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diego - 23 January 2016 07:06 PM

wilco - 23 January 2016 06:57 PM

Well, the beginning of Shannara seems to hit all fantasy cliches, plus the voice acting is a bit spotty. Doesn’t start very promising. At least it looks very good

Great, I’ll play along with you. Tell me when you get to Tyrsis.

Cool! On my way

I’ve entered Tyrsis, Diego

Game is getting better, at least story is more interesting. The combat mechanics seem pretty bad but so far it’s been possible to mostly avoid it.

In the Tyrsis part the game got better, more challenging puzzle and a darkness that makes it more interesting. The walking corpses, black mirror and invoking a ghost was good. And the protagonist seems to have some dark layers and not just the typical son of hero that seemed at the beginning.

I think I’m close to the end and I’ve warmed up to Shannara. It’s a simple game but a fun ride. Story is good typical fantasy but feels a bit rushed probably to fit a whole book in it (or more?).
Puzzles are on the the easy side because usually there’s only 3-4 screens to look at before moving to the next area but it does have some good moments like a riddle competition between a elf and a troll where you have to find the answer in object form or a robbery investigation in the dwarves city or finding the elements in the elves town.
I thought the game was a RPG mix but the combat is really just another puzzle, you don’t level up or have powers and just have to find the trick to defeat that specific enemy. Any other combats are avoidable. The world map also is just to show it’s a big journey, there isn’t any exploration, just go from one place to the next one. It’s basically a pure adventure tha seems like a RPG in parts (at least so far).

diego - 03 February 2016 08:45 AM

wilco - 03 February 2016 06:51 AM

I think I’m close to the end and

Hey, I never said you can leave Tyrsis!    Now I have to finish it, too!

Get on with it, I’m entering the Hall of Kings

Well, I’m back on Tyrsis, meaning I’ve finished the game now , the Hall of Kings was really small.
The rushed story feeling still remains, like they decided to stuff The lord of the Rings in a single game. I know Death Gate also was several books in one game but story felt much better paced. This one was probably also the easiest Legend game I’ve played (maybe with Companions of Xanth). It does look and sound very nice.

At game did left me curious about reading some Shannara book (or at least watch the series) even if it seems highly derivative of LotR. At one point it features modern world technology that they refer to it ancient technology. Is the series set in the future?

Antrax - 18 January 2016 05:18 AM

I played Shannara, I remember liking it, but I never felt the urge to re-play it. I remember very little of it, I think it’s like a worse Death Gate basically.

That about sums it up nicely. Not a bad game but they have done better before.

Now for the replay of Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon (I’ll start after this weeks challenge).

You still need to finish this one, diego (and Karlok Mission Critical )

Callahn’s Crosstime Saloon I never got into - I started it twice and gave up twice, though there’s nothing really wrong with the game.
I would use the opportunity to try a third time, but you’re way too fast for me.

Antrax - 04 February 2016 12:25 AM

Callahn’s Crosstime Saloon I never got into - I started it twice and gave up twice, though there’s nothing really wrong with the game.
I would use the opportunity to try a third time, but you’re way too fast for me.

You should try it again, I think it’s very good, the only problem is the terrible puzzle right at the start… Anyway I’m just starting it next week or the week after that.

Karlok - 04 February 2016 04:46 AM

gruesome Blackstone Chronicles.

Interesting, I think that’s a first (and last I suppose) for Legend.

@Mike
I’ll let you know if I can get Blackstone Chronicles to work, my copy should me arriving next week, got it from ebay.
Go back to Shannara now

Going through Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, finished Josie story and started Pyotr.
I’ve played this one already but it’s interesting to see how it’s different from the other Legend games.
The main difference I’m seeing is the puzzle design, not just the (awful) first crossword puzzle but most puzzles are more difficult than the other Legend games. Maybe it’s the incredible number of hotspots but with the exception of the Spellcasting series and Timequest it’s probably the most difficult of the catalogue.
The rest is jokes and puns everywhere, it’s also the funniest one.

Ok, back to finish this. I’ve finished Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, great game even if the puzzles sometimes are annoying.

Now I’m trying to start Blackstone Chronicles but having a hard time setting it up since it’s an old windows game.
Any recommendation? I’m using Windows10

Well, After 3 hours I’ve managed to start it using VirtualBox with Win98 but it’s running extremely slow and without sound…
Starting the game will be the first puzzle