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Boom boom's avatar

I'm sad that this is your last new game. I played Nethergate and Avernum as a teenager, way back in the 1990s.

I'll be honest, the Avernum series remains by far my favorite among your creations. It felt vast, gritty, and open-ended. There was something deliciously old-school and pulp-y about it. It was humorous, but not outright farcical (unlike, say, Zork).

30 years later, the appeal hasn't faded. I feel deep affection towards the series, and probably will as long as I live. It meant something, unlike the vast majority of over-produced AAA games.

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Ben Gilman's avatar

Looks promising - the one design decision I didn't like with the first one was the relative lack of distinct artifacts (always part of the charm of the other spiderweb games and a motivation to explore) and looks like this has been changed in the second one. I did like some other design points, particularly the pressure to do a dungeon all in one go.

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