Would have given a 5 star rating but for this…
I’ve played all of the Avadon/Avernum games on my ipad and loved ‘em, then I got to this one and WHAT HAPPENED! Did the programmer have a stroke and couldn’t get his head off his right shoulder!? Every other game in the series, I could swipe into a database to record details of the game I wanted to remember and both apps had the same default (and correct) orientation when the ipad is in landscape mode. For some unknown reason the developer broke with a solid compatible configuration to instead turn his app 90 degrees from everything else. All I can think of is that he’s gotten old and crotchety and hates people documenting his game in another app and decided to be a total jerk! ALL VERSIONS I’d had prior to this played nice on the ipad when swapping apps and then to do this lunacy in this app! It’s a good thing the rest of the game is stellar or it would have been more than a star knocked off!
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Once again superb story
Avernum 6, sadly, concludes the series. I loved it. The functionality is slightly different than Avernum 1 to 3 and it takes times to get used to it.
As with the other Avernums, the story gripped me so much I found hard to drop my iPad.
I had tears in my eyes when it ended as, this is it, no more episodes. All I can hope is that Spiderweb will release Avernum 4 and 5 for iPad ( please!).
I won’t summarise the game, lots has already been written about it. It is a very enjoyable game, so much to do and so much to explore that it will keep you busy for a long time. I totally recommend it, and at that price it is a bargain! Thank you spiderweb.
As with the other Avernums, the story gripped me so much I found hard to drop my iPad.
I had tears in my eyes when it ended as, this is it, no more episodes. All I can hope is that Spiderweb will release Avernum 4 and 5 for iPad ( please!).
I won’t summarise the game, lots has already been written about it. It is a very enjoyable game, so much to do and so much to explore that it will keep you busy for a long time. I totally recommend it, and at that price it is a bargain! Thank you spiderweb.
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Great RPG
I played all of Spiderweb’s rpg games on my old iMac, and loved them. I just finished playing Avernum 1,2, and 3 in their new incarnation on my iPad. All the changes only made the games better. I am starting #6 today after trying to play the old and unchanged version. The differences are stark. I had to stop and download this new edition. Thank you Spiderweb for all the hard work it must have taken to produce this. I will hope to see #4 and 5 eventually in this updated version.
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I wish there were more like this!
Awesome game!
Best Game Ever
Awesome Game I’ve Spent tens of hours on it literally can’t stop playing. Awesome adventure but challenging
Still no screen orientation support (fixed)
App appears upside down on my iPad. Many iPad cases with built-in stands hold the device on its left side.
(Update)
Thank you so much for fixing this!
Truly an awesome game and a classic!!!
(Update)
Thank you so much for fixing this!
Truly an awesome game and a classic!!!
One of the best RPGs of all time
Hours and hours of awesome gameplay. I can only wish that Jeff Vogel makes an iPad version of Avernum 3, 4 and 5.
Great but Too Small
The game is very detailed and the mechanics are well-made. My biggest complaint is how small the tileset is -- It is like a half to a third of the size of Avadon's graphics which makes mis-clicks occur a good portion of the time. There are also a few times where the terrain graphics cover up enemies which I feel is a fundamental design flaw. Other than that, the game is of high quality story and gameplay-wise.
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Awesome retro fantasy RPG!!!
Spiderweb Software makes the best story driven RPG's that I ever played. If you like old school fantasy RPG's like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Avadon, and Dungeons of Chaos on iOS, then this game is for you!
Great RPG series
All the Avernum games are great fun. Classic RPG style game that focuses more on the story than flashy graphics. I've been playing them for yrs in Windows and jumped at the chance to get it on ipad.
Your party is charged with helping the underground kingdom if Avernum survive twin catastrophes: a mysterious disease that is wiping out the country's food source and an invasion by an old foe, the reptilian Sliths.
A massive world, tons of quests, and a mostly nonlinear storyline allow players to direct their own way through the game.
Some of the mechanics are harder on the smaller touchscreen of the ipad than on a mouse-based system, but it's worth putting up with for the adventure.
Your party is charged with helping the underground kingdom if Avernum survive twin catastrophes: a mysterious disease that is wiping out the country's food source and an invasion by an old foe, the reptilian Sliths.
A massive world, tons of quests, and a mostly nonlinear storyline allow players to direct their own way through the game.
Some of the mechanics are harder on the smaller touchscreen of the ipad than on a mouse-based system, but it's worth putting up with for the adventure.
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