By Kieron Gillen on February 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am.
Spiderweb Software were name checked in the infamous (and splendid) Vince D Weller Age of Decadence interview as one of the longest running PC-indie RPG developers. They’ve just released a demo of the latest blooming of their hardy perennial Avernum. This, the fifth installlment is about you and your statistic-hefting party hunting down an assassin who tried to off your Empress, while avoiding him offing you. Spiderweb stress that no previous experience with Avernum is required to jump in, so for those who found themselves nodding sagely at Vince’s decrying of the state of mainstream RPGs, this may be a good excuse to put your bandwidth where your mouth is. Download from Gamers’ Hell or Avernum’s site (which is full of details about the series, as sites tend to be).
19/02/2008 at 12:14 Alex says:
Let’s give this a whirl.
19/02/2008 at 13:03 Cian says:
I’m quite fond of Spiderweb Software and their Geneforge games, will give this a whirl.
19/02/2008 at 13:48 Nick says:
Woohoo! Finally! Been out for those silly Mac contraptions for ages =(
Whilst no experience in needed, it would be a shame to miss out on playing the other 4 as they are all pretty damn good.
19/02/2008 at 15:59 Stick says:
Wait… I may have played the first instalments. I think. Possibly back in the land of the Apples. (Nick, don’t begrudge the poor Mac users their rare Getting Things First. Or At All. :) )
Having a looksie. When
timeTF2 permits.19/02/2008 at 17:33 PleasingFungus says:
I do love the Geneforge games, but I’ve never tried an Avernum. May have a look.
19/02/2008 at 17:37 Servitor says:
I loved the Exile games and I love Avernum. Will have to check this out.
19/02/2008 at 18:56 Nick says:
@Stick – Oh I don’t begrudge them the few native games they get.. but my impatience knows no limits =)
19/02/2008 at 22:40 undead dolphin hacker says:
If ever a series defined long in tooth…
Wait, I forgot Madden.
20/02/2008 at 02:08 malkav11 says:
It says much about my journey as a gamer that I’m now wishing Spiderweb would be faster with their Windows ports. (Their games were one of the three mainstays of my Mac-only teenage years, the Marathon trilogy and MUDs being the other two.)
20/02/2008 at 05:20 capital L says:
I killed a ton of time with the Exile series on my old system 7 era Mac. Good times, good times. I’ve always been a little offput by their newer graphics though.
23/02/2008 at 15:07 Scroggage says:
I’ve always loved the Spiderweb Software RPGs, they’re so well written and engaging.
My personal favourite is Avernum 3, because of how huge it is. Must have spent days on it in all, although I never actually finished it.