Amiga

Ishar: Legend of the Fortress

The sheer size of Ishar means that you'll be playing it for weeks, possibly months, to come. It's the best game of its type I've ever seen, and is obviously highly recommended.

This game is simply not recommended for beginners in role-playing games, but for those battle hardened veterans it's an absolute humbling requirement!

Good enough considering the competition, but it could have surged ahead with just a little more user-friendliness.

Detailed and colourful graphics – trees actually do look like trees... ...but they mean the screen update can sometimes be on the doddery side. Character interaction really has been developed to be meaningful here. Enough RPG nonsense to satisfy the hardcore players, but not so much that you need a doctorate D & D to play. Orientation is sometimes difficult – much wandering needs to be done.

Selbst die Maus/Icon-Steuerung funktioniert tadellos; wenn uns Ishar dennoch nicht restlos überzeugen konnte, dann muß es wohl an den vergleichsweise einfachen Rätseln liegen – wie bei der Hatz nach den arboreanischen Klunkern gehören die Aufgaben überwiegend zur nicht allzu schweißtreibenden Sorte. Trotzdem, weiter so, und das nächste Game stößt endgültig in Hit-Sphären vor!