09-14-2006, 05:00 PM
And the saga continues...
First, again, thank you all for your suggestions and debates. I can see why so many people like this game so much. Ashock mentins that he envies my voyage of discovery and I know what he means...I felt the same way about Myst (remember that I am an adventure gamer dabbling on "the dark side" to use Gameboomers' term..).
I have two warriors going, both around level 23 or so. One is on dungeon level 15 where the beasties were hoards and hoards of Snow Witches, Soul Burners and the like that I have, I think, mostly despatched but it got too late for me to go much further the other night. That character had been to d-level 13 and was getting his butt kicked so I started him over...I didn't know I wouldn't be getting any level-up experience (or darned little) until I got much deeper under the church...so he has probably $135,000 gold laying on the ground near the town portal site and bunches of other special situation items including what you call "reading glasses". As soon as I get chance, I'll see if I can finish a game with that guy.
The other Warrior, also around a level 23 character, got to level 15 and ran into some Soul Burners - little blue Vargas babes in thongs that shoot yellow balls of light and are immune to firewall, and a whole bunch of these guys that look like chess pieces holding big lollipops that shoot lightning. I loaded up with potions and hacked and hacked and even killed a few but mostly they just kept disappearing and reappearing a short distance away and jolting me some more. I've got pretty good resistances and held out for a while but eventually decided that I needed some additional weaponry and decided to take this character and start over. I went through the first two levels of the church using just my shield to bash everything - it was fun! All I'm looking for are spell books, magical weapons & jewelry, and some gold so I can buy things to help me get through level 15..
I'll get back and let you know how it goes...I could make more progress but my son uses this computer for homework...
Thanks again for your advice. If you aren't familiar with Gameboomers.com I'll give them a plug. Mostly a group devoted to adventure games they also have a fair amount of "dark side" discussion forums. There are game reviews, walkthroughs, etc. You may want to check it out.
Ed A
First, again, thank you all for your suggestions and debates. I can see why so many people like this game so much. Ashock mentins that he envies my voyage of discovery and I know what he means...I felt the same way about Myst (remember that I am an adventure gamer dabbling on "the dark side" to use Gameboomers' term..).
I have two warriors going, both around level 23 or so. One is on dungeon level 15 where the beasties were hoards and hoards of Snow Witches, Soul Burners and the like that I have, I think, mostly despatched but it got too late for me to go much further the other night. That character had been to d-level 13 and was getting his butt kicked so I started him over...I didn't know I wouldn't be getting any level-up experience (or darned little) until I got much deeper under the church...so he has probably $135,000 gold laying on the ground near the town portal site and bunches of other special situation items including what you call "reading glasses". As soon as I get chance, I'll see if I can finish a game with that guy.
The other Warrior, also around a level 23 character, got to level 15 and ran into some Soul Burners - little blue Vargas babes in thongs that shoot yellow balls of light and are immune to firewall, and a whole bunch of these guys that look like chess pieces holding big lollipops that shoot lightning. I loaded up with potions and hacked and hacked and even killed a few but mostly they just kept disappearing and reappearing a short distance away and jolting me some more. I've got pretty good resistances and held out for a while but eventually decided that I needed some additional weaponry and decided to take this character and start over. I went through the first two levels of the church using just my shield to bash everything - it was fun! All I'm looking for are spell books, magical weapons & jewelry, and some gold so I can buy things to help me get through level 15..
I'll get back and let you know how it goes...I could make more progress but my son uses this computer for homework...
Thanks again for your advice. If you aren't familiar with Gameboomers.com I'll give them a plug. Mostly a group devoted to adventure games they also have a fair amount of "dark side" discussion forums. There are game reviews, walkthroughs, etc. You may want to check it out.
Ed A