Favourite Avernum Game
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Warrior
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 00:16
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I was looking at peoples profiles, and I saw lots of people had different ideas about which one they liked best. So, I made a poll. Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 55 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=dEznLJHIXyxC"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=dEznLJHIXyxC"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- "When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane." Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 04:47
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I think the good old classic A1 is maybe the best one of them, I did not yet try A4 though! :( [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:38: Message edited by: Slith Lord ] -------------------- You know, why the Sliths are green - because of their scales. Maybe you know why some slith eyes were once red - ´cause the demons, which led them were red. But why are the eyes of the Slith Lord Followers red? Because they see the remains of their enemies always before the battle begins! Posts: 179 | Registered: Friday, November 25 2005 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:17
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I didn't really like the interface of A1 as much as I liked the interface of A2 and the ability to be sliths and nephil is better than being just humans. Plus, A2 was the first game I got my hands on, so it is the one to which all others are compared. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 10:49
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I like A3 best. Mostly because i felt that it had the best balance in the game process. A1 has too little story and A2 has got too much, i have not yet tried A4 Posts: 8 | Registered: Sunday, December 25 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 11:27
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Ah, such a classic topic. Though I see that you forgot to include Blades of Avernum in the poll... A2, hands-down. It is the first of them that I played, so I just felt a lot more comfortable with it than A1. That, and A2 had cooler animations for spells and such. A3 wasn't so great when compared to A2, claims of open-endedness aside. And A4, while an improvement over A3, still has a few problems of its own, which knocks it down below the level of A2. [ Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:28: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 12:22
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I also say Avernum 2. It has some fairly important interface advancements over Avernum -- I really like seeing health bars on my opponents and having a quest list -- and has a better story than Avernum 3. Plus actually ending Avernum 3 was irritating. And probably not least, Avernum 2 was the first SW game I played. ;) -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 14:16
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A2. It has the best story and the quest list. —Alorael, who would call A2 the best just for Dark Waters. That section is worth playing by itself. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 16:04
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A2 by far. Its the only one I beat more than once. At last count I think I've beaten it 4 times. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:15
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Definitely A2. I like the feel of the game, and the story is my favorite (though I haven't played A1). I felt that I actually had more choices to make freely about where to go and what to next in A2 than in A3, really. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, January 9 2006 01:31
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Avernum 2 because it is the most challenging of the 4 games and exploring the world in A2 actually felt like you were exploring a whole new world with lots of surprises and things in A2 never went the way you expected them to go. -------------------- Windows XP P4 1.84gig 768MB RAM Radeon 9700 Pro Posts: 202 | Registered: Thursday, March 14 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, January 9 2006 22:27
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They all have good parts, but A2 has the best plot. A1 was really good too, but the lack of a quest list and no right-click look makes it annoying. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Wednesday, January 11 2006 16:04
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I like A1 better cause you get to meet all the dragons, assasinate hawthrone and find the exit to the surface world. -------------------- I hate you all Posts: 165 | Registered: Friday, October 28 2005 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, January 28 2006 07:49
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Avernum 2. Avernum 1 is okay, but looking is a right pain in the, I use the mouse for everything :\ Avernum 3 was the first one I played andalso the first I won, but the first 2 main quests are way too easy, and all the quests aren't connected enough. I mean, you can win the game only completing 3 of the 5 main quests.:\ In Avernum 2 all the main quests blend together, and you have to play them all to win. Plus beast ceremony is dang useful, divine aid in A3 is so annoying only using it once a day :) -------------------- "From now on you will call me Sid, Lord of the Flame!" "Hey, Lord of the Flame . . . your tails on fire." Posts: 16 | Registered: Tuesday, January 24 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, January 28 2006 11:20
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A3 Is Great better graphics harder enemies cool items Nightime (I only wish everybody would go to sleep at night Robbing time! }:-D ) -------------------- I love Spiderweb Software!! Who doesn't? My hints on making a new party. USE CHARECTER EDITER!! ---------------------------------- 10 million Cave giant chiefs + 1 million drake lords ageinst me = easy Posts: 60 | Registered: Friday, November 18 2005 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, February 3 2006 06:12
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I liked Avernum 3, Mainly because it's the first one I really played and beat, I get the feeling i'm missing out alot on Avernum 2 though, Going to have to actually finish that game sometime... -------------------- Wife: Honey, what's that stuff on the showerhead? Husband: Woah... Now that's range. Posts: 16 | Registered: Friday, July 29 2005 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, February 3 2006 08:29
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Avernum 1's plot: "Empire is evil. Kill demons. Kill emperor. Leave." Avernum 2's plot: "Empire is evil-er. Meet the Walking McGuffins. Retrieve the Non-Walking McGuffins. Blow up portal. Kill demon-emperor." Avernum 3's plot: "Empire is good-er. McGuffins are evil. McGuffins make plague. Kill plagues. Kill Queen McGuffin." Avernum 4's plot: "McGuffins are evil-er. McGuffins make plagues again. Kill plagues again. Kill Queen McGuffin again. Kill Queen McGuffin again-again." ... Where's the difference? A2. You're never going to be compelled to do anything very often in the Avernum universe, but from chapters 1-3 of the game, you will want to play because you don't know what will happen next. The endless waltz of "Kill, loot, sell" takes a backseat for a while as Jeff actually tells a compelling story, and the Vahnatai (before they too simply become another source for new monsters) are actually interesting. And hell- even the gameplay in chapter 4 of the game is better than average in Avernum. The "plague" in this instance actually makes some sense, and the party takes a more lifelike (although still unreasonably powerful) role. Some of the dungeons even have character. For instance, the Portal Fortress- that thing actually succeeded in giving off a feeling of bleakness (much moreso than Garzahd's fortress). And okay- so combat in A2 gets stale relatively quickly, but that's the way things work in all of these games. A2 doesn't lose much on a comparative basis. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, February 25 2006 06:25
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I think avernum3 is best because i'm more comfortable with it.I haven't yet bought any of those games :rolleyes: A2 was ok and A1 is just plain humans. Posts: 6 | Registered: Friday, October 28 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 25 2006 06:49
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I've only played the demos so far, but I thought the Avernum 3 demo was the best. (Since I haven't played the full games yet, I'm not going to vote). Posts: 363 | Registered: Wednesday, February 22 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 07:51
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I like TM's analysis more than the games I think... :P Actually, I voted A3. It has the surface and night-time. Those things appeal to me greatly. Close second was A2. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 13:08
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i understand you demo-playing guys. it took a long time between the demos and the cd-pack for me, and its really like this: the a3 demo is best, but the full a2 is best by far. all the important reasons have been listed. though i might add: a2: what an atmosphere! phew! all the others: what an atmosphere. pah. -------------------- OH MY GOD IT'S THE FUNKY ****!!! Posts: 425 | Registered: Wednesday, January 28 2004 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 13:21
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I remember using the "back to start" command after completing the demo of A2 as far as possible just to see what was beyond the barriers while waiting for the registration key. That one additional outdoor section my party could travel around (though I couldn't enter any towns) was fascinating. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 16:51
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I realise I'm late to the party here, but I find it amusing that TM doesn't know the correct meaning of the term McGuffin. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, February 26 2006 19:00
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quote:I did the exact same thing, but I kept getting killed by the giants. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |