Second in the series of critically acclaimed interactive fantasy gamebooks in which you, the reader, control the direction of the story! You do not need to have played any previous Gamebook Adventures titles in order to play this. "Set in the coastal town of Myr, you have returned home after a long Summer in the mines of Durath Tor to find your hometown besieged by strange creatures. A dark presence has taken over the town and you are the only one who can rid the stronghold of Erid Buul, the mysterious new Lord and his ghastly cohorts."
More difficult than the first gamebook with most of the battles depending on luck, less equipment advancement, and health potions found mostly at the end. I however still very much enjoyed it and I am waiting for the 3rd gamebook.
I was hoping for a good dunegon and dragons or fighting fantasy role playing experience, and with my first impressions, my expectations were met... Until I realized this was just a lacking plot with rage inducing riduculous hordes of combat that forced me to reload saves (limited amount) until I got lucky or didn't have to be subject to an unimmersive ammount of combat or just poor gameplay. Watching others do this sort of role playing thing online, it was really good, and the experience I had with this gamebook... not what I had envisioned. I reccomend Sorcery! or Sorcery 2! for iOS if you're looking for something better or maybe some of the other Fighting Fantasy Books not ported to PC such as the "Forest of Doom." This was decent, but was lacking in my ideal role playing experience.
Even worse than Assassin in Orlantes. The plot is fairly ordinary and the design of the book means the player requires a lot of luck in order to win. What really annoys me about this book is that you must fight several enemies which have high vitality, offensive & defensive scores in order to receive the necessary items to win. This is a major problem because the combat system used in these books is far too rigid and fixed, the player relying almost completely on lucky dice rolls in order to win a battle. To add insult to injury (excuse the pun), you have no way of restoring your Vitality until the end of the book.
I regret having bought it.
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