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Posted January 15, 2013
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.
Posted January 15, 2013
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tfishell: I think after $10, they are starting to just "roll with it" from there. I preferred the other way, but I think most people don't really care.
Thanks! I only asked because I've never seen this price on GOG before. :)
Posted January 15, 2013
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PandaLiang: Wonderful! Will certainly want it for Avernum 1~3 and Blade of Avernum
Now.....will we get Exile too one day?
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Veneteaou: IIRC Spiderweb Software offers them directly for download: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/productsOld.html
Older versions can be found for download in their forums, with the only changes being graphical. That said, I don't think the Exile games are still sold, nor are they concerned about it.
They are still sold under here
http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=Older_Games

Only problem is that sometime they do not work on modern OS. (I had problem with the first Exile, I forgot if I was using Win Vista or Win 7). That is also the reason I want to see them on GOG.
Posted January 15, 2013
Where does The Blades of Avernum fit within the series? In other words, would you play it after the first trilogy, after all the games, any time you want? I was just curious what the sequence is, if any that they should be played in considering that added game.

Also, which came first - Geneforge series then Avernum? I'm trying to figure out what order you'd play the Spiderweb games from oldest to newest.
Post edited January 15, 2013 by dirtyharry50
Posted January 15, 2013
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PandaLiang: Only problem is that sometime they do not work on modern OS. (I had problem with the first Exile, I forgot if I was using Win Vista or Win 7). That is also the reason I want to see them on GOG.
These are CD versions. Download versions are free:

https://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/exile/winexile.html (but yes, they are not compatible with modern OS)

And as far as I know, Avernum 1-3 are remakes of Exile 1-3. ;-) But I might be wrong, I'm not that familiar with SS older works.
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dirtyharry50: Where does The Blades of Avernum fit within the series? In other words, would you play it after the first trilogy, after all the games, any time you want? I was just curious what the sequence is, if any that they should be played in considering that added game.
Nowhere ;-) The stories there are non-canon. It's more like an engine, where you can load fan made scenarios (and scenarios made by SS of course). I already downloaded 20 additional scenarios from SS website. Think of this more like "premium modules" for Neverwinter nights, except that additional modules can be downloaded for free from SS website.

You may play this one whenever you want.
Post edited January 15, 2013 by keeveek
Posted January 15, 2013
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PandaLiang: Only problem is that sometime they do not work on modern OS. (I had problem with the first Exile, I forgot if I was using Win Vista or Win 7). That is also the reason I want to see them on GOG.
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keeveek: These are CD versions. Download versions are free:

https://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/exile/winexile.html (but yes, they are not compatible with modern OS)

And as far as I know, Avernum 1-3 are remakes of Exile 1-3. ;-) But I might be wrong, I'm not that familiar with SS older works.
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dirtyharry50: Where does The Blades of Avernum fit within the series? In other words, would you play it after the first trilogy, after all the games, any time you want? I was just curious what the sequence is, if any that they should be played in considering that added game.
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keeveek: Nowhere ;-) The stories there are non-canon. It's more like an engine, where you can load fan made scenarios (and scenarios made by SS of course). I already downloaded 20 additional scenarios from SS website. Think of this more like "premium modules" for Neverwinter nights, except that additional modules can be downloaded for free from SS website.

You may play this one whenever you want.
Awesome. Thanks very much.
Posted January 15, 2013
Ooh. I think I'll bite. I've only ever played Avernum 4, which I liked a good deal, and I paid more for that single game than I will for this entire package. While the Geneforge games are nice, I remember much preferring the old standard party system as provided by Avernum.
Posted January 15, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Awesome. Thanks very much.
It is awesome! ;-) There are 4 or 5 scenarios made by SS and preloaded in the game.

It's tons of additional fun, shorter scenarios with variety of different stories to tell.

The best ones can be downloaded here:

http://www.avernum.com/blades/scen_stuff/solid.html
http://www.avernum.com/blades/scen_stuff/medium.html

(note: the game may only display 30 scenarios at a time. So you may download more of them, but be sure not to unpack more than 30 at once in the scenarios folder. It's the game limitation, it won't display more :P)
Posted January 15, 2013
Between the two trilogies is a very sensible point to start playing Blades of Exile, though. If I remember correctly from the Exile series, the scenarios in Blades generally assumed that Exile 1-3 had already happened.
Posted January 15, 2013
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dirtyharry50: Awesome. Thanks very much.
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keeveek: It is awesome! ;-) There are 4 or 5 scenarios made by SS and preloaded in the game.

It's tons of additional fun, shorter scenarios with variety of different stories to tell.

The best ones can be downloaded here:

http://www.avernum.com/blades/scen_stuff/solid.html
http://www.avernum.com/blades/scen_stuff/medium.html
(note: the game may only display 30 scenarios at a time. So you may download more of them, but be sure not to unpack more than 30 at once in the scenarios folder. It's the game limitation, it won't display more :P)
Thanks. Good to know. Wow they sure do pack in the content at Spiderweb. Gotta love that. :D
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NotJabba: Between the two trilogies is a very sensible point to start playing Blades of Exile, though. If I remember correctly from the Exile series, the scenarios in Blades generally assumed that Exile 1-3 had already happened.
This is good to know too. Thank you. It also makes sense to me to play some of the games proper before getting into scenarios for added fun.
Post edited January 15, 2013 by dirtyharry50
Posted January 15, 2013
Are the Avernum games a bit better balanced stat-wise than Geneforge? One of the things that annoyed me a bit about Geneforge was that, despite a fairly open stat system, you had to build your character pretty specifically or become really weak later on.
Posted January 15, 2013
Hooray! I've been wanting to play the avernum series but could never get myself to buy just one game at a time for 20$ each. I almost bit on 4-6 through steam, but as a completionist I wanted to start at the beginning. Now I can have it all :)
Posted January 15, 2013
I thought I'd be seeing series here after Geneforge was released so I deliberately bypassed these on Steam. Man, I'm happy I waited. Another great release and value from GOG.
Posted January 15, 2013
bought it and will enjoy every minute of it. I got geneforge too a while ago when it came out. Also i had bought avernum 4,5,6 on steam a while ago when they came out and now with 1-6 on gog. Is this just a way for spiderweb to make more money from us cause they are independant company??? Just a thought.
Posted January 15, 2013
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NotJabba: Between the two trilogies is a very sensible point to start playing Blades of Exile, though. If I remember correctly from the Exile series, the scenarios in Blades generally assumed that Exile 1-3 had already happened.
But blades of exile are not included in this package, only blades of avernum.
Posted January 15, 2013
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NotJabba: Between the two trilogies is a very sensible point to start playing Blades of Exile, though. If I remember correctly from the Exile series, the scenarios in Blades generally assumed that Exile 1-3 had already happened.
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keeveek: But blades of exile are not included in this package, only blades of avernum.
Sure, but all of the official scenarios from Blades of Exile were remade in Blades of Avernum. There are new ones too, and I'm not sure where they might fit on the timeline.
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