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| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
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| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I spent the better part of the weekend playing "The Immortal" from
Electronic Art's. The Graphics are very very good. I like the sounds,
and the music. The game is a graphic adventure,and is a good mix of
arcade action,and problem solving. The game will not support Hard
drives,externaldrives or anything but a 68000. I don't mind this
because after the initial load time(quite long) The game moves quickly
and upon death the restart is very quick. At the end of each level you
are given a code(WRITE THIS DOWN). Then when you start again you are
asked new game?. If you answer no you are prompted for the code. This
will allow you to start at the beginning of the level you were on when
you last quit. You are quized once more for the copy protection. After
that when you die you hit the fire button,and are dumped back at the
beginning of the current level. So far the play has been very good,and
I find myself stuck at the end of level two. I need to solve a puzzle
in order to advance. Of course when I restart tonight I'll have to redo
level two from the start. While this is sometimes a pain, I find that
the practice in battle is probably going to be necessary to get through
the game. The game is constructed in a manner that will teach you as
you go.
An example is that on level two you must purchase an object. Well
when you attempt to do so you don't have enough money. Walk away come
back and you get a cheaper price. This lets you see how you can
interact,and also that you can barter later in the game. Of course once
you complete a level it only takes a short time to run through it so I
will be at the puzzle in very little time. However it took me hours to
get there the first time. This is how adventure games should work.
Much of this time was spent because I failed to appriciate the authors
ability to add subtle details. It is hard to discribe the game without
giving a lot away. All I can say is I have died many different ways,
fought a host of baddies, solved several problems(some that are not
apparent), and enjoyed it all. I feel sorry for those that won't be
playing the game becasue of the proccessor,Drive limitations. I find it
worthwhile to boot the game,and don't regret doing so. It would be a
five star game if not for these limitations. I got all the way too the
end of level two with only one drive access. For actual playability the
game is excellent,and even if you don't like this type of game it is a
must see for graphics,and programming.
bill
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| 4200.1 | It's gorgeous! | TCC::HEFFEL | Pigs and Ponies | Fri Oct 19 1990 23:54 | 17 |
| Just to echo some of the previous sentiments. It looks pretty, it
sounds pretty, and it plays well.
I *hate* the fact that it takes so long to load and that I can't put it
on my hard disk. (It does some *strange* things while loading. It
reads a track or 2 from the disk in df0: and then it polls df1: [the
light comes on] then it repeats the process until the game has loaded.
Ugly.)
I'm not overly fond of the password system for "saving" the game. It's
fine for Nintendo, but I have a disk drive (actually 3 of them) on my
computer and would prefer to use it.
Having said all that, I find it to be an engrossing and enchanting (all
punning aside) game, and I plan to get back to it right now.
-Gary
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| 4200.2 | Another Amiga Masterpiece | BOOGIE::TAYLOR | | Thu Jan 03 1991 12:55 | 10 |
| I like the Immortal.. it has excellent graphics & sound and the music
is really neat ! If you look at the latest Amigaworld they have a write
up on it and it passes with flying colors.
I wanted to ask you Bill & Gary if you knew how to get past the king
with his 2 guards ??? I know that taking out the King is the key to
progress but everytime I set foot into the room I get wasted !!
Any tips ???
Todd
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| 4200.3 | Help is at hand | KIRKTN::GAITKENHEAD | Only Meeeeeeee!!!!!! | Fri Jan 04 1991 18:01 | 81 |
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Re -1
I have forgot how to do the form-feed thing to hide the help I'm going
to give you so I've put It a few pages below...
If you like what you have seen in the game so far then you are in for a
treat later on in the game.
* Warning * Tips below
Here is a list of things you need to use to complete the king section ;
Bag of spores
Will-O-the-Wisps (or whatever their called !!!)
Bread or water (I can't quite remember , it's either 1 or the other or
both)
Scroll for controlling the Will-O-the-Wisps
Have a go at completing it with the above info or if you are really
stumped then I've put exactly what to do below.
* WARNING * Solution below
You will have to kill the two Guards who are standing outside the room.
This is quite tricky as they can sap a lot of your strength. Don't eat
or drink to get your strength back up as you will need the bread or
water (I can't remember which) later.
Search the two corpses as one of them has an item which is needed.
Enter the King's room but stay very near the door or the two guards
will attack you, cast the spell on the will-O-the-wisps and they will
attack and kill the two guards.
Go over to the patch of earth on the floor and use the bag of spores.
GET OUT OF THE ROOM VERY QUICKLY !!!!!
Wait outside the room for a minute and then go back in.
Go over to the King who will be near death now and he will speak to
you, give him what he ask's and he will give you advice and an item in
return.
I'm sorry It's a bit vague in places but it's been a while since I
played this section.
Get back in touch if you need any further help.
Geo.
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| 4200.4 | I'll try it again... | BOOGIE::TAYLOR | | Mon Jan 07 1991 17:11 | 8 |
| Excellent !!
Thanks for the tip, believe it or not, I'd tried this with no success
I guess it's a user error because when I tried casting the willow of
the wisps in the room it didn't work. I also tried the spores to no
avail but I hadn't killed the guards first so I had trouble casting
them.
Todd
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