SkeleTony: First of all Avernum 3/Exile 3 was the game which expanded out of the underground. I see multiple reviews stating that the first three games were fully underground. Secondly, the Avernums are different than Geneforge. They are not animated for starters, instead using the classic tile-based system as opposed to Geneforge's fully animated system.

All sorts of other wrong 'facts' in these reviews.

Lempa: They seem to be written by nostalgic people with great love for the series.
I don't see a reason to get worked up about people remembering a few details incorrectly.

Your review is also incorrect btw, you can dual wield in avernum 6…