Avernum is a remake of Exile, Spiderweb Software's first game. It uses the Nethergate game engine and plays in much the same way. A few things have been improved, however. Instead of just clicking on subjects players want to know more about in conversations, and getting static data as feedback, they can now select from several choices of what to say. It is a more natural system, like in Ultima Underworld. The combat has not changed significantly, except that there are new weapons, and many more spells, than in previous games, and these have altered graphics. The sprite animation has been expanded on, and additional frames added to the character animations. The isometric tile-by-tile scrolling view has not changed, but the many frames added on will help improve combat.

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Poor in graphics, but very rich in content	Alex Z (403)
Exile: Escape from the Pit with better graphics	willyum (905)	unrated

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The Press Says

Freegame.cz	Apr 21, 2002	90 out of 100	90
Gamer's Pulse	Aug 03, 2000	87 out of 100	87
Glide Underground	Jul 20, 2000		80
Computer Games Magazine	Aug 24, 2000		80
Stratos Group	Jul 14, 2000	3.5 out of 5	70
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Aug 24, 2000		60
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Oct 21, 2000	10 out of 100	10