Avernum V
Moby ID: 33139
Windows version
Not a bad way to spend several hours.
The Good
- Lengthy dungeon crawl, lots of combat encounters
- Decent game mechanics, turn-based combat
- Best balance of the second Avernum Trilogy
- Decent writing (what there is of it...)
The Bad
- Dated but functional graphics
- Not as many tactical options as there could be
- Small party size of four characters
- Individual combat encounters aren't exactly epic
- If you've played the previous Avernums you'll feel you've seen it all before...
- Light on story
The Bottom Line
The game is definitely worth playing, especially since you can get all three games in the second Avernum trilogy in a bundle for a good price. It's possible the game places too much emphasis on dungeon crawling and not enough on plot and character interaction, but it's not a big deal.
by SharkD (425) on August 22, 2010