A happy discovery
Who says new games are better? I just played Avernum 1 and I found that it alone is worth the price of the whole collection.
Don't expect fancy graphics, but if you like RPGs this is a classic (and shame on me for not knowing it before).
It seems to be inspired by the early Ultima games; on the whole it does not reach that level, but is much more than just playable. It is also quite large.
A few minor annoyances: auto-mapping is limited (I captured and joined the minimaps), money is capped to a rather low level, you have sometimes to wander back and forth in a large map looking for small hidden passages.
But it has an hypnotic effect: like all well-designed turn-based games, you'll find yourself typing and clicking madly as if something with sharp teeth was chasing you.
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