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Shadow Stranger · 08-27-2008, 09:37 PM

You can play the demo part before deciding whether to buy. This is about the first fifth or whatever of the game.

You may need the Compatibility Wizard if you are using Windows.

You have four basic series of games here:

Exile 1,2,3 and Blades of Exile
Avernum 1,2,3,4,5 and Blades of Avernum
Nethergate, and its remake Nethergate: Resurrection.
Geneforge 1,2,3,4. Geneforge 5 is planned for this December.

Now the first three Avernum games are remakes of their Exile counterparts. They occur in the same game world. There are no Exile 4 or 5.

Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum are purpose - built "modding" games. What these games call a "scenario" would be called "mod" on these boards. The two games are fairly simple to design with.

Nethergate takes place in a part of a magical Britain, around the year 60 or 61 CE.

Geneforge games emphasize the creation of servant monsters. Here you have one permament PC and several expendable creations that are part of the party.

08-27-2008, 09:37 PM	#7
Shadow Stranger Avatar Join Date: December 9, 2007 Posts: 594	Re: Old-School CRPG: Avernum. You can play the demo part before deciding whether to buy. This is about the first fifth or whatever of the game. You may need the Compatibility Wizard if you are using Windows. You have four basic series of games here: Exile 1,2,3 and Blades of Exile Avernum 1,2,3,4,5 and Blades of Avernum Nethergate, and its remake Nethergate: Resurrection. Geneforge 1,2,3,4. Geneforge 5 is planned for this December. Now the first three Avernum games are remakes of their Exile counterparts. They occur in the same game world. There are no Exile 4 or 5. Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum are purpose - built "modding" games. What these games call a "scenario" would be called "mod" on these boards. The two games are fairly simple to design with. Nethergate takes place in a part of a magical Britain, around the year 60 or 61 CE. Geneforge games emphasize the creation of servant monsters. Here you have one permament PC and several expendable creations that are part of the party.