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Posted January 07, 2015
The third generation of the insanely extensive RPG is here.

Avernum: Escape From The Pit, a vastly enhanced modern remake of one of the biggest and longest-running hard-core isometric RPG worlds that came to being with Exile in 1995, is available 50% off until Monday, for Windows and Mac on GOG.com.

Avernum: Escape From The Pit tells an epic story of a huge underground prison colony - 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. 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. Jeff Vogel's Avernum: Escape From The Pit defies that rule, and is one of the few games in the genre that come close to the analog predecessors in terms of complexity, depth, and scale.

If you're up for the challenge of a insanely vast feature-packed world that can takes months to explore in full, dare to descend into Avernum: Escape From The Pit. The 50% off release discount lasts until Monday, January 12, at 10:59AM GMT.
Posted January 07, 2015
Already got this from a bundle. I think. Will have to see if I like it though before buying it here again.
Posted January 07, 2015
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gamesfreak64: same here :D

so this game is newer?

i do see 2012? thats 2 years ago?
Avernum Complete is comprised of 7 games which were released from 2000-2009. This one that was released in 2012, is a remake of the first Avernum that was released in 2000.
Posted January 07, 2015
Finally on GOG!
Posted January 07, 2015
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gamesfreak64: same here :D

so this game is newer?

i do see 2012? thats 2 years ago?
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Grargar: Avernum Complete is comprised of 7 games which were released from 2000-2009. This one that was released in 2012, is a remake of the first Avernum that was released in 2000.
remake?
better graphics ?

ah well i still have to play all the games i bought at fall and winter sales, and the promo sales from 3 months before the fall promo :D

for now i am collecting first :D play later
Posted January 07, 2015
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apehater: what tha heck spiderweb!!!! i thought i own avernum the complete saga ... COMPLETE and not almost, maybe, probably complete :(
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gamesfreak64: same here :D

so this game is newer?

i do see 2012? thats 2 years ago?
yes it's newer, as Grargar pointed out this is a remake of Avernum 1 which itself was a remake of Exile: Escape from the pit. It uses the same engine Jeff used for Avadon: The Black fortress and it's sequel Avadon 2 as well as some of the desgin changes he made in Avadon, such as using skill trees and all that. Oh and they added a tutorial opening area in this version which has a bit of story to it(some guy locks the passage to the fort so they can't find and bring in the new arrivals and so he can recurit the most vicious of the prisioners to help him make a army while killing the rest) as opposed to the orginal Avernum 1 which just started you out in the fort area
Posted January 07, 2015
I was curious about how this differs from the 2000 era Avernum 1 and found the following information on the developer's website.

"Avernum: Escape From the Pit is a ground-up rewrite of our popular game Avernum…

[New material includes] A new, large town with a pile of quests. New hidden dungeons. New hidden characters with lots of backstory and things you can do for them. A completely new starter dungeon/tutorial.

…The game system has been heavily revised… still entirely skill-based and most of the skills are the same. However, the way you train has changed. Instead of saving up skill points, each level you get to increase two skills. You will make the same number of choices to shape your character, but you will be making more of them later in the game and fewer of them earlier. We are also taking pains to make it much more difficult to create a party that is too weak to progress through the game. The Traits system has been massively reworked. Instead of picking two traits at the beginning of the game, you can select one new beneficial trait every two levels. A lot of these traits give simple bonuses, while others (like Backstab and Swordmage) can dramatically change the way you play the game…

The interface is completely redone… The character portraits are receiving a desperately overdue refurbishing. Many terrain icons from Avernum 6 are being used, but all creature and character graphics are being re-rendered."

Source: http://www.avernum.com/avernum/avernumFAQ.html
Post edited January 07, 2015 by undeadcow
Posted January 07, 2015
So GOG any reason why part of the game's ending is in the screenshots on the games store page?
Posted January 07, 2015
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DCT: So GOG any reason why part of the game's ending is in the screenshots on the games store page?
If that's true it's pretty hilarious. xD
Posted January 07, 2015
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DCT: So GOG any reason why part of the game's ending is in the screenshots on the games store page?
It's what we received from Jeff :) But if you link me the exact screenshot, I'll be more than happy to remove it as I would hate to have the game's ending spoiled by its own advertising :)
Posted January 07, 2015
Yay, Avernum! :D

Great to see it added to the catalog.
Posted January 07, 2015
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DCT: So GOG any reason why part of the game's ending is in the screenshots on the games store page?
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JudasIscariot: It's what we received from Jeff :) But if you link me the exact screenshot, I'll be more than happy to remove it as I would hate to have the game's ending spoiled by its own advertising :)
edit: removed because spoilers :P
Post edited January 07, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted January 07, 2015
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JudasIscariot: It's what we received from Jeff :) But if you link me the exact screenshot, I'll be more than happy to remove it as I would hate to have the game's ending spoiled by its own advertising :)
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DCT: edit: removed because spoilers :P
Sorry for the removal, DCT, but thanks for the mention and the spoilerific screen has been removed. The page will update in a few minutes or so :)
Posted January 07, 2015
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DCT: edit: removed because spoilers :P
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JudasIscariot: Sorry for the removal, DCT, but thanks for the mention and the spoilerific screen has been removed. The page will update in a few minutes or so :)
no need to apologize for the removal, I had a long tedius week at work which isn't close to be done yet and of course it also dosn't help that when I got home yesterday around 1 or 2 in the morning I stayed up for a extra four hours watching New Japan's Wrestle kingdom 9 PPV(amazing show and didn't feel like a four hour show either, it was also the first to have a optional english commentary done by the legendary Jim Ross doing play by play and with Matt Striker doing the colour commentary) so I was a wee bit out of it and didn't think till after posting that I should of just PM'd you the link to the screenshot instead of posting it here for anybody and everyone to see.

Ah well what's done is done. Anyway the only think I can think off why Jeff would send that was either he forgot what that screenshot was used for in the game or he mistook it for a similar looking one he uses in the introduction/back story part of the game
Post edited January 07, 2015 by DCT
Posted January 07, 2015
Will Jeff remake all the old Avernum games to this form?

So, this it the first one, the second (Crystal Souls) is in work, so can we hope, that he will remake all the other games in the following years?
Posted January 07, 2015
well this game is on the shelf :D like i told earlier in this topic


i also just bought neo scavenger... it was on my wishlist, and 11.89 is a nice price for DRm free,
better then the 14.99 on that steam with DRM :D hahaha
that made me decide to buy it at normal price
No to see how good the game is.
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