Posted on: September 29, 2016
Poljak
Verified ownerGames: 60 Reviews: 2
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Complitely frustrating. You don't even know amaunt the monsters you have to kill to win.
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Akalabeth: World of Doom
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'Tis said that long ago peace and tranquility covered the lands. Food and drink flowed freely, man and beast lived in peace, gold and silver abounded – it was the Golden Age of Akalabeth.
Mondain, second born of Wolfgang, a great king of old, wished to gain his brother's inheritance and so he used his great powers for evil, creating deep dungeons guarded by daemons and Balrogs. Now blood flowed freely in Akalabeth, and foul creatures soon came to roam near the surface. Mondain cast such sickness and pestilence upon Akalabeth, that both man and beast lived in constant fear. Thus was the Dark Age of Akalabeth.
There arose from the land a man, pure and just, to battle the Dark Lord. British, Champion of the White Light, did battle with Mondain deep within the labyrinth of dungeons, eventually driving him from Akalabeth forever. British of the White Light was proclaimed Lord British, Protector of Akalabeth. Alas, much damage had been suffered unto the lands. The Revival of Akalabest has begun.
'Tis thy duty to rid Akalabeth of the foul creatures which infest it, whilst trying to stay alive!
Mondain, second born of Wolfgang, a great king of old, wished to gain his brother's inheritance and so he used his great powers for evil, creating deep dungeons guarded by daemons and Balrogs. Now blood flowed freely in Akalabeth, and foul creatures soon came to roam near the surface. Mondain cast such sickness and pestilence upon Akalabeth, that both man and beast lived in constant fear. Thus was the Dark Age of Akalabeth.
There arose from the land a man, pure and just, to battle the Dark Lord. British, Champion of the White Light, did battle with Mondain deep within the labyrinth of dungeons, eventually driving him from Akalabeth forever. British of the White Light was proclaimed Lord British, Protector of Akalabeth. Alas, much damage had been suffered unto the lands. The Revival of Akalabest has begun.
'Tis thy duty to rid Akalabeth of the foul creatures which infest it, whilst trying to stay alive!
- Developed in 1979, Akalabeth is the first game made by the legendary creator of the Ultima Series, Richard Garriot.
- Designed by the teenage Garriot in Applesoft BASIC for the Apple II, Akalabeth is one of the earliest known examples of a computer role-playing game, and is considered by many to be "Ultima 0."
- Featuring 10 different monsters, procedurally generated dungeon crawling, and wire frame 3D graphics, Akalabeth was highly advanced for its time and is still widely regarded as one of the most historically significant RPGs ever created.
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2 hMain
3 h Main + Sides
4.5 h Completionist
2.5 h All Styles
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Posted on: April 14, 2020
Amazing11
Verified ownerGames: 14 Reviews: 6
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Posted on: November 26, 2022
Games: 0 Reviews: 5
Seems to be too hard
I couldn't even move through the menu, the controls didn't work well or I didn't know how to use them... However, I've seen some vídeos about this game and looks pretty interesting!
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Posted on: February 14, 2024
RqPlus
Verified ownerGames: 648 Reviews: 3
Should be called World of Hunger
Addressing the game from the modern gamer perspective. This game is a proto-crpg and there is nothing "classic" about it. You have choice of 2 classes - choose fighter if you want to suffer and don't get anywhere or choose a mage and break the game with magic amulet by turning into lizard (and vastly increasing stats) in order to make this title winnable. I don't even know if there is a way to play this game without cheesing. Before any "meaningful" choices of how are you going to approach the dungeon exploration, you're most likely going to die from hunger, wandering largely empty overworld. Cities are only text screens with items available for sale (and that is mostly food and 3 weapons maybe). Castle of Lord British is another text screen asking you to kill another random monster as part of your quest. Once you kill final monster from Lord British's selection, you are given the title of Knight and the game ends - get lost now. You can play if you are crpg historian (more like archeologist in this case), but otherwise, I beg you - respect the finite amount of time the life gives you. You're not missing anything by skipping it.
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Posted on: June 23, 2018
Jeyronicate
Verified ownerGames: 179 Reviews: 12
Too old for modern people.
Akalabeth: World of Doom doesn't seem to capture my attention at all. I can't expect much from a game this old, and it shows. You are even better of playing browser-games these days then playing this. I guarantee that you'll get more fun out of it.
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