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Say goodbye to sunlight.

Avernum: The Complete Saga, a collection of seven epic-scaled old-school role playing games featuring an original setting and story-driven gameplay, is available on GOG.com, for only $7.99. That's 33% off for a whole week!

For a computer game, it's quite impossible to recreate what pen & paper role playing games offer--endless adventures in a land of possibilities limited only by one's imagination. That's why most computer RPGs don't even try to reach that goal. The Avernum series is different that way. It tries. And--I'll be damned--it does not fall all that short. Its inconceivable complexity and supreme storytelling is on pair, or even surpasses most of the all-time favorite cRPG classics. Over the course of seven games the saga succeeded in developing one of the most original fantastic realm and fill it with innumerable characters that live their lives, pursue their goals, and leave a mark on the ever-evolving environment. If you thought you knew the computer role playing genre by heart, but somehow you managed to miss this monumental game, you're up for a big and pleasant surprise.

Avernum: The Complete Saga tells an epic story of an underground prison colony. A place of exile for empire's banished citizens, outcasts, criminals, and bastards, that becomes a thriving kingdom of its own over the course of hundreds of years of existence. Each chapter presents a turning point in Avernum's history placing the player's party of adventurers at the center of events, making them overthrow tyrants, defend the land from vile demons, discover ominous schemes, meet strange creatures, and accumulate the power needed to change the fate itself. The series consists of two lengthy trilogies, hundreds of hours worth of gameplay each, and an additional title, The Blades of Avernum, that gives you six shorter additional scenarios and a tool to design your own adventures, prolonging your experience indefinitely. With traditional, old-school isometric presentation, tactical turn-based combat, huge gameworld, and many hundreds of quests to complete while following the captivating story, Avernum: The Complete Saga gives any hardcore RPG gamer the best value for their money!

Prepare to be drawn into one of the most immersive cRPG experiences of our times. Venture boldly into the epic, but eerie underground realm of Avernum: The Complete Saga, for only $7.99 until Tuesday, January 22, at 10:59AM GMT.
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keeveek: *snip*
You're welcome, it's my birthday tomorrow so I felt like spreading a little cheer.
I'll be taking your advice about small breweries soon enough; my brain cells won't know what hit 'em.
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LordCinnamon: I have the Geneforge Saga here, of which I (only) played part 1 so far, but that was an amazing game, so definitely interested in these as well. How do they compare to Geneforge? Basically same thing, different setting? (which would be great)
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keeveek: Different setting. Avernum takes place in... Avernum, and underworld ... world. The games are similar (in game mechanics), but different enough (setting, playable races I think and other features) to varrant a buy ;-)

Game mechanics are different. Geneforge is about shapers creating creatures, and Avernum is more like an oridinary fantasy setting. But "more oridinary" doesn't mean it's bad.
Thanks, and to everyone else elaborating on this. They sound fairly different in tone, which is nice, since, well, I already have 5 games in Geneforge's tone :P I'll probably pick this up before the release discount ends.
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ShaolinsKunk: You're welcome, it's my birthday tomorrow so I felt like spreading a little cheer.
I'll be taking your advice about small breweries soon enough; my brain cells won't know what hit 'em.
Small breweries to the win! Let me know how it went :D (because you know, there is always a risk that this particular small brewery won't make a good beer :P)
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keeveek: *snip*
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ShaolinsKunk: You're welcome, it's my birthday tomorrow so I felt like spreading a little cheer.
I'll be taking your advice about small breweries soon enough; my brain cells won't know what hit 'em.
Wow I've heard of people giving away excess copies of things but never of someone outright purchasing a game for something out of the goodness of their own heart. Kudos.

Who knew that all one had to do was ask, hey?
I really enjoy the eschalon series. I didn't buy the geneforge series because I wasn't sure I would like the style of graphics/animation.

Knowing only this about me, will I like the Avernum series?

Thanking you in advance
edit: oh, alright. When I click "register a copy" it says it's already registered.

my bad
Post edited January 15, 2013 by keeveek
Very nice release. I already own all of these but will probably add them to my shelf here as well.
That was an instant buy. I've been waiting for these. Still hoping for the Exile games as free releases though.
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NotJabba: That was an instant buy. I've been waiting for these. Still hoping for the Exile games as free releases though.
Second this, especially if they can make them work in 64bit architecture.
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htown1980: I really enjoy the eschalon series. I didn't buy the geneforge series because I wasn't sure I would like the style of graphics/animation.

Knowing only this about me, will I like the Avernum series?

Thanking you in advance
Eschalon has better graphics, but to be fair Avernum series are much better games. For one they are party based, you control a party of 6 characters, not just 1 like in Eschalon, also Avernum's rules system is much bigger than Eschalon, more spells/skills etc.

Also, why is Eschalon not on GOG yet?
Post edited January 15, 2013 by Crosmando
Good game, better than Geneforge. Will grab this later. Thank you GOG.
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Crosmando: Also, why is Eschalon not on GOG yet?
I have actively not been buying those because I expected them to turn up on GOG sooner or later. Seems it's later :P
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Aemenyn: The complete Avernum Saga for only 8 bucks?
Instabuy, at that price it's almost theft.
Instabuy for me for the same reason!
Avadon: The Black Fortress was a splendid suprise a couple Humble Bundles ago, so this is an insta-buy for me.
Lovely :) Fantastic games for great price :)
SPIDERWEB.

Excellent.