that much eye candy, exile succeded at making 2d look pimp (for lack of an expanded vocab) while a3 was still 2d... it just doesn't cut up to what you expect, and the gameplay is a little worse. but the major drawbacks on exile were the "power flaws" as i say, it's too easy to max out a stat at the beggining, if you want the challenge, definatly avernum, but i still prefer exile too it, but i'd get avernum, since exile lost its pimp tunes (if you want to understand that, dig up in the exile forum 'the music?') -------------------- For a good time, play these free rpg's, http://www.r-fate.com/ and http://www.pristontale.com/ I wanna beta test BoA for windows!!! Posts: 167 | Registered: Saturday, January 31 2004 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Friday, February 20 2004 18:13
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I prefer the Avernum series, myself. I can't stand those flat, playing-board graphics, and I prefer the four-person party cap. I haven't played Exile in so long, though, so that's as specific as I can get. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, February 20 2004 18:23
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The plot and world of each Avernum game is basically the same as the corresponding Exile game, but the combat system and magic is completely different. Try both if you have the time, and see which you prefer. Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, February 20 2004 18:24
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Avernum, go for Avernum, it's worth it. -------------------- I AM TEH BOOGEYMAN CORP. -------------------- And since the stupid link won't work, I'll use this one: Chance Forums Posts: 203 | Registered: Saturday, July 19 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, February 20 2004 21:26
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I actually like the Exile graphics more than Avernums, but the different heights of Avernum do add a new dimension, pun intended. Exile has far more spells to try out. Many aren't useful, but you can spend far more time devising strange strategies. Avernum has fairly simple spells. Fry, buff, heal, summon. Also, with the removal of area spells, Avernum essentially loses the importance of formations. Avernum has an improved skill system in many ways. Equipment is slightly different, traits are more balanced, and the games have slightly more polish. —Alorael, who prefers Avernum to Exile. But really, the demos are all free. Download a few Exiles and Avernums and compare for yourself. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, February 20 2004 23:24
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Avernum.3 preferably. Exile stinks.It looks like a board game in the stone age. -------------------- Some stupid laws If it is mine,it is mine. If I had it a second ago,it is mine If it looks like it is mine it is mine. If it is your's and you keep it down,it becomes mine. If I like something,it is mine If I see something,then it is mine. Please click here Do not visit this Page Want to visit the misc.boards-This is the only WAY -Stinging Munster Posts: 413 | Registered: Friday, December 12 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, February 20 2004 23:44
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I prefer Avernum to Exile personally, mainly due to the graphics. But it wouldn't hurt to download and play the demos and choose for yourself. Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, February 19 2004 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 00:25
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Well, it depends on what you like. The Exile series is really true to the good ol' P&P RPG style. Except for the lack of personal contact with real live nerds, playing Exile is a lot like a good game of D&D. You're given a lot of freedom, such as in character creation (play with 1-6 PCs) character development (more PCs means more specialization) and dialog (keywords, not "pick a number.") The graphics also lend it some character, and though some may not like it, the retro style really appeals to me (and a few others I'm sure.) Avernum is a computer game through and through. It's more polished, it runs smoother, it's got entirely different dialog and magic systems. The graphics are more complex than in Exile, but that really shouldn't be the big thing. Basically, it will come down to whether you want an experiance that's closer to an old-school P&P RPG or a contemporary PC RPG. Either one's a good choice. -------------------- #99835 [Guo_Si] Hey, you know what sucks? [TheXPhial] vaccuums [Guo_Si] Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense? [TheXPhial] black holes [Guo_Si] Hey, you know what just isn't cool? [TheXPhial] lava? Posts: 10 | Registered: Friday, February 20 2004 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 01:27
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I personally prefer Exile, but try both and see which one you like better. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 01:47
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My preference lies with Avernum. I just found myself entirely unable to get into Exile, as I found the graphics and interface to be singularly disorienting. quote:Aren't you forgetting the Cloud of Blades spell, Alorael? Or does it work in a different manner compared to the area effect spells in Exile? -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 02:44
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Yes, but Cloud of Blades isn't really very good, particularly since by the time you'll be having that regularly cast on you you'll nearly always be heavily blessed. -------------------- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned I'll tell you my story, man Though I wish I'd never been born I'm loose at the seams, I've broken my dreams And my hand it shakes the pen Come on, come on now baby, Let the good times roll again Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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For Carnage, Apply Within
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 07:11
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I've never had a monster cast Cloud of Blades on me. When I cast it on them, however, it's one of the better attack spells IMHO -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 08:08
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E1 and E2 lose to their newer versions, I think, but E3 is better than A3 to me. But meh, BoE rules all of the mentioned games. -------------------- - The Great Mister Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 11:35
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I've played all three Avernum games, and to some extent the demos of the Exile series. I found the interface of the Exile games to be almost impossible to work with, especially the dialog screens. I can't count the minutes I wasted typing in words, hoping that the person would respond to it! However, the Avernum series doesn't allow for typed-in responses. Nethergate had an excellent balance of the two systems, especially with the riddles in the Vale of the Sould — when you come upon riddles in the Avernum series, you have to have already been told the answer by someone else so it'll appear as a response option, or your luck has to be high enough. This eliminates the thought that had to go into the Nethergate riddles. I hope Blades of Avernum will give the scenario designer some flexibility to allow typed-in responses. I didn't mind the "crude" graphics of the Exile series, though I do prefer the Avernum style because it makes it easier to see where you can walk. I also wasted a lot of time in the Exile demos trying to walk over things that I thought were floors but turned out to be walls. I've got the bumps and bruises to prove it. -------------------- A.E. van Vogt (1912-2000) The World's Most Influential Science Fiction Writer Author of such classics as Slan (1940), The World of Null-A (1945), The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950), and The Weapon Shops of Isher (1951) Visit my website about him at www.home.earthlink.net/~icshi/ Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, February 21 2004 11:44
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Agreed. Nethergate was a superior game to any in the Exile/Avernum trilogies, and a large part of this was due to the keyword system implemented in the game, which allowed, as you mentioned, for the more challenging short-answer questions, as opposed to mindless multiple choice. Why Spidweb chose to switch to the thoroughly vacuous system used in Avernum, I'll never know. -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Sunday, February 22 2004 01:36
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In Blades of Avernum, there is a text response call that can be used in scripts. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, February 23 2004 02:56
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Well, as a whole Avernum, but I enjoyed Exile 2 far more than I am enjoying Avernum 2. But maybe it'll pick up! -------------------- Thus endeth this post. Please visit Random Stupidity to see the amazing Spamness, or the wonderful-seven-posts-in-a-row-topic. And have fun! Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Tuesday, February 24 2004 19:37
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Exile I has some issues with playability, but E2 and E3 are far superior to the Avernum remakes. Exile II and Nethergate are by far Spiderweb's finest games. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Tuesday, February 24 2004 19:45
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And Pyg is going to kick the asses of both down the block while a Quebecoise hooker with a heart of gold watches on and cheers. -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, February 25 2004 03:59
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Somehow I think my opinion won't count for much, but two things come to mind. First: Get Nethergate. It's almost the best of both Exile and Avernum. (Whoops, forgot to capitalize. Hold on while I change it...) Second: If you absolutely must get one trilogy over the other, get the Avernum series. Once I made the switch Exile was so graphics- and interface-poor I couldn't go back. -------------------- And that was exactly the point of itself. Takes advantage of the easily offended. Posts: 137 | Registered: Monday, November 17 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, February 25 2004 07:20
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Talking: Exile & Avernum have EXACTLY the same messages. And I do mean EXACTLY. Read what people say, then look at the Exile games. Maps: The maps are very similar, although they have slight differences. The Graphics: Exile is pimpin' 2D, Avernum is low quality 3D. The interface: the right click doesn't search  The Answer: THEY'RE SHAREWARE!! Just play them -------------------- All hail to me, for my best time in MineSweeper is 150 :) The Supreme Rule Posts: 46 | Registered: Monday, February 23 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, March 1 2004 12:54
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Toss a coin. Then buy both anyway. -------------------- NUKE NORTH KOERA (No offence to any Koreans) "Bouts of insanity stop us all going mad.":- Spike Milligan I mod supaniks ass at Random_stupidity NFC FOREVER!!! Posts: 81 | Registered: Wednesday, February 12 2003 08:00 |