
Averum lets me relive that, albeit in a smaller form as you only have four party members.
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One of my favorite moments of my PC gaming days was creating an Icewind Dale party to mirror the characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then bringing them through IWD and IWD2. Is this a group of all ex-soldiers who spoke out and were banished, or maybe it’s a tribe of hill people, barbarians, shamans and sorcerers that were sent to Avernum for not hewing to the Empire’s wishes. Don’t get me wrong, I think there are probably more narrative opportunities when you can use the party members and their interactions to drive the story, but at the same time, I love rolling an entire party and coming up with their group dynamics in my head. You can go with the generic group, like I did, or make your own band of merry adventurers. There’s no back story other than what you put into it. BioWare and Black Isle fans from back in the day should know what I’m talking about, but for those that didn’t rock the Infinity Engine games, what I mean is that where Avadon gave you the option of picking a character and then surrounding that character with a team of pre-made characters, all with their own back stories, Avernum allows you to create your whole party from scratch. If Avadon was Baldur’s Gate, then Avernum is Icewind Dale. At ten bucks, both are incredible values with tons of replayability.įor all they share though, in my mind, Avernum is the better game and here’s why. They both share a lot of similarities in terms of battle mechanics and inventory management and such. Both are isometric, turn based RPGs from Spiderweb Software. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Avernum: Escape from the Pit was released for the iPad last week, coinciding with my vacation, the same as when Avadon: The Black Fortress was released last year. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue.

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