Excellent game!
Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 7:22 pm
Just wanted to pop in and say "kudos" to the developer for this great game!
I played the Book 1 demo back in April, and enjoyed it so much I signed up as an affiliate and featured it on my web site. I know I've generated a at least a few sales for you! I also wrote a brief review in our newsletter that month. But I was too busy at the time to get the full version and play it through.
However, last weekend I bought the full version for my Mac and I've been playing it every night. I can really tell while I'm playing that this was a labor of love on the part of the developer. All the attention to detail is wonderful, and has resulted in some pleasantly surprising and very satisfying gameplay so far. For example, as I was nearing Bordertown I ran across a group of bandits. I was badly outnumbered, with half health and no healing potions, so I ran along the road with bandits in pursuit, hoping to find the town and a shop I could duck into to buy some healing potions. As I got near the town, I was surprised to see the townspeople rush out to intercept the bandits and start fighting them! In some RPGs, the townspeople would just stand there and watch you get killed. But this little detail made the game world feel so much more real and immersive! And I've had lots of other experiences like that, where the game world just seems to come alive. Awesome game!
Anyway, I just wanted to add my voice to the many you probably already hear and let you know how much I'm enjoying this game. Well done! And I'm really looking forward to Book II. Fortunately for me, Book 1 will keep me busy for a little while. Looking at the map in the user manual, I've only explored maybe 20-25% of the game world so far. So I better get back to my quest!
By the way, I may also write a full review of the game and post it on my site, once I finish the game. I don't do too many full-length game reviews... only for the games I really enjoy. This one certainly belongs at the top of that pile!
Thanks again!
I played the Book 1 demo back in April, and enjoyed it so much I signed up as an affiliate and featured it on my web site. I know I've generated a at least a few sales for you! I also wrote a brief review in our newsletter that month. But I was too busy at the time to get the full version and play it through.
However, last weekend I bought the full version for my Mac and I've been playing it every night. I can really tell while I'm playing that this was a labor of love on the part of the developer. All the attention to detail is wonderful, and has resulted in some pleasantly surprising and very satisfying gameplay so far. For example, as I was nearing Bordertown I ran across a group of bandits. I was badly outnumbered, with half health and no healing potions, so I ran along the road with bandits in pursuit, hoping to find the town and a shop I could duck into to buy some healing potions. As I got near the town, I was surprised to see the townspeople rush out to intercept the bandits and start fighting them! In some RPGs, the townspeople would just stand there and watch you get killed. But this little detail made the game world feel so much more real and immersive! And I've had lots of other experiences like that, where the game world just seems to come alive. Awesome game!
Anyway, I just wanted to add my voice to the many you probably already hear and let you know how much I'm enjoying this game. Well done! And I'm really looking forward to Book II. Fortunately for me, Book 1 will keep me busy for a little while. Looking at the map in the user manual, I've only explored maybe 20-25% of the game world so far. So I better get back to my quest!
By the way, I may also write a full review of the game and post it on my site, once I finish the game. I don't do too many full-length game reviews... only for the games I really enjoy. This one certainly belongs at the top of that pile!
Thanks again!
