But there are a ridiculous number of side-quests in this thing - lots of stuff to keep you occupied for hours and hours. I've been playing it solid for a week now, and I'm still only about halfway through the game. I think the advantage of A6 is that it's * BIG* - almost *too* big, I'd say - but you definitely get you money's worth out of this game. But I don't plan on going back to any of the other earlier pre-A6 Avernum games at this time.Īnyway, it took some getting used to, but I've definitely stuck with A6 since I started playing the Demo about a month ago, having since bought the game about a week ago (and I've been playing it pretty much most of the time since then!). Perusing Spiderweb Software's boards, it seems like Avernum 4 might involve the same game world, so I may go and play that one after A6.
In answer to your middle question, A6 is the first in the series I've played, and I haven't felt like I've missed anything not playing the earlier ones. I'm in a similar circumstance, as I came to Avernum 6 (I'll call it A6, from here on in.) from the Ultima III/IV -> Eschalon: Book I -> A6 direction, as opposed to some around here who've come at this from the Avernum series -> Eschalon series direction. Is it worth my time to hang with it? Would I like it better if I started with Avernum 1 and worked my way forward? Is it worth the effort?
I downloaded the Avernum 6 demo and am trying really hard to love the game.
In the meantime I am trying to find some way to pass the time until Book II comes out. Painted Lady wrote:Could I please get some advice from those of you who have played Avernum before? I am really desperate for an Eschalon fix.