#Avadon the black fortress mods series#

I liked using adrenaline rush and letting the arrows go! Archer specialist - used a blessed Bow of the Deep Woods.

He used the Oozing sword, warped metal blade and the sacred tower shield which helped immensely towards the end.ĭefinitely the heavy damage dealer of the group. So thanks for that visual push in the right direction played on hard and used the following fairly standard party: Turns out that I'd missed a small doorway to the fourth stairwell needed to manipulate matters in the endgame. However, I did refer to Kordanor's youtube Let's Play video at one point in the last section of the game. Nothing too overwhelming, most I happily experimented with until I found the solution. There were also seemingly more interactive puzzles in this game. The Orb of Thralni (gift of flight) got a massive workout that's for sure. I left quite a few quests incomplete as you eventually obtain so many. Having the ability to move between both worlds also added to its sense of scale. There were so many cities and towns to discover. I should also mention the immense size of the game world. This adds a layer of lore consistency and makes the world building more memorable. Jeff really goes out of his way to reference the historical events from Avernum 1&2 which players of the previous games will recognise. I loved seeing all of the familiar cast and characters from the previous games and the nods to them throughout. The end fight in that place was long and tough!

The Chasm of Screams was also memorable and one of the darker, more challenging dungeons. It provided some great levelling fodder and humour late in the game. I quite enjoyed the whole theme of discovery on the Golems in the game.Īnother unusual dungeon was the oddball yet cute bastion of strangeness, the 'Monastery of Madness' which was fantastic fun to go through with its plethora of wacky monk fights. It had that sweet sense of satisfaction in making it out with barely any resources left, which is something I love in these games and many old school RPGs generally. This was a really taxing test of my party at that point. The optional dungeon the 'Golem Factory' was probably one of my main highlights with its awkward 'laser' beam security system making it very tough to traverse. Whilst I didn't quite enjoy the story pacing as much as Crystal Souls nor the exploration quite as much as Escape from the Pit (largely due to less boat usage) there is still much to enjoy here for open world party based and turn based fans.

#Avadon the black fortress mods series#

This was a solid entry in the series with some of the most challenging dungeons I've faced in a Spiderweb game. Strangely enough, it took exactly the same amount of time as the second game did, 94 hours.

I thought I'd compile some quick thoughts after completing my first RPG last night in some time actually, Avernum 3: Ruined World.