Happy New Year! 2023

Happy 2023 to all my readers!

500 Word Game Reviews: Driftmoon

This is another old review, as I’ve had a busy couple of weeks. So it would be remiss of me not to mention that there is now an ‘Enchanted Edition’ of Driftmoon which features a major graphics update and improved music, both things that were pretty much my only complaint about the original reviewed here. 😀

Driftmoon (2013) – RPG, PC.

500 Word Game Reviews: Prisoner of Ice

I’m glad I was able to keep up my monthly RPG reviews for half a year, but I just don’t seem to have the time anymore. Too many other hobbies! But not all games take up that much time, for example:

Prisoner of Ice (1995) – Point-and-click adventure, PC.

500 Word Game Reviews: Hidden Folks

I ran into a few issues with the game I originally planned to review this week, so here’s another one I prepared earlier! Wasn’t going to post this either, because I thought the low res screenshots would look ridiculous on my narrow blog, but at least clicking them should bring up the full size ones on imgur. 😛

Hidden Folks (2017) – PC, Puzzle.

500 Word Game Reviews: Geneforge

This month’s game is one I’ve completed before, from Spiderweb Software, the same developers that gave us Avernum 3 that I reviewed years ago~

Apparently this got a shiny remake last year (Geneforge 1: Mutagen), but I had no idea that existed until a few hours ago, so this review is for the original – if the plot appeals to you, but the basic visuals don’t, maybe check out Mutagen instead!

Geneforge (2002) – RPG, PC.

500 Word Game Reviews: Ikenfell

Decided to take a break from older RPGs, after a few that I’d been hoping to play turned out to have too many compatibility issues, clunky controls, or simply proved too difficult for me to get on with!

I somehow ended up picking Ikenfell from the large pile of ‘games I got in a bundle somewhere’, and it turned out to be really LGBTQ+ friendly… accidental Pride Month post GET!

Ikenfell (2020) – RPG, PC

500 Word Game Reviews: Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins

Okay, so this next game isn’t strictly an RPG, more of a point-and-click adventure game with RPG elements. But it’s close enough that I didn’t even stop to think about it until after I’d completed it, so I hope you’ll forgive me! 😛

Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins (1994) – Point-and-click, PC

500 Word Game Reviews: Return to Krondor

Seems I’m managing to complete about one RPG per month so far, which wasn’t necessarily my goal, but certainly helps provide new blog content!

This time, I revisit Return to Krondor for the umpteenth time. A game based on fantasy author Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar Legacy. A sequel to Betrayal at Krondor, which I haven’t played. And though it is subtitled ‘Book 1: Harbinger of Shadows’, plans for more games in the series fell through, ending on a cliffhanger until the release of a novella in 2013… I haven’t read that yet either. Knowing me, I’ll probably play through this again before doing either of the above. 😛

Return to Krondor (1998) – RPG, PC

500 Word Game Reviews: Menzoberranzan

For my second RPG of 2022, we’re going back half a decade from Might and Magic VII, to look at one of the MANY Dungeons & Dragons-based PC games released at the time!

I had hoped that my (limited) knowledge of 5e rules would help at least a little, but the moment I realized having a low AC was a GOOD thing here, I knew I’d have to consult the manual. 😛

Menzoberranzan (1994) – RPG, PC

500 Word Game Reviews: Might and Magic VII – For Blood and Honor

It’s been a few months since my last game review, but I haven’t abandoned them! I’ve decided to focus on RPGs specifically for 2022 – I’ve always loved the genre, and have a ton of them installed and ready to play, but kept putting them off in favour of more casual games that require less time for exploration and grinding.

Needless to say, once I got past that first hurdle, the 65+ hours I sank into our next title felt like minutes. 😛

Might and Magic VII – For Blood and Honor (1999) – RPG, PC