Birthright: Gorgons Allinance

Jorath Calar · 02-24-2002, 11:31 AM

Few years ago I got this game from Sierra called Birthright: Gorgons alliance. I never played it much because I thought it was so complicated and I had no idea what was going on. But I recently dug it up out of sheer boredom and started playing and it is simply great once you figure out how to play it [img]smile.gif[/img] . I played it till 7 o clock this morning and I'm kinda hooked.

Anyone else played it?

J'aran · 02-24-2002, 11:42 AM

Yea, I played it a while and loved it too. Great mix of turn-based strategic combat and little dungeon-crawls. Those adventures are awfully bug-ridden though. That's a shame. It could have been a lot better if it had gotten 'polished' properly.

Neb · 02-24-2002, 01:08 PM

Great game [img]smile.gif[/img] Loved it SO much [img]smile.gif[/img]

Needed to have a few bugs removed though.....

skywalker · 02-24-2002, 02:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jorath Calar:
Few years ago I got this game from Sierra called Birthright: Gorgons alliance. I never played it much because I thought it was so complicated and I had no idea what was going on. But I recently dug it up out of sheer boredom and started playing and it is simply great once you figure out how to play it [img]smile.gif[/img] . I played it till 7 o clock this morning and I'm kinda hooked.

Anyone else played it?

I bought the game and had a similar experience as you, but I have yet to really play it. That good, huh?

Mark

Jorath Calar · 02-25-2002, 05:23 AM

Yeah, but like the others said, the adventures are very bad. But I love the strategy part

fable · 02-25-2002, 09:59 AM

It's funny: I reviewed Birthright for CNET's then-Gamecenter. Gave it moderated approval--I also thought the adventures didn't work too well, and combat was lacking in options, but the AI was good, and the overal strategy, and variety of choices, were great.

Within a few days of submitting my review, my editor got back with me asking me to reconsider it. I looked it over, changed a few words, and resubmitted it.

The review never ran. My editor instead chose to run a review by someone on staff who thought the game was atrocious, and had evidently convinced my editor of this fact privately. This new review in fact said that the adventures were the only good thing in the product.

I never got any work again from that editor (whom I'd done a lot for, over two years). Ironically enough, the jerk has since gone on to work for--Sierra.

02-24-2002, 02:44 PM	#4
skywalker Banned User Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: VT, USA Age: 63 Posts: 3,097	quote: Originally posted by Jorath Calar: Few years ago I got this game from Sierra called Birthright: Gorgons alliance. I never played it much because I thought it was so complicated and I had no idea what was going on. But I recently dug it up out of sheer boredom and started playing and it is simply great once you figure out how to play it [img]smile.gif[/img] . I played it till 7 o clock this morning and I'm kinda hooked. Anyone else played it? I bought the game and had a similar experience as you, but I have yet to really play it. That good, huh? Mark

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02-24-2002, 11:31 AM	#1
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	Few years ago I got this game from Sierra called Birthright: Gorgons alliance. I never played it much because I thought it was so complicated and I had no idea what was going on. But I recently dug it up out of sheer boredom and started playing and it is simply great once you figure out how to play it [img]smile.gif[/img] . I played it till 7 o clock this morning and I'm kinda hooked. Anyone else played it?

02-24-2002, 11:42 AM	#2
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	Yea, I played it a while and loved it too. Great mix of turn-based strategic combat and little dungeon-crawls. Those adventures are awfully bug-ridden though. That's a shame. It could have been a lot better if it had gotten 'polished' properly.

02-24-2002, 01:08 PM	#3
Neb Account deleted by Request Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: . Age: 38 Posts: 8,802	Great game [img]smile.gif[/img] Loved it SO much [img]smile.gif[/img] Needed to have a few bugs removed though.....

02-25-2002, 05:23 AM	#5
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	Yeah, but like the others said, the adventures are very bad. But I love the strategy part

02-25-2002, 09:59 AM	#6
fable Quintesson Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Where I am. Posts: 1,089	It's funny: I reviewed Birthright for CNET's then-Gamecenter. Gave it moderated approval--I also thought the adventures didn't work too well, and combat was lacking in options, but the AI was good, and the overal strategy, and variety of choices, were great. Within a few days of submitting my review, my editor got back with me asking me to reconsider it. I looked it over, changed a few words, and resubmitted it. The review never ran. My editor instead chose to run a review by someone on staff who thought the game was atrocious, and had evidently convinced my editor of this fact privately. This new review in fact said that the adventures were the only good thing in the product. I never got any work again from that editor (whom I'd done a lot for, over two years). Ironically enough, the jerk has since gone on to work for--Sierra.

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