Comments on: Avernum: Escape from the Pit Review

By: Alan Charlesworth

Alan Charlesworth — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:43:12 +0000

I’m not sure it would necessarily fit with roguelike tastes. It doesn’t have the loot trawling, randomisation or insane difficulty of a roguelike. It’s more like a cross between old 16-bit RPGs and Morrowind.

By: Tyki Myik

Tyki Myik — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:48:14 +0000

In summerization, if u like rougelikes u’ll like this game, it’s also only 10 dollars last I checked and very easily worth it

By: Alan Charlesworth

Alan Charlesworth — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:38:50 +0000

Indeed. I believe I cover that in the first paragraph…

By: Nikola

Nikola — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:32:26 +0000

I’ve played through the game a couple of weeks ago. It’s actually a remake of a remake.

Spiderweb used to make the Exile series (the name which I preferred to Avernum). Then they made the Nethergate game as well as the Geneforge series. They remade the Exile series in this new, slightly modified engine and Avernum was born. To the originally remade series, they added 3 more sequels, Avernum 4-6.

After that, they made Avadon, in a brand new engine. Now, they’ve remade the original Avernum, which is the remake of the original Exila, in this new Avadon engine. The game got more streamlined through the remakes, and a bit less magical, in my opinion, but it’s still some of the best the indie scene has to offer in the area of old school PC role playing games.

Here are my articles on Avernum and Avadon:

http://addictedgamewise.blogspot.com/search/label/avadon
http://addictedgamewise.blogspot.com/search/label/avernum