Posted December 02, 2018
high rated
There appears to be some uncertainty concerning the state of this game, so I thought I'd try to answer some of those queries.
# CAN THE GOG VERSION BE COMPLETED? #
Yes, I've just successfully completed the game. It took approximately 57 hours, including probably the majority of side-quests.
# IS IT BUGGY? #
No, my play-through was remarkably bug-free and the only small issues I encountered were:
- One random crash to desk-top in the entire 57 hours.
- Getting trapped in one patch of swamp and being unable to get out.
As with all games with limited save slots, my advice is to save regularly as follows:
- Locate the save folder (in Windows 7 this was "User/AppData/Roaming/Sierra/Betrayal in Antara").
- When you have filled the 20 or so save slots, copy and paste the entire folder to another location.
- Repeat this process as you make more saves, that way you can always return to any point in the game if you need to by swapping the current save folder with an older version.
# WHAT ABOUT THE MISSING TEMPLE? #
The temple south of Ligano is part of one unimportant side-quest and I completed the game without ever visiting it. However, if you want to, you can successfully add it to your game by using the following workaround:
https://www.gog.com/forum/krondor_series/bia_error/post110
# WHAT ABOUT THE DAY/NIGHT CYCLE? #
The game includes a day/night cycle, which ran too fast when I first tried to play it years ago using a non-gog version. The day/night cycle runs correctly in the gog version of the game.
N.B. "F5" alters the level of darkness at night - if the scenery turns pink at nighttime, keep pressing F5 until the pink disappears.
# WILL IT WORK ON MY PC #
I can only provide evidence from playing the game on the following PCs:
(P.S. this is with GOG version "setup_betrayal_in_antara_2.1.0.19.exe")
- Windows XP laptop with ATI Radion Express integrated graphics: Game worked fine from start to finish and all chapter intros and conclusions ran without a problem.
- Windows 7 64-bit laptop with Intel HD3000 integrated graphics: Tested with various saves from different chapters, and ran several of the chapter intros and conclusions - everything appeared to work fine.
- Windows 7 64-bit PC with NVIDIA 650 GTX graphics card: Game crashed during the intro, despite trying several different compatibility modes and setting the CPU affinity to a single core (you can avoid this by skipping the intro by pressing "Esc" twice after clicking "NEW" in the main menu). Tested with various saves from different chapters, and ran several of the other chapter intros and conclusions - everything else appeared to work fine.
My advice if you buy the game is to try it as soon as you buy it. That way you can get a refund if gog support can't help you. (An even better idea is to not get a refund and keep the pack for Betrayal at Krondor, which is a great RPG.)
# USEFUL TIPS #
- IMPORTANT: In Chapter 8 make sure you buy, or already have, a supply of the following items: Rope, armorer's hammers, whetstones, torches and shovels. Because in chapter 9 you are restricted to an area where these can't be bought and are very hard (or even impossible) to find. You can't finish the game without some rope and lack of the other items makes the end game a harder and/or more frustrating experience.
Using inventory items can be a little confusing:
- To consume an item e.g. potion: Double click on the item in inventory.
- To repair or treat armour and weapons: Click and drag the relevant item over the item you wish to repair or treat on the character doll on the left (you will hear the appropriate sound and/or get a message confirming your action).
- To use an inventory item in the world e.g. lock-picks: Click on the item in inventory, then click on the hand symbol in the lower right-hand corner. You are now switched to a world-view and the item is attached to your cursor. Click on where you want to use the item e.g. click on a chest lock to use the lock-picks.
- To give or use an item on an NPC: In the box in the lower right-hand side of the inventory screen is a small representation of a character. Drag and drop the required item over that portrait. (Sometimes you need to enter the inventory and do this when a message box is on-screen, which I found confusing at first.)
- To sell items in stores: Drag and drop the item to the shop sign in the box in the lower right-hand side of the inventory screen.
- Keep a record of where shops are and what they sell. Shops buy and sell an annoyingly small variety of items. Keeping a record of this will save you an enormous amount of time and frustration if you need to buy or sell particular items.
- Rest whenever you need to keep the party healthy. You can be ambushed at anytime whilst traveling and except for a couple of minor side-quests there are no time limits in the game.
- During combat you can drink as many healing potions (Senwater) as you want in one go.
# USEFUL RESOURCES #
(Edit - just wanted to add that none of these resources were produced by me)
Walkthrough:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/196753-betrayal-in-antara/faqs/2206
Spell List:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/196753-betrayal-in-antara/faqs/11457
Prima produced a really good strategy guide (Betrayal in Antara: The Official Strategy Guide, ISBN 0761508759), which contains an excellent walkthrough, maps, details of all the items in the game and solutions to all the lever and bead puzzle chests.
Hope some of this helps and if anyone has any queries about the game I'll try and answer them if I can.
Completed play-through with all the chapter intro and end scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9n-2a7orzQ&list=PLD952906BF4DB8E62
# CAN THE GOG VERSION BE COMPLETED? #
Yes, I've just successfully completed the game. It took approximately 57 hours, including probably the majority of side-quests.
# IS IT BUGGY? #
No, my play-through was remarkably bug-free and the only small issues I encountered were:
- One random crash to desk-top in the entire 57 hours.
- Getting trapped in one patch of swamp and being unable to get out.
As with all games with limited save slots, my advice is to save regularly as follows:
- Locate the save folder (in Windows 7 this was "User/AppData/Roaming/Sierra/Betrayal in Antara").
- When you have filled the 20 or so save slots, copy and paste the entire folder to another location.
- Repeat this process as you make more saves, that way you can always return to any point in the game if you need to by swapping the current save folder with an older version.
# WHAT ABOUT THE MISSING TEMPLE? #
The temple south of Ligano is part of one unimportant side-quest and I completed the game without ever visiting it. However, if you want to, you can successfully add it to your game by using the following workaround:
https://www.gog.com/forum/krondor_series/bia_error/post110
# WHAT ABOUT THE DAY/NIGHT CYCLE? #
The game includes a day/night cycle, which ran too fast when I first tried to play it years ago using a non-gog version. The day/night cycle runs correctly in the gog version of the game.
N.B. "F5" alters the level of darkness at night - if the scenery turns pink at nighttime, keep pressing F5 until the pink disappears.
# WILL IT WORK ON MY PC #
I can only provide evidence from playing the game on the following PCs:
(P.S. this is with GOG version "setup_betrayal_in_antara_2.1.0.19.exe")
- Windows XP laptop with ATI Radion Express integrated graphics: Game worked fine from start to finish and all chapter intros and conclusions ran without a problem.
- Windows 7 64-bit laptop with Intel HD3000 integrated graphics: Tested with various saves from different chapters, and ran several of the chapter intros and conclusions - everything appeared to work fine.
- Windows 7 64-bit PC with NVIDIA 650 GTX graphics card: Game crashed during the intro, despite trying several different compatibility modes and setting the CPU affinity to a single core (you can avoid this by skipping the intro by pressing "Esc" twice after clicking "NEW" in the main menu). Tested with various saves from different chapters, and ran several of the other chapter intros and conclusions - everything else appeared to work fine.
My advice if you buy the game is to try it as soon as you buy it. That way you can get a refund if gog support can't help you. (An even better idea is to not get a refund and keep the pack for Betrayal at Krondor, which is a great RPG.)
# USEFUL TIPS #
- IMPORTANT: In Chapter 8 make sure you buy, or already have, a supply of the following items: Rope, armorer's hammers, whetstones, torches and shovels. Because in chapter 9 you are restricted to an area where these can't be bought and are very hard (or even impossible) to find. You can't finish the game without some rope and lack of the other items makes the end game a harder and/or more frustrating experience.
Using inventory items can be a little confusing:
- To consume an item e.g. potion: Double click on the item in inventory.
- To repair or treat armour and weapons: Click and drag the relevant item over the item you wish to repair or treat on the character doll on the left (you will hear the appropriate sound and/or get a message confirming your action).
- To use an inventory item in the world e.g. lock-picks: Click on the item in inventory, then click on the hand symbol in the lower right-hand corner. You are now switched to a world-view and the item is attached to your cursor. Click on where you want to use the item e.g. click on a chest lock to use the lock-picks.
- To give or use an item on an NPC: In the box in the lower right-hand side of the inventory screen is a small representation of a character. Drag and drop the required item over that portrait. (Sometimes you need to enter the inventory and do this when a message box is on-screen, which I found confusing at first.)
- To sell items in stores: Drag and drop the item to the shop sign in the box in the lower right-hand side of the inventory screen.
- Keep a record of where shops are and what they sell. Shops buy and sell an annoyingly small variety of items. Keeping a record of this will save you an enormous amount of time and frustration if you need to buy or sell particular items.
- Rest whenever you need to keep the party healthy. You can be ambushed at anytime whilst traveling and except for a couple of minor side-quests there are no time limits in the game.
- During combat you can drink as many healing potions (Senwater) as you want in one go.
# USEFUL RESOURCES #
(Edit - just wanted to add that none of these resources were produced by me)
Walkthrough:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/196753-betrayal-in-antara/faqs/2206
Spell List:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/196753-betrayal-in-antara/faqs/11457
Prima produced a really good strategy guide (Betrayal in Antara: The Official Strategy Guide, ISBN 0761508759), which contains an excellent walkthrough, maps, details of all the items in the game and solutions to all the lever and bead puzzle chests.
Hope some of this helps and if anyone has any queries about the game I'll try and answer them if I can.
Completed play-through with all the chapter intro and end scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9n-2a7orzQ&list=PLD952906BF4DB8E62
Post edited December 02, 2018 by groundhog42