Ah, what a relief to be playing Avernum again! I think this series really may be my favorite games of all time, with the exception of The Lost Crown.
I rather like the upgrades. I'm still not sure about the new skill system. I understood the old one. This one, not so much.
However, I also note that some of the innovations from the later games in the series have been included here, such as the teleporting between towns, and the little nature piles with goodies concealed in them.
I went back and played a bit of the original Avernum 1 on my IBM Thinkpad with 98SE, which I bought on e-Bay just to play my older stuff. The script appears to be almost exactly the same, which is great. I had lots of trouble moving in the old game. I think I may be able to slow it down a bit if I try again. It was just way too fast, both with the arrow keys and with a mouse. But yup, it's the same game.
Of course this one will have some new quests. So far I'm just doing the old ones. I cleared out the bat cave, which wasn't all that easy, actually. I also just got all the bandits, which was far easier than I remembered. I guess the Nephilim fight is next, but I'll let that wait until tomorrow.
Oh what fun to be playing Avernum again!
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