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{"reviews": {"39362838": {"recommendationid": "39362838", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071636216", "num_games_owned": 386, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 459, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514756233}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c, \u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0435, \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0438\u043c\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u043e\u0439, \u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439, \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044e \u0443\u0434\u043e\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u043c \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043a \u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0436\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0438\u044e \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u044b\u043c \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c.", "timestamp_created": 1516017344, "timestamp_updated": 1516017344, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39118040": {"recommendationid": "39118040", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025273025", "num_games_owned": 1416, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 5069, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515245706}, "language": "english", "review": "UI, graphics and sounds would be ok for me if there were an interesting story. To be truthful, writing is not that awful, but it is completely pointless and uninteresting and boring. Writing only exists to make you go somewhere and do something. Yet, it doesn't give you the motivation to do so. I won't go much into details, what should have been said is already said in this review:\n\nhttp://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027178139/recommended/208400/", "timestamp_created": 1515245618, "timestamp_updated": 1515245618, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.434783", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39029536": {"recommendationid": "39029536", "author": {"steamid": "76561198018929700", "num_games_owned": 358, "num_reviews": 36, "playtime_forever": 2642, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1415575909}, "language": "english", "review": "For the lack of the better world \"Classic\".\n\nI liked it very much. Good story.\n\nI hoped for more party interaction.", "timestamp_created": 1515021974, "timestamp_updated": 1515021974, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38955311": {"recommendationid": "38955311", "author": {"steamid": "76561198039004973", "num_games_owned": 106, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 987, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 40, "last_played": 1515818837}, "language": "english", "review": "Really having a lot of fun with this approachable title. Touches on my love for this style of procedural RPG style character development through exploration and quest completion.", "timestamp_created": 1514850976, "timestamp_updated": 1514850976, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519651", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38936735": {"recommendationid": "38936735", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014940948", "num_games_owned": 178, "num_reviews": 42, "playtime_forever": 1936, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 505, "last_played": 1515834173}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school RPG, turn-based combat, yes, it's coming back to be trending... But this one IS old-school, as part of a somehow renewed version (still very old looking though), of the first opus from the original Exile serie, of the 90s.\n\nDespite dated graphism, all the rest, be it writing, difficulty, choices, immense exploration, and a unique world, makes it a must-have for any RPG fan.", "timestamp_created": 1514815051, "timestamp_updated": 1514815051, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38777682": {"recommendationid": "38777682", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076491588", "num_games_owned": 285, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 102, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1478421719}, "language": "english", "review": "Very old school RPG, if you aren't into games of this style then it really isn't for you. I, however, loved the original Exile games so had a lot of fun with this one", "timestamp_created": 1514463631, "timestamp_updated": 1514463631, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.523810", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38592741": {"recommendationid": "38592741", "author": {"steamid": "76561198113588904", "num_games_owned": 18, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 544, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514504563}, "language": "english", "review": "Loved Spiderweb games ever since Geneforge. It caused me to buy all their old games and play them. EftP is a lovely remake of the original avernum game.", "timestamp_created": 1514058520, "timestamp_updated": 1514058520, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38445116": {"recommendationid": "38445116", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007911957", "num_games_owned": 130, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 1520, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 9, "last_played": 1515785100}, "language": "english", "review": "I have been following this developer for sometime and always enjoyed their storylines. For any determined RPG player this dev is a must try. Though, if you did not grow up with them you may not get the same joy that I experience, the storyline is still great.", "timestamp_created": 1513743880, "timestamp_updated": 1513743880, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38392574": {"recommendationid": "38392574", "author": {"steamid": "76561197980935229", "num_games_owned": 82, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3516, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514275622}, "language": "english", "review": "Great isometric RPG that brings back memories of Baldur's Gate. The graphics are outdated but in my humble opinion do the game justices. From sprawling under ground caves (truly the whole game is in a cave) to large castles I rarely felt that areas looked alike. Combat is fun and engaging while the stats are simply they offer enough diversity to create fun characters. I play on buy many more spiderweb games after this one.", "timestamp_created": 1513571267, "timestamp_updated": 1513571267, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38321840": {"recommendationid": "38321840", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024806632", "num_games_owned": 144, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 626, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336892400}, "language": "english", "review": "The Avernum series is a remastering of the Exile series. Avernum: Escape from the Pit itself is actually a remastering of Avernum I. The Exile series originally had 3 games, not counting Blades of Exile. My first experience with Exile was actually Exile III: Ruined World. I found a demo of the game on a Mac Addict CD. I immediately fell in love with the game. I had, up to that point, never really liked turn based RPGs. Exile III changed all of that for me. The amount of thought and effort that Jeff Vogel put into the stories of these games is incredible. After completing Exile III numerous times, I had to have the rest of the series. The 3 orginals, Exile: Escape from the Pit, Exile II: Crystal souls, and Exile III: Ruined world, have in my opinion stood up to the test of time. I really must say that I prefer the originals. But these latest remasters have brought new life to the games that may have otherwise have faded into oblivion. Prepare for countless hours of adventuring, and see how your choices can affect the outcome of the game. I cannot recommend this game enough, and hope you enjoy it as much as I have.", "timestamp_created": 1513336525, "timestamp_updated": 1513336525, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521531", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38317538": {"recommendationid": "38317538", "author": {"steamid": "76561198074556259", "num_games_owned": 115, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4128, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486415374}, "language": "english", "review": "I started playing this series back when this series was called \"Exile.\"\n\nIt spoiled me on RPGs forever.  I've spent the rest of my life looking for western RPGs with as much story, and few annoyances, as Spiderweb's.  Nearly every RPG series (minus Avadon) that Spiderweb has produced has been gold.\n\nThis is a reboot of the original, Exile: Escape from the Pit, and while I prefer the old magic system, this is an extremely good reboot.  The game boasts a ton of story, and a very open world.  The graphics are a huge improvement over the old version, even if they don't keep up with more modern games.  In a world of pixel graphic hype, this shouldn't deter anyone.  There is substantially more content here than a great many, much more expensive games.\n\nI very strongly suggest getting both this one, and the updated Crystal Souls game.", "timestamp_created": 1513318340, "timestamp_updated": 1513318340, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38219646": {"recommendationid": "38219646", "author": {"steamid": "76561198040593014", "num_games_owned": 86, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 4122, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515086248}, "language": "english", "review": "Huge, sprawling sand-box style.  Old school turn-based rpg, pefect for those nostalgic for 80s & 90s classic D&D adjacent gaming.", "timestamp_created": 1512935894, "timestamp_updated": 1512935894, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38181329": {"recommendationid": "38181329", "author": {"steamid": "76561198003993965", "num_games_owned": 78, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3593, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512763998}, "language": "english", "review": "yes good", "timestamp_created": 1512829061, "timestamp_updated": 1512829061, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.470085", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38119295": {"recommendationid": "38119295", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970880630", "num_games_owned": 607, "num_reviews": 243, "playtime_forever": 37, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341817200}, "language": "english", "review": "Backlog review, going back to the games I loved the hell out of, or hated, and played pirated copies back in the day or legit ones.\n\nGiving this a negative, am prepared for the hate, game looks like it came out in 1992, maybe, not 2012. \n\nAmazing stories is the hook, but, I never felt it to be anything about very average story in the 30-40 minutes I invested in it. Also, there are how many Avernum games in this series now? I count 10-13 on their website!\n\nFeels like the dev is cranking out game after game after game going for a rabid fanboi base, as another reviewer stated, and I 100% agree. \n\n\"If a game has such weak graphics and sound effects then it better have awesome gameplay and story.\nThis game, unfortunately does not seem to have either.\"", "timestamp_created": 1512616176, "timestamp_updated": 1512616176, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.484950", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "38091742": {"recommendationid": "38091742", "author": {"steamid": "76561197963852846", "num_games_owned": 522, "num_reviews": 111, "playtime_forever": 1652, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1477858231}, "language": "english", "review": "It's pretty fun. Need to be in the mood though to play.\n\n6.5/10", "timestamp_created": 1512518991, "timestamp_updated": 1512518991, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508235", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37916155": {"recommendationid": "37916155", "author": {"steamid": "76561198075138125", "num_games_owned": 235, "num_reviews": 84, "playtime_forever": 431, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511917644}, "language": "english", "review": "If a game has such weak graphics and sound effects then it better have awesome gameplay and story.\nThis game, unfortunately does not seem to have either.\n\nI would rate this 3/10.  Not good enough to keep playing.", "timestamp_created": 1511917959, "timestamp_updated": 1511917959, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.447020", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37851712": {"recommendationid": "37851712", "author": {"steamid": "76561198095071411", "num_games_owned": 762, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 7301, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511856522}, "language": "english", "review": "Played this game since its name was \"Exile\", over 20 years ago. Goes well, while listening to Blind Guardian's \"Nightfall in Middle-Earth\".", "timestamp_created": 1511844954, "timestamp_updated": 1511844954, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37771648": {"recommendationid": "37771648", "author": {"steamid": "76561198140855211", "num_games_owned": 450, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 1482, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512049572}, "language": "schinese", "review": "Very interesting old school rpg, love it !", "timestamp_created": 1511782710, "timestamp_updated": 1511782710, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521739", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37688398": {"recommendationid": "37688398", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993213000", "num_games_owned": 229, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 2400, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 440, "last_played": 1516413435}, "language": "english", "review": "The short version: A solid and lengthy old-school CRPG that'll send you on a terrific adventure!\n\nThe long version: Check out my video review for more information!\n\nhttps://youtu.be/8EXTRV5hvQc", "timestamp_created": 1511713041, "timestamp_updated": 1511713041, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37657666": {"recommendationid": "37657666", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046407276", "num_games_owned": 4423, "num_reviews": 198, "playtime_forever": 13801, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511867393}, "language": "english", "review": "[h1]A game that doesn't hold your hand![/h1]\n\nThis is an old school Computer Roleplaying game. I played the old Exile Series as the game still was shareware, and the upgrade only served to make this game a bit more apealing to new players. The developer also created a newer Stats/Skill/Trait interface which makes the game a lot more accessible and the choices a lot easier. Keep in mind, that level only plays a secondary role in this game, they only serve to power your skills, and though it's good to have experts in your group some skills are working for the group as a whole - that said, I resent experts and prefer a group of all hybrids (Arcane Priest, Divine Mage, Holy Lancer and/or Paladin)\n\nYes, you can customize your classes too, which is a good thing. Also choose your traits wisely when you play this game, almost everything in this game has limits, the amount of gold you can get is one example, or the traits you may chose, or your skillpoints, Javelins, Potions and such - all and everything is precious in avernum which makes the story even more believable. Also the devs put in here an option to remove unneccesary clutter (the trash-bag)... All in all if you compare this to Exile or Genforge the devs put a lot of love in their revival.\n\n[Table]\n[tr][th]Category[/th][th]Score[/th][th]Notes[/th][/tr]\n[tr][td]Graphics[/td][td]7[/td][td]Compared to the old Exile the graphics have been boosted. Nonetheless, they are still spartan compared to other games. But as with all classical RPG games, graphics isn't everything.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][td]Sound[/td][td]6[/td][td]Don't expect too much sound in those games, you will have strange noises in the big cave that Avernum is, but not so much as a soundtrack or continous music playing. But actually the howling wind, the strange noises of some alien critters is much more than you need for atmosphere.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][td]Story[/td][td]9[/td][td]Why a solid 9? Play the game, immerse yourself in one of the best indie storylines. There are really a lot of quests, challenging or overwhelming some. And the story where you chose to either plot revenge upon the empire, or try to settle in somehow.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][td]Character Dev.[/td][td]7[/td][td]This game offers enough freedom to create your own characters and you can develop them around specialities, or just spread them as your fancy strikes. Also you need to plan ahead, don't waste resources like potions or mana on critters that are just trash mobs for your level, but use the lowest and most effective ways to dispose of them.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][td]Playability[/td][td]8[/td][td]Easy to learn, yet hard to master. This game doesn't hold your hands and you actually can die pretty much, pretty early in the game. Safe often, Quicksafe and Autosafe is included in the game.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][td]Value for Money[/td][td]8[/td][td]As with almost all games that orient themselves on old-school gaming this game offers dozens and dozens of gaming hours, you can pretty much spent a hundred hours in this game and still have not all achievements, all quests solved or even found.[/td][/tr]\n[tr][th]Overall[/th][td]7.5 ~ 8[/td][td]*[/td][/tr][/table]\n\n[h1]Recommended[/h1]\n\nIt's a simple decission, this game offers a lot in gaming hours, a good playability and challenging quests are another thing that work for the game. This game is worth it's money - even more so if you get it in a sale. This game is for fans of the genre and hardcore RPG gamers.", "timestamp_created": 1511697302, "timestamp_updated": 1511697363, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37454794": {"recommendationid": "37454794", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046231199", "num_games_owned": 136, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3049, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1502600530}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game with old school settings.", "timestamp_created": 1511580042, "timestamp_updated": 1511580042, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37406095": {"recommendationid": "37406095", "author": {"steamid": "76561198023289778", "num_games_owned": 540, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3186, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511774072}, "language": "english", "review": "This game, and it's previous editions (this is the 3rd remake) holds a very special place in my heart.\n\nGreat story and world. You're trapped deep underground by the evil empire above, idk why but I love the concept.\n\nThe turn based combat holds up very well, and character skill development works well allowing for unique builds.", "timestamp_created": 1511553206, "timestamp_updated": 1511553206, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "37215760": {"recommendationid": "37215760", "author": {"steamid": "76561198116206750", "num_games_owned": 2438, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5545, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1399485387}, "language": "turkish", "review": "Y\u0131llar \u00f6nce, Mac'lerde nispeten az oyun var diye yokluktan, mecburiyetten ba\u015flay\u0131p ba\u011f\u0131ml\u0131s\u0131 oldu\u011fum muhte\u015fem serinin ilk b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc... Y\u0131llar sonra tekrar oynay\u0131\u015fta yine ayn\u0131 keyfi ald\u0131m. Pek \u00e7ok AAA oyundan daha zengin bir i\u00e7erik, kusursuz hikaye...\n\nYa da bilmiyorum i\u015fte... Nedensizce sevdi\u011fim ;)\n\nUyar\u0131: Grafik sevdal\u0131s\u0131 ergenlere g\u00f6re de\u011fildir!", "timestamp_created": 1511474582, "timestamp_updated": 1511592620, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36975408": {"recommendationid": "36975408", "author": {"steamid": "76561198053237219", "num_games_owned": 793, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 7760, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1426804450}, "language": "koreana", "review": "\uc2dc\uc2a4\ud15c\uc774\ub098 \uadf8\ub798\ud53d\uc740 \uac04\ub2e8\ud558\uc9c0\ub9cc \uc810\uc810 \ube60\uc838\ub4e4\uc5b4 \uc7ac\ubbf8\uc788\uc5b4\uc9d1\ub2c8\ub2e4.", "timestamp_created": 1511424139, "timestamp_updated": 1511424139, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36946502": {"recommendationid": "36946502", "author": {"steamid": "76561198023738989", "num_games_owned": 860, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 2734, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1436844978}, "language": "english", "review": "I originally played this game way back in the late '90s when it was called \"Exile\" and released for classic Mac (I was using a Performa 6220CD at the time, maxed out with a whopping 64mb of RAM and 1gb hd!). It still holds just as much charm as it did then, simply updated for modern systems. Infinite choices, infinite ways to play! Explore, adventure, and most of all, have fun!", "timestamp_created": 1511415618, "timestamp_updated": 1511415618, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36936589": {"recommendationid": "36936589", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008670396", "num_games_owned": 108, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 14945, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514988406}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game if youre looking for a great old school experience.", "timestamp_created": 1511413052, "timestamp_updated": 1511413052, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36793414": {"recommendationid": "36793414", "author": {"steamid": "76561197974300154", "num_games_owned": 554, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 981, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496285417}, "language": "english", "review": "I'll be perfectly honest here: the first time I was introduced to this game, it was in the late 90s, early 2000s under the name \"Exile: Escape from the Pit\". This is the third incarnation of the same story. If you've played Exile, or the earlier version of Avernum, you know what you're getting into, and you're walking the same steps you have before. This is the same story that they've been telling for decades now.\n\nEven so, it is still worth a play. The new mechanics and polished visuals make it feel like a new beast. The world is expansive, with plenty to see and do. The characters are likeable and sympathetic. There is very little to not love about it.", "timestamp_created": 1511383366, "timestamp_updated": 1511383366, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36680870": {"recommendationid": "36680870", "author": {"steamid": "76561198061373274", "num_games_owned": 143, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3166, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507444532}, "language": "english", "review": "To start off, I started playing the Avernum series in the early 2000s, around late middle/early high school. Having started at that age, the games had a pretty big effect on me, and I credit them quite a bit with making me interested both in games in general, and also in writing, which I'm now pursuing as a career.\n\nI bought EFTP after much debate because I love the games, but I was not a big fan of the gameplay in 4-6, and had only ever played the first Geneforge. I don't honestly recall if I finished Avernum 4-6, to be honest. But I finally got the itch again and went ahead and bought this version, partially because I didn't want to keep bothering Jeff for game codes every few years lmao. That, and I've decided to subject my friends to some tabletop campaigns in Avernum, and I can record this version more easily for my notes.\n\nI was very pleased with the update. No, it doesn't add a whole lot of extra content, and I'm mixed on some combat changes (WHY DOES HIGH LEVEL SMITE NOT TARGET MULTIPLE THINGS? DOES IT DO EXTRA DAMAGE TO DEMONS ANYMORE? WHY ME? WHERE DID BEAST CEREMONY GO?? but alternatively: HASTE TARGETS EVERYONE! CONE ATTACKS/AOES! FUCK YEAH). \n\nBut as for being in the spirit of the original? Very much so. [i]Very much so.[/i] The nostalgia alone was worth it.\n\nSo I'd argue that, if you're just getting into the series, returning from a long absence, or just really fucking love the games, EFTP is certainly worth the money. The last time I played the originals (on Windows 7, I think?) I did have some issues, so having them updated was definitely appreciated.\n\nOverall, I most definitely enjoyed my return to underground Australia, and am looking forward to 3's update in 2018. \n\nAlso, buy Crystal Souls, because that game's my favorite of the three and boy howdy am I enjoying the shit out of it.", "timestamp_created": 1511288911, "timestamp_updated": 1511288911, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36654252": {"recommendationid": "36654252", "author": {"steamid": "76561198163070712", "num_games_owned": 35, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4434, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1513805108}, "language": "italian", "review": "Fantastico", "timestamp_created": 1511213147, "timestamp_updated": 1511213147, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36646722": {"recommendationid": "36646722", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006908388", "num_games_owned": 25, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3528, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510224744}, "language": "english", "review": "A lot of fun, and first playthrough is pretty damn long!\n\nSome reading, but not too much so you miss fighting.\n\nExploring/fighting is very enjoyable.", "timestamp_created": 1511188122, "timestamp_updated": 1511188122, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36456197": {"recommendationid": "36456197", "author": {"steamid": "76561198066202043", "num_games_owned": 133, "num_reviews": 21, "playtime_forever": 2414, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510868010}, "language": "english", "review": "Difficult to recommend/not recommend. I'd say more like 50/50. It's not an easy title to review. I appreciate the fact it's a small team game, but it seriously retards your progress sometimes. The setting is good. In fact, a lot of the tripple A titles can only wish for a world setting that is as interesting as Avernum's. Writing is ok; again, it's a lot of text for a small team and it shows. While you can follow the CLEAR directions given to you and still explore with abandon, oftentimes the writing falls just a centimeter short of a tropey throw-away. The saving grace here being that it is when you're dealing with the side quests. There is an interesting and challanging monster variety. Character progression is good. My tank feels like a tank, my mage is not terribly squishy. Things USUALLY agro the first character that charges at them(that helps you immensely when you play). Combat is not too repetitive and sometimes requires unique approach for bosses. There are some solid consumables to play with.   \n\nIt's lacking some quality of life elements that can make the game a lot better--UI organization, interaction with the environment. Ease of accesss stuff, so to speak. More shortcut spaces. Easier periphery organisation for the player. A plethora of small stuff, that was perhaps overlooked. Combat balance and difficulty spikes are all over the place. But I guess people would form their own opinion about that. A good deal of misses, even for characters who have invested in dexterity and skills. Mobs can have too much resistances and too high of an evasion, or too high damage and easy spammable abilities that do too many things at once. It can get downright frustrating at times. Consumables can massively alter the direction of combat(can be good/bad). Bullet sponges also make an appearance. Sometimes that is alright. Sometimes it feels inapropiate (a shaman that is ridiculously overpowered). Sometimes it feels boring (especially when it happens with every boss mob that is also showering you with poison in a tight nephelim fortress, which leads you to overconsume potions). Sometimes it feel great and done right, for instance, fighting a giant for which you get a specific side quest and he is a real challange with a really good reward. It's a lot of hit and miss with this game. There is a lot of content to go through and I just get the feeling that in the making of this game there wasn't enough thought about which is going to be good/bad. There are things like pacing between conversation and combat, exploration, main story, side quests. Avernum somehow manages to strike a balance in that regard. But it doesn't feel like it was because somebody wanted it.\n\nThe game as a whole is not bad. I suppose you should play it on it's easiest/normal setting. But who wants to do that? It needs polish; balance polish. 50/50. I am truly in the middle, despite the tag. And I will play through the whole of it, because I am an RPG nerd. For my kind Avernum is a must. And for you, too, if you're one.", "timestamp_created": 1510444038, "timestamp_updated": 1511097391, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.524654", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36350722": {"recommendationid": "36350722", "author": {"steamid": "76561198084832546", "num_games_owned": 135, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 1278, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1513801455}, "language": "german", "review": "Rundenbasiert ist f\u00fcr mich ein Schachbrettkampfsystem wie in Avernum - gibt es leider viel zu selten. Die Geschichte ist sehr interessant (obwohl meine Englischkenntnisse nicht ganz ausreichen), die Welt nicht riesig aber gro\u00df genug, um viel Zeit mit Entdecken und Erforschen zu verbringen und :) man kann nutzlose Sachen einsammeln, wenn man will: L\u00f6ffel, Teller, Eimer, Steine, etc. (die sind nutzlos, oder?) Das Spiel ist sehr einfach gehalten und man findet sich schnell zurecht, trotzdem gibt es viel Charakterentwicklung. Wahrscheinlich schaue ich mir die anderen Teile auch an.", "timestamp_created": 1510084418, "timestamp_updated": 1510084418, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36282951": {"recommendationid": "36282951", "author": {"steamid": "76561198258472949", "num_games_owned": 191, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 3154, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1509835882}, "language": "english", "review": "Good game\n\nPros:\n+ 40+ hours\n\nCons:\n- some of the final quests are a bit confusing to know where you need to go", "timestamp_created": 1509836417, "timestamp_updated": 1509836582, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36274464": {"recommendationid": "36274464", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972622346", "num_games_owned": 111, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 296, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1509894095}, "language": "english", "review": "One of the most underrated games i have played. If you can get past the outdated graphics you end up with a good story and simple old school rpg.", "timestamp_created": 1509813281, "timestamp_updated": 1509813281, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36251810": {"recommendationid": "36251810", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005062450", "num_games_owned": 553, "num_reviews": 38, "playtime_forever": 330, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507418662}, "language": "english", "review": "Its worth a try. I did like the writing, interesting storyline. 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5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.566846", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35978818": {"recommendationid": "35978818", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014740076", "num_games_owned": 375, "num_reviews": 24, "playtime_forever": 3020, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499393230}, "language": "english", "review": "One of my favorite games. Played through it multiple times.", "timestamp_created": 1508896648, "timestamp_updated": 1508896648, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35955616": {"recommendationid": "35955616", "author": {"steamid": "76561198062488600", "num_games_owned": 414, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 387, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1509412391}, "language": "english", "review": "A great remake of an epic classic isometric RPG (Exile). Fluid gameplay, storyrich dialogs, beautiful escenarios old school style and a simple turn based combat system, makes this work one of the best of the genre. If you enjoy classic isometric RPGs, such as Ultima series or Summoning, you are going to enjoy a lot this fantasy epic. \n\nWalking across the huge Avernus cave systems is like follow the trails of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden thorugh his path to exile.\n \nAbsolutely recommended, even at regular price.", "timestamp_created": 1508801200, "timestamp_updated": 1508801200, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.511344", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35576238": {"recommendationid": "35576238", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001218597", "num_games_owned": 732, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 975, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1508547900}, "language": "english", "review": "I first encountered a shareware demo of Exile on a cd-rom packaged with one of the first issues of a magazine called Mac Addict when the only computers I had access to were an aging Commodore 64 and my parents' Mac Quadras. While my friends with Windows were playing Warcraft and Command and Conquer, I fell into the world beneath the Empire.\n\nThere's a reason Jeff and Mariann have retold this story 3 times now. It's a good one, and the formula doesn't need much updating. I still recognize all the sound effects from that first shareware demo.", "timestamp_created": 1507477278, "timestamp_updated": 1507477278, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.583313", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35475443": {"recommendationid": "35475443", "author": {"steamid": "76561198036418239", "num_games_owned": 303, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 4679, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507059784}, "language": "italian", "review": "PRO:\n+Tante missioni \n+Tante aree da esplorare \n+Ambientazione interessante\n+La difficolt\u00e0 normale \u00e8 difficile il giusto\n+Artwork molto curati \n+Tanto da leggere\n\nCONTRO:\n-Grafica spartana\n-Non \u00e8 sempre chiaro cosa bisogna fare per avanzare\n-Una sola canzone che viene riprodotta solo nel menu principale e i finali\n-Solo in inglese\n\n''Avernum: Escape From the Pit'' \u00e8 il secondo remake di un gioco chiamato Exile, ma lo migliora con una nuova veste grafica (che non fa gridare al miracolo ma non \u00e8 nemmeno inguardabile) e lo rende compatibile con i nuovi sistemi operativi. Avernum non \u00e8 un gioco di difficile comprensione come un vecchio ''Fallout'' o un ''Bards Tale'' visto che si viene accolti da un dungeon introduttivo molto facile che vi spiega tutto quello che potete fare nel titolo, ma non \u00e8 nemmeno in modalit\u00e0 autoplay come molti ''RPG'' moderni perch\u00e8 mantiene alcune caratteristiche molto old school. Ad esempio la necessit\u00e0 di andare da un trainer per migliorare le proprie abilit\u00e0. Dovrete tenere a mente l'ubicazione di chi vi ha dato la quest e a che punto della quest siete per evitare di fare giri a vuoto perch\u00e8 \u00e8 vero che molte quest sono indicate sulla mappa di gioco, ma il diario non verr\u00e0 aggiornato. In realt\u00e0 non \u00e8 cos\u00ec difficile ricordare i vari indizi grazie alla presenza di un apposito pulsante record che copia l'intero pezzo di dialogo nel vostro diario. Insomma se non ve ne frega nulla di una grafica spettacolare, ma volete solo giocare un RPG con tante cose da fare compratelo a occhi chiusi. Di solito lo si trova a 2-3 \u20ac insomma \u00e8 praticamente regalato per quello che offre.", "timestamp_created": 1507134354, "timestamp_updated": 1507134354, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35210036": {"recommendationid": "35210036", "author": {"steamid": "76561198093592209", "num_games_owned": 171, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 3571, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1506274988}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0421\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0444\u0435\u0439\u0441 \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u0433\u0430 \u0438\u0437 90-\u0445? \u041d\u043e \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u044b\u0448\u0435\u043b \u0438\u0437 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430, \u0434\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e\u0442 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b \u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f. \u041e\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0442\u0435\u0445 \u0438\u0433\u0440 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u043b \u043f\u043e\u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0440\u043a\u043e\u043c, \u0430 \u043e\u0447\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0432 6 \u0443\u0442\u0440\u0430, \u043f\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0443\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c. \u041e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0442 Fallout \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432 \u0444\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0439\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0435.", "timestamp_created": 1506371068, "timestamp_updated": 1506371126, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35110408": {"recommendationid": "35110408", "author": {"steamid": "76561198122498392", "num_games_owned": 20, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 47, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499315441}, "language": "english", "review": "Classic DnD like game made by people who respect the genre.\nYou can almost feel the inspirations behind this game.\nI recommend it to any old school/table top fan.\n\nVery fun to \"Oregon Trail\" it - Name them after friends, family members, co-workers, and let the adventure begin!", "timestamp_created": 1506017328, "timestamp_updated": 1506017328, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504132", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "35005818": {"recommendationid": "35005818", "author": {"steamid": "76561198136645486", "num_games_owned": 539, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 7432, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504461036}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome game! A great example of gameplay over graphics and the story is great too! \nThe only downside is the UI that takes some getting used to but that shouldn't take too long. \nIf you like CRPG style games with a turn based battle system and don't care much for graphics then you should check this game out for sure!!", "timestamp_created": 1505591811, "timestamp_updated": 1505591811, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.581484", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "34609021": {"recommendationid": "34609021", "author": {"steamid": "76561198098282099", "num_games_owned": 99, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 674, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504421529}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u897f\u65b9\u5730\u7075\u6bbf\u3002\n10/10", "timestamp_created": 1504103028, "timestamp_updated": 1504103028, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "34348429": {"recommendationid": "34348429", "author": {"steamid": "76561198147052088", "num_games_owned": 164, "num_reviews": 174, "playtime_forever": 691, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501518980}, "language": "english", "review": "[h1]About Avernum: Escape From the Pit[/h1]\nAvernum is an epic fantasy role-playing adventurer set in an enormous, subterranean nation. Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival and wealth in the monster-infested darkness. \nYou have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again. \nThe surface is ruled by the cruel Emperor Hawthorne, master of the Empire. All of the known lands are subject to his brutal command. Everyone who speaks out, misbehaves or doesn\u2019t fit in is cast into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, far below the surface. There, you are expected to die, a victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair. \nBut not all of the Avernites have surrendered. With magic and steel, they are forging a new nation deep underground. You can join them and fight for safety. Or freedom. Or, if you dare, revenge on the surface-worlders who tried to destroy you. Join your new countrymen, explore a huge game world, hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts, choose from hundreds of quests, and become the hero of the underworld!\n\n[u]Release Date: 11 Apr, 2012[/u]\n\n[h1]The Gameplay[/h1]\nThis is not a mindless RPG. Don't go into this game desiring mindless fun, for you will have to read quite a bit, manuever Avernum's cave systems via map systems, and retain information about quests, as the game doesn't hold your hand with doing so. The game does have a journal system that is VERY nice for its time; when you're speaking to an NPC who says something worth noting, you can \"record\" their speech with the click of a button, so you can pull this up at any time. This comes to be very useful, as quest notes don't update as you progress through a quest, so it's up to you to pay attention and know what the next step is. Despite all this, Avernum stays very much so to the right side of the line when it comes to tedium. I encountered no game-breaking quests during my playthrough like I have with other RPGs of the time (Divine Divinity, I'm looking at you, though I love you so). It IS possible to kill NPCs that you'll need for certain questlines, though the other questlines are still available, and there is also a cheat system to help you through this as a last resort (just look up your problem online). \n\nAll in All [u] Avernum: Escape From the Pit[/u] is a good RPG Game!\n\n9/10 From Me\n[i] Sweep [/i]", "timestamp_created": 1503142067, "timestamp_updated": 1503142067, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.532557", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "34229417": {"recommendationid": "34229417", "author": {"steamid": "76561198336778126", "num_games_owned": 128, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2330, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1508338397}, "language": "english", "review": "An ancient milestone in RPG adventures, so monolithic it still stands tall today.\n\nWhen I was the tiniest of children, I was introduced to a series of party-based adventure stories - rich in character and consequence - called Exile. These games instilled in me a great appreciation for video games that try to create and simulate an actual world, alive with a beating populace for whom one could feel genuinely acquainted.\n\nTwenty years later, after decades of wondering where those games went and why there are so many series that use the word 'Exile', I discovered that Spiderweb Software are alive and well, still developing and still destributing the Exile series.\n\nSadly, that series cannot be run on modern operating systems. I should restate... it would be sad - if Spiderweb hadn't taken the time to update said games and make them available once more.\n\nFull and oddyssean, not just for the time but even compared to some modern games, Avernum is a highly enjoyable and suprisingly replayable Fantasy classic dealing with the ever-poignant themes of loss, fear, struggle, unity and the determination of the living to do just that.\n\nI cannot describe my elation, at the continued existence of this universe. I strongly recommend this and any other Spiderweb RPGs to anyone who misses the simple complexity of the classic RPG format, or of pure, analogical storytelling.", "timestamp_created": 1502690059, "timestamp_updated": 1502690059, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "34095794": {"recommendationid": "34095794", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998115486", "num_games_owned": 370, "num_reviews": 78, "playtime_forever": 5, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1433724540}, "language": "english", "review": "This world is always worth revisiting.  Same epic story, nice engine improvements to suit the modern day.", "timestamp_created": 1502168239, "timestamp_updated": 1502168239, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497512", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33759140": {"recommendationid": "33759140", "author": {"steamid": "76561198015285756", "num_games_owned": 185, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 3719, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1393556397}, "language": "english", "review": "This a great crpg  with a streamline interface from previous versions.", "timestamp_created": 1500873662, "timestamp_updated": 1500873662, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33754038": {"recommendationid": "33754038", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045807163", "num_games_owned": 130, "num_reviews": 37, "playtime_forever": 531, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510518661}, "language": "english", "review": "Simple, but wonderful D&D-like with a deep plot and excellent mechanics.", "timestamp_created": 1500848013, "timestamp_updated": 1500848013, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497512", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33589747": {"recommendationid": "33589747", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042937316", "num_games_owned": 753, "num_reviews": 27, "playtime_forever": 1005, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1437959064}, "language": "english", "review": "Graphics may seem dated, but it you are a D&D fan, the game will appeal to you.\n\nQuests are good, and storyline is interesting. Lots of goodies. Simple game mechanics.\n\n8/10.", "timestamp_created": 1500225600, "timestamp_updated": 1500225600, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497512", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33587454": {"recommendationid": "33587454", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031405065", "num_games_owned": 200, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 1425, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1410790036}, "language": "english", "review": "Very good series of games if you enjoy a deep story with alot of background.", "timestamp_created": 1500219033, "timestamp_updated": 1500219033, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497512", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33560754": {"recommendationid": "33560754", "author": {"steamid": "76561198096480759", "num_games_owned": 32, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3419, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1500120509}, "language": "english", "review": "A solid if not amazing game.  Spells and characterisation is a little simplistic as is the storyline,  but it's enough to keep you going for a while.. moving around the world map can be tedious and time consuming,  it's where i find myself saving and writing out for a while due to boredom..\n\nDefinitely no Baldur's gate,  but for the price its worth spending a while in", "timestamp_created": 1500129076, "timestamp_updated": 1500129076, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33244113": {"recommendationid": "33244113", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024971526", "num_games_owned": 130, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 422, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1500074291}, "language": "english", "review": "I first played this game back in the Nineties, when it was still called Exile: Escape From the Pit. It's one of those traditional Western cRPGs that's very much in the style made so playable by games like Baldur's Gate. While it doesn't quite have the same amount of polish as that classic, it's still a fantastic game with a lot of depth to it (and a new setting, so you're just as unfamiliar with the locations as the characters). I love it, and I think if you're into Western RPGs you'll love it too.", "timestamp_created": 1499195363, "timestamp_updated": 1499195363, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "33132889": {"recommendationid": "33132889", "author": {"steamid": "76561197980443136", "num_games_owned": 605, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 23012, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1495214891}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0430\u043b, \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u044b \u0438 \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043a \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0435 - \u044d\u0442\u0430 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442 fallout \u0438 torment\n\n\u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0438 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0443\u044e \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0448\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0432\u044b\u043a\u0438, \u043b\u0438\u0431\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c (\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0444 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c\u0435 ) \u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u0438\u044f \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0445 \u0430\u0441\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b (\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043f\u0430, \u0430 \u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u044b\u0448\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u043f\u0430)\n\nps \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0433\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435 \"\u0437\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0435\u0449\u0435\u0440\" - \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0444\u0430\u0440\u043c\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044b (\u0434\u043b\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u043c\u0443\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438)\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1499004024, "timestamp_updated": 1499004024, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32614642": {"recommendationid": "32614642", "author": {"steamid": "76561198064243003", "num_games_owned": 635, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3085, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1498040890}, "language": "english", "review": "Good pacing and a sense of discovery make this game.  Would recommend.", "timestamp_created": 1498041001, "timestamp_updated": 1498041001, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32339225": {"recommendationid": "32339225", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068208518", "num_games_owned": 136, "num_reviews": 45, "playtime_forever": 4310, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1498050730}, "language": "english", "review": "YES. HOLY JEEZ YES.\n\nI am so glad I bought this amazing thing. Don't let the graphics trick you into thinking this is a cheap, low-quality game--its not.\n\nThe only thing just to be ready for is the interface is quite unlike any other game (at least that I've played) and as such gameplay will probably be clunky and it takes a few hours to really get the hang of it. If you give it it a chance, you will struggle to put the game down after the 3ish hours or so.\n(that was about how long it took for me to start having fun with the combat--again at first the mechanics/controls are difficult so fighting is a pain in the behind but after you can actually do things in an orderly manner it gets fun rather quickly)\n\nNoteworthy Stuff:\n\nVery compelling story. Quite original, quests make sense and have meaning, and because the writing is so good you'll actually want to read all the dialogue. Tons of secrets, things to learn about the very big world.\n\nChallenging/Rewarding gameplay. Hard when it should be, not just to be a nuisance for fighting every single monster. When you get to stop some terrible thing from happening it feels really good.\n\nFREEDOM TO EXPLORE: This game doesn't treat you like a baby. Very big world, no invisible walls, no \"you cannot enter this area yet\" garbage. The toughness of the monsters will keep you from an area if you're not ready for it. There are many many places to explore, interesting pieces of Avernums past and other secrets to learn.\n\nJust go and buy the thing already. Have fun. I wish I'd known about this game/series years ago.", "timestamp_created": 1497176533, "timestamp_updated": 1497785131, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 54, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.855552", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32279758": {"recommendationid": "32279758", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060045566", "num_games_owned": 51, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 920, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496967828}, "language": "turkish", "review": "Exile 3'\u00fc bir derginin verdi\u011fi freewareler aras\u0131nda bulmu\u015ftum. O zamana g\u00f6re gayet \u00e7ok g\u00fczel bir oyundu. \u015eimdi daha geli\u015fmi\u015f versiyonlar\u0131n\u0131 oynamak ve eskileri hat\u0131rlamak benim i\u00e7in \u00e7ok keyif verici. Oyun oynan\u0131\u015f ve grafikler a\u00e7\u0131s\u0131ndan g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn gibi. RPG sever de\u011filseniz oyunu sever misiniz bilemem ancak oyun tek kelimeyle EFSO.", "timestamp_created": 1496968504, "timestamp_updated": 1496968504, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.523810", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32266951": {"recommendationid": "32266951", "author": {"steamid": "76561198043787903", "num_games_owned": 160, "num_reviews": 53, "playtime_forever": 437, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496928049}, "language": "english", "review": "fun old-school RPG\n\nmake sure you save often since there's a bug that corrupts your save file and deletes items from all chests in the game", "timestamp_created": 1496928282, "timestamp_updated": 1496928282, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.576422", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32229874": {"recommendationid": "32229874", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976192074", "num_games_owned": 174, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 1765, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515179978}, "language": "english", "review": "awesome game, great atmosphere, huge open world and lots of sidequests available. I love the interface, it's super easy to use. I", "timestamp_created": 1496794359, "timestamp_updated": 1496794414, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32152811": {"recommendationid": "32152811", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019525884", "num_games_owned": 219, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3822, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1492535604}, "language": "english", "review": "great game, although end game gets a little boring.", "timestamp_created": 1496497224, "timestamp_updated": 1496497224, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32142041": {"recommendationid": "32142041", "author": {"steamid": "76561197979329728", "num_games_owned": 83, "num_reviews": 34, "playtime_forever": 8971, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496466380}, "language": "english", "review": "I great role playing game where you command a group of four characters in the enormous cave system known as Avernum.\n\nThere are plenty of quests to complete in the game, from simple delivering a message to slaying a strong group of monsters in a small cave.  Most of the towns do have unique shops in them, like one may have someone who can train a combat skill whereas another sells boats needed to reach another area.\nThe game does lack a bit in puzzles to solve to progress.  It plays a bit heavily toward hack'n slash as most battles in the game are normally kill the monsters to win.  Some battles may be more difficult to overcome and require more tact to succeed.  For example, your group can position yourself to fight in a doorway so you only fight one monster at a time, which is the best way to win because you are likely to get killed when the rest of the monsters pummel your weaker support characters.\nAlthough it is possible to search out different areas of the game from the start, it does play a bit more linear because going to those other areas can possible get your party killed as the monsters that roam different parts of the game tend to be more powerful than what your party can handle.  So usually when someone in town suggests you go some place to see if you can help them, it is best to just go that way.\nThe game does suffer from some nuisances.  The biggest for me was the battles.  Sometimes it is difficult to cast an attack spell because when you attempt to focus on which grids it will affect, your party members or the enemy characters will interfere with your placement.  Sometimes I was unable to get the targeting grid to set in position to attack as many hostiles as I would like because it kept jumping to different spots, so I may cast a Lightning Spell only to hit three of the five enemy targets I wanted to hit.  \nAnother issue with the battles is the inability to know if your spell will target the enemy (or ally) or not.  If someone was to cast a group heal spell, there would be no way to know if one party member was out of range of the spell until it was cast.  If an enemy position him/herself against a cave wall in a certain way, it is difficult to spot if its grid is targeted to not.  \nIf there was a way to make characters transparant for targeting with spells and make the characters a spell will affect give a glow or maybe change color to indicate the spell is in their range, it would help alleviate these problems.\nThese may seem like a big issue in the game but it really does not break the game at all.  Just small nuisance for a great game to check out.  \nI thoroughly enjoyed exploring in the game, discovering a new underground cave system to uncover new weapons and armor, new towns, and hidden treasure in some random corner on the over (under) world map.\nI highly recommend this game to those who enjoy a more traditional role playing game with text to read to get a feel of the world.  If you need voice acting and animated clips in your role playing games, you will be not care for this gem.", "timestamp_created": 1496454803, "timestamp_updated": 1496454803, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32097725": {"recommendationid": "32097725", "author": {"steamid": "76561198201454201", "num_games_owned": 102, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 2393, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499329811}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u5f7b\u5e95\u4e2d\u6bd2\u3002\u5728geneforge\u7cfb\u5217\u4e00\u5ea6\u89c9\u5f97\u8fd9\u4e2a\u7c7b\u578b\u64cd\u4f5c\u522b\u626d\u3002\u8d81\u6253\u6298\u51b3\u5b9a\u5c1d\u8bd5\u4e00\u4e0b\u8fd9\u4e2a\u7cfb\u5217\uff0c\u7ed3\u679c\u73b0\u5728\u5df2\u7ecf\u505c\u4e0d\u4e0b\u6765\u4e86\u3002\n\u53e6\uff0c\u82f1\u8bed\u9664\u4e86\u56e0\u4e3a\u8fd9\u4e2a\u9898\u6750\u6240\u4ee5\u9700\u8981\u67e5\u7684\u5355\u8bcd\u4e4b\u5916\u771f\u6ca1\u592a\u5927\u96be\u5ea6\uff0c\u5012\u4e0d\u5982\u8bf4\u6587\u5b57\u91cf\u4e5f\u662f\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6e38\u620f\u5f88\u6709\u8da3\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u4e4b\u4e00\u3002\n\u4e0d\u591a\u8bf4\u4e86\u6211\u8981\u53bb\u63a2\u7d22\u4e86\uff0c\u671f\u5f85\u8fd9\u4e2a\u7cfb\u5217\u5176\u4ed6\u4f5c\u54c1\u6253\u6298\u3002", "timestamp_created": 1496279422, "timestamp_updated": 1496279422, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504951", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "32077496": {"recommendationid": "32077496", "author": {"steamid": "76561197986301871", "num_games_owned": 448, "num_reviews": 75, "playtime_forever": 35, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511078036}, "language": "english", "review": "Having completed the game already long before I purchased it here, I can say with surety that this is a pretty impressive game. I really enjoyed it and the story, plus the turn-based combat is nice and gradually increases in difficulty as you progress through the game, turning into quite a strategic affair. The lack of cutscenes and voice acting really appeals to me, as I read so much faster than speaking and I find those unskippable 'cinematic' aspects of modern games to be boring and stupid. If you can't read you are dumb. As per usual, I'm thoroughly impressed with Spiderweb Software. This game is one of my favourites.", "timestamp_created": 1496203741, "timestamp_updated": 1496203741, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.520402", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31898613": {"recommendationid": "31898613", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045373464", "num_games_owned": 121, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 2563, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1495551945}, "language": "english", "review": "The Avernum original trilogy are my absolute favorite RPGs of all time. Extremely good story driven game combined with open world from the start lets you pretty much do what you want. It has turn based combat and very simplistic graphics and no music beyond a couple small jingles you get (one at the game menu and the other during loading screens). Each game in this series will easily last you 80 to 100 hours each. The game lets you create a party of 4 characters at the start of the game. The characters have no discernable personality but that makes them easier to project yourself onto.\n\nAll in all, you will not be disappointed with this game. Number 2 is also available on steam. Number 3 hasn't been remade yet. If you want to buy the original remake from the early 2000s you can get all 6 avernum games on GoG for under 10 bucks.\n\nps: I only have about 40 hours on this game at the time of review, but I have played through the 2nd version of this game before, which is not available on steam. This version has some really good quality of life improvements like a quest log, free resting and resurrection of dead party members, as well as an easier to understand skill system.", "timestamp_created": 1495448405, "timestamp_updated": 1495448511, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 10, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.619157", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31886187": {"recommendationid": "31886187", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046877319", "num_games_owned": 107, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 2768, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504060776}, "language": "english", "review": "Simply addicted to this game now, it scratches that itch that makes you want to keep exploring to discover new locations, hunt for rare, valuable equipment, encounter new NPCs to give you more quests, etc. Visuals aren't groundbreaking but the story is well written and gameplay is strong. Turn based combat works well and goes fast. \n\nOnly a few complaints: buying/seling can be a pain, and you have to restart the dialogue with an npc to sell things off multiple party members, there doesn't seem to be a way to organize or clean up inventory items, and text is super small. I can hardly read the names on the map! \n\nThis game is an RPG in many ways except for the fact that, funnily enough, there's no role-playing. Your characters have no personality that you can shape by your choices and hardly any in the first place. Play instead for the exploration, questing, and challenging combat.", "timestamp_created": 1495384174, "timestamp_updated": 1495384174, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31523928": {"recommendationid": "31523928", "author": {"steamid": "76561198033745431", "num_games_owned": 263, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 13, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1444879287}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game that gives you more bang for your buck than 99% of other RPGs out now. Jeff Vogel's games prove that graphics are not the only way to make a wonderfully immersive game. The writing in this game is the graphics, and if lore and writing needed a GPU to play this baby would make two Titans in SLI sweat.\n\nOkay, a little exaggeration there, but not much. The game is really good; a classic CRPG that has a very unique setting, premise and lore. You explore a huge underground world, basically unknown and lost to the world above, full of all sorts of who-knows-what and mystery. It's also a place where criminals are exiled, your party included, with no hope of ever returning to the surface. You have to not only survive in this prison, but figure out what you're going to do with all the spare time of a life sentence in hell. And since even the above world doesn't know what's happening down here, who knows what madness will be found in the depths and lurking in the shadows.\n\nPlus, there are multiple endings and different paths to take and decisions to make. Will you try to escape, and how will you do it? Who will you ally with? Interested yet? You should be. The game is also open-world, so you're free to explore, just make sure you're packing heat as there is no level-scaling (old-school, like it should be.) Creative is an understatement with this game, and without spoiling anything you'll see all sorts of charming stuff that will make you smile and put a neat twist on what you're used to in RPGs. Well, you'll more \"read\" it, than \"see\" it, but that's even better as it activates your imagination. You know, that part of the brain we haven't used since we were kids? There's adventure around every corner, and the game gives you the feeling of being a kid again, exploring a strange new world with excitement and giddiness because the developer pours love into his work.\n\nIt's all wrapped up with classic CRPG mechanics. Dice rolls, spells, stats, attributes, loot, classes, skill trees, party creation and development, exploration, sweet turn-based combat and side quests with all the fixins'. And a main quest, of course, but plenty of room to roam, too. The writing is immersive and lovely, and everything is meticulously handcrafted and hand-placed. You'll feel like you're in this place, just like the effect from a good book  \nFor the price you'll feel like you stole something. Play it, love it and prepare to become a Jeff Vogel and Spiderweb Software fan for life. Play 'em all, will ya! The man is doing great work for old-school CRPGs. Indie RPG developers, please play and take notes. Take many, many notes. \n\nPeace. And Jeff, please support Android and iPad. These games are like buttered toast on tablets.", "timestamp_created": 1493817613, "timestamp_updated": 1493817613, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 24, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.747652", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31520838": {"recommendationid": "31520838", "author": {"steamid": "76561198049949381", "num_games_owned": 327, "num_reviews": 126, "playtime_forever": 593, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510455009}, "language": "english", "review": "A really good adventure game. Lots of Hack'n'slash in it, but it is still fun.\n\nIt might be linear, but it is simple and does the job of keeping you hooked.\n\nGood game for price, especially on sale!", "timestamp_created": 1493803276, "timestamp_updated": 1493860042, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31500339": {"recommendationid": "31500339", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060519527", "num_games_owned": 108, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 5057, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1495144871}, "language": "english", "review": "If you loved the feeling of exploring a new world in Fallout 1 and 2 and wish you could find more games like those, I highly recommend trying this one out.\n\nCons:\n - It has much, much less variation in the graphics than in Fallout 1/2.\n - Smaller towns (with less dialogue in each town) than in Fallout 1/2.\n - The towns' characters have less personality than in Fallout 1/2.\n\nPros: \n - There are many, many more towns and dungeons than in Fallout 1/2.\n\nJust different:\n - The writing doesn't have the humor of Fallout 2.\n - You control a party of people (4 in my case).", "timestamp_created": 1493702336, "timestamp_updated": 1493702336, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.415228", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31395029": {"recommendationid": "31395029", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024925082", "num_games_owned": 165, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 420, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1420931651}, "language": "english", "review": "to high a threshold for me to get into", "timestamp_created": 1493306054, "timestamp_updated": 1493306054, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.419048", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31326406": {"recommendationid": "31326406", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024506199", "num_games_owned": 410, "num_reviews": 98, "playtime_forever": 8, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1418995588}, "language": "english", "review": "Couldn't get past the controls/ui", "timestamp_created": 1492973816, "timestamp_updated": 1492973816, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.245086", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31255511": {"recommendationid": "31255511", "author": {"steamid": "76561198131379643", "num_games_owned": 104, "num_reviews": 39, "playtime_forever": 204, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446286601}, "language": "english", "review": "The game may be deep and well thought but this interface in 2010's is too much for me. I have enjoyed games like this but in the 80s and 90s.", "timestamp_created": 1492694398, "timestamp_updated": 1492694398, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.298309", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31186810": {"recommendationid": "31186810", "author": {"steamid": "76561198037172853", "num_games_owned": 146, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2805, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1495405211}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Adictivo, completo e inmenso. Muy buen trabajo de gui\u00f3n, [i]quests[/i] y ambientaci\u00f3n. Totalmente recomendable teniendo en cuenta el estilo [i]old school[/i] en los juegos de rol occidentales de los a\u00f1os 90.\n\nEl \u00fanico \"pero\" que se le puede sacar es que los textos vengan totalmente en ingl\u00e9s, ya que basa toda su ambientaci\u00f3n en su vasto y descriptivo gui\u00f3n.", "timestamp_created": 1492376295, "timestamp_updated": 1492451893, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31173424": {"recommendationid": "31173424", "author": {"steamid": "76561198086875229", "num_games_owned": 85, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 924, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483991307}, "language": "english", "review": "Too generic for me, lacks special atmosphere..\n", "timestamp_created": 1492331229, "timestamp_updated": 1492331229, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.315349", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "31159451": {"recommendationid": "31159451", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993153906", "num_games_owned": 615, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 7960, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496439575}, "language": "french", "review": "130h pour arriver \u00e0 terminer l'une des 3 intrigues principales mais quel plaisir !\nFans de CRPG, je ne peux que vous recommander cette pepite !\n\nAlors certe, il faut remplir quelques conditions :\n- \u00eatre tr\u00e8s bon en anglais : l'histoire est touffue et les textes utilisent un vocabulaire fouill\u00e9\n- avoir des attentes tr\u00e8s modestes concernant la r\u00e9alisation graphique et sonore\n- aimer les combats tactiques complexes au tour par tour\n- aimer les RPG \"medieval fantastique\" avec des histoires profondes\n\nSi vous avez r\u00e9pondu \"oui\" aux 4 conditions ci-dessous, alors allez y...foncez !\nVous ne serrez pas de\u00e7u, on contraire. \n\nCe jeu risque m\u00eame de vous surprendre sous bien des abords :\n- son ambiance oppressente et des personnages fouill\u00e9s\n- Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son monde ouvert et coh\u00e9rent : Vous n'avez pas le niveau pour visiter l'antre du dragon Anthron, pas de soucis...10 autres endroits sont \u00e0 explorer \u00e0 votre niveau, dans n'importe quel ordre\n- la vari\u00e9t\u00e9 des ses qu\u00eates\n...\n\nEt le plus formidable, c'est que l'on ait 15 minutes ou 3 heures devant nous, il y a tjrs qq chose \u00e0 faire dans Avernum !\nReste plus qu'\u00e0 attaquer le 2 !", "timestamp_created": 1492272141, "timestamp_updated": 1492272241, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30901554": {"recommendationid": "30901554", "author": {"steamid": "76561197988392568", "num_games_owned": 124, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 17731, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1491769388}, "language": "english", "review": "This is one of those games that I keep coming back. It has a very compelling (so far) story, a reasonably complex character building. And is wholly turn based, so you can keep out for 3 hours and forget to turn the game off, what probably justifies the big game hours that I have.\nI have never finished the game. Not that I ever finish a game: I've never finished Oblivion, Skyrim, Morrowind...\n\nThe good:\n\nClever rogue-like x tactical turn-based combat ;\nInteresting development choices for your characters: there are no \"classes\" in the normal sense. I currently have a party of a tank priest, tank mage, a spearman and a swordsman, both starting in the healing arts, now.\n\nOpen game: Playing on the average difficulty, there are places where I still do not dare to go in the game. Oh, and it is an open-game: want to go all the way down to the pits of doom? Be my guest, and good luck : you will need a lot of it and lots of reloads, but it is possible...\n\nCompelling and well told story. You are thrown into a subterranean world by an evil emperor, and that happens to be the fate of every other human thrown there... If you wink the wrong may, say something you wouldn't, you will end up here. When you get there you find an struggling, evolving society, based on the growth of magical fungus and trees. ANd not without their power struggles: there are the catlike nephilim, also thrown here by hawthorne, and the native (?) slithzerikai, lizard men native to the place... And the avernites are at war with both. Not mentioning the abyss, where the most dangerous criminals are exiled from avernum itself... All this is told you by clever character dialogs (text based), where you feel the despair of the inhabitants, some of the depression, craziness...  And there is no way out (or is there)?\n\n\nThe bad: \n\nThe user interface is annoying: I had to manually edit many of the stock sprite screens to be able to identify objects that I can pick up (made the sprites have green stars when they are pickable). There are many objects that are not obvious containers (a bonfire, a dead body, a pile of skulls), yet they are... The map is isometric, and the walls are all opaque, making for situations where you simply can't find an object to interact with. \nThe inventory screen doesn't show your armor and protection levels, making you bounce back and forth between the inventory and character sheet. Inventory . Esc. Character sheet . esc. inventory... \nThe map is made of elevated isometric tiles: this can make the identification of where in the grid a foe is on the combat screen difficult some times... And you can't target properly area of effect spells... sometimes the characters get literally in the way of the actual square where you want to center a spell. \nOther times, this same visualization issues can make you target a square that is out of range , making you lose a turn by accident. Oh, and the keys for attack and shoot are the exact same: you switch them with the s key. Making you try a melee combat when you want to shoot, and vice-versa.\n", "timestamp_created": 1491140915, "timestamp_updated": 1491140915, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30853616": {"recommendationid": "30853616", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042954807", "num_games_owned": 34, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 4759, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507997429}, "language": "english", "review": "Only just discovered this series and Spiderweb this month....Guess I've been out of loop all these years. Amazingly under-rated gem. If your a fan of classic crpgs like BG this game is for you. For the price you'll easily get your moneys worth and then some. \n\nI plan to do a full review once I complete the game.", "timestamp_created": 1490968327, "timestamp_updated": 1490968327, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.495926", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30794525": {"recommendationid": "30794525", "author": {"steamid": "76561198277158792", "num_games_owned": 235, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 5553, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1490710213}, "language": "english", "review": "Just finished the game. Did two of it's three ways to win it (after I won it on one I just needed more of it, don't want to explain this because I may spoil you).\n\nHere are some impressions on the game that can support my recommendation...\n\nThis is the first time I play turn based RPG, and this game easily gets me into the sub-genre:\n\n+\nExcellent combat.\nDifficulty settings balanced.\nVery good story. Unpredictive. Emotional.\nUnique world, engine, atmo.\nNice skill tree and character developement.\nPayed attention to details.\nOverpayed attention to details.\nHuge open world\nExploration.\nEnough lore.\n3 ways to win the game (can do multiple endings, I did 2)\n\n+/-\n4 members party to lead. (I liked this)\n\n-\nGame doesn't explain itself enough at some points, This can lead to being totally stuck with nowhere to go, but to the internet. I admit I did this horrible, cowardly thing twice to win the game on alternate ending :( I didn't have to use help to win it first time tho.\n\nOverally, I really recommend Avernum, for it's full price. Especially for cRPG lovers who already played Baldur's Gate, IW Dale, Planescape, Neverwinter nights and Pillars of Eternity. \n\nI don't recomend it to people who don't have patience.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1490712487, "timestamp_updated": 1490712487, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.530962", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30725335": {"recommendationid": "30725335", "author": {"steamid": "76561197980795128", "num_games_owned": 491, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 3454, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1366182000}, "language": "english", "review": "Janky old-style RPG with a heart of gold. Unique storyline and evocative pixel-art. Just be prepared to battle through awkward UI and dated systems.", "timestamp_created": 1490443260, "timestamp_updated": 1490443260, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.586051", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30653354": {"recommendationid": "30653354", "author": {"steamid": "76561198027473826", "num_games_owned": 1265, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 2503, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1489357460}, "language": "english", "review": "I learned of the Avernum series back when the original Avernum 1 was new. It quickly swept me away with its huge open world and freeform exploration. In addition, the world of Avernum is both unique and well-developed. This was all just from the demo as I was never able to get the full game until it was released years later on GOG. Escape From the Pit is a revamped remake of Avernum, and it takes the game to the next level. I'm looking forward to getting Crystal Souls!\n\nIf you're looking for fancy graphics and intense special effects, this may not be for you. To me, the visuals are excellent as I love the isometric style. However the true excellence of the Avernum series, as with all of the games made by Spiderweb Software, is the depth of the story and the excitement of free exploration.", "timestamp_created": 1490110087, "timestamp_updated": 1490110087, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30543860": {"recommendationid": "30543860", "author": {"steamid": "76561198054730834", "num_games_owned": 335, "num_reviews": 48, "playtime_forever": 13, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1489681326}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "JOgo parece ser bom historia profunda\nmas o layout dele n\u00e3o me agradou, gr\u00e1ficos pobres, sistema estranho, pouca customiza\u00e7\u00e3o\ninfelizmente os pontos acima n\u00e3o me permitiram ir mais a fundo no ambiente do jogo", "timestamp_created": 1489681405, "timestamp_updated": 1489681405, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.455446", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30305254": {"recommendationid": "30305254", "author": {"steamid": "76561198122878553", "num_games_owned": 340, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 4685, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1502485033}, "language": "english", "review": "A gem.", "timestamp_created": 1488590862, "timestamp_updated": 1488590862, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.400806", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "30109544": {"recommendationid": "30109544", "author": {"steamid": "76561198314530059", "num_games_owned": 169, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 4350, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512695654}, "language": "english", "review": "Jeff Vogel's games are not for everybody and if they are not for you...I get it.  They appeal to a small population of mostly older gamers (30+) who spent their childhood in the 80s and early 90s playing old-school computer RPGs that looked and played similar to these games.  For younger people who were introduced to RPGs through something like Final Fantasy 7-15 or Oblivion or something like that, it's hard to recommend this because you probably won't be impressed without your nostalgia glasses on.  For those of us that played games like DnD Goldbox games or Might and Magic or Ultima, these games are a very fun time in familiar territory with great writing that inspires your imagination to fill in the blanks the graphics leave open.  I personally love the combat system which is turn based but also grid based which gives it an extra layer of strategy.  Not only is it important to plan out which skill to attack with, but also where on the board you are attacking from or what area to cast a spell at.", "timestamp_created": 1487808585, "timestamp_updated": 1487808585, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 10, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.612997", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29954390": {"recommendationid": "29954390", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060470937", "num_games_owned": 288, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 1224, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1502548101}, "language": "english", "review": "..I got this game cheap on a sale.  It looked like an old-school/tactical rpg blend (I didn't know it wasn't a new indie game) and thought \"the whole game takes place in a cave, that might be cool.\"\n..I'm here to say it is cool.\n..This is one of the few rpgs that actually make you feel \"This place is really interesting, I need to know more.\"  At the same time, the writing does a great job of telling a story without making you read a novel.  \n..There are random encounters that each feel unique.  Sometimes the enemies will flee and you can choose to cut them down or not.  Some goblins took up camp near a town.  I came up planning on killing them, but the game said they were poor and sad looking and that they didn't seem to be causing any harm.  I let them be and they're still there as far as I know.\n..many of the mechanics are very unique (such as shared stats for things such as lockpicking).  The whole team's mechanical ability is taken into account.  Also secrets are hidden behind skills arcane lore and cave lore (also party cumulative).\n..Now I'm not through with the game, or even super deep into it, but (and this never happens) I haven't found one bit that annoys me or gets in the way of the fun. \n..I highly recommend this to any fans of old school rpgs, and anyone who wants to explore a unique and interesting world.  Wait for a sale if you have to, but (knowing what I know now) I would have paid full price.\n..PS there's like four sequels!  So even more waits if you like the first one.", "timestamp_created": 1487215100, "timestamp_updated": 1487215100, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508298", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29913309": {"recommendationid": "29913309", "author": {"steamid": "76561198002124849", "num_games_owned": 720, "num_reviews": 174, "playtime_forever": 246, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1385855016}, "language": "english", "review": "Pretty sure most people know what they're getting into by now with Spiderweb games.\n\nThis is a remake of a remake, a turn-based, party RPG with an open world, tons of quests, and a legitimately interesting world and story.\n\nIt's not going to change your life, but it will pass the time pleasantly to be sure.", "timestamp_created": 1487041860, "timestamp_updated": 1487041860, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 11, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.642373", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29822837": {"recommendationid": "29822837", "author": {"steamid": "76561198059119906", "num_games_owned": 115, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3713, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1349420400}, "language": "english", "review": "Holy crap. This game's narrative is amazing, so if you're into oldschool games, buy it.", "timestamp_created": 1486731213, "timestamp_updated": 1486731213, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.548409", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29735054": {"recommendationid": "29735054", "author": {"steamid": "76561198063589453", "num_games_owned": 648, "num_reviews": 54, "playtime_forever": 690, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1487838268}, "language": "english", "review": "i give this game a 9 out of 10 for multiple reasons. i love it\n\n1) it has awesome grid-based turn-based combat with characters that have unique skills and character traits\n2) the game is well-paced, meaning it doesn't just throw you into a hole you can't get out of, but neither does it let you rofl stomp on all of the enemies\n3) the graphics are dated but that doesn't really matter\n4) the story is pretty cool and engaging\n5) the interactions with the NPCs are awesome\n6) it has steam cloud!\n\njust one word of advice -- i recommend doing all of the quests for each town before moving onto the next. unfortunately i'm actually currently stuck on my first playthrough because i'm at a point where the game is too difficult for me to play.\n\ni think i went through the quests too quickly and possibly didn't complete them all.", "timestamp_created": 1486357463, "timestamp_updated": 1488496432, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.498307", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29577694": {"recommendationid": "29577694", "author": {"steamid": "76561198089621246", "num_games_owned": 59, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 5722, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486508981}, "language": "english", "review": "Well worth the money, even when not on sale... if it's your kind of game.  Reminds me of a lot of Ultima with an occasional feeling of Might and Magic.\n\nUpdate:  The amount of quality content in this game is overwhelming, difficulty is very well balanced (on normal difficulty at least), and the writing is exceptional.  If you love RPG's, you just cannot go wrong with this title.  It is very apparent this was a labor of love by someone who commands a gift for creativity and attention to detail.\n\nEpilogue:  I got an insane amount of playtime out of this for the price.  The game continued to impress and satisfy.  I should have paced myself better, because towards the end I just felt exhausted.  The writing and story-telling maintained their high quality all the way through the end(s), which I found to be quite fulfilling.  Now I realize this was a remake of an older title, and there are more than a few additional Spiderweb titles.  Not sure how I missed it when I was younger.  I guess I was preoccupied with one of my nasty ex'es or just in a gaming burnout phase.", "timestamp_created": 1485744150, "timestamp_updated": 1486440322, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29573920": {"recommendationid": "29573920", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025196500", "num_games_owned": 86, "num_reviews": 85, "playtime_forever": 277, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485725539}, "language": "english", "review": "The concept is solid and the old school feel is right.  If you get this at a discount and want to try it for a few dollars, sure.  But as a game that isn't just fan made and shared amongst friends, but is sold commercially, with all due respect: (1) the game mechanics are too simplistic for its release date; (2) the plot and quests lack depth and there are glaring issues that detract from a player's ability to immerse himself in the game; (3) the interface is incredibly clumsy, and there is a lot of trial and error necessary to understand how certain items operate, which in the heat of battle is not great; (4) the writing is not as good as people say it is-it's not bad for English as a second language, but it doesn't stack up against its peers; and (5) the dialogue trees are terribly frustrating: you will find yourself having the same circular conversation for ages before you can actually hand in your quests or trigger new ones, and sometimes it's just a matter of mashing the text options at random until you can finally finish the dialogue and advance the plot.", "timestamp_created": 1485726083, "timestamp_updated": 1485726083, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 10, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.476566", "comment_count": "7", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29535833": {"recommendationid": "29535833", "author": {"steamid": "76561198010139574", "num_games_owned": 301, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3601, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483382706}, "language": "german", "review": "Wann hast Du zuletzt ein Spiel durchgespielt? Bei mir war es Escape from the pit. Das Spiel ansich ist uralt und genauso auch im Appstore erh\u00e4ltlich. Trotzdem hat es mich hier gefesselt. Tolle Welt, puristisch und trotzdem wie fr\u00fcher: Rundenbasierte Schlachten, gar nicht so einfache Quests, die mich sehr an Dinge erinnern vor 20 Jahren: \u00dcberhaupt nicht linear, teilweise schlechte Tipps und definitiv keine Fragezeichen \u00fcber den K\u00f6pfen der Questgeber. Mal wieder Zeit mit dem Laufen quer \u00fcber die Karte verbringen? Hier kein Problem? An einer Quest verzweifeln, weil der Hinweis im Questlog zu kurz ist? Liefert Spiderweb alles mit. F\u00fcr mich genau das Richtige und deswegen 4/5 Sternen.", "timestamp_created": 1485589153, "timestamp_updated": 1485589153, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29268404": {"recommendationid": "29268404", "author": {"steamid": "76561198027083562", "num_games_owned": 164, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6542, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1484775589}, "language": "english", "review": "What a game, I loved playing Exile back when I was younger, and never did finish it, was very fulfilling to play through on this new version and finally complete all three main objectives!  Great story, entertaining characters, optional progression, just a great game.", "timestamp_created": 1484472524, "timestamp_updated": 1484472524, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.550240", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29230352": {"recommendationid": "29230352", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014930332", "num_games_owned": 288, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3108, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1385164980}, "language": "english", "review": "I played the whole series Years before I actually bought it when it was released on steam. I still bought it.\n\nWell worth the money.", "timestamp_created": 1484334584, "timestamp_updated": 1484334584, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29086531": {"recommendationid": "29086531", "author": {"steamid": "76561198028488055", "num_games_owned": 206, "num_reviews": 30, "playtime_forever": 4917, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1513947935}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Como el tesoro que se encuentra escondido en un rinc\u00f3n que se abre al accionar un mecanismo al final de la guarida del drag\u00f3n, Avernum: Escape From The Pit es una aut\u00e9ntica joya oculta. Un juego indie, escasamente conocido por el gran p\u00fablico, que deber\u00eda ocupar un lugar en la biblioteca de cualquier amante de los juegos de rol. Un RPG de corte cl\u00e1sico que a pesar de no brillar por sus gr\u00e1ficos, contiene elementos que lo pueden posicionar entre los grandes del g\u00e9nero.\n\nPros:\n-La historia es de lo mejor que he visto en un juego de estas caracter\u00edsticas. La ambientaci\u00f3n de Avernum, un mundo subterr\u00e1neo donde son exiliados los malhechores y enemigos del Imperio, es absolutamente sublime. Los detalles ocultos, la informaci\u00f3n sobre la Primera Expedici\u00f3n, el emperador/tirano, demonios encarcelados, armas destruidas que podr\u00e1s volver a forjar, personajes que te cuentan las razones que les han llevado hasta all\u00ed\u2026 Todo ello, por supuesto, conlleva horas y horas de lectura y paciencia para disfrutar de todo lo que ha sucedido y sucede a tu alrededor, construyendo un relato a la altura de la mejor novela de fantas\u00eda \u00e9pica.\n\n-Jugabilidad excelente. Unas mec\u00e1nicas que te llevar\u00e1n a probar distintas estrategias en combate, con un nivel de exigencia extremo que te har\u00e1 echar mano de cada hechizo, poci\u00f3n, pergamino, varita m\u00e1gica u objeto que tengas en tu inventario. El combate por turnos est\u00e1 muy bien logrado y te har\u00e1 repetir una y otra vez algunos encuentros clave para intentar salir con vida.\n\n-Buenas horas de juego. Aunque Spiderweb especifique humildemente en la capturas de la tienda de Steam que este t\u00edtulo tiene 30+ horas de juego, si veis las que me ha llevado completarlo os dar\u00e9is cuenta de que da para mucho m\u00e1s. Las misiones secundarias son numerosas, pero aun sin completarlas todas, la historia principal te mantendr\u00e1 pegado al ordenador una buena temporada.\n\n-Creo que es la mejor inversi\u00f3n que he hecho en mi vida en lo que a calidad/precio se refiere. Avernum: Escape From The Pit me cost\u00f3 1,25\u20ac y me ha dado m\u00e1s de 80 horas de juego. Me ha gustado tanto el trabajo de Spiderweb que inmediatamente me he lanzado a comprar toda la saga. Este que analizo aqu\u00ed, m\u00e1s Avernum 2: Crystal Souls, m\u00e1s la trilog\u00eda Avernum 4-6, me han costado en total menos de 6\u20ac. Epic win.\n\nContras:\n-Gr\u00e1ficos y animaciones mejorables. Personalmente esto no ha repercutido lo m\u00e1s m\u00ednimo para disfrutar al m\u00e1ximo de este juego, pero creo que es de recibo avisar al personal. En cualquier caso, las capturas de pantalla de la tienda hablan por s\u00ed solas.\n\n-El seguimiento de las misiones se hace un tanto tedioso. En ning\u00fan caso se actualizan cuando cumples algunos objetivos y hay veces que ni siquiera se marcan en el mapa. Esto por supuesto le da un plus de dificultad al juego que a m\u00ed (llamadme masoca) me ha gustado. He tenido que anotar a mano en un folio algunos datos. Entiendo que pueda haber gente que no est\u00e9 dispuesta a pasar por ah\u00ed, pero en mi caso me he acercado m\u00e1s si cabe a una experiencia rolera total. Debo decir que tambi\u00e9n he tenido que consultar alguna gu\u00eda en Internet cuando me he quedado bloqueado. Este juego no es para nada friendly, y aunque pasadas unas horas podr\u00e1s desenvolverte mejor con sus mec\u00e1nicas, vas a tener que pelear duro, tanto con la espada como con la cabeza, para poder escapar de Avernum.\n\n-No est\u00e1 traducido al castellano. Es un juego con una cantidad ingente de texto, por lo que si te gusta leer y quieres empaparte de la historia de este mundo subterr\u00e1neo, algo absolutamente necesario para disfrutar de esta aventura, m\u00e1s vale que te desenvuelvas con el ingl\u00e9s.\n\n-Es imposible encontrar una cama libre en ninguna de las tabernas que se encuentran en las grandes ciudades de Avernum. El insomnio de mis personajes \u00fanicamente ha sido comparable al m\u00edo cuando esta joya me ha tenido enganchado hasta altas horas de la madrugada.\n\nConclusi\u00f3n: aunque se trate de una saga muy poco conocida, cualquier amante de los juegos de rol y de la fantas\u00eda \u00e9pica deber\u00eda probar este t\u00edtulo. Siguiendo recomendaciones de Internet y, tras experimentarlo yo mismo, Avernum: Escape From The Pit es la mejor forma de acercarse a este mundo tan desconocido como fascinante.\n", "timestamp_created": 1483793383, "timestamp_updated": 1483793383, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504951", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29059078": {"recommendationid": "29059078", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031664584", "num_games_owned": 575, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 5290, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505155857}, "language": "english", "review": "Bashed heads in", "timestamp_created": 1483706707, "timestamp_updated": 1483706707, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499637", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "29010006": {"recommendationid": "29010006", "author": {"steamid": "76561198050292292", "num_games_owned": 94, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4698, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507461971}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u6c89\u8ff7\u63a2\u7d22\uff0c\u4e0d\u53ef\u81ea\u62d4\u3002\n\u597d\u597d\u73a9\u5594~~", "timestamp_created": 1483545880, "timestamp_updated": 1483545880, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28946749": {"recommendationid": "28946749", "author": {"steamid": "76561198050812678", "num_games_owned": 275, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 3883, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342076400}, "language": "english", "review": "Thank you.", "timestamp_created": 1483374773, "timestamp_updated": 1483374773, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499637", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28876092": {"recommendationid": "28876092", "author": {"steamid": "76561198309436246", "num_games_owned": 34, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4224, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485538884}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "N\u00e3o espere excelentes gr\u00e1ficos ou trilha sonora, entretanto este jogo oferece um mundo gigante com hist\u00f3ria rica que garantir\u00e1 horas de bom gameplay pra quem gosta de estilo retr\u00f4", "timestamp_created": 1483205337, "timestamp_updated": 1483205337, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28872224": {"recommendationid": "28872224", "author": {"steamid": "76561198106058063", "num_games_owned": 97, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 44, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483197763}, "language": "russian", "review": "this game has 1 ring slot , i need 4\n\nthis game has HELL ALOT of \"wall of text\" , i do not read books , every step u get a block of text poped up in your face\nthis few seconds kill any reasons to play this game and its gets more and more annoying , all this kind of hindrances\n \nthis game has weird humor i like it\n\nthis game is similar to fallout BOS\n\nno 4 rings is boring alrough game seems not to be bad , i wont suggest it.", "timestamp_created": 1483197788, "timestamp_updated": 1483197788, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.344227", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28851376": {"recommendationid": "28851376", "author": {"steamid": "76561198080530871", "num_games_owned": 30, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 6430, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483399506}, "language": "finnish", "review": "Joka ei nirsoille grafiikan kanssa ja tykk\u00e4\u00e4 roolipeleist\u00e4 niin t\u00e4ss\u00e4 on hyv\u00e4 peli. Itsell\u00e4ni on peli aikaa jo kertynyt yhteens\u00e4 86 tuntia. Pelattavaa riitt\u00e4\u00e4 jos haluaa paljon teht\u00e4vi\u00e4 tehd\u00e4. Haastettakin jo l\u00f6ytyy normal tasollakin. V\u00e4lill\u00e4 jopa piti laittaa helpommalle ett\u00e4 p\u00e4\u00e4si eteenp\u00e4in. Salapaikkoja on kiitett\u00e4v\u00e4sti. Vaikea mit\u00e4\u00e4n huonoa sanoa. Suosittelen!", "timestamp_created": 1483148101, "timestamp_updated": 1483148101, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28770364": {"recommendationid": "28770364", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031328968", "num_games_owned": 70, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 362, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485315637}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school game, not the best of graphics, but a great backstory.  Am enjoying it greatly.", "timestamp_created": 1482967325, "timestamp_updated": 1482967325, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496546", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28768712": {"recommendationid": "28768712", "author": {"steamid": "76561197975735730", "num_games_owned": 112, "num_reviews": 35, "playtime_forever": 2209, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1465137177}, "language": "english", "review": "[b]Nice try but not good enough[/b]\n\nThe skill system is very shallow and just a min-max thing within a few variables. Story and quest management is ok-ish but nothing special. Grafics... well see for your self. You may have dosbox games with the same or better look.\nThe controls are awful and clunky. Especially moving on the world map. Its a pain to steer a ship and your party because its so unprecise. Then you have the ui which is also annoying. For instance you open the inventory with a key but you cant close it with the same button wtf?! Then there are a lot of missclicks and unintentional clicks using menus like the inventory.\n\nI mean for a very low sale price like 80% or more off its ok if you need smth for a couple hours if you're bored. But overall its a better deal to get dos box and play stuff like return to krondor. The characters are bleak in Avernum with most of the story feeling also very pale. The writing is not good enough to overcome the technical limitations. You might get a retro feeling playing this and remember good old rpg times from the early pc games. But thats about it. I really cant recommend it for having a decent rpg feeling. For retro feeling yes but tbh... meh!", "timestamp_created": 1482963863, "timestamp_updated": 1482963863, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.491348", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28693234": {"recommendationid": "28693234", "author": {"steamid": "76561198091949345", "num_games_owned": 97, "num_reviews": 40, "playtime_forever": 1734, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1482883300}, "language": "english", "review": "It is hard to review Avernum. How could I start it but saying that it is awful!\nThe graphics are horrible (but you get used to it), the animations are a joke (but you start imaginating better stuff), the interactions are plane (but still something)...\nAnd yet, it is a true role playing game! And a good one (I swear!)!!\nI won't lie: its story is not the best and the dialogues are so so but somhow you can play the game for a long time and have fun.\nSo give it a chance. You won't regret.", "timestamp_created": 1482799664, "timestamp_updated": 1482799911, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497153", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28617198": {"recommendationid": "28617198", "author": {"steamid": "76561198273254344", "num_games_owned": 90, "num_reviews": 44, "playtime_forever": 1002, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1482991299}, "language": "english", "review": "Graphics aside, of course, this is pretty amazing, especially for the price.", "timestamp_created": 1482633852, "timestamp_updated": 1482633852, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.477236", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28615396": {"recommendationid": "28615396", "author": {"steamid": "76561198027178139", "num_games_owned": 51, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 1194, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1481676412}, "language": "english", "review": "I have not played Exile, or whatever the name is of the game that this is apparently a remake of. I am reviewing this game in isolation. That being said, the impression I get is that people seem to consider this game a \"diamond in the rough\", a game with poor publicity but surprisingly good gameplay given how unknown it is. As for me... well, all I can say is that I understand why this game is as obscure as it is.\n\nLet's start with the atmosphere... the immersion, the feeling, the factor that makes any good RPG its salt. Avernum uses a very similar plot premise to a game I love, Gothic (a game that came out later than Exile, apparently - so Avernum did technically beat Gothic to the punch). An oppressive monarchy throws its criminals - as well as political opponents and anyone it just doesn't want around - into a sealed prison colony where they have to fend for themselves and struggle against each other as well as the wilderness down below. The difference is - where Gothic pulled this off flawlessly (and seriously - if you like Avernum's premise, and haven't played the Gothic games yet, try those out first), Avernum just fails to impress. It becomes obvious immediately as soon as you descend that the prison colony is actually an IMPROVEMENT over the Empire - prosperous, free, and the Empire's rule does not actually have any influence down there. That is a big no-no. It makes it hard to get into the shoes of your characters, who seem to be motivated by revenge or a desire to escape (depending on what conversation options you take as them), because one can't help but think... \"okay, what's the conflict here? What's the big deal? Why don't I just settle down, become a mushroom farmer and have a happy life now that the Empire does not rule me?\" \n\nBecause that's a very valid question. Unlike in Gothic (where the prisoners are dependent upon the surface for luxury goods, weapons and other advanced items, and have to excavate ore in return), Avernum (the prison colony and the game's namesake) is utterly self-sufficient and does not have to give anything back to the Empire. Unlike in Gothic (where there are several camps all ruled by tyrants, the insane and other questionable figures, and there is danger both inside the camps and on the roads, where bandits lie in wait), most of the Avernum world is ruled by a rather unified monarchy with a just king at its helm and with the rule of law largely upheld. (Or so it still seems anyway, well into the midgame. If there is any shocking twist by the end, I know as little of it as you do. Wouldn't matter either way as far as the enjoyment of the story is concerned.) Avernum actually has its sub-prison colony, the Abyss, where the criminals of Avernum are thrown. Not exactly a very inspiring world, is it? Far from the gritty world of Gothic's penal colony, here you stroll almost freely between established towns, the only  enemies being the occasional cat people (sorry - they aren't bikini-clad babes, don't reflex-click the Buy button), snake people (same deal), and generic RPG monsters. Oh, and where Gothic had exciting, living, breathing characters, Avernum's characters are so incredibly dull and lacking any fantasy, it is almost an insult to the genre of Role-Playing Game. \n\nSeriously - I haven't completed the game, but I have played through a good chunk of it, I think. There is not a single interesting character that I met. Not even the King, nor any of his Mayors - all of them interact with your character in the same way. \"Hello adventurer! Glad/not glad to see you. I love/hate mercenaries. We are fighting the cat/snake people here. I have a quest for you that involves either killing a lot of cat/snake people or retrieving a trinket guarded by cat/snake people. Or occasionally something else like a jelly or a drake, woo hoo!\" Far from being an adventure, the gameplay feels like you are King Micah's head marshal, taking care of his endlessly boring errands throughout the realm, one after the other, never given a break or even an amusing distraction. (And let me just say: this doesn't just apply to the sidequests! Even the main quests themselves are just more of the same.)\n\nOh, of course, the game mechanics aren't stellar either. The combat system and the skill tree are nothing extraordinary, but at least they are serviceable... except for the horrible pathfinding system. There is no way to see whether your mage/archer is able to strike at the enemy from any given point. You have to click and hope for the best, then one of two things will happen: 1. your character attacks the target (woo hoo!) or 2. your character starts running around like a headless chicken, doing all kinds of crazy stuff, taking non-obvious paths, even attempting (and failing) to run all the way around the map to get at an enemy standing down a corridor (...why???). Nor are the line-of-sight mechanics intuitive - often you can attack when you shouldn't be able to, even more often you can't attack when you should be able to.\n\nThe interface isn't exactly great either. Aside from simply being old and dated, it isn't that informative either - there are a lot of weird things that can happen: for example, there is a mechanic that your mages cannot cast spells if they are too \"encumbered\", but either the game just doesn't mention this or it is way too easy to miss, same difference: being \"encumbered\" means not that your gear is too heavy, but that your to-hit chance is too low (...I know right, WTF?). This means, for example, that a +1 strength blade and no shield may leave your character unable to cast spells, but a heavier blade with no strength bonus (but a +5% to hit bonus) and a wooden shield (which doesn't have a to-hit malus) will let you do so. Beyond that, there are - of course - bugs. The game isn't riddled with them, but there are some - some traits don't work at all, for example.\n\nWhile the big Spiderweb Software bundle may well be worth the price on sale (I don't know, haven't really tried much else from it yet), I can safely say I do not recommend Avernum: Escape from the Pit. If you get the bundle, try something else from it. Give this one a miss. It really isn't worth the hype. I'm sorry I couldn't finish it, but it was simply too much of a brutally boring slog - nonetheless, I hope that even my incomplete experience is enough to cast a convincing judgment... Avernum fails in the worst way an RPG can fail - it prioritizes quantity over quality and does not deliver much of the latter, it showcases how an RPG can go utterly wrong even before you take gameplay mechanics into account.", "timestamp_created": 1482627830, "timestamp_updated": 1482628918, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 19, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504923", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28450672": {"recommendationid": "28450672", "author": {"steamid": "76561198085787305", "num_games_owned": 62, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 4637, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485058755}, "language": "english", "review": "While not for everyone, this is a solid title. After a couple of hours of wondering if I'd get hooked, I ended up getting hooked!\n\nOh yeah, and if you don't like reading, this is not for you. I have yet to see any poor quality writing let alone grammar mistakes.", "timestamp_created": 1482078624, "timestamp_updated": 1482078624, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501582", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28298238": {"recommendationid": "28298238", "author": {"steamid": "76561198047541636", "num_games_owned": 195, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 6839, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1487477650}, "language": "english", "review": "Plenty to do. Great replay value. Play almost totally with mouse, or keys if you prefer. At full price def worth it.\nSave often, make notes.. this really is great. Smoother than other Avernum games with larger font too.\nGet this game.", "timestamp_created": 1481409341, "timestamp_updated": 1481409341, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28259195": {"recommendationid": "28259195", "author": {"steamid": "76561198048864391", "num_games_owned": 1401, "num_reviews": 21, "playtime_forever": 7326, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1463854377}, "language": "french", "review": "Excellent jeu \"old school\" !", "timestamp_created": 1481228287, "timestamp_updated": 1481228287, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.531250", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28137026": {"recommendationid": "28137026", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999858314", "num_games_owned": 1525, "num_reviews": 112, "playtime_forever": 6351, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480952599}, "language": "english", "review": "You can actually see the casualization of the series: the most deep one is Exile escape from the pit where you had food management (you could die of starvation), a 6 members party, more weapon variation and a lot of spells.\nAvernum 1 is more streamlined and simplified version in a good way: you have a simplified conversation mechanic (no need to guess the right word to type anymore like in Ultima or king's quest), most of the useful skills are still there but it lacks the 6 party people which gave you the option of specialization to each character (a swordsman,a spearman,a blunt weapon user, a rogue that uses ranged weapons, a mage and a priest) and tou had less spells.\nAvernum escape from the pit is bad.....the story is still there (and it\u2019s a good story!!....because it\u2019s the same story for the 3rd time) but it dropped the skill system for a skill tree (why??), the food management aspect which gives more depth is gone (in Avernum 1 you had to be careful where you rest and in the second game where you took the journey to the Vahnatai lands you had to make stops in order to scavenge for food because you always lose some in the waterfalls), some of the useful skills like poisoning are gone, less weapon variation (no one handed spear, no rock throwing, no arrows, no clubs), even less spells, you cannot bash doors and alchemy? Forget it because you need to find alchemist in a town to do this for you and there are no recruitable NPCs...and death has no consequences because youer dead party members revive when entering a friendly town for free unlike in avernum 1 and exile where you had to pay a priest to revive them for a huge sum.\nExile is still my all-time favorite because of the RPG elements (but sadly I need to emulate win 3.1x to play this or get a windows XP machine), Avernum 1 is a very good remake and escape from the pit......no just no, it's bad compared to the originals - a real casualized version for phones and iPads.\nIf it would have kept the skill system and spells from Avernum 1 at least then I would have given it a good review but as it is\u2026. it's too dumbed down compare to the other versions.\nPlay Avernum 1, you can still buy it on GOG (AVERNUM: THE COMPLETE SAGA)", "timestamp_created": 1480679345, "timestamp_updated": 1480726806, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.538942", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28117326": {"recommendationid": "28117326", "author": {"steamid": "76561198079557727", "num_games_owned": 60, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1577, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485323575}, "language": "english", "review": "A fantastic game with rich story and depth.", "timestamp_created": 1480592753, "timestamp_updated": 1480592753, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "28063165": {"recommendationid": "28063165", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971131025", "num_games_owned": 160, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2733, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1441810300}, "language": "english", "review": "Great RPG with open world to explore and with excelent plot. One of the best remakes of remake game. If you dont mind simple graphics with modern touch, then this game is for you.", "timestamp_created": 1480433566, "timestamp_updated": 1480433566, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501600", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27972323": {"recommendationid": "27972323", "author": {"steamid": "76561198016114126", "num_games_owned": 164, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2751, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486610902}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is based off a classic and is just as much fun as when I played it 14 years ago. If you like RPGs with uniqueness, and that take time, planning, and preperation then you found the perfect game.", "timestamp_created": 1480354020, "timestamp_updated": 1480354020, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27950726": {"recommendationid": "27950726", "author": {"steamid": "76561198191089310", "num_games_owned": 121, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 265, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480341069}, "language": "english", "review": "I have always loved the Avernum series, and IMHO, the best RPG ever made.\nWe can either follow the storyline or just go exploring , picking up one quest after another until we forget what's the main quest, which by the way can be easily traced back within our own pace since there is no pressure of time. \nThe use of keyboard is somewhat frustrating, but you'll get used to it given a certain amount of time.", "timestamp_created": 1480341460, "timestamp_updated": 1480341460, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499637", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27853928": {"recommendationid": "27853928", "author": {"steamid": "76561198183956818", "num_games_owned": 1875, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 2135, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1485549372}, "language": "english", "review": "A remake of the series that really got me into playing RPGs (Exile), just as fun as the original and a great deal for the money.\n\n\nThe thing that makes the game incredible is not fancy graphics or non-stop action but the story and the world, huge and surprisingly rich for an indie game. Throughout the series you will meet and talk to hundreds of characters, see the world change and develop and take part in the epic struggles that shape it all. \n\nI promise you'll become hooked and come to love the world of Avernum, just like I did many years ago.", "timestamp_created": 1480265118, "timestamp_updated": 1480265118, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497875", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27846797": {"recommendationid": "27846797", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060666192", "num_games_owned": 110, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 45, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480260533}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0431\u0443\u043a\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 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{"recommendationid": "27846775", "author": {"steamid": "76561198274269751", "num_games_owned": 484, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 3458, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480941103}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u6709\u5c1d\u8bd5\u73a9CRPG\u7684\u670b\u53cb\u53ef\u4ee5\u8bd5\u4e00\u8bd5\uff0c\u867d\u7136\u6ca1\u6709\u6c49\u5316\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6e38\u620f\u7684\u82f1\u6587\u633a\u7b80\u5355\u7684\uff0c\u7cfb\u7edf\u4e5f\u4e0d\u590d\u6742\uff0c\u6bd4\u8f83\u5bb9\u6613\u4e0a\u624b\u3002\n\nStill,  I hope Spiderweb support unicode and ttf fonts, so that the chinese community can do their own localization.", "timestamp_created": 1480261793, "timestamp_updated": 1480261793, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.600768", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27759980": {"recommendationid": "27759980", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971261634", "num_games_owned": 221, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 5889, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1489708462}, "language": "english", "review": "A great RPG with a unique setting.", "timestamp_created": 1480211443, "timestamp_updated": 1480211443, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27716937": {"recommendationid": "27716937", "author": {"steamid": "76561197975385609", "num_games_owned": 495, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3698, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1448308840}, "language": "english", "review": "A remake of one of the best RPGs of all time and it is still the best game of its type today.\n\nCool and unusual setting, excellent world building and a strong story.", "timestamp_created": 1480187870, "timestamp_updated": 1480187870, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27716244": {"recommendationid": "27716244", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004260976", "num_games_owned": 547, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 7441, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1491516095}, "language": "english", "review": "One of my favourite classics... And it's been improved. I can't wait for the entire series to be worked over.", "timestamp_created": 1480187596, "timestamp_updated": 1480187596, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27702243": {"recommendationid": "27702243", "author": {"steamid": "76561198048880581", "num_games_owned": 407, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 4500, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1452486570}, "language": "english", "review": "One of the best CRPGs I've ever played. My play time doesn't do this justice as I've bought this multiple times. I've been playing a version of this game for over 10 years.", "timestamp_created": 1480181857, "timestamp_updated": 1480181857, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27685030": {"recommendationid": "27685030", "author": {"steamid": "76561198035448543", "num_games_owned": 313, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 751, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1479936471}, "language": "english", "review": "I like this game alot.\nThe graphics are a bit bland, but the story and gameplay make up for it.\n\nAll your partymembers are blank slates that you create at the beginning of the game (Or later in the game, you can delete a character and make a new one), so all dialogue and personality comes from npcs.\n\nI don't really remember the music, but then I'm not really into music, and that might be good or bad depending. It's not like an epic battlescore, but it also doesn't make your ears start bleeding after 10 minutes.", "timestamp_created": 1480175478, "timestamp_updated": 1480175478, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27600156": {"recommendationid": "27600156", "author": {"steamid": "76561198159128973", "num_games_owned": 317, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3035, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480136966}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u5176\u5b9espiderweb\u7684\u6e38\u620f\u6211\u90fd\u5f88\u63a8\u8350\uff0c\u975e\u5e38\u53e4\u5178\u672c\u8d28\u7684rpg\u6e38\u620f\uff0c\u7f3a\u5c11\u9177\u70ab\u753b\u9762\u7684\u52a0\u6210\uff0c\u7eaf\u7cb9\u9760\u5267\u60c5\u548c\u6e38\u620f\u6027\u6765\u5438\u5f15\u73a9\u5bb6\nAvernum\u7cfb\u5217\u6e38\u620f\u7684\u6587\u672c\u91cf\u90fd\u5f88\u5927\uff0c\u6587\u7b14\u4e0d\u9519\uff0c\u64c5\u957f\u6c14\u6c1b\u7684\u523b\u753b\uff0c\u4ece\u5267\u60c5\u63cf\u8ff0\u548c\u5bf9\u8bdd\u4e2d\u53ef\u4ee5\u83b7\u5f97\u5f88\u591a\u5173\u4e8e\u4e16\u754c\u89c2\u7684\u4fe1\u606f\n\u5206\u652f\u5267\u60c5\u6700\u597d\u73a9\uff0c\u5236\u4f5c\u8005\u5c06\u5f88\u591a\u6709\u610f\u601d\u7684\u5c0f\u6545\u4e8b\u4f5c\u4e3a\u4efb\u52a1\u7a7f\u63d2\u5728\u6e38\u620f\u4e3b\u7ebf\u4e2d\n\u8fd9\u4e9b\u5c0f\u6545\u4e8b\u5f88\u591a\u662f\u5e73\u5e38\u4eba\u7684\u559c\u6012\u54c0\u4e50\uff0c\u6709\u56e0\u4e3a\u76f8\u604b\u800c\u88ab\u653e\u9010\u5230\u5730\u4e0b\u3001\u52aa\u529b\u7ecf\u8425\u751f\u6d3b\u7684\u540c\u6027\u604b\u4eba\uff0c\u6709\u6253\u60c5\u9a82\u4fcf\u3001\u548c\u548c\u7f8e\u7f8e\u7684\u5c0f\u592b\u59bb\uff0c\u4e5f\u6709\u82e6\u5927\u4ec7\u6df1\u7684\u79cd\u65cf\u7eb7\u4e89\u548c\u590d\u4ec7\n\u8fd9\u4e9b\u4e30\u5bcc\u7684\u652f\u7ebf\u4ece\u591a\u4e2a\u89d2\u5ea6\u5168\u9762\u5730\u523b\u753b\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u590d\u6742\u7684\u5730\u4e0b\u4e16\u754c\uff0c\u800c\u4e0d\u662f\u53ea\u8ba9\u73a9\u5bb6\u628a\u76ee\u5149\u653e\u5728\u9003\u51fa\u5730\u4e0b\u57ce\u7684\u4e3b\u7ebf\u4efb\u52a1\u4e0a\n\u53e6\u5916\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u56fa\u5b9a\u7684\u4e3b\u89d2\uff0c\u73a9\u5bb6\u80fd\u591f\u81ea\u7531\u9009\u62e9\u642d\u914d\u961f\u4f0d\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e00\u70b9\u6211\u4e5f\u5f88\u559c\u6b22\n\u76f8\u6bd4\u8d77\u6709\u7740\u5b8c\u5584\u80cc\u666f\u548c\u6027\u683c\u8bbe\u5b9a\u7684\u56fa\u5b9a\u4e3b\u89d2\uff08\u6b64\u7c7b\u9898\u6750\u7684\u4e3b\u89d2\uff0c\u6216\u8005\u8bf4\u73a9\u5bb6\u626e\u6f14\u7684\u90a3\u4e2a\u89d2\u8272\uff0c\u901a\u5e38\u4f1a\u662f\u5f02\u6027\u604b\u7537\u6027\uff09\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u56fa\u5b9a\u4e3b\u89d2\u3001\u81ea\u7531\u7ec4\u5408\u7684\u961f\u4f0d\u867d\u7136\u5c11\u4e86\u4ee3\u5165\u611f\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u53ef\u4ee5\u8ba9\u4eba\u628a\u66f4\u591a\u7cbe\u529b\u653e\u5728\u6218\u672f\u642d\u914d\u548c\u4e16\u754c\u89c2\u8bbe\u5b9a\u4e0a\n\uff08\u800c\u4e14\u4e0d\u5f97\u4e0d\u5410\u69fd\u7684\u4e00\u70b9\u662f\uff0c\u5982\u679c\u73a9\u5bb6\u662f\u5973\u6027\u6216\u8005\u975e\u5f02\u6027\u604b\u8005\uff0c\u73a9\u8fd9\u79cd\u76f4\u7537\u4e3b\u89d2\u7684\u6e38\u620f\uff0c\u6709\u65f6\u5019\u611f\u89c9\u4e0d\u662f\u4e00\u822c\u7684\u7cdf\u7cd5\u2026\u2026\u60f3\u60f3\u6709\u4e9b\u6e38\u620f\u7684\u611f\u60c5\u7ebf\uff0cyou know what I mean\uff09\n\u603b\u800c\u8a00\u4e4b\uff0c\u5982\u679c\u4e0d\u662f\u975e3D\u4f1a\u6b7b\u661f\u4eba\uff0c\u800c\u4e14\u4e0d\u53cd\u611f\u5927\u91cf\u82f1\u6587\u6587\u672c\u5185\u5bb9\uff0c\u90fd\u53ef\u4ee5\u5c1d\u8bd5\u4e0b\u8fd9\u6b3e\u6e38\u620f\uff08\u6216\u8005\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5236\u4f5c\u516c\u53f8\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6e38\u620f\uff09\uff0c\u5f3a\u70c8\u63a8\u8350\uff01", "timestamp_created": 1480138036, "timestamp_updated": 1480138036, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.513026", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27574428": {"recommendationid": "27574428", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045350135", "num_games_owned": 545, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 7746, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1356249600}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is a great throwback to pen and paper rpgs.  I have grown up with Jeff's works my whole life and it is always a joy to play new ones or replay old favorites.  If you love immersive stories and worlds and tactical combat and character building (but don't mind outdated graphics) these are the games for you", "timestamp_created": 1480120792, "timestamp_updated": 1480120792, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27460340": {"recommendationid": "27460340", "author": {"steamid": "76561198073982504", "num_games_owned": 142, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 4162, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483250900}, "language": "english", "review": "A remake but I never played the original. Truly enjoyed it, as always", "timestamp_created": 1480082779, "timestamp_updated": 1480082779, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27152319": {"recommendationid": "27152319", "author": {"steamid": "76561198020936822", "num_games_owned": 672, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2441, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1474236522}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Muito bom, mas apenas garanta que vai zerar de uma vez, j\u00e1 que o fator replay do jogo \u00e9 beeeeem fraco, acredito que dificilmente algu\u00e9m chegaria em 70% do jogo e conseguiria come\u00e7ar novamente.", "timestamp_created": 1479992429, "timestamp_updated": 1479992429, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27111212": {"recommendationid": "27111212", "author": {"steamid": "76561197989246181", "num_games_owned": 228, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 359, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1479984414}, "language": "koreana", "review": "\uc544\uc8fc \uc624\ub798\ub41c \uac8c\uc784, Exile\uc758 \ub450\ubc88\uc9f8 \ub9ac\uba54\uc774\ud06c. 1\uc778\uac1c\ubc1c\uc0ac\uc778 \uc2a4\ud30c\uc774\ub354\uc6f9 \uc18c\ud504\ud2b8\uc758 \uc2e4\uc9c8\uc801 \ubc25\uc904 \uc911 \ud558\ub098\uc774\uba70 \uc815\ub9d0 \uc804\ud615\uc801\uc778 \uace0\uc804 RPG\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4. \uc18c\uc7ac\ub3c4 \uc88b\uc9c0\ub9cc \uc774\uc804\uc5d0 \uc694\uad6c\ub418\uc5c8\ub358 \ubcc4\ub188\uc758 \ud574\uad34\ud55c \uc2dc\uc2a4\ud15c\ub4e4\uc744 \uac04\ub7b5\ud654\ud558\uace0 (\uc880 \ubbf8\ubb18\ud558\uae34 \ud574\ub3c4) \uadf8\ub798\ud53d\ud654\ub3c4 \ud588\ub2e4\ub294 \uc810\uc774 \uc88b\uad70\uc694.", "timestamp_created": 1479984537, "timestamp_updated": 1479984537, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502488", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27071708": {"recommendationid": "27071708", "author": {"steamid": "76561198026458946", "num_games_owned": 246, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 664, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1478324546}, "language": "english", "review": "As a fan of retro RPGs, I can think of few that take place in a world as expansive as Avernum.  I originally played it back when it was called Exile, before the revamp that gave it a tutorial level, made sure you couldn't leave the first town without knowing about the free supplies, updated the graphics (including work by Phil Foglio!), and dropped the party from six members down to four (the part I am saddest about; having a six-person custom party was sweeeeet).\n\nThe number of hours I spent exploring just the first portion of the game would be enough to fill a regular game by themselves.  Maybe it's just my play style, but I doubt you could get to the original's Shareware Demon if you weren't by that time ready to play through the rest of the game -- I still consider that the best form of shareware I've ever seen.\n\nAnd the world-building within that area was astounding.  The idea of living in a giant cave, and how it would affect the citizens, was richly explored, down to the type of farming (mushrooms) and livestock (giant lizards).  The political in-fighting was interesting without being overbearing; it comments here and there on modern issues through the types of people who got tossed in the pit.  The monsters had some variety to them (not, perhaps, as much as more modern games) and the way the combat flows from the environment is really appealing (there's Fight and Peace states, but the fights happen within the place you're at, not in a separate screen).  There's a lot of loot, including bits of trash and such to make the world more immersive; there's little bits of story everywhere.  And although the character-customization options seem to have been streamlined (reduced), there's still plenty of ways to make a unique team.\n\nIf you're up for an old-school RPG with a very large world to explore, do give this one a try.", "timestamp_created": 1479975436, "timestamp_updated": 1479975436, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27053695": {"recommendationid": "27053695", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025232316", "num_games_owned": 267, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2646, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511076606}, "language": "english", "review": "I played the original of this game, when it was the first \"Exile\" game, way back in the Nineties. This game is a remake of that game's remake. It's still as solid now as it was back then, with better graphics, easier interface, and new plot elements. This is as close to a tabletop gaming experience as you're going to find in today's modern video game world. Make your party and then decide where you want to go in your underground prison. Follow the plot line, or just explore. It's your call.", "timestamp_created": 1479970593, "timestamp_updated": 1479970593, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27019199": {"recommendationid": "27019199", "author": {"steamid": "76561198107314626", "num_games_owned": 355, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5138, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512924625}, "language": "english", "review": "Love this game so much.\nI love the story of the game the characters, But the archer and other melee character are lacking of skills and boring.\nbut over all I like it, lots of secret places and story to uncover.", "timestamp_created": 1479961515, "timestamp_updated": 1479961515, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502434", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27016011": {"recommendationid": "27016011", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976839600", "num_games_owned": 396, "num_reviews": 78, "playtime_forever": 43, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1448139573}, "language": "english", "review": "Ignore the graphics", "timestamp_created": 1479960697, "timestamp_updated": 1479960697, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "27004548": {"recommendationid": "27004548", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042381433", "num_games_owned": 589, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2883, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512187751}, "language": "english", "review": "[b]Avernum: Escape From the Pit[/b] is an old text-based CRPG with simple graphics and mechanics, that has been \"enhanced\" with new graphics and a better engine (still simple, though), along with a new name.\n\nPersonally, I thought this game was not worth my time, until I played it. This is the first Spiderweb Software I played, and I assure you it will not be the last. The game is so well written that I started playing older games from the authors (Geneforge), all because of text and fluff.\n\nGameplay is simple, with you directing a pre-defined party (chosen by you) around Avernum, the cavern-prison of the Empire. You get to places, get quests, fulfill them, get spells, items, and so on. You can modify your party at any time, and it even comes with a built-in character editor, in case you get stuck (due to poor ability planning) or bored.\n\nWhat sets this game apart is that mostly everything is richly described, from the lowly blacksmith to the Temple of the Lizards (no spoilers), to the Crystal Cave. Give it a chance, and you will probably end up liking it.", "timestamp_created": 1479957694, "timestamp_updated": 1479957694, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26953181": {"recommendationid": "26953181", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970718712", "num_games_owned": 1114, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 1138, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480615307}, "language": "english", "review": "A wonderful game full of choices and challenges. Hours of gameplay for meager cost.", "timestamp_created": 1479945608, "timestamp_updated": 1479945608, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500363", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26939982": {"recommendationid": "26939982", "author": {"steamid": "76561198049209567", "num_games_owned": 71, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 6613, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1474680036}, "language": "english", "review": "You want a throw back to the oldschool cRPG, then this is the place to go to. Avernum - an underground kingdom/prison the size of a small continent. Thrown down by the overlording surface empire, you must survive with your band of adventurers in this strange land.\n\nLooking at the screenshots gives you a good idea of the look of the game. The writing, though, is probably the strongest feature about Avernum:Escape from the Pit. There is plenty of quick dialogue that forwards the story without becoming overwhelming. There are hundreds of differnet and unique characters to interact with.\n\nOne of my favorite aspects of the game is the level scaling... meaning, I feel it doesn't hold your hand as you adventure. Some dungeons are leveled well above your party. This means that at times you need to retreat and come back later. Learning which dungeons are hard is part of the fun, and challenge. I feel that modern games try to hand hold you too much, not allowing you to walk into an overpowered demon boss who promptly decides you are his next meal.\n\nAvernum: Escape from the Pit brings back the old balance and fun of cRPGs. This game has been around since the 90s, first known as Exile: Escape from the Pit. It's got a great legacy and deserves attention.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1479943029, "timestamp_updated": 1479943029, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500719", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26845542": {"recommendationid": "26845542", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008152219", "num_games_owned": 545, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 1750, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1479931477}, "language": "english", "review": "An amazing CRPG. If you loved Spider Web software's other titles, you'll love this one too.", "timestamp_created": 1479931545, "timestamp_updated": 1479931545, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502692", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26724540": {"recommendationid": "26724540", "author": {"steamid": "76561198229231924", "num_games_owned": 731, "num_reviews": 33, "playtime_forever": 3891, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1466623798}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the pit is a remake of the first game in the Avernum series. It is a grid, turn based CRPG with sandbox elements.\n\nThe plot is straight forward. On the surface there is the empire, ruled by the mad king hawthorn, a cruel dictator who rules with an iron fist. Those who go against the empire, or simply earn the ire of anyone in government, are tossed through a portal and left to die on the other side. The portal transports anyone who goes through it down to the depths of the planet, to a massive cave system with no hope of escape. So many people have been sent down there that they have begun to form their own nations as well, but, just because they are able to band together doesn't mean they are safe from the horrors that live down there with them. Your task as the newest exiles? Survive. Survive and do what you can for yourself, and for the underground nations.\n\nGameplay is easy to understand. Everything is done on a square grid, from exploring the overworld to navigating in combat. Each character has four core stats, followed by talents, then perks. Each core stat effects an aspect of your characters growth. Strength determines how hard you hit with melee weapons and your characters carrying capacity, dexterity determines how likely you are to dodge attacks and how accurate you are with weapons as well as how much damage you deal with ranged weapons, endurance determines how resistant you are to certain status effects and how much health you have, and finally, intelligence determines how much mana you have, how powerful your spells are, and how resistant you are to magic.\n\nEvery character has access to the exact same talent tree, allowing them to mix and match what skills they have to create whatever kind of character you want. Most of these talents are passive, but others grant active abilities which are worth investing into. You can put ten points into most talents, at which point you can't dump any more in, which is probably for the best considering at ten points in any skill, the bonuses are astounding. This really gives you the ability to build your own character however you want, from a long range crit machine, to a tank who casts spells.\n\nThen there are the perks, which give minor buffs to certain things, but can also have a pretty big impact on your character depending on which ones you pick. If you use summons alot, you can get a perk that makes them stronger, or if you want to cast more elemental spells, get the perk which makes them work as if they were a level higher.\n\nCombat works in terms of inititive, with the unit with the highest moving first, then the second highest going second and so on. Every unit has a set amount of time units to use during their turn, some actions costing more points than others. It might take one unit to move a single space, but ten to take an attack. You need to carefully position your characters and plan out what abilites your going to use on the many enemies you will encounter throughout your quests. \n\nSpeaking of quests, you will encounter many on your travels, most of which are very fun. Granted, they can be as simple as \"clear out the fort\" or \"bring me five bear asses\", but few of the quests are exactly the same, and alot of them are actual, lengthy detours from the main quest lines. This really does help make the world feel that much more alive, which brings me to my next point.\n\nAvernum is a rather bland game visually. There are a few interesting things to look at here and there, but for the most part, you are inside a huge cave, with fungus growing around you. Thankfully, you start the game off with a world map, and they went out of their way to design the terrain so that its destinctive enough to be able to navigate based on land marks, like a river or an odd rock formation. While every dungeon uses alot of the same textures (in fact, most of the game does), each one is very different, This is because they designed them in very different layouts, with a wide enough variety of enemies to keep things interesting. The game has no music though, or voice acting, so bring your own music.\n\nWith all this said, Avernum was an enjoyable experience for me, the only frustration i got was when i entered areas clearly too high a level for me or i missed that one hidden switch in the wall. The game does a great job of emulating the feeling of a Pen and Paper RPG, even allowing for player choice and, suprisingly, stupidity. It lets you ask really stupid questions, and the answers you'll normally get back can be equally as funny. I suppose thats what this game has, charm. While it isn't unique in terms of setting or has an overly deep, introspective, thought provoking plot. It does have alot of charm, a very well built combat system, a depressing, but hopeful and great plot, and a world that really inspires the desire to explore. The only limits are the walls of the cave. \n\nI would recommend this rpg to anyone who is a fan of old school rpgs, as well as people who enjoy newer things as well, as it has lots of familiar elements, while casting off some of the shackles older games have. If you are a fan of dungeons and dragons, or pathfinder, this is definitely an rpg you will enjoy, and possibly get some new ideas from.", "timestamp_created": 1479694120, "timestamp_updated": 1479694120, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.514584", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26682344": {"recommendationid": "26682344", "author": {"steamid": "76561198147640386", "num_games_owned": 319, "num_reviews": 58, "playtime_forever": 5249, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511725213}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Buen juego: \n-Historia intrigante\n-Buenos graficos\n-Mucha variedad\n", "timestamp_created": 1479519276, "timestamp_updated": 1479519276, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26672818": 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Atmosphere like in a gsmea Diablo and Quest of Titans.\n", "timestamp_created": 1479453955, "timestamp_updated": 1479453955, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26550546": {"recommendationid": "26550546", "author": {"steamid": "76561198286537803", "num_games_owned": 52, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 4626, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486428349}, "language": "english", "review": "I love this game. I'm super excited at how huge the game is and at the amount of games Spiderweb Software as already produced. I may never have to look for a good RPG again. The storytelling is great. I'm never at a loss, yet I never feel any hand holding. There is so much to do, so much to explore!", "timestamp_created": 1478923819, "timestamp_updated": 1478923819, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.580524", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26437630": {"recommendationid": "26437630", "author": {"steamid": "76561198016459500", "num_games_owned": 131, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 14, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1478343372}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043b \u0432 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0439\u043f\u044d\u0434\u0435, \u043d\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0432\u044c\u044e \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0448\u0443 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c. \n\u041f\u043e \u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0448\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0447\u0442\u043e \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043d\u044f\u044f 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"written_during_early_access": false}, "26353764": {"recommendationid": "26353764", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993589983", "num_games_owned": 346, "num_reviews": 125, "playtime_forever": 701, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1478003952}, "language": "english", "review": "good old school rpg but i got bored after a while, may come back to it when i have finished my backlog of games.", "timestamp_created": 1478004117, "timestamp_updated": 1478004117, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.421585", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26314146": {"recommendationid": "26314146", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971177676", "num_games_owned": 179, "num_reviews": 32, "playtime_forever": 5852, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1477749807}, "language": "japanese", "review": 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"timestamp_created": 1477830228, "timestamp_updated": 1477830312, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 12, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.676944", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26138792": {"recommendationid": "26138792", "author": {"steamid": "76561198105346585", "num_games_owned": 301, "num_reviews": 36, "playtime_forever": 2433, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1456632051}, "language": "english", "review": "Bloody excellent game", "timestamp_created": 1477016671, "timestamp_updated": 1477016671, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26073711": {"recommendationid": "26073711", "author": {"steamid": "76561198276642841", "num_games_owned": 37, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 287, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1477083321}, "language": "english", "review": "Pretty good, with some old-school feeling game. Funny design and overal approach to graphics.", "timestamp_created": 1476638125, "timestamp_updated": 1476638125, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.474213", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26052072": {"recommendationid": "26052072", "author": {"steamid": "76561198017167267", "num_games_owned": 119, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 799, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1500692069}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432 \u044f \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0430\u043b!!! \u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e. \u0421\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0443.", "timestamp_created": 1476549890, "timestamp_updated": 1476549890, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.446735", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26040676": {"recommendationid": "26040676", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014445897", "num_games_owned": 4779, "num_reviews": 105, "playtime_forever": 5468, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336546800}, "language": "english", "review": "8/10\n\nAvernum: Escape From the Pit is the reboot of the Avernum series and it does a great job at that.\n\nWhile the game isn't anything heavy on graphics, it still brings updated looks in comparison to the original Avernum games, along with other updates, while at the same time maintaining the core mechanics from the original, which work just as great as they did before.\n\nPeople who enjoy oldschool RPG games and/or games that rely heavily on story and tactical combat will most probably enjoy these games. And even people who like RPG games but aren't too used to these oldschool ones can still pick it up and enjoy it, as the mechanics aren't anything overly complex to learn.\n\nYou build your party the way you want (or skip it altogether and use the default party). When making your party, you can either use pre-set character archetypes (Soldier, Sorcerer, etc) or just customize each character the way you want, picking their stats and skills.\n\nThe game has an interesting story, even if it's not anything mindblowing, and there's a lot of exploration and side-quests involved, including finding secrets. It's easy to accumulate many hours within the game (I should say, considering I have 91 hours in the game and I only finished it once).\n\nI think my only actual complaint with the game is the limit on summons - each character can only have one summon active, regardless of whether you use magic or items to summon a creature and summoned creatures themselves aren't too strong, save for the very best summon which can be decently useful. So if you want to make a character focused on summoning, he/she probably won't be very effective. It would have been a lot more interesting to be able to summon multiple creatures, maybe one strong summon along with a few weaker ones. (and I know it's possible - this has been done in other Spiderweb Software games)\n\nNonetheless, a great oldschool RPG.", "timestamp_created": 1476499508, "timestamp_updated": 1476499508, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.507385", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "26010472": {"recommendationid": "26010472", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972655851", "num_games_owned": 143, "num_reviews": 32, "playtime_forever": 30, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1454388590}, "language": "english", "review": "As a gamer who has played countless RPG's and looks for the best of them I have to say... skip this one, if you like reading I guess it's a decent story but it's very, very tedious. I highly recommend 'Divinity original sin' instead and for roughly the same price tag.", "timestamp_created": 1476355107, "timestamp_updated": 1476355107, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 8, "votes_funny": 3, "weighted_vote_score": "0.287071", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25985198": {"recommendationid": "25985198", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025586135", "num_games_owned": 121, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 882, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1469817507}, "language": "english", "review": "Big fan of the Spiderweb games. Still have the original game back when it was called Exile. And then they upgraded it to something else i can't remember, but i didn't like it as much, now, Avernum is well suited for the PC.\nThis (Actually the original \"Exile\") was the first RPG game I had played prior to Final Fantasy game, back when Larry the Lounge Lizard was Froody as Zaphod's second head drinking a Pan Galatic Gargle Blaster... enough of Nostalgia!\nOverall of this game (upgraded) is refreshing, has a lot of old but alot of new features. Easy to play and not clunky. \nGood simple sounds (not annoying)\nGraphics simple, and one can play at ones leasure being Turned based. \nThe story of all the Spiderweb games are good and worthwhile, but since i still have the originals, going to wait for the rest of them to go on special", "timestamp_created": 1476205591, "timestamp_updated": 1476205591, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.507385", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25805305": {"recommendationid": "25805305", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060936212", "num_games_owned": 166, "num_reviews": 86, "playtime_forever": 232, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1475343768}, "language": "russian", "review": "3/10\n\n\u0412\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435 \u044f \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0443\u0441\u044c \u043a \u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0438\u043c\u044b\u043c \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u044e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0442 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0443. \u041d\u043e \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043a-\u0442\u043e \u0443 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u044d\u043d\u0442\u0443\u0437\u0438\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b\u043e. \u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e \u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0432 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0435 - 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The graphics and gameplay will be just at home for you. Some people of the tablet generation may also find some interest, but it is like reading a book, you have immerse yourself before you can enjoy it, imagining what the world would be like if it was in the first person.  And like a book, this game offers a lot of dialog, though not quite a novel's worth.  This is not a game for somebody who can't play muds or needs a 3d world.  Also you can bork your characters by leveling up them wrong and their is no forgiveness*, if this is your first avernum game, use the guides dealing with characters on the official forums.  Over all ifyou get past the hump, then you'll join the rest of us 100+ hour players.  If you can't, you'll be another person who puts it down after 20 minutes.  At least you'll qualify for a refund.\n\n*There is a character editor that can be enabled with a cheat code, but it can bork the game in the other direction.", "timestamp_created": 1475119213, "timestamp_updated": 1511460949, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.543896", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25685473": {"recommendationid": "25685473", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999363278", "num_games_owned": 1986, "num_reviews": 224, "playtime_forever": 3418, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1375942192}, "language": "english", "review": "Remake of a remake! Fantastic  game.  I do not like the Foglio art in the stats, since it kinda clashes with the rest of the assets, but it is very worth playing.\n\nI have yet to try the sequel.\n\nNever played Exile or the original avernum so I cannot compare them.", "timestamp_created": 1474784502, "timestamp_updated": 1474784502, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545371", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25451292": {"recommendationid": "25451292", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046652573", "num_games_owned": 84, "num_reviews": 39, "playtime_forever": 5785, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1472861115}, "language": "english", "review": "Highly enjoyable open-world rpg. Graphics meh, but story, speedy combat, speedy movement and large number of quests are fun. Explore every inch less you miss something. Don't forget to add a magic-user and priest to your party - you won't regret it. Try dual-wielding too. Careful with too much armor and shielding as that affects your to-hit chance. Now go out there and defend Avernum from the Empire and all the monsters sharing space with your people underground. Did I forget to mention the demons? Yeah, there are demons and demon lords in this too. Good luck. One last piece of advice, whenever you level up, always spend a point on your weapon of choice, and your spellcasting ability as this unlocks special attacks for the former and higher level spells for the latter. Okay, now go out there and save Avernum!", "timestamp_created": 1473543813, "timestamp_updated": 1473543813, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.449647", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25430885": {"recommendationid": "25430885", "author": {"steamid": "76561198108036982", "num_games_owned": 1604, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 2108, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 1185, "last_played": 1516472315}, "language": "english", "review": "I remember starting up late sheen this first came out. I had the shareware copy...and that was almost what would be a full game these days. I won't talk about the technical details. The story is very good...all in all it is the game play that makes this fun. His and hours of quality game play. I had most of the games then and am now putting them in my steam collection. Great memories and a lot of fun today as well.", "timestamp_created": 1473449500, "timestamp_updated": 1473449500, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504333", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25415245": {"recommendationid": "25415245", "author": {"steamid": "76561198271420673", "num_games_owned": 143, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 2711, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1473362009}, "language": "german", "review": "Viele Stunden investiert. Jede Stunde genossen.\nWer diese Spiele kennt, wei\u00df, dass die ersten 1-2 Stunden reine Eingew\u00f6hnung sind. Danach wird man allm\u00e4hlich in das Spiel gezogen und verf\u00e4llt dem klassischen \"Ach die eine Quest mach ich schnell noch\"-Syndrom\n\nP.S.: Sprachlich sind die Texte \"erste Sahne\". Man kann hier wirklich noch sein Englisch Vokabular ausbauen.", "timestamp_created": 1473362188, "timestamp_updated": 1473362188, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25382319": {"recommendationid": "25382319", "author": {"steamid": "76561198012383597", "num_games_owned": 100, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 2670, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1474905236}, "language": "french", "review": "Voila un RPG qui m\u00e9rite d'\u00eatre connu.\nN'h\u00e9sitez pas.", "timestamp_created": 1473177444, "timestamp_updated": 1473177444, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25364606": {"recommendationid": "25364606", "author": {"steamid": "76561198186716093", "num_games_owned": 886, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 456, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501901993}, "language": "tchinese", "review": "\u6c92\u6709\u83ef\u9e97\u7684\u756b\u9762\u548c\u8072\u5149\u6548\u679c\uff0c\u7d93\u5178\u897f\u65b9\u5947\u5e7b\u5167\u5bb9\uff0c\u63a2\u7d22+\u56de\u5408\u5236\u7684\u904a\u6232\uff0c\u63a8\u85a6\u6162\u6162\u770b\u82f1\u6587\u73a9\u3002", "timestamp_created": 1473085563, "timestamp_updated": 1473085563, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521739", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25230757": {"recommendationid": "25230757", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013203874", "num_games_owned": 218, "num_reviews": 25, "playtime_forever": 2654, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1472485219}, "language": "english", "review": "I am in between a rock and hard place for recommending or not recommeding this game. The original version (which was published 2000-2001 ish) was great for that time. But now I am not so sure, the first 10-20 hours are intriguing but after a while especially as the map expands you get bored of walking up and down on the map, in and out of dungeons etc. Nowadays turn-based RPG's present a more accessible gameplay, and very intuitive UI's. This lacks that modern touch but don't get me wrong it is not a bad or mediocre game. You can easily get carried away with the story and the atmosphere, especially if you are in for reading lore material. Just not for eveybody, thats all. If you like Baldur's Gate series, Arcanum and so on, you will most likely enjoy this one too. If you are a fan of Spiderweb Software already you probably didn't read this. Buy any Spiderweb Software game on sale if you can and if it is for your taste there are 10+ games from the same devoloper for you to enjoy.", "timestamp_created": 1472485448, "timestamp_updated": 1472485461, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.599076", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25213031": {"recommendationid": "25213031", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993052239", "num_games_owned": 233, "num_reviews": 32, "playtime_forever": 4686, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 749, "last_played": 1515963760}, "language": "english", "review": "A lot of people have gone through the mechanics of the game better than I would. Everything in the game is mechanically sound and allows for ample strategy. You should absolutely buy it and support a great indie developer.\n\nThe only thing I would comment on is the writing. A lot of people have gushed over the writing saying it's wonderful. Well, it [i]is[/i] good, but have the right expectations: the writing is less the next Lord of the Rings in video game form and more having the best DM you could possibly imagine creating adventures for you.\n\nDefinitely should get this game!\n\nEDIT: So I wanted to just add a final thought to my review. after putting almost 30 hours into the game, I've pretty much abandoned it. After thinking about it, I've realized the game lacks player agency. This means that there are no real choices in the game - there are dozens of quests to partake in, but there is no consequence if you don't do them. They are also almost all linear. The greatest choice present in most of them is whether you [i]actually[/i] give a discovered quest item to the patron the commissioned the quest. Again, if you don't, the only consequence is not receiving the quest reward (which may or may not be better than the legendary item you're handing over). \n\nGames can overcome this if they have an immersive narrative or compelling aethetics and atmosphere. Unfortunately, this game lacks both. The narrative is ok and the world is unique, but it isn't enough to keep me going after 2 dozen hours. \n\nNow, some of Spiderweb's other offerings do give the player more agency. So again, I recommend the game, it's fun, but I just thought some may want to know.", "timestamp_created": 1472410742, "timestamp_updated": 1475973629, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.512612", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25209258": {"recommendationid": "25209258", "author": {"steamid": "76561198002296192", "num_games_owned": 580, "num_reviews": 37, "playtime_forever": 2583, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501183390}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome game. Part of series of very detailed and amazing games. Feels like old pen & paper RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1472400279, "timestamp_updated": 1472400279, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.512612", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25154833": {"recommendationid": "25154833", "author": {"steamid": "76561197981342099", "num_games_owned": 89, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 15566, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496081848}, "language": "english", "review": "Old Style isometric RPG.  Love it!", "timestamp_created": 1472183381, "timestamp_updated": 1472183381, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.419181", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "25129139": {"recommendationid": "25129139", "author": {"steamid": "76561198036624533", "num_games_owned": 298, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 6391, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1461087643}, "language": "english", "review": "i love this game. tons of loot; interesting story; really awesome atmosphere; and hours upon hours of potential gametime. definitely plan on replaying after i complete the rest of the series.", "timestamp_created": 1472118852, "timestamp_updated": 1472118852, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501898", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24825225": {"recommendationid": "24825225", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045965375", "num_games_owned": 438, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 1146, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442647912}, "language": "english", "review": "Decent game with interesting world and challenging combat. Progression is terrible though skill tree is very linear and maxed out very quickly.", "timestamp_created": 1470918113, "timestamp_updated": 1470918113, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24812583": {"recommendationid": "24812583", "author": {"steamid": "76561198037874708", "num_games_owned": 215, "num_reviews": 42, "playtime_forever": 117, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1471016974}, "language": "spanish", "review": "textos interminables para poca chicha.\nUna casta\u00f1a de juego.", "timestamp_created": 1470846780, "timestamp_updated": 1471017025, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.310505", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24790479": {"recommendationid": "24790479", "author": {"steamid": "76561198069066304", "num_games_owned": 224, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 3468, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1470792808}, "language": "english", "review": "Excellent game. If you love world building and don't care about graphics; this is the one for you.", "timestamp_created": 1470734137, "timestamp_updated": 1470734137, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24730117": {"recommendationid": "24730117", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031933996", "num_games_owned": 469, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3601, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1443285420}, "language": "english", "review": "Solid classic RPG, what's not to like about the good old games. Very charming.", "timestamp_created": 1470425476, "timestamp_updated": 1470425476, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.462264", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24647116": {"recommendationid": "24647116", "author": {"steamid": "76561198113343519", "num_games_owned": 130, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 2941, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1473228415}, "language": "english", "review": "\nI felt like reliving games I liked in the early 90s. Games like The Magic Candle and old SSI and Ultima games.\nSpider Web games taps into this nostalgia. They've released over a dozen isometric rpgs that offer hundreds if not thousands of hours of gameplay. \n\nI've put in 30+ hours into this title alone, one of 7 full titles in Avernum (I think), and that's not counting the Abadon games that take place in the same world. I'm estimating I'm about 25-30% into the game, though there are 3 completely different ways to win, so I really have no idea. The map is truly massive.\n\nA couple huge issues: The clumsy pathfinding will drive you nuts. Characters often take the long way around to a place with a misclick, ruining a battle and forcing you to restart.  The boat pathfinding is ridiculously awful. If you are patient enough to get accustomed to these old school mechanics, you'll be fine. Save. A. Lot.\n\nThe world is dangerous. Don't expect clearcut level caps between regions, though the game is designed for widening challenges the further you venture. Money is hard to earn, and you get a real sense of accomplishment when you get a nice weapon or learn a new spell. While the starting area around Formello is relatively safe, the rest of the world is not. If it's a rich, nostalgic, challenging world you're looking for, get these. Can't be beat for the price either.\n", "timestamp_created": 1470031190, "timestamp_updated": 1470031190, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.458448", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24425847": {"recommendationid": "24425847", "author": {"steamid": "76561198059847247", "num_games_owned": 320, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 184, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468960862}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Gostei bastante do jogo.\n\u00c9 basicamente um RPG t\u00e1tico com os comandos bastante simples. No come\u00e7o voc\u00ea pena um pouco s\u00f3 na hora de posicionar seus personagens, mas isso j\u00e1 \u00e9 superado logo no primeiro mapa. A evolu\u00e7\u00e3o de personagens tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 interessante, visto que qualquer um pode fazer qualquer coisa.\nO \u00fanica coisa que eu preferiria seria o uso de hex\u00e1gonos ao inv\u00e9s do campo de batalha quadriculado, mas isso \u00e9 s\u00f3 um retoque e n\u00e3o interfere em nada na qualidade do jogo.\nAh! E se voc\u00ea for jogar, se prepare para muita leitura em ingl\u00eas.", "timestamp_created": 1469024745, "timestamp_updated": 1469024745, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24257897": {"recommendationid": "24257897", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995749658", "num_games_owned": 1275, "num_reviews": 907, "playtime_forever": 247, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468253560}, "language": "german", "review": "RPG mit Turn Based Combat inkl. taktischer Bewegung.\nZu Old schoolig.\nUI ist fummelig (z.B. I \u00f6ffnet Inventar, schliesst es aber nicht wieder).\nViele (langwierige und imho auf Dauer eint\u00f6nige) K\u00e4mpfe. \nStory hat mich jetzt nicht gepackt, hatte das Gef\u00fchl dass es sich um die \u00fcblichen \"Hol mir mal nen Kasten Bier\" Quests handelt.\nViele langweilige Gespr\u00e4che, die mich nicht neugierig gemacht haben.\nIn Zeiten von Witcher 3  / Pillars of Eternity (das wohl \u00e4hnlicher ist) imho unn\u00f6tig.", "timestamp_created": 1468257772, "timestamp_updated": 1468257772, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.405336", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "24119628": {"recommendationid": "24119628", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004277352", "num_games_owned": 352, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 399, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504512206}, "language": "english", "review": "Couldn't really get into it; the combat felt really repetitive and boring (coming from someone who regularly plays RPGs), not to mention the story was pretty bare. I could've gotten past all of it though if the game would literally even let me name my characters and pick a sprite for them. I mean, it's not like the dialogue EVER refers to them in any kind of individual sense. I get the feeling that there's an RPG someone would love hidden in here, but if you're at all like me this game's specific imperfections will leave you feeling perpetually unsatisfied.", "timestamp_created": 1467755086, "timestamp_updated": 1467755086, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.450215", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23973321": {"recommendationid": "23973321", "author": {"steamid": "76561198069273442", "num_games_owned": 191, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 704, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1448691421}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Avernum \u00e9 uma \u00f3tima aventura no underground, v\u00e1rias quests e sidequests para serem feitas deixando o player horas jogando. Os graficos e efeitos s\u00e3o \u00f3timos para o jogo, pelo estilo e pela \u00e9poca. \n\nEscape from the pit, \u00e9 um jogo em homenagem a uma mesma aventura do rpg mais aclamado de todos os tempos, Dungeons & Dragons. \n\nA empresa tem \u00f3timos jogos no estilo, recomendo uma olhada em todos. \n\nA s\u00e9rie Avernum \u00e9 mto boa, mas peca em n\u00e3o ter op\u00e7\u00e3o coop multiplayer, falta um amigo para estar ali compartilhando cada momento espetacular do game.\n\nAssim como os jogos Baldurs Gate, este jogo traz todos os desafios de um rpg autentico e incrivel, valendo cada momento.\n\nN\u00e3o tenha medo de comprar principalmente na promo\u00e7\u00e3o. Se voc\u00ea quer treinar seu ingles, e jogar como antigamente, este \u00e9 o game. \n\nUm grande abra\u00e7o Aventureiro.", "timestamp_created": 1467342587, "timestamp_updated": 1467342587, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23970244": {"recommendationid": "23970244", "author": {"steamid": "76561198062416691", "num_games_owned": 232, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 338, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1470412841}, "language": "english", "review": "Great Game, Tactical, Unforgiving and a blast to play. Highly recomended for those who want a Challenge.", "timestamp_created": 1467331958, "timestamp_updated": 1467331958, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502075", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23905097": {"recommendationid": "23905097", "author": {"steamid": "76561198036100396", "num_games_owned": 142, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2199, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514380862}, "language": "english", "review": "I've enjoyed the hell out of this game over the years. I remember playing it way back in the day when it was known as Exile: Escape from the Pit back on Windows 98.\n\nFun then; still fun now!", "timestamp_created": 1467146485, "timestamp_updated": 1467146485, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23862008": {"recommendationid": "23862008", "author": {"steamid": "76561198107136032", "num_games_owned": 451, "num_reviews": 21, "playtime_forever": 6164, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1467072350}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043e\u043b\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u043f\u0433 \u0432 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0435 \u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u043c\u0430. \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430, \u0443 \u0421\u043f\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0435\u0431\u043e\u0432 - \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0438\u0434\u0435\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0432 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0435. \u041d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0438\u0445 94 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430\u0445 \u0441 \u043a\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u043a\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0436\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c \u043a \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b, \u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0435\u0449\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u043c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c \u043e\u0431 \u0438\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0438, scimitar-\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0438 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438\u0445 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435\u044f\u0445 \u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443\u043c\u0430. \u0418\u0437 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0435\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0443\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u0436\u0435\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0438. \u0421\u044e\u0436\u0435\u0442... \u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0431\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u043f\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0433\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u043b\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0438\u043c\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u044e, \u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 - \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0447\u0443\u0440 \u043f\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0432. \u041a \u0441\u0446\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443-\u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u043a\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c =_= \u0413\u0440\u044f\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u043e \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0442-\u0441. \u0411\u0430\u0433 \u0441 \u0430\u0447\u0438\u0432\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0435\u043b\u044c\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0447\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b( \u041d\u043e \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430 \u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0441\u0432\u0442\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0441.", "timestamp_created": 1467035526, "timestamp_updated": 1467035526, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.580800", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23809034": {"recommendationid": "23809034", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001162248", "num_games_owned": 84, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 1209, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468074245}, "language": "english", "review": "Wow!! One of the best turn based rpg games I've ever played, highly recommend.", "timestamp_created": 1466898198, "timestamp_updated": 1466898198, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23791161": {"recommendationid": "23791161", "author": {"steamid": "76561198093778432", "num_games_owned": 394, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 5630, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468173167}, "language": "english", "review": "If you dont mind the graphics, this is an excellent rpg. The story, setting and dialogues are unique, complex and interesting. You have total freedom to explore a huge map and there are lots of things to discover.    \nGameplay and turn based combat are fun after you get used to them.", "timestamp_created": 1466861209, "timestamp_updated": 1466861209, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.466472", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23760687": {"recommendationid": "23760687", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014988731", "num_games_owned": 114, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 366, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1465401528}, "language": "english", "review": "I reallly didn't know what I was getting into when I bought this game, but it was cheap and looked interesting. After playing it for just a few hours I have to give it, and the devs, my support. This game is good, it encourages exploration, but also teaches you to be cautious and rewards not running head long into the enemy. So far, so good, with many expansions to keep me occupied.", "timestamp_created": 1466784645, "timestamp_updated": 1466784645, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.466472", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23670786": {"recommendationid": "23670786", "author": {"steamid": "76561198136178749", "num_games_owned": 218, "num_reviews": 27, "playtime_forever": 2915, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1467041436}, "language": "italian", "review": "Gioco di ruolo molto bello, tanto testo da leggere e tantissime cose da fare e da scoprire.", "timestamp_created": 1466438845, "timestamp_updated": 1466438845, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23639889": {"recommendationid": "23639889", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031653944", "num_games_owned": 486, "num_reviews": 24, "playtime_forever": 1151, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1494978584}, "language": "english", "review": "Great old rpg style game. True to the classics, brings a solid, fun and story-rich world and gameplay. It's deep and enganging, will well written lore. Fans of old rpg's will love it!", "timestamp_created": 1466284812, "timestamp_updated": 1466284812, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23624870": {"recommendationid": "23624870", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013493116", "num_games_owned": 153, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 1350, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1463721408}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Altamente viciante!", "timestamp_created": 1466216995, "timestamp_updated": 1466216995, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501754", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": true, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23551454": {"recommendationid": "23551454", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013230087", "num_games_owned": 196, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 4705, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1373730916}, "language": "english", "review": "Solid old-school RPG. The aethetics style is simple and old-fashioned; however, the content will satisfy any RPG player that are foucing on game content.", "timestamp_created": 1465908232, "timestamp_updated": 1465908232, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23371461": {"recommendationid": "23371461", "author": {"steamid": "76561198147336042", "num_games_owned": 46, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 1714, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1466378356}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Gostei muito do jogo, mesmo sem ter gr\u00e1ficos e trilha sonora perfeitos ele me passou uma sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de imers\u00e3o gigante. Recomendad\u00edssimo.", "timestamp_created": 1465003644, "timestamp_updated": 1465003644, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.995006", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23343987": {"recommendationid": "23343987", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976845075", "num_games_owned": 17, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 7712, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336978800}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041d\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0443\u043b\u044c", "timestamp_created": 1464873750, "timestamp_updated": 1464873750, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23340392": {"recommendationid": "23340392", "author": {"steamid": "76561197986339330", "num_games_owned": 77, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 3814, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1464863464}, "language": "german", "review": "Das hat Spa\u00df gemacht! Alle die klassische RPG m\u00f6gen, werden mit Avernum keinen Fehlkauf machen. Man muss allerdings lesen k\u00f6nnen und es auch m\u00f6gen. Die altbackende oder nicht vorhandene Grafik hat mich kein St\u00fcck gest\u00f6rt. Ich habe das Spiel am St\u00fcck in 62 Stunden gesuchtet.", "timestamp_created": 1464855172, "timestamp_updated": 1464855172, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23330412": {"recommendationid": "23330412", "author": {"steamid": "76561198079312334", "num_games_owned": 120, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 3244, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1469057887}, "language": "english", "review": "Didn\\'t think such a simple game could be so addicting... The lore in this game is very rich, and it is a 30 hour game at least...\n\nThe only thing left for me to do is to search for expansions on this saga", "timestamp_created": 1464801502, "timestamp_updated": 1464801502, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23234016": {"recommendationid": "23234016", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971359585", "num_games_owned": 219, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 7175, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1465042216}, "language": "english", "review": "Took a little while to get into, but story and feel well worth it. A real classic, despite being \"new\". \n\nAlso, one of the few RPGs were the end game really felt tense and worth it, emotionally and fight-wise.", "timestamp_created": 1464355070, "timestamp_updated": 1465042673, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23158849": {"recommendationid": "23158849", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076763024", "num_games_owned": 271, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4248, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1463735200}, "language": "english", "review": "When a rat is able to do a summoning spell. 10/10", "timestamp_created": 1464024704, "timestamp_updated": 1464024704, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "23155805": {"recommendationid": "23155805", "author": {"steamid": "76561198017642220", "num_games_owned": 127, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 7786, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1463946944}, "language": "english", "review": "This has to be one of the most engaging games I have played in a long time. I have never played any of the previous games in the series but thought this one looked really interesting. \n\nIt was very text heavy but it set the story, it set the world you were stuck in, it allowed you to get to know different characters and what they are going through. \n\nI wasn't at all bothered by the lack of music, if anything it really added to the desolate, barren feeling of the cave systems. \n\nI can definitely recommend this game to others. Give it a try :D.", "timestamp_created": 1464012023, "timestamp_updated": 1464012023, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504006", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22790146": {"recommendationid": "22790146", "author": {"steamid": "76561198023454566", "num_games_owned": 321, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 5818, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446338831}, "language": "english", "review": "I never played the original Avernum.  I enjoyed this one, though.  Pillars and Divinity are better of course, but this one will scratch that RPG itch when you're between those games.", "timestamp_created": 1462347702, "timestamp_updated": 1462347702, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497124", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22639870": {"recommendationid": "22639870", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045118691", "num_games_owned": 72, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 9977, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1490928649}, "language": "english", "review": "This game was a gem. A friend bought and gifted it to me and I was hooked by the story, character creation/levelling, and the interesting characters. A highly recommended game for its rich story and atmosphere, great price, and overall fun level.", "timestamp_created": 1461637627, "timestamp_updated": 1461637627, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22616569": {"recommendationid": "22616569", "author": {"steamid": "76561198074014367", "num_games_owned": 121, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 4602, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512949709}, "language": "english", "review": "This game draws you in and seems to hold endless adventures. 71 hours later and I've only completed like a quarter of the missions. It's an open world, adventuristic playground. Get it, you won't be sorry.", "timestamp_created": 1461524478, "timestamp_updated": 1461524478, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22615551": {"recommendationid": "22615551", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052084050", "num_games_owned": 430, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2034, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1443782452}, "language": "english", "review": "The first game of this series I played was Exile III which was a free demo back in probably the late 90's/early noughties. It got me hooked on the games of Spiderweb Software. This is a re-vamped version of the first in the Exile series.\nThe graphics in this game, as you will read from other reviews, are basic in comparison with games - but it more than makes up for it in storytelling and the sheer size of the game.\nIf you visit their website they offer a free demo of all their games if you want to try before you buy. It will also give you the option to download demos for all the other fantastic games offered by Spiderweb Software (Avadon, Geneforge and the rest of the Avernums!)\nWell worth buying it!", "timestamp_created": 1461521345, "timestamp_updated": 1461521345, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504951", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22317133": {"recommendationid": "22317133", "author": {"steamid": "76561198152704398", "num_games_owned": 121, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2764, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1458346116}, "language": "english", "review": "Great remake of the original RPG, enjoyed the story and the enhanced combat system.", "timestamp_created": 1460202145, "timestamp_updated": 1460202145, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22303690": {"recommendationid": "22303690", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960675266", "num_games_owned": 427, "num_reviews": 68, "playtime_forever": 482, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1418376235}, "language": "english", "review": "I cannot recommend this simply because there are way better and affordable titles I would much rather play (Pillars of Etenity, Divinity: OS, Baldur's Gate 1 &2) For me personally the combat lacks variety and just doesn't do enough for me.", "timestamp_created": 1460136330, "timestamp_updated": 1460136330, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.494757", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22277878": {"recommendationid": "22277878", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030702683", "num_games_owned": 470, "num_reviews": 94, "playtime_forever": 1227, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1460064451}, "language": "english", "review": "So, I got this game a while back but put it to the side for a while because I had other flashier games that were calling for my attention.\n\nAfter a while I wound up bored while doing work study at my local college and finding out it was more workSTUDY with a severe lack of enough study to keep me busy, so I was compiling a list of all the titles my shitty Toshiba laptop could run and this one came up.\n\nToday I killed the leader of the lizardfolk that were threatening the lives of the humans of Avernum, explored the Abyss, discovered the return of a demonic overlord, plunged into a crypt, reforged the legendary sword 'Demonsbane' and after all that paused finally to say \"wait, what fucking time is it?\".\n\nAs Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw once said there are two types of games. Games I've stopped playing because I'm approaching a state of boredom akin to rigor mortis and games I've stopped playing because I just realized I should have had dinner two hours ago. This one is officially the latter.\n\nDon't let the 'this thing was cutting edge when the SNES was still big news' appearance scare you off. If you let yourself get drawn into it you'll find a surprisingly deep game with some really well-written dialogue, funny characters, some genuine excitement, and loads of exploration. I honestly laughed out loud when I found the Spider village, where all the sentient spiders live who are very friendly, talk like small children, and are all named Spider. It was both cute and pretty damn weird.\n\nSo yes, if you an old RPG fan like me this game is definitely worth a look, as are Spiderweb's other titles. Sadly Geneforge seems to cock up on my computer, probably Windows 10, but the Avernum games are top notch for those who want something that feels more like a classic game or whose computers can't handle big stodgy titles like Fallout 4.\n\nhttp://lenwolfgamer.tumblr.com/post/143063355587/avernum-escape-from-the-pit", "timestamp_created": 1459991031, "timestamp_updated": 1461366392, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.456296", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22224236": {"recommendationid": "22224236", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052847964", "num_games_owned": 73, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 52, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1459709241}, "language": "english", "review": "I could not enjoy the game, it does not offer the correct tools to a RPGist make the correct choices.\n\nThe idea looks good, but the UI and information is poor, very poor. To the point i could not find my chance to Hit!\n\nWhen i discovered i had to keep checking my inventory to see the loot availble on the ground i gave up.", "timestamp_created": 1459710497, "timestamp_updated": 1459710497, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.498256", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22163258": {"recommendationid": "22163258", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008444823", "num_games_owned": 868, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 6532, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1460243833}, "language": "english", "review": "I downloaded this and skyrim on my new desktop computer at the same time. I no longer play skyrim.", "timestamp_created": 1459443060, "timestamp_updated": 1459443060, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22087465": {"recommendationid": "22087465", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995337998", "num_games_owned": 4082, "num_reviews": 27, "playtime_forever": 5231, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1460195804}, "language": "japanese", "review": "\u7c21\u5358\u306a\u96e3\u6613\u5ea6\u3067\u7d42\u76e4\u307e\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\n\u82f1\u8a9e\u3060\u3089\u3051\u3067\u3084\u3089\u305a\u3058\u307e\u3044\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u3001\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u6b04\u306b\u66f8\u304b\u308c\u308b\u82f1\u8a9e\u306f\u308f\u308a\u3068\u6613\u3057\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3001\n\u5358\u8a9e\u308f\u304b\u3089\u3093\u4e0a\u306b\u8f9e\u66f8\u5f15\u304f\u6c17\u306b\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u4eba\u3067\u3082\u904a\u3079\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\n\u5371\u967a\u305d\u3046\u3060\u306a\u3068\u601d\u3063\u305f\u3089\u30bb\u30fc\u30d6\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\u3082\u3059\u3050\u306b\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3057\u3001\u5225\u67a0\u3067\u30aa\u30fc\u30c8\u30bb\u30fc\u30d6\u3082\u3042\u308b\u89aa\u5207\u8a2d\u8a08\u3067\u3059\u3002\n\u96e3\u6613\u5ea6\u4f4e\u3081\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3082\u3042\u3063\u3066\u304b\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u7bc4\u56f2\u9b54\u6cd5\u3092\u899a\u3048\u308b\u3068\n\u898b\u308b\u304b\u3089\u306b\u6642\u9593\u306e\u639b\u304b\u308a\u305d\u3046\u306a\u65b9\u5f0f\u306e\u6226\u95d8\u3082\u308f\u308a\u3068\u30b5\u30af\u30b5\u30af\u3084\u308c\u3066\u307e\u3059\u3002\nRPG\u597d\u304d\u306a\u4eba\u306f\u662f\u975e\u904a\u3093\u3067\u307f\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002", "timestamp_created": 1459095173, "timestamp_updated": 1459095173, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.615783", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22058153": {"recommendationid": "22058153", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042387068", "num_games_owned": 84, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 26882, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1513672231}, "language": "english", "review": "This game used to be a charming experience where magic, fighting bows and fantasy came together in a unique way. The game is far butchered now compared to it's older version. \n\nBefore: Up to three levels of spells in both priest and mage classes so that you can indulge in a magic fantasy playing the game. With secrets at every turn for your wizard to decode and dangerous territory where they have to show their wit in using their magic to upgrade their arsenal and using it creatively to beat the lords of magic themselves, the slitheraki or however you spell that...\n\nNow: Even with three levels of spells you are limited to 5 spells either mage or priest. Mages might as well be replaced with archers until you find a spell that can hit more than one target. Priests are nice for minor heal but cannot bless the party for a long time. \n\nNow:\nSpeaking of buying, selling and upgrades... nothing you get from battles is worth anything... There are times that have values that shops will not take anywhere. Items worth 240 suddenly worth 6 in a shop...\n\nBefore:\nThings costed alot but you could sell items during battle, find money and not [5 coins] per 3 mobs or even find loot that is an upgrade to what you had without going into their preset dungeons. \n\nBefore:\nA game about survival where your party had to eat in order to sustain themselves so sleeping outdoors while sometimes bad was a way of hunting AND healing your party. If you didn't play this well, you'd end up with having to remake characters you put time into because they died. [Unless you found/decoded a high level revive spell]\n\nNow:\nThe revive spell is in the game but... what's the point!? You can walk into town and get free heals. \"Survival\" You don't need to eat anything. The food items aren't even worth picking up, they heal you for garbage amounts. Speaking of which rather than enriching their item pool and allowing you to diversify how you play, they've just created more garbage for you to pick up. \n\nBefore:\nThe game was hard but you could select information out of conversations you had with people in order to find interesting things to do and tidbits of information. The quests that you took up on your own accord were the experience to level up your party and when you came back to claim the gold reward after barely surviving that was the icing on the cake.\n\nNow:\nTHe quests give experience because the mobs sure don't give enough. You are forced into conversations where you have pre-established answers which sound nothing like what you'd even ask about in a conversation to the point where it makes you seem really naive or stupid. Hell half of the information you can ignore and walk into who needs conversations anyway. Also they'll mark it on the map for ya, no need to explore or be a cartographer. \n\nBefore: \nHaving useful skills in and out of combat was possible and while not needed sometimes made the return to civilization what little you got pretty fun.\n\nNow:\nSome things are taken out because during a level up you really don't get all that much to train yourself. It's probably due to the fact that the items and money drops from mobs are garbage because in the old Exile you had to not only have leveled up to train and allot points, you also had to pay for the training. Now you somehow train yourself cuz you know everything you just don't have \"EXP\" and only casters suffer the need of learning from someone else.\n\nBefore:\nArmor reduced damage, better armor reduced it better. These were flat amounts. You still needed hp, magic doesn't care about your armor and the strongest foes can use magic that you like to use all the time!\n\nNow: \nEnemies don't need to use magic to overwhelm you because armor only increases the damage you reduce by a percentage. So rather than buying something nice to actually protect yourself it's more like you will always take damage from a foe but can lower it somewhat. Mind you that healing in battle either cost money [which you won't have] via potions or mana [which cannot be healed outdoors or in dungeons even by waiting in safe areas that you've explored and mapped like a smart survivor.] \n\nExile used to be a brutal game where you felt like you were thrown down the pit and each battle brought you closer to your goal of getting out. This version either you play at a low difficulty and give yourself a yawn fest or you play at a high difficulty and wonder why you play. This isn't one of those \"Strategizing rpgs\" at that point, it becomes a luck and trial game because the game cannot sustain itself. I did play it on the strongest difficulty but that's because I played it before expecting the same fun gameplay with a tough twist. Instead the gameplay is boring and now feels like a rip off of newer games. [Questing for exp, dumbed down,  does not self sustain, barely on topic, pompous pretending to make something hard with modes when it's just a percentage modifier to things that are there already... Give me back Exile. I am glad I only bought Avernum for 3 bucks but it really wasn't worth that either!]\n\nAlso for those who get a tiny bit in... Spray acid...", "timestamp_created": 1458977258, "timestamp_updated": 1459288266, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 39, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.720159", "comment_count": "4", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "22026979": {"recommendationid": "22026979", "author": {"steamid": "76561197987079208", "num_games_owned": 144, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 2263, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483352919}, "language": "spanish", "review": "I loved this game since I played Exile: Escape from the Pit back in 1994. The game mechanics, story, storyline, quests... everything is like entering into a time machine and going back 20 years, when games still were about entertainment and fun and not \"look at these 4K graphics\". \n\nKeep the good work, Spiderweb Software!", "timestamp_created": 1458842307, "timestamp_updated": 1511445381, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21946528": {"recommendationid": "21946528", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030390305", "num_games_owned": 93, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1330, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1483831802}, "language": "english", "review": "Fantastic worldbuilding and hilarious writing. The gameplay is addictive and, on the right difficulty setting, the build from nobody to kickass hero is very satisfying. The character customization is lacking but this is still a must-play for RPG fans.", "timestamp_created": 1458485077, "timestamp_updated": 1458485077, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21890809": {"recommendationid": "21890809", "author": {"steamid": "76561198101513070", "num_games_owned": 285, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 5053, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1457551588}, "language": "english", "review": "Amazing game. I am pretty addicted to old school computer rpgs. I must admit when I saw this remake of a remake i didnt have too high of hopes. Boy was i wrong, this game sucked me in from the very start and i cant wait to do another playthru to do some of the smaller quests and try and take my luck at other pary comps.\n\nAbsolute must buy when the avernum set is on sale\n\nGraphics 7/10 lets just be real youre not buying this game for the graphics. They are very simple but get the job done.\n\nStory 9/10 You quickly realize that this game has huge depth. There are so many locations and areas way across the map that tie into each other.\n\nBattle System 9/10 The battle system is actually pretty simple but is very addicting and requires some decent strategy for harder battles. Only real complaint is that sometimes it is a pain in the ass to select a gride close to enemies if that enemy in question is larger and blocks that grid.\n\nLeveling and skill tree 8/10 The leveling and skills system is pretty basic but has just enough depth to allow some pretty decent character development. The system uses a 3 pronged system which isnt too bad. Provided me with some interesting character combos that i liked.\n\nOverall 9/10 With the combination of the outstanding setting and story with a good battle system and decent character custimization Avernum Escape From the Pit will provide you with many hours of excitement.", "timestamp_created": 1458240232, "timestamp_updated": 1458240232, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21883884": {"recommendationid": "21883884", "author": {"steamid": "76561198058224966", "num_games_owned": 73, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 5090, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1476186055}, "language": "english", "review": "Entertaining game. I don't know if i'd call it fun. Its frustrating, and extremely hard. Still playing it though.", "timestamp_created": 1458209551, "timestamp_updated": 1458209551, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21718638": {"recommendationid": "21718638", "author": {"steamid": "76561198161792344", "num_games_owned": 142, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3831, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1453852770}, "language": "english", "review": "Solid dungeon crawling, but bring your own soundtrack.", "timestamp_created": 1457481908, "timestamp_updated": 1457481908, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21614954": {"recommendationid": "21614954", "author": {"steamid": "76561198087733049", "num_games_owned": 1378, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 4155, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1508301284}, "language": "japanese", "review": "\u5e83\u5927\u306a\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u306e\u5730\u4e0b\u5e1d\u56fd\u3092\u81ea\u7531\u304d\u307e\u307e\u306b\u5192\u967a\u3059\u308bRPG\n\u30a6\u30eb\u30c6\u30a3\u30de6\u3092\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3042\u308b\u5411\u304d\u306f\u3001\u3042\u308c\u306e\u8d85\u62e1\u5f35\u7248\u3068\u601d\u3048\u3070\u60f3\u50cf\u3057\u3084\u3059\u3044\u304b\u3082\n\n\u6226\u95d8\u306f\u30aa\u30fc\u30bd\u30c9\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u306a\u30bf\u30fc\u30f3\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9\n\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u3092\u3042\u3052\u3066\u88c5\u5099\u3092\u6574\u3048\u3066\u3082\u6226\u7565\u3092\u8aa4\u308c\u3070\u6b7b\u306c\u3068\u304d\u306f\u6b7b\u306c\n\u30cc\u30eb\u3059\u304e\u305a\u53b3\u3057\u3059\u304e\u305a\u3068\u3044\u3063\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\n\n\u884c\u304f\u5148\u3082\u76ee\u7684\u3082\u3059\u3079\u3066\u81ea\u7531\u306b\u6c7a\u3081\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u308b\u306e\u3067\n\u81a8\u5927\u306a\u91cf\u306e\u30b5\u30d6\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u7247\u3063\u7aef\u304b\u3089\u3053\u306a\u3057\u3066\u3082\u826f\u3057\u3001\n\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u3068\u306f\u7121\u95a2\u4fc2\u306a\u30c0\u30f3\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u306b\u6f5c\u308a\u3001\u30ec\u30a2\u30a2\u30a4\u30c6\u30e0\u63a2\u3057\u3092\u3057\u3066\u3082\u826f\u3057\u3002\n\n\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u3082\u8907\u6570\u7528\u610f\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304a\u308a\n\u81ea\u5206\u305f\u3061\u3092\u5730\u4e0b\u5e1d\u56fd\u306b\u8ffd\u653e\u3057\u305f\u5730\u4e0a\u306e\u7687\u5e1d\u306b\u5fa9\u8b90\u3059\u308b\u3001\n\u5730\u4e0b\u5e1d\u56fd\u3092\u8105\u304b\u3059\u8105\u5a01\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u9664\u304f\u3001\u4ed6\u6570\u7a2e\u985e\n\u305d\u308c\u3089\u306e\u4e2d\u304b\u3089\u81ea\u5206\u306b\u3042\u3063\u305f\u76ee\u7684\u3092\u9078\u3079\u3070\u826f\u3044\n\n\u30c6\u30ad\u30b9\u30c8\u304c\u591a\u3081\u306e\u4e0a\u306b\u5bfe\u5fdc\u8a00\u8a9e\u306f\u82f1\u8a9e\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3060\u304c\u3001\n\u6bd4\u8f03\u7684\u512a\u3057\u3081\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u3067\u81ea\u52d5\u9001\u308a\u3082\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3089\u82f1\u8a9e\u304c\u3042\u307e\u308a\u5f97\u610f\u3067\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u65b9\u306b\u3082\u30aa\u30b9\u30b9\u30e1\u3057\u305f\u3044\n\u304b\u304f\u3044\u3046\u81ea\u5206\u3082\u82f1\u8a9e\u306f\u82e6\u624b\u3060\u304c\u3001\u3053\u306e\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u306e\u82f1\u6587\u306f\u5272\u3068\u7406\u89e3\u3067\u304d\u305f\n\n\u3058\u3063\u304f\u308a\u8170\u3092\u636e\u3048\u3066\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3067\u304d\u308bRPG\u3092\u63a2\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u65b9\u306b\u3053\u305d\u672c\u4f5c\u3092\u52e7\u3081\u305f\u3044", "timestamp_created": 1457069314, "timestamp_updated": 1457069314, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 18, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.722340", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21608587": {"recommendationid": "21608587", "author": {"steamid": "76561198056333190", "num_games_owned": 95, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4849, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1457032017}, "language": "english", "review": "Definitivelly a \"must have\" for all old scool RPG fans:\n\nVery well balanced with a good progressing curve\nThe lore is great and made me want to know all there is to know about Avernum\nThe battles ARE epic (you just need to put a epic music to go with it and to be able to use your imagination)\n\nNow just to warn about what this game don't have:\nNo real player characteres development: no background, no personnality, no interraction between your four characters\nNo stealth system (but better to have none than one useless or broken), this is not something missing really, I just wanted to have a backstabing silent assasin in my team when I started the game.\nNo real replay value, there is very few alternative path, their is also probably only one good way to set up your team. (One play through took me 80hours so who care?)\nSometime during fight, you will struggle to place your character where you want. And sometime the pathfinding will play againts you.\n\nOverall I highly recommand this game only for smart people... you are? right!\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1457035729, "timestamp_updated": 1457035729, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21493367": {"recommendationid": "21493367", "author": {"steamid": "76561198065819152", "num_games_owned": 471, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 5135, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1404938293}, "language": "english", "review": "A fine RPG styled like the games back in the DOS days. Not much handholding here, which takes some getting used to if you've grown accustomed to that. It has a sizeable world that's depressive, but still full of flavor. The game's not easy, it requires patience and cunning to get through its dungeons, castles and ruins. There are even hidden bosses that you might not want to trigger until you've grown a bit stronger. And there's often more than one way to approach a problem, or enter an area. In short, the game demands patience and tactical thinking, and offers a great experience in return.", "timestamp_created": 1456560650, "timestamp_updated": 1456560650, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21470756": {"recommendationid": "21470756", "author": {"steamid": "76561198037796318", "num_games_owned": 7671, "num_reviews": 603, "playtime_forever": 4282, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1454409011}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u044d\u043f\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0433\u0438. \u0414\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f, 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Challenging but fair gameplay. \nI felt there were a few minor snags with quest log details and the general interface but these are forgivable, minor grievances with retro style games.", "timestamp_created": 1456193134, "timestamp_updated": 1456193134, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21322930": {"recommendationid": "21322930", "author": {"steamid": "76561198284792474", "num_games_owned": 83, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 109, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455927983}, "language": "english", "review": "I remember playing this back in the day when the demo version was available on the cover CDs of various PC magazines, so it's great that I found it on Steam and am able to relive the days in the deep dark caves of Avernum.", "timestamp_created": 1455907405, "timestamp_updated": 1455907405, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.516572", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21237369": {"recommendationid": "21237369", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071608439", "num_games_owned": 134, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 3691, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455948975}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game, you wouldn't think it's as addictive as the graphics lead you to believe.", "timestamp_created": 1455565275, "timestamp_updated": 1455565275, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21187717": {"recommendationid": "21187717", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030799629", "num_games_owned": 228, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 1076, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1454261737}, "language": "english", "review": "Feels like a classic.", "timestamp_created": 1455392479, "timestamp_updated": 1455392479, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21115969": {"recommendationid": "21115969", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068000482", "num_games_owned": 3316, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 16249, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455151081}, "language": "english", "review": "There's no way I could not give this game a \"Recommended\" rating, but it comes with some significant qualifications:\n\nAvernum: Escape from the Pit is better than the original Avernum 1 in some ways, and worse in others.  I was disappointed that it wasn't much of an upgrade.  The engine is practically identical, so it just felt like I was replaying Avernum 1 with a couple of usability mods tacked on.  Fortunately, Avernum 1 was an amazing game, so I had almost as much fun replaying it as I did playing it for the first time.  I loved the story, I loved the length, and I loved the challenging turn-based tactical combat which rewards good planning and equipment choice as well as good combat decisions.\n\nLong-time fans of the series will know that there are three versions of this game.  The first, Exile 1, is a non-isometric overhead 2D tactical RPG.  Very fun, but the Avernum remake blew it out of the water.  This remake of Avernum just adds a few \"enhancements,\" some of them desirable and some not.\n\nBETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL AVERNUM:\nNotable locations in towns and dungeons (shops, important NPCs, spellbooks you may want to return to a second time, etc.) are now marked on your map, which helps decrease the copious note-taking this game requires.  Note that you will still have to have some paper beside you (or a text file ready to alt-tab to), to record many places you will want to return to later, or quest details that aren't automatically added to your quest journal.\n\nThere are some additional areas to flesh out the game world, and some additional fun dungeons.\n\nHidden areas now have a visual cue, obviating the need to tediously bump your character against the sides of the maps to find them.\n\nWORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL AVERNUM:\nThe skill and perk system has been overhauled to make it less likely you will unintentionally create a weak character.  I consider this undesirable both because the players who actually need such a feature aren't a good match for a game like this and because much of the fun, flexibility, and personality of the original system has been lost.  Furthermore, I believe that the \"problem\" being addressed is already covered by the fact that the difficulty can be changed at any time.\n\nSome of the content additions to this version of the game kill the mystery and thrill of the original game.  I can't be more specific without spoiling it for you, but things you really aren't meant to see until you are well into the game, in my opinion, are now accessible to you early on.\n\nThe World Map now autoscrolls instead of letting you explore it one screen at a time, making it both easier to miss things and more annoying to track what you have already explored and what you have left to explore.\n\nAlso, I can't remember if this was in the original version or not, but there is a \"soft\" level cap at 30, after which you only get a chance to allocate level-up points every five levels (which means level 35, really, since you will probably finish the game before level 40).  Worse, there is NO warning about this!  This can really screw up some of your planning, as many skills require a certain level before the ability you want is available to you.  Of course, this downside won't apply to you, because I just warned you. ;)\n\nTHE VERDICT:\nBoth versions of this game are amazing, so there's no question about my recommending it or not.  So which version should you play?\n\nIf you are a more casual player, worried about making mistakes with your character creation and upon leveling up, get this version.  And if you are not interested in challenging combat, you can also put the difficulty on \"Normal\" or \"Casual,\" and just enjoy the story.  If you have trouble finding the original and/or getting it to run on your modern computer, you can settle for this version as well--it's not significantly worse.\n\nIf you are a player who cut your teeth on old CRPGs in the 80s and 90s, or if you don't mind dealing with retro conventions, go for the original.  Much of the content you are giving up is not necessarily an improvement to the overall package, and character creation and growth is a LOT more fun.  Just be prepared to take lots of additional notes on the locations of shops and important NPCs in towns.", "timestamp_created": 1455150933, "timestamp_updated": 1455932959, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.525773", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21012521": {"recommendationid": "21012521", "author": {"steamid": "76561198048729399", "num_games_owned": 98, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1954, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505599674}, "language": "english", "review": "This game came recommended to me through a friend. I have to say I really have enjoyed it. The story line is interesting and the game play is fun.", "timestamp_created": 1454807469, "timestamp_updated": 1454807469, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "21002189": {"recommendationid": "21002189", "author": {"steamid": "76561198015154719", "num_games_owned": 301, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 4265, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455050183}, "language": "english", "review": "It is like going on a DnD campaign by yourself.", "timestamp_created": 1454780484, "timestamp_updated": 1454780484, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20924350": {"recommendationid": "20924350", "author": {"steamid": "76561198069206818", "num_games_owned": 425, "num_reviews": 64, "playtime_forever": 970, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 108, "last_played": 1516269930}, "language": "english", "review": "Ah, Spiderweb Software. My first recollection of this fine company comes from the early ninties shareware disk compilations you'd buy for $10, chock full of shareware/freeware to enjoy. And there was Exile, in all it's wonderous glory, what would eventually be remade as the Avernum series. They haven't lost their creativity and knack for story-telling in all these years, and I'm glad to see them come to Steam at last. I do miss those books you could find on bookshelves and read in Exile. One of them was rather raunchy, and involved a buxom maiden running from a deranged, sex-crazed mutant squirrel. Needless to say they've become more family friendly since those early shareware days, but the game is still as great as ever. 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1453974664, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 63, "votes_funny": 6, "weighted_vote_score": "0.865021", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20673516": {"recommendationid": "20673516", "author": {"steamid": "76561198207986964", "num_games_owned": 15, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 2184, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455074368}, "language": "english", "review": "I played this back when it was still Exile. I loved it then even though I just had the demo version. I'm super psyched to have this cleaned up and prettier version to play. Its a lot like Baldur's Gate or the early Fallout games in play style. The story is good and the world is explorable and expansive.", "timestamp_created": 1453441257, "timestamp_updated": 1453441257, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20612533": {"recommendationid": "20612533", "author": {"steamid": "76561197983672075", "num_games_owned": 602, "num_reviews": 59, "playtime_forever": 3732, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424068818}, "language": "english", "review": "I absolutely love this game.\nSpiderweb Software (one guy) writes amazing stories.\nI really can't believe I didn't review this before now.\n\nOkay, you see the graphics look \"nostalgic\" but if you either don't mind or even like the style, then you'll see the gameplay is solid and the story keeps you moving forward so you see what happens next. I can't recommend this enough, especially since it goes on sale all the time.\nIf you're at all interested in this game, get it.\n\nThe battles work as you expect for a turn based strategy game.\nAs for leveling up: You aren't locked into \"classes\" you can mix and match and dabble into any abilities you want, but you'll be weaker than if you specialize. That being said, I put just enough to get my mage a healing spell \"just in case\". And \"just in case\" happens often enough for it to have been worth it.", "timestamp_created": 1453150959, "timestamp_updated": 1453151597, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505872", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20585750": {"recommendationid": "20585750", "author": {"steamid": "76561198103268890", "num_games_owned": 415, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 6602, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1453040696}, "language": "french", "review": "Un monument du RPG, encore meilleur que les \"Avadon\", il m'a fallu plus de 100 heures en difficile pour voir la fin, surement le meilleur \"Spiderweb\" \u00e0 ce jour ( je n'ai pas encore fait le 2 mais il est \u00e9vident qu'il est dans ma liste des RPG \u00e0 faire dans les mois prochains), bref si vous aimez le style \"Spiderweb\" foncez.", "timestamp_created": 1453041798, "timestamp_updated": 1453041798, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500998", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20489230": {"recommendationid": "20489230", "author": {"steamid": "76561198041880188", "num_games_owned": 71, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2229, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1470157307}, "language": "english", "review": "Played the Exile games back in the 90s, Loved them then, and this plays as well as the original.", "timestamp_created": 1452615128, "timestamp_updated": 1452615128, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20421202": {"recommendationid": "20421202", "author": {"steamid": "76561198121997809", "num_games_owned": 151, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 4907, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1452293743}, "language": "english", "review": "Very good game.\n\nBut equiped itens don't seem to change de character figure :/ miss it in the game.", "timestamp_created": 1452347146, "timestamp_updated": 1452347146, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20367008": {"recommendationid": "20367008", "author": {"steamid": "76561198100856137", "num_games_owned": 373, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 4998, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455063126}, "language": "english", "review": "Oh, boy. Where do I start? I probably wasn't even 5 when Spiderweb Software came out with games but somehow they managed to reach our old Mac. Needless to say the original game was unplayable with the skill and attention span a child might have between the ages of 5 to 10 but something about the original Exile games managed to stick with my older brother who's 4 years older than me. He's followed Spiderweb's releases and remakes of Exile religiously ever since, so naturally he was ecstatic to see me checking out this remake on Steam. Having never touched the games aside from making a party, getting lost at the starting point and giving up, what did I think of this incarnation of a classic?\n\nThe first thing that's clear is how streamlined the interface has become, I believe Jeff has been working on making all the Avernum games run on the same engine to get them all consistant. It was a lot easier to maneuver through making a party and looking at all the spells/abilities... which used to have a lot more of to the point of insanity. Luckily, the spells that have been removed were either combined with other spells or removed because they really weren't necessary.\n\nQuesting and leveling is also pretty straightforward. Conversing with NPCs used to require you entering actually words yourself to get answers and information, now it's more standard with a choice of questions or answers to get what you want. The world itself feels large and lively with a map that you will be using a lot. There's a lot of choice in how your party gets shaped and your actions in questlines affect what happens at the end of the game for at least 3 types of endings.\n\nThere's no music in this game but the ambience and sound effects make up for that. If it gets too quiet for your liking you can run some of your own music to fit the mood, classical music was my choice and it fit surprisingly well. :) The graphics are also pretty simple but detailed enough to tell what's going on. Spell effects are different for each spell so you know what you just fired is indeed a fireball and blizzards are made of ice.\n\nCombat is done in turns and has each character in the battle using action points. Using all your action points ends that character's turn while saving action points smartly allows you to attack or move multiple times. There's various skills and spell effects, defending, mana conservation and looting to take into account in every battle so there's some pretty large amounts of strategy to this game. Running in blind is a very bad idea and you should save often however...even on easy you can get ambushed and overwhelmed whether it's a fort, dungeon or out in the open-world... some of the enemies run faster than you also btw. :P\n\nThe most unique thing about Avernum (and most of Spiderweb's other games) is the writing and sometimes bizarre humor. It's charming and sometimes unnecessarily descriptive about some items or people in the world of Avernum... it's also a legacy to Jeff's imagination all those years ago, he's admitted while updating these games that even he thinks he was crazy when writing them and he'll never be able to create something like them ever again.\n\nWhile admitting I am influenced a bit by the nostalgia, I think there's plenty for a new player to enjoy in Avernum if RPGs are their favorite pastime. There's a plethora of guides covering all sorts of playthroughs and party builds. This game was also a decent challenge on the lowest difficulty setting and it goes up to nightmare. The community on Steam and the official Spiderweb website is friendly, helpful and pretty enthusiastic about new people getting into the games AND in case you still aren't sure about the games, Spiderweb offers a free demo which you can upgrade to the full game without having to start a new game. :)\n\n\nP.S.: There are 574 rocks in the game... I may have missed a couple.", "timestamp_created": 1452139976, "timestamp_updated": 1455063563, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20360408": {"recommendationid": "20360408", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994389273", "num_games_owned": 140, "num_reviews": 24, "playtime_forever": 26, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1452638919}, "language": "english", "review": "This is the RPG that I have been looking for a long time. Def. worth the price and time investment.", "timestamp_created": 1452114650, "timestamp_updated": 1452114650, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.972375", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20219819": {"recommendationid": "20219819", "author": {"steamid": "76561198227104216", "num_games_owned": 20, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3050, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1452623683}, "language": "italian", "review": "Ho sempre adorato questo genere di giochi. Mappa enorme, nessuna pressione su cosa fare e quando, la storia \u00e8 avvincente (purtroppo tutta in inglese)", "timestamp_created": 1451748045, "timestamp_updated": 1451748045, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20112717": {"recommendationid": "20112717", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076425292", "num_games_owned": 354, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 5554, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512483872}, "language": "english", "review": "A solid old-school RPG with beautiful retro graphics and emersive ambience.  It offers a huge underground world with plenty of events and creatures in it for you to explore. While the main story itself might not be that great and all. the side quests are usually fun and enjoyable. The game doesn't usually tell you exactly what to do next or where to find a certain item for a quest, and that, in my eyes is one of the reasons why old-school games are better than modern ones, in which all we do for side quests is go there and get that. the explore part is missing. In terms of character building and job skills, I think the game did ok, not great, but definately not bad either.\n\nSo in conclusion if you are a retro rpg fan you should try it. If you are not, try it on a sale.", "timestamp_created": 1451479142, "timestamp_updated": 1451479142, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505686", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20075691": {"recommendationid": "20075691", "author": {"steamid": "76561198143585209", "num_games_owned": 102, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 3334, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455648438}, "language": "french", "review": "Je ne vais pas trop entrer dans les d\u00e9tails ici puisque la plupart des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de jeu sont visibles sur les vid\u00e9os et les annonces de l'\u00e9diteur : 2d isom\u00e9trique, tour par tour, etc. Ceux qui y sont allergiques passent leur chemin. Quant aux autres, amateurs sans pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s ou nostalgiques du old game, je crois qu'ils trouveront ici leur bonheur. La r\u00e9alisation est soign\u00e9e, l'histoire riche en branches narratives, en anecdotes et, surtout, en donjons de tous types.\n\nLes  cartes de chaque donjon sont plus petites que celle d'Avadon mais il est plus facile de se promener dans le monde d'Avernum que dans celui de son cousin. Une carte globale permet m\u00eame \u00e0 votre \u00e9quipe de se d\u00e9placer \u00e0 sa guise et de choisir les donjons \u00e0 jouer dans l'ordre qui vous sied, ce qui n'est pas le cas dans Avadon o\u00f9 la carte globale est ionnaccessible et l'ordre de jeu assez rigide. Ce d\u00e9tail suffit \u00e0 rendre le jeu bien plus fluide et plaisant. Il y a aussi plein de \"micro donjons\" jouables en un seul combat de rencontre,qui permettent \u00e0 la fois de collecter quelques XP et se pr\u00e9ciser l'ambiance de la r\u00e9gion. \n\nQuant au reste, il me semble que le moteur de jeu est classique mais efficace. Le jeu est plus difficile qu'Avadon tout en restant accessible aux d\u00e9butants avec son niveau \"Facile\" (mais pas tant que \u00e7a... ^^) La vari\u00e9t\u00e9 des sorts et aptitudes, coupl\u00e9e \u00e0 la grande souplesse pour l'\u00e9volution de vos personnages (aucune classe n'est \"ferm\u00e9e\" : m\u00eame un combattant peut apprendre des sorts si vous le souhaitez) rend le gameplay tr\u00e8s plaisant. Il est possible de tester toutes sortes de combinaisons de builds et de personnages si l'on souhaite varier les plaisirs, \u00e0 condition \u00e9videmment d'avoir le temps de boucler une campagne qui s'annonce assez longue (en 30h, je pense en \u00eatre au tiers environ). \n\nBref : si les graphismes 3d et les effets sp\u00e9ciaux vous int\u00e9ressent moins que la profondeur de jeu et l'ambiance du roleplay, Avernum est fait pour vous. Pour ma part, bien que les JdR ne soient - et de loin - pas mon style pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9, je me suis attach\u00e9 \u00e0 celui-ci dont je compte bien continuer \u00e0 explorer les richesses.", "timestamp_created": 1451411257, "timestamp_updated": 1451411257, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501794", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20042879": {"recommendationid": "20042879", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967088147", "num_games_owned": 245, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1759, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1451375150}, "language": "english", "review": "This is such a weird and lovely game. If you can get over the graphics and animations that are a few inches above the ASCII symbols of Dwarf Fortress and Nethack, you'll find a huge text-heavy RPG with a unique setting, hilarious writing (every innkeeper has some excuse as to why you can't get a room there) and a simple but efficient character stat system. There's goold old turn-based combat, tons of secrets and a lot of world map exploration with special events.\n\nThe UI is kind of a pain in the butt (no automated inventory sorting, ESC to cancel out of spells / menus and pathfinding can be spotty) and the difficulty varies massively by area, with only a warning sign and NPC's advice separating you from having your legs removed by giant intelligent spiders. If you can live with that, it's a great rewarding title that perfectly captures the classic RPG feeling.", "timestamp_created": 1451330038, "timestamp_updated": 1451330038, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508900", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "20012208": {"recommendationid": "20012208", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006794561", "num_games_owned": 275, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 2546, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480844006}, "language": "english", "review": "Pros:\n-Easy to learn combat that still manages to heavily rely on tactical gameplay\n-Enough of a story line to keep you interested\n-Many many many hours of gameplay if you search out side content (I'm guessing I'm not even half way through the game yet at 41 hours)\n-Noticeable area difficulty - stray too far too soon and you're sure to get burned to a crisp\n-Skill customization - you can level whatever skills you like, as long as you've unlocked the prerequesite\n-Working control scheme that hasn't been brutalized in favor of controller support (as is the fad nowadays)\n\nMeh:\n-Character customization is pretty simplistic.  Choose from a handful of stock avatars.  Doesn't detract from the game, but doesn't stand out either.\n-Graphics - Same as the character customization, the graphics work, but feel rather dated.  At times, the art gives me the distinct feel of a late 90's PC RPG.\n\nCons:\n-At times, it can be easy to get lost when looking for new locations, even with the help of a questline.  While this can sometimes lead to good things, like finding secret areas, more often than not it has caused me to wander into areas above my level, causing me to die or run away screaming.  This is subjective of course, as I may also have poor sense of direction lol.\n-When learning to play the game, you really need to pay attention to what strategies work in combat, or you'll find yourself in frustrating situations.  In the beginning, almost any strategy works, misleading you into thinking your current strategies are good enough.  In reality, I found myself being forced to reroll a new game a couple times just to try some different approaches to combat.  New starting skills to aid in my survivability and varying methods of damage output, to fight tough enemies like mages that like to disable half (or more) of your team in a single shot.\n(Honestly, I'm not sure if this is a Con or a Pro, as it really makes you think and adds to the strategy any RPG.  But it can be frustrating all the same, having to restart because your current builds can't counter something.  Casual gamers and those new to this type of game, may have trouble with this.)\n\nSummary:\nAwesome game.  Plays a lot like older and newer turn based RPGs, like Divinity:OS or perhaps Fallout Tactics:BoS.  Sure to be enjoyed by anyone that's a fan of turnbased isometric RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1451253930, "timestamp_updated": 1451253930, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19983964": {"recommendationid": "19983964", "author": {"steamid": "76561198074699697", "num_games_owned": 66, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 3873, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514406958}, "language": "english", "review": "As an avid worshipper of Spiderweb Software, I was hooked to this game in a matter of minutes. Much like the Geneforge games, I've realized that my choices will only REALLY start to effect the gameplay later in the game. I dread the day where I will have to turn against my companions for what I view as the greater good. I may have to kill the Avernites, leaving nothing before me. Or maybe I'll become the new king, I honestly don't know. Right now, I'm content with delivering wine to the miners of Fort Draco. This is definitely one of Spiderweb Software's best. As much as I adore the Geneforge saga, this game takes the title of \"Best Spiderweb Software Game.\" Or at least my personal favorite.", "timestamp_created": 1451190574, "timestamp_updated": 1451190574, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500225", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19980997": {"recommendationid": "19980997", "author": {"steamid": "76561198018878631", "num_games_owned": 161, "num_reviews": 38, "playtime_forever": 5819, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1452131979}, "language": "german", "review": "96 Stunden Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Was f\u00fcr eine Erleichterung :-) \n\nDas Spiel ist f\u00fcr RPG Fans. \n\nZuerst erstellst du klassisch eine Gruppe. 4 Mitglieder und die typischen Klassen, die man so kennt, aber auch andere wie Schamane oder Barbar. Hier sind nicht nur deine prim\u00e4ren Werte (St\u00e4rke, Geschick, Intelligenz, Ausdauer) wichtig, nein auch die sekund\u00e4ren (Waffen und Magieskills) und die Traits wie z.b. H\u00f6hlen erkunden, Gl\u00fcck oder Schrifttafeln entziffern wichtig.\n Dann gehts nach einem kleinen Tutorial auch schon los. Du kannst theoretisch \u00fcberall gleich hinstiefeln, aber wegen der Monsterst\u00e4rke nur bedingt empfehlenswert. \n\nSpiel macht Spa\u00df! Erkunden wird hier gro\u00dfgeschrieben, die Quest sind gut gemacht und es gibt auch alternative Wege wie von hinten reinschleichen, Boss killen und wieder abhauen, aber nat\u00fcrlich geht auch die T\u00fcr ka wumm Option. Aber nicht beschweren, wir h\u00e4tten dich nicht gewarnt ;-)\n\nGANZ WICHTIG: TEXTE GENAU LESEN. Ich bin manches mal einfach losgelatsch ohne den passenden Schl\u00fcssel, nur um dann festzustellen beim erneuten Ansprechen, dass das Teil im Schreibtisch liegt...also macht Euch die M\u00fche, es lohnt sich. Auch Orte, neue Quests usw. kann man durch die guten und relativ leichten Texte erfahren. \n\nTolles Spiel!", "timestamp_created": 1451179522, "timestamp_updated": 1452132174, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.503914", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19967837": {"recommendationid": "19967837", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030899809", "num_games_owned": 53, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 31, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1451149662}, "language": "english", "review": "Really good old school heroic-fantasy RPG which really captivated me during 50 hours (I play offline so the few minutes indicated are not the real amount of time played).\nSince it is currently sold around 10$, it's definitively a bargain for people who love that kind of game.", "timestamp_created": 1451149745, "timestamp_updated": 1451235982, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.469502", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19643162": {"recommendationid": "19643162", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071534382", "num_games_owned": 198, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 4063, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496938268}, "language": "english", "review": "This game has a really good storytelling the only BUT is that you have to learn everything there is no tutorial like wtf... and btw... use hotkeys in battle they are really useful and save u alot of time also the quickcasting. Well there is alot that can make your life easier if you find out how to use it.. so spam everything at the beginning. Also when you obtain something it feels like you deserve it, the gold is hard to find get every item that you can sell.. Great game great game (: over 80 hours of fun right now and im planning on finishing this series slowly", "timestamp_created": 1449888489, "timestamp_updated": 1449888489, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19586759": {"recommendationid": "19586759", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019180347", "num_games_owned": 110, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 5295, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1449773621}, "language": "english", "review": "Nostalgy for past... wonderfull memories from Exile 3... it is not enough to carry the game. Fortunate for us the game carry it self and it's just great at it. \nThere are some minor issues like where is food sickness (when You are out of it), or why the heck I can't close any doors, but overall I really recommend it.\n\nPS: Where is monster library? Why I can't see stats while in game, in exile 3 I could ;P\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1449684601, "timestamp_updated": 1449684601, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19512372": {"recommendationid": "19512372", "author": {"steamid": "76561198263085539", "num_games_owned": 1, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 25, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1449355691}, "language": "english", "review": "A good RPG however the UI is very unintuitive and hard to use, moving your party around is clunky, combat is annoying due to no previewing of how your hero will path to your cursor. Graphics could have been improved too.\n\nUsually I like turn based games but due to the clunkyness of interaction it felt like a chore... Why does 'i' (or 'g') open the one characters inventory but pressing it again doesn't close it?!\n\nIt had a lot of depth though, perhaps potentially I might have changed my mind. But from a F2P perspective it was not enjoyable in the time frame.", "timestamp_created": 1449355890, "timestamp_updated": 1449355890, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501489", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19472236": {"recommendationid": "19472236", "author": {"steamid": "76561198184509949", "num_games_owned": 198, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 615, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1508379614}, "language": "english", "review": "Glad I found this game. It is a mix of Baldurs Gate and GBA Eye of the Beholder/Pool of Radiance in terms of gameplay. Have only an hour into it so far but i really enjoy it and its a shame theres not alot of rpgs like this anymore. but yeah great game! :)", "timestamp_created": 1449210203, "timestamp_updated": 1449210203, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "19400711": {"recommendationid": "19400711", "author": {"steamid": "76561198080692382", "num_games_owned": 302, "num_reviews": 56, "playtime_forever": 1118, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1472253754}, "language": "english", "review": "+ Quite a big world\n+ A lot to explore\n+ Considerable amount of content\n+ Simple yet detailed lore (easy to get into, interesting enough to dive deeper)\n+ Interesting NPCs\n+ Freedom right after the tutorial\n+ Character management is easy to deal with while still providing some depth\n+ Well presented battle mechanics\n\n- Interface is not practical enough\n- No crafting, yet a lot of lootable items that could be used as material\n- Making potions is a little complicated at first\n- Gear (both arms and armor) doesn't feel varied enough\n- You can't loot the bodies of fallen party members to use that resurrection potion you so desperately need\n\nVerdict: I'm a newcomer to old school sandbox RPGs and I think Avernum: Escape From the Pit was a very good start. EFtP is a reboot of a reboot and still presents some rough edges, but it's easy to get over them since most don't have a considerable impact on what the game is about: exploring, running quests, defeating foes and uncoverying lore. It brings more than enough content to justify its original price, being a bargain at a discount. Defintely worth it!", "timestamp_created": 1448928021, "timestamp_updated": 1448928021, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.556823", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18959010": {"recommendationid": "18959010", "author": {"steamid": "76561198116026442", "num_games_owned": 615, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5534, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446985664}, "language": "french", "review": "Tr\u00e8s bon RPG, il m'a fallu presque 100h de jeu pour finir toutes les qu\u00eates, donc autant dire qu'on a pas le temps de s'ennuyer. A recommander pour les fanas de RPG \"old-school\" si les graphismes d\u00e9suets et l'anglais ne vous font pas peur !", "timestamp_created": 1447011252, "timestamp_updated": 1447011252, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500998", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18957799": {"recommendationid": "18957799", "author": {"steamid": "76561198027759397", "num_games_owned": 298, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 5494, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446622849}, "language": "english", "review": "Here's my video review of the game:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZXW86AjtVc\n\nIf you want a shorter version here it is (if you want an in-depth review, click on the Blogspot link found on the bottom of the article to navigate to my site): \n\nIs Avernum: Escape from the Pit worth its 10-dollar price tag?  At more than 90 hours of gaming on my first playthrough across a vast 2D, isometric, nostalgia-inducing landscape filled with interesting locations peppered with lairs, strongholds, and powerful artifacts that only the most intrepid will discover, Avernum: Escape from the Pit is definitely worth its price of admission. Add to this almost peerless writing and it\u2019s easy to see why I\u2019m regarding this game as one of the best in my collection. \n\nRatings: \n\nTilt: 8.5 \u2013 Given that I\u2019ve spent almost 92 hours in this game and finished it, I can say Avernum: Escape from the Pit is something else. I\u2019ve spent several sleepless nights over this one, only quitting when I realized the sun was starting to rise. Spiderweb Software has some topnotch writers. \n\nGameplay: 8.0 \u2013 If you\u2019re talking about pure gameplay alone, Avernum suffers from some design choices like making you too powerful near the end of the game and other foibles like recycled sprites and unclickable tiles. Still it does provide a fun romp that even shines head and shoulders from some games that have triple A funding.\n\nGraphics: 6.0 \u2013 It\u2019s here that Avernum really suffers. With only a 2D isometric engine, the game really can\u2019t hope to match more recent RPGs like say, The Age of Decadence. Its art style, while very good, is nothing to write home about either; it just doesn\u2019t have anything that makes it stand out from the multitude of RPGs out there in the visuals department.\n\nAudio: 7.5 \u2013 Adequate but again, there\u2019s nothing that makes it stand out. If only they made background music as impressive as the one used when the main menu fires up though\u2026\n\nReplayability: 8.5 \u2013 This is a pretty divisive point. On one, retro gamers will love replaying this game that lets you relive the good \u2018ol days of the 90s. On the other side of the coin, younger gamers may be put off by its visuals and despite its multiple endings, may consider this game a one-shot affair. There\u2019s also the matter of its length: gamers who love protracted adventures blasting hordes of undead and fantastical creatures will find this game up their alley while ones who are easily distracted by new releases might find this one to be a stubborn guest that overstays its welcome. I\u2019m somewhere in the middle but I\u2019m definitely going to unravel its other endings so I\u2019m giving this an 8.5. \n\nScore: 7.7\n\nSee the full review here: http://imbacore.blogspot.com/2015/11/Avernum-Escape-Pit-Review-RPG-Strategy-Turn-Based-Isometric-2D-Classic-Retro.html", "timestamp_created": 1447007420, "timestamp_updated": 1447772656, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.504337", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18948038": {"recommendationid": "18948038", "author": {"steamid": "76561198110626175", "num_games_owned": 54, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1291, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1449608333}, "language": "german", "review": "Sch\u00f6nes RPG im old-school Stil.\nIn Avernum: Escape From the Pit bewegt man sich mit seiner Gruppe aus 4 Abenteurer frei durch eine riesige unterirdische Dungeon-Welt. Dort versuchen ausgesto\u00dfene Menschen eine Art Zivilisation zu erhalten und sich gegen den Mangel an Licht, Materilal, Nahrung, fiese Monster und feindliche Wesen etc. zu behaupten.\nHier zieht man also herum, sammelt Erfahrung, erledigt Quests und such Sch\u00e4tze etc...\n\nSehr sympathisch finde ich die Einfachheit des Spiels. Dialoge sind sparsam gehalten und in Form von kurzen, teils witzigen Texten, umgesetzt. Die Pers\u00f6nlichkeit der Charaktere beschr\u00e4nkt sich im Wesentlichen auf deren Aussehen und F\u00e4higkeiten. Quests sind sehr unaufdrinlich, man verfolgt keine Kompassnadeln sondern streunt eher durch die Gegend und schaut mal was passiert. Ob ein Gegner zu hart ist, merkt man erst wenn die Gruppe tot ist. Dann merkt man sich den Schauplatz eben f\u00fcr sp\u00e4ter, wenn man st\u00e4rker ist. Kurz: es wird dem Spieler nicht alles vorgekaut ;)\nGraphik und Ton sind sehr minimalistisch, aber wer sich daran nicht st\u00f6rt, f\u00fcr ist Avernum: Escape From the Pit ein lohnender Kauf. Vor allem bei dem Preis.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1446972056, "timestamp_updated": 1446972056, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18803361": {"recommendationid": "18803361", "author": {"steamid": "76561198164552464", "num_games_owned": 101, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 1995, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1476737062}, "language": "german", "review": "Rundenbasiertes Rollenspiel, welches mich gleich in seinen Bann gezogen hat. Das Spiel ist sehr Old-School und dabei \nmacht es alles Richtig. Es ist Packend und sorgt jetzt schon f\u00fcr eine gute Unterhaltung. Ich habe vorher schon mit dem Gedanken gespielt es mir zu kaufen und bei dem letzten Sale habe ich zugeschlagen. Und bisher bereue ich es nicht. Es gibt viel zu entdecken und die offene Welt l\u00e4dt zum Erkunden ein. Die Gegner k\u00f6nnen dabei schnell einen tick zu stark sein, was die Spannung beim erkunden erh\u00f6ht.", "timestamp_created": 1446331837, "timestamp_updated": 1446331837, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "4.997779", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18757383": {"recommendationid": "18757383", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025952589", "num_games_owned": 167, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3256, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446052447}, "language": "english", "review": "Having played Exile in the 90's this faithful rendition takes you back to a brilliant RPG with a deep storyline and world which you can just sink into.", "timestamp_created": 1446187963, "timestamp_updated": 1446187963, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18703868": {"recommendationid": "18703868", "author": {"steamid": "76561198113503520", "num_games_owned": 248, "num_reviews": 45, "playtime_forever": 316, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1454070951}, "language": "spanish", "review": "esta muy  bien i funciona con w10 a la perfeccion", "timestamp_created": 1445904443, "timestamp_updated": 1445904443, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18701107": {"recommendationid": "18701107", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068110290", "num_games_owned": 226, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 3148, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1479975137}, "language": "english", "review": "If you played the old Exile games or if you like RPG games give it a try, it's on discount right now. Even if the graphics may feel a bit lacking the game is inversive, the story is great as usual and with a high replayability value. Your decisions matter. If only we could bring our endings on to the next series. 8.5/10.", "timestamp_created": 1445892232, "timestamp_updated": 1445892232, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.547807", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18693652": {"recommendationid": "18693652", "author": {"steamid": "76561198116886926", "num_games_owned": 37, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 8202, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1445728745}, "language": "english", "review": "I recommend this game for true fans of Role Play. If however your take on a RPG is Diablo or Torchlight, forget it.\n\nThere is probably more storyline in this small download than in the entire Skyrim. There are many long hours of play ahead. I did a restart about 2/3 of the way through as my party was not strong enough and I had not distributed t6he party stats well, combined I have nearly spent as many hours now on this game as I did with DragonAge inquisition.\nDespite the old school graphics there is quite variety of terrain to explore.\n\nThe character development is good and straddles the boundary between too simple or too complex well. I suggest you pay attention to creating a balanced party, which is also an area that I feel could be improved. It is too easy to create parties that will simply not work. Having a bow user sounds great, but the game is heavily weighted to swords.\nAnother area which could be improved is the character conversation scripts. Old storylines do not disappear and too often you get into a dialogue that you have already been through a million times before with the NPC \u2013 it is almost as if the same people that wrote the  NPC scripting for Divinity Original Sin did this one too.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1445859004, "timestamp_updated": 1445859004, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 49, "votes_funny": 3, "weighted_vote_score": "0.753459", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18668421": {"recommendationid": "18668421", "author": {"steamid": "76561198099242984", "num_games_owned": 166, "num_reviews": 33, "playtime_forever": 215, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1445734427}, "language": "english", "review": "Fun game. Turn based RPG.\nVery much like D&D but with more.", "timestamp_created": 1445735282, "timestamp_updated": 1445735282, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.975124", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18649283": {"recommendationid": "18649283", "author": {"steamid": "76561198018755959", "num_games_owned": 181, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1346, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514743213}, "language": "english", "review": "This is the game I grew up on. Okay, not this exact one. I played the original Exile: Escape From the Pit. But still. Spiderweb Software is the reason I'm a gamer. Their games are so deep and rich, the story one you can get lost in. I may not have many hours on the Steam version, but I put many, many hours into beating this game as a kid. It's a game I'll keep coming back to and a developer I follow religiously.", "timestamp_created": 1445650583, "timestamp_updated": 1445650583, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18618615": {"recommendationid": "18618615", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971948490", "num_games_owned": 1722, "num_reviews": 93, "playtime_forever": 8023, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515025600}, "language": "english", "review": "This is the second remake of the classic \"Exiled\", first made in the nineties by a two-person team. The game has been streamlined, interface made usable, and the graphics have improved (relatively speaking) since then, but much of the core draw (and mechanics) are still there.\n\nIf you're someone who enjoys having wide open spaces, no demand to go down any particular linear plotline, and plenty of rewards for kicking over ever rock to see what wriggles out from underneath, this game has plenty of delicious exploratory goodness for you.\n\nThat said, I'm not as fond of the skill trees they've put in the new version of the game as the older point-buy system they had before. The point-buy system hypothetically allows for nigh-infinite varieties of hybrid characters, but largely forces characters into one of four types of characters: Melee Fighter, Ranged Fighter, Wizard, and Cleric. \"Thief\" is just someone who puts points into Tool Use, and you need Tool Use (there's no magic for opening doors without it) but there's nothing stopping any other sort of character from taking Tool Use, and the game only checks total party Tool Use skill levels, so it's easy to distribute. (No dedicated thief necessary.) You COULD use a ranged fighter, but melee combat is forced upon you fairly often, and you'll want a dedicated sword user and spear user to make use of the best weapons, anyway. \n\nYou're forced into making a character dedicate themselves to a given path by the nature of the skill tree: The high-tier skills like Riposte (counter attack chance) or Lethal Blow (critical hit power up) require plugging an equal or greater amount of points into the lower skills on the tree. Your Combat Disciplines (special abilities for fighters) are based upon total base weapons skill, and you'll want to put your attribute points into Strength or maybe Dexterity. Keeping up with magic spell tiers demands you stick points into a single base magic skill at least every other level, and dumping nearly all your points into Intelligence, and a couple into Endurance for the HP to not die in one hit. Hence, no matter what, you pretty much always wind up with sword fighter, spear fighter, cleric, and wizard. Hypothetically, there's bows and thrown weapons, but there are no good bows, and decent thrown weapons are too rare to use as a primary weapon. \n\nThere are some choices to be made (going for criticals versus riposte) but mostly, it devolves into putting all your points into the core sklls because on the harder difficulties, you'll miss every time if you don't plug every point you can into accuracy-boosting skills, and a melee tank needs all the hardiness they can get to survive. Likewise, wizard and cleric accuracy (yes, AoE spells miss) depend upon base magic skill, and base magic skill ALSO ups damage. Hence, there's no reason not to put points in every single level. It's really only a question of whether you need more damage-dealing skills or damage-resistance skills at a given level to survive, espeically on higher difficulties, and the number of utility skills like tool use or cave lore you need is surprisingly low, meaning you basically always put points into the same dedicated \"purist\" build all the time. It leaves one underwhelmed with the potential for customization.\n\nIn the original Avernum series, it gave you more points each time you leveled, but the costs of skills rose as you purchased more ranks in those skills, meaning that there was more possibility to \"multi-class\", as a skill you dedicated points into every level would rise as fast as the skill points you gained per level, while skills you neglected would become relatively cheaper by comparison. This meant it was easily possible to make a wizard who studied enough cleric magic to be a passable backup healer and a truly excellent wizard while the cleric was a passable archer. \n\nWithout the chance to really multi-class, you'll probably find that you're left with the same party time and again, as you're probably not going to want to play this game without a cleric or wizard, and you'll NEED a meat shield. Since this is the umpteenth trip to Avernum for some of us, playing the same party with the same character sprites in areas modeled on the same locations can give old hands a bit of deja vu all over again.\n\nIt is, yes, possible to play solo, and you'll want to generalize a little more in solo play, but even that kind of comes down to playing a wizard with some melee skill and a few healing spells. \n\nAlso unlike this game's predecessor, this game starts you off in a small dungeon for a minor tutorial on the basics, but quickly lets you roam as a free-range adventuring band. A few easily-dismissed text boxes shouldn't annoy veterans, but might help new players, so it's not a bad change. That said, I suggest new players save frequently, and have several \"safe zone\" saves, as they can easily bumble into more trouble than they can fight their way out of with no guard rails to keep them from merrily adventuring into danger out of their depth. \n\nAll the time and money they saved not going for pretty graphics (and if you're a Spiderweb fan, you'll recognize the reuse of a LOT of those graphics,) was put into making absolutely sprawling caverns. \n\nFor those of you who lamented Elder Scrolls' Oblivion/Skyrim's rubber-banded monster levels, rejoice as well, as the sliths just a few towns west of where you start WILL shishkebob you effortlessly. On the higher difficulty levels, this can curb your exploration somewhat, but with a mere 350 coins, you can buy a boat that lets you have access to a large portion of the map, so long as you don't mind having to hide from the fights. While not being able to fight something sounds limiting, you can gain access to spells early, which makes it worth the trip.\n\nThat said, there's still a few places you have to go, and a pretty clear order in which you have to go there. While it's hypothetically possible to do sequence breaks, steep ramping of the power of enemies means that, especially in higher difficulty settings, there's little capacity for a player to bypass one major dungeon and be prepared for the next.\n\nBecause you have access to all the spell trainers early (just have to dodge the monsters bigger than you) you can easily get spells meant for late-game early, but at the same time, you can't afford them. Spells cost 2000 coins to learn, and clearing a whole dungeon and selling absolutely everything only nets you 1000 coins... It doesn't really get better as you go on, either, until you've bought all your skill-ups, and then there's nothing left to buy at all. I've never seen a reason to buy potions or scrolls or even weapons, as, while some mid-level stuff is available in stores, by the time you can afford them, you have better artifact weapons you lifted off of corpses. Potions can be brewed from infinitely-respawning herb patches for free, so there's at least reason to use those. \n\nAlso, you ram through MP quickly in this game, especially later on, but just setting foot in town restores all HP and MP for free... You have skills to reduce MP use, but why use them when you need every skill point in magic power to survive a single fight, and can just go back to town for a refill after literally every fight? There are a handful of dungeons where you do have to \"fight your way back out\" (monsters spawn in after you get to the end of the dungeon), but it's rare enough that you shouldn't have trouble sitting on a pile of 30 magic potions to refill between fights if you really need it.\n\nIf you're at all interested in the genre, it's dirt cheap and provides easily 100 hours of gameplay.", "timestamp_created": 1445472734, "timestamp_updated": 1445472734, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 27, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.724549", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18546907": {"recommendationid": "18546907", "author": {"steamid": "76561198116845541", "num_games_owned": 222, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 754, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1445167915}, "language": "german", "review": "Avernum ist eines dieser Spiele, die auf den ersten Blick sehr primitiv und hingeschludert wirken \u2013 und teilweise mag das stimmen, dennoch geh\u00f6rt es zu den spa\u00dfigeren Indy-RPGs auf Steam, die ich bislang so gefunden habe.\n\nIn gewisser Weise ist Avernum ein Dungeon Crawler, allerdings keinesfalls in purer Form. Dazu l\u00e4uft der Spieler dann doch etwas zu oft durch St\u00e4dte und redet mit NPCs. Ich nenne es deshalb Dungeon Crawler, weil die Spielwelt an sich ein riesiges Verlies ist, dass sich in viele kleine Dungeon unterteilt.\n\nDu erstellst dir eine eigene Gruppe, bestehend aus vier Mitgliedern (oldschool!) und erledigst allerlei Quests f\u00fcr die anderen Exilanten, die derweil in dieser unterirdischen Welt ihre eigenen St\u00e4dte und Verb\u00fcnde gr\u00fcndeten. Die Story ist hierbei aber ohnehin nur Vorwand f\u00fcr das Szenario, welches ganz klar der gr\u00f6\u00dfere Fokus bei der Entwicklung war.\n\nDas Kampfsystem ist rundenbasierend und erinnert stark an klassische RPGs wie Pool of Radiance. Strategische Tiefe h\u00e4lt sich dabei mit W\u00fcrfelgl\u00fcck die Waage \u2013 soll hei\u00dfen es gibt eine prozentuale Wahrscheinlichkeit bei der Treffer- und Schadensberechnung, die durch passende Ausr\u00fcstung und Stufenanstiege der Charaktere verbessert werden k\u00f6nnen.\n\nLevel-Ups kommen in angemessenem Ma\u00dfe, sie werden dem Spieler nicht nachgeschmissen, sind aber h\u00e4ufig genug, um die Motivation aufrecht zu halten. Der moderate Schwierigkeitsgrad ist ebenfalls ein Pluspunkt in Sachen Motivation. Jede Einstellung des Anspruchs ist direkt sp\u00fcrbar und schl\u00e4gt sich schlicht in den Werten der Feinde nieder, nicht aber in deren eher zweckm\u00e4\u00dfiger KI.\nDie Monster sind allgemein eher doof und lassen sich mit typischen Taktiken wie Engp\u00e4ssen oder Hit and Run locker \u00fcberwinden.\n\nGrafik und Sound... sind mit zweckm\u00e4\u00dfig hingegen noch SEHR wohlwollend beschrieben. Dadurch, dass alles unter Tage spielt, werdet ihr euch mit der Farbe grau anfreunden m\u00fcssen. Das Design h\u00e4tte deutlich mehr Farbe vertragen k\u00f6nnen und die H\u00f6hlen-Ausrede lasse ich da nicht durchgehen. Andere Dungeon-Crawler bekommen das schlie\u00dflich auch h\u00fcbscher hin. Immerhin gibt\u2019s Lila-Korallenw\u00e4lder.\n\nMusik existiert au\u00dferhalb des Titelbildschirms \u00fcbrigens nicht. H\u00f6chstens mal kleine Jingles. Soundeffekte sind vorhanden. Das ist alles was ich \u00fcber den Ton sagen kann.\n\nFazit:\n\nIch hatte mit Avernum aus zwei Gr\u00fcnden meinen Spa\u00df:\n\n1. Die Spielwelt ist mit seinen vielen Tunneln und unterirdischen Gew\u00e4ssern ein Fest f\u00fcr Entdecker. Die Entwickler haben gl\u00fccklicherweise daf\u00fcr gesorgt, dass es auch viel zu entdecken gibt f\u00fcr mutige Wanderer.\n2. Ich mag diese Art des Kampfsystems aus der Iso-Perspektive.\n\nWenn du dich in diesen Punkten wiederfindest, dann ist Avernum was f\u00fcr dich.", "timestamp_created": 1445168126, "timestamp_updated": 1445168126, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 23, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.764153", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18489542": {"recommendationid": "18489542", "author": {"steamid": "76561197978317684", "num_games_owned": 665, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 9012, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1445709143}, "language": "english", "review": "With fully turn-based cRPG gameplay, low end audio & visuals (many recycled from other Spiderweb games), and a fairly traditional fantasy setting one would think this doesn't have much to offer.  For many gamers that may be correct, but I'm from the DOS era and can easily enjoy games with poor production values but entertaining play.\n\nThe basic story / setting involves an authoritarian government that banishes its malcontents to a massive cave system called Avernum where they are expected to suffer and die rather than sow discord among the surface dwellers.  Enough get banished in this way that, over the decades, a shaky civilization is formed.  Your band of up to four are thrust into this misery where you must learn to survive, and through many increasingly important deeds save Avernum from its many enemies and maybe earn vengeance for yourself & the thousands of other victims of cruel Hawthorne's empire.  This took me over 100 hours to complete (150.2 isn't accurate thanks to many breaks and distractions while running the game).\n\nWhile there are many rough edges (like targeting area effect spells and path-finding), my biggest complaint is that there is no way for players to add notes to their in-game journal and maps.  The auto-notes that are generated, while better than nothing aren't always up to the job, so if you don't have perfect memory be sure to keep a word document handy.\n\nMy rating: 3.14159265359 (out of 4)", "timestamp_created": 1444940748, "timestamp_updated": 1444941085, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 11, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.600132", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18385460": {"recommendationid": "18385460", "author": {"steamid": "76561198081088153", "num_games_owned": 85, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 6342, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1491617597}, "language": "english", "review": "I don't know about this one. It's both retro and new and new (which is good), but you can sequence break your way into the abyss, great cave, and tonnes of other places without even getting a crown token.(Which can be bad for new players).\nYou can get all the endings in one playthrough which is good, but your always broke, which is bad. Its a good game. People will treat you diffently based on how you act and what you do, Skill progression is slow, but balanced. People have more respect for you the acomplished you become, and where they're from. But if it's not your cup of tea to explore the world and get lost in every cave you come across... What are you still doing here?", "timestamp_created": 1444327653, "timestamp_updated": 1444327653, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18376534": {"recommendationid": "18376534", "author": {"steamid": "76561198010098984", "num_games_owned": 344, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 3902, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1444972064}, "language": "english", "review": "[b]An amazing series of games, well worth any RPG fans time.[/b]\n\nThere is no end to my love of Spiderweb Sofware games, great story woven into a challenging combat system and a true sense of being a cast out group of adventurers trying to make ends meet. I only wish that the 6 man party system was still available from the original Exile series.\n\nLots of secrets and collectables to keep you going for hours and enough character diversity to have several playthroughs while trying out all sorts of different combinations of party members, there's even a built in character editor for when the going gets tough or if you want to have a godlike 1 man party.\n\nThis rendition of the first game is a re-re-make of Exile: Escape From The Pit, updated to the geneforge engine I believe, providing more fluid animations, better sprites and a more stable environment for Windows users.\n\n[i](If you can stomach older games I highly recommend checking out the original Exile series available on Spiderwebs website. They do need some emulation to get working though.)[/i]", "timestamp_created": 1444263257, "timestamp_updated": 1444263375, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18265999": {"recommendationid": "18265999", "author": {"steamid": "76561198095898874", "num_games_owned": 105, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 2155, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486212783}, "language": "czech", "review": "Classic", "timestamp_created": 1443636295, "timestamp_updated": 1443636295, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "18022211": {"recommendationid": "18022211", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976983558", "num_games_owned": 378, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 434, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1409616017}, "language": "english", "review": "This isn't a bad game by any means, but I found the actual interface you play with to be really frustrating. Picking up items is a chore and just moving around is a chore. Although I think it has an audience I didn't especially care for it and won't be picking up any other games by the same developer.", "timestamp_created": 1442177752, "timestamp_updated": 1442177752, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.458508", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17999617": {"recommendationid": "17999617", "author": {"steamid": "76561198029611213", "num_games_owned": 727, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 3553, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1381141537}, "language": "english", "review": "Simply great.", "timestamp_created": 1442068615, "timestamp_updated": 1442068615, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17973757": {"recommendationid": "17973757", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045309184", "num_games_owned": 32, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 19221, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 802, "last_played": 1515955142}, "language": "english", "review": "I have loved this game since I played a demo on a cd for Mac back in the 90's, and the re-release is fantastic.  The dialogue, the story, the amount of gameplay...  I can't wait for the third game to be released.", "timestamp_created": 1441914301, "timestamp_updated": 1441914301, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17960602": {"recommendationid": "17960602", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007615907", "num_games_owned": 197, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 8688, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440889074}, "language": "french", "review": "I will try to be quick : if you likeold shoolRPG don't even continue to read, buy it. If graphics is our thing, go and play the witcher 3. This is a very good game with very low graphics but the story is nice and the difficulty is very good (understand hard). good game for low money", "timestamp_created": 1441827006, "timestamp_updated": 1441827006, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17930266": {"recommendationid": "17930266", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046084049", "num_games_owned": 1146, "num_reviews": 69, "playtime_forever": 427, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1441633259}, "language": "english", "review": "It was a tough decision.\nI deeply respect Spiderweb software for what they do. The quality of the game is great (considering that it was made by very small team). But I recommend or not recommend a game based solely on my experience with it. I played for around 7 hours and at some point playing became chore and not an entertainment. The graphics are very simple, the experience is not story-driven, the battle system is satisfying in the beginning, yet becomes monotonous at some point. The lore? Usual generic fantasy world. Caverns filled with lizard people, dragons, undead, cat people. \nAvernum is a RPG. Do play it, but only if you really want to play with swords and magic, but can't can't find any other decent game from the genre.", "timestamp_created": 1441643280, "timestamp_updated": 1441643280, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.469413", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17908359": {"recommendationid": "17908359", "author": {"steamid": "76561198097814298", "num_games_owned": 898, "num_reviews": 66, "playtime_forever": 5, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440657527}, "language": "english", "review": "boring..such shit game has fans? anyone who post \u3010Not  Helpful\u3011 on my reviews,whose mother will die this year.LOL\n\nit seems 14 people's mothers will die  what a  pity", "timestamp_created": 1441530286, "timestamp_updated": 1446361710, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 3, "weighted_vote_score": "0.221804", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17890625": {"recommendationid": "17890625", "author": {"steamid": "76561198103916275", "num_games_owned": 1114, "num_reviews": 104, "playtime_forever": 7168, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1428512117}, "language": "german", "review": "Spiderweb hat sich selbst \u00fcbertroffen\n\nWow, mir war von vorneherein klar, dass ich wieder in den Genuss eines sehr unterhaltsamen und s\u00fcchtig machenden Indi-RPG's kommen w\u00fcrde, aber ich h\u00e4tte nicht damit gerechnet, dass Avernum Avadon noch \u00fcbertrumpfen w\u00fcrde. Ich war direkt fasziniert als ich feststellte, dass das Spiel eine frei begehbare Weltkarte bietet (ein meines Erachtens stark untersch\u00e4tztes Feature). Als ich dort dann auf einmal noch Geheimg\u00e4nge und verbuddelte Sch\u00e4tze entdeckte sowie diverse Events ausl\u00f6ste, wusste ich, dass ich seeehr viel Zeit mit der Erkundung von Avernum verbringen w\u00fcrde. Und ich sollte mich nicht t\u00e4uschen, dieses Spiel hat mich locker \u00fcber 100 Stunden bei Laune gehalten. Kaum zu glauben dass es sich gerade mal um den ersten Teil einer sechsteiligen Serie handelt! Rollenspieler die mit der spartanischen Pr\u00e4sentation zurechtkommen sollten unbedingt reinschauen! Das Spiel gibt\u2019s f\u00fcr 10 Euro auf Steam. Wer clever ist wartet nat\u00fcrlich auf einen Deal und bekommt es somit noch g\u00fcnstiger. Wer skeptisch ist schnappt sich die Mammut-Demo auf der Spiderweb-Homepage.\n\n\nPro und Kontra:\n\nPro:\n- hervorragend geschriebene Texte, die plastische Beschreibungen liefern und sowohl Story als auch Charaktere einwandfrei darstellen\n- auf Wunsch sehr anspruchsvoller Schwierigkeitsgrad\n- sehr gutes Raster-basiertes Rundenkampfsystem\n- sehr gut umgesetztes Open World-Konzept\n- kein Level-Cap wie in den Avadon-Spielen\n- sehr lange Spieldauer (ich habe auf hard locker \u00fcber 100 Stunden investiert)\n\nKontra:\n- audiovisuell extremst spartanisch (wegen des Settings sogar noch eint\u00f6niger als die Avadon-Titel)\n- visuelle Pr\u00e4sentation so gut wie nicht vorhanden, wer die Bildschirmtexte also nicht lesen will bekommt nichts mit.\n- Point & Click-Mechanik in den Rasterfeldk\u00e4mpfen erfordert zu viel Pr\u00e4zision, das wird in Avadon 2 komfortabler umgesetzt.", "timestamp_created": 1441446212, "timestamp_updated": 1495654831, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17885573": {"recommendationid": "17885573", "author": {"steamid": "76561198098582347", "num_games_owned": 41, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 2744, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442074738}, "language": "english", "review": "You will squint.  A lot.\n", "timestamp_created": 1441414839, "timestamp_updated": 1441414839, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 30, "weighted_vote_score": "0.424157", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17872861": {"recommendationid": "17872861", "author": {"steamid": "76561198146564222", "num_games_owned": 79, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3894, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1488522948}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school heaven right here. I watched my uncle play this when it was just exile. The story is still amazing, graphics are a great overhaul.", "timestamp_created": 1441345837, "timestamp_updated": 1441345837, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17838139": {"recommendationid": "17838139", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025273543", "num_games_owned": 284, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 858, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414830599}, "language": "english", "review": "A very nice reboot of a classic 90's indie RPG. Exile:  Escape from the Pit.  \n\nAt just over 14 hours in, 60% of the content seems unexplored.  Very reminisecent of the old Ultima RPG series, and a title fans of the same would likely enjoy.\n\nA guide to help you get started can be found on the developer's website, www.spiderwebsoftware.com.\n\nPurchased on 10/25/2014 for $1.99, so look for sales.", "timestamp_created": 1441147083, "timestamp_updated": 1441147083, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17720732": {"recommendationid": "17720732", "author": {"steamid": "76561198060004163", "num_games_owned": 88, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 3642, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440541572}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Pille este juego de oferta por probar, resultado, gran juego. Si te van los RPG cl\u00e1sicos y eres de los que no le importan los gr\u00e1ficos retros este juego te dara horas y horas (yo llevo unas 50 horas) de entrenimiento. Combate tactico sencillo, vision isom\u00e9trica, buena dificultad, una historia sencilla pero un mundo muy completo, con miles de cosas por hacer y descubrir. Tienes muchas opciones en como resulves la cosas o para quien lo haces. Parece tener varios finales aunque solo he tenido tiempo de ver uno (tras 50h de juego me quedan un monton de cosas por ver). \n\nAlgo malo: solo esta en ingl\u00e9s. Muchas quest de dungeon y pocas quest sociales. De hecho la mec\u00e1nica de dialogo es muy sencilla, las conversaciones se reinician cada vez que inicias el dialogo, con lo que realmente puedes comprobar todas las opciones.\nAlgo que podr\u00eda mejorarse: con tantas cosas por hacer y tantas quest puedes llegar a perderte un poco si vas haciendo todo a la vez y en los resumenes de las quest no se suele actualizar el estado en el que estas.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1440577399, "timestamp_updated": 1440577399, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17642394": {"recommendationid": "17642394", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007352680", "num_games_owned": 434, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 7818, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1502035804}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is a turn based indie RPG. It's heavily inspirated by old fashioned isometric rpg from the 90's like Ultima , the nostalgia appeal is definitively there . It's a solid crawling RPG with an appealing world (or rather underworld) if you can stomach the primitive graphics and limited storylines.\n\nGameplaywise Avernum presents us with a good solid and simple fighting system which is quite entertaining and challanging. It's similar to many other similar games but the mechanics work, and it rarely frustrate you depite teh flaws in the GUI or the inperfect pathsystem. The game definitively doesn't hold your hand, and there are areas your party should avoid unntil they've grown in experience and gear as the creatures will crush you mercilessly.\n\nSpiderweb does a good job in presenting us this huge world with unique features and cultures, great atmosphere but ultimately it sometimes feels a little empty and one city look a lot like the others. The game ,with no advanced graphical features to speak of ,tries to impress you with lyric descriptions of the grottos in Avernum, but honestly there are only so many ways to describe the huge , dark and humid  cave where the story takes place, it gets old rather quickly.The quests in this game are rather traditional with the usual fare of defeating bandits\\creatures\\deamons to save the kingdom\n\nI know Spiderweb do not have the means to pay an army of writers to flesh out dozens of intricate quests with intagrated storyline and unique characters. But a few interesting quests with memorable characters and dramatic events would have been welcomed.\n\nI got rather bored toward the end, maybe because my party had become as good as they could, and the monsters weren't very dangerous and difficult anymore. Or maybe because I was tired of exploring the same fort or grotto with different names over and over again, but to be fair many RPG  have this effect on me after countless hours of playing.\n\nAvernum is a good old game from a different era, it's refreshing especially for its comeback of corevalues of the genre with none of the frivoulous stuff RPGs have to deal with those days (soap opera romances, over the top graphics, boring sidequests).Its biggest strength can also be its biggest weakness however as it also doesn't make much effort to introduce new concepts and stay on the safe side of Nostalgia. \n\nHaving spent well over 100 hours in this game , I can still say it's qualities still outweitgh its flaws by far, what Avernum does , it does it well. If you look for a nice traditional , no-nonsense RPG with a solid gameplay and credible if at times monotonous world , Avernum is exactly it.Its limitations prevent it to be on the same league as Baldur's gate or Divinity (to be fair those are AAA games...) but it's still an excellent game and well worth your time.", "timestamp_created": 1440153786, "timestamp_updated": 1440154751, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505511", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17634443": {"recommendationid": "17634443", "author": {"steamid": "76561198117576560", "num_games_owned": 449, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 174, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440022778}, "language": "french", "review": "Le RPG est tr\u00e8s bon, mais c'est dommage qu'il n'y ai pas les traductions car y'a beaucoup de texte et souvent dans un anglais pas tr\u00e8s casual.", "timestamp_created": 1440102352, "timestamp_updated": 1440102352, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17623662": {"recommendationid": "17623662", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005368700", "num_games_owned": 739, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 5448, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440019145}, "language": "english", "review": "A wonderful, old-school cRPG with fantastic writng, challenging gameplay (though you can toggle the difficulty at any time), a massive open world filled with secrets and monsters, and enough content to keep you busy for several dozen hours.  \n\nI was surprised by how engrossing I found the world of Avernum to be despite its lack of pretty graphics, dated mechanics, and its fairly cumbersome UI - due in no small part to the large novel-worth of fantastic writing from Jeff Vogel, who manages to create NPCs who run the gamut from hilarious and bawdy to poetic and tragic.  The inhabitants of Avernum (and boy, there are a lot of them) are a strange and varied lot which help breathe life into the otherwise bare-bones aesthetic of the game.  Not to mention all the various bits of lore and worldbuilding detail that make Avernum feel both unique and immediately familiar to any avid RPG player.\n\nThe combat is pretty basic turn-based strategy.  Buffs, proper equipment, a clever distribution of potions/scrolls/wands, and tactical unit placement are all essential to victory.  The character/party building system is not particularly deep and the number and variety of spells are a little underwhelming, but there's still plenty of room for experiementation.  \n\nMy only real complaint about the, game besides the sometimes frustrating UI, is the disaapointingly small variety of weapons and armor.  The only melee weapons available are swords (short, long, broad), daggers, and spears/halberds - it's never mentioned why for some reason Avernum blacksmiths are unable to make maces, flails, warhammers, axes, or any of the other medieval weaponry common to the genre - a similar issue with armor, there's only leather, iron, and steel.  I assume it has to do with the original game's limitations, or possible deadline issues (Jeff seems to always be working on something), as adding new weapon classes would mean adding new skill trees which would require a lot more balancing and playtesting.  It's understandable, if not a little disappointing, but maybe I'm asking too much of a remake of a remake of a 20 year old game.  That said, the game is completely littered with various pieces of enchanted equipment which at the very least helps alleviate some of that disappointment.\n\nAll-in-all, I whole-heartedly reccomend this to any fans of classic cRPGs like Ultima/Fallout/Baldur's Gate, as well as fans of tactical JRPGs a la FF:Tactics.  It's  real good stuff.", "timestamp_created": 1440038342, "timestamp_updated": 1440038342, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17604645": {"recommendationid": "17604645", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013252363", "num_games_owned": 198, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 900, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1439932863}, "language": "english", "review": "If you like old style RPG elements such as turn based combat, story-line, dungeon delving, and don't mind graphics from the 90s then this is the game for you.", "timestamp_created": 1439931474, "timestamp_updated": 1439931474, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502574", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17476956": {"recommendationid": "17476956", "author": {"steamid": "76561198087482136", "num_games_owned": 261, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 5936, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1439201200}, "language": "english", "review": "Somehow I logged in about 70 something hours in about 2 weeks.  Rarely has a game caused me to go into no life mode just to complete it.  Its a huge game, so many towns to explore, characters to meet and tons of discriptive text.  Like a good book the game lore is so detailed it really pulls you in and makes you believe that this can be a real world out there.  REcommended because its good, but not recommended because it really messes up your sleep schedule if you are in a hurry to finish it.", "timestamp_created": 1439233286, "timestamp_updated": 1439233286, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17460786": {"recommendationid": "17460786", "author": {"steamid": "76561198033105982", "num_games_owned": 220, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4260, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1459047654}, "language": "english", "review": "I'll try to avoid any circumlocution and get right down to brass tacks: this game is awesome but that said I find it awesome because I remember Ultima, Darksun, Wasteland, trying to master Eye of the Beholder and Curse of the Azure Bonds as an eight year old...but I digress...it's an old school RPG, there are no amazing effects, animations, it's exploration and party driven, and I'd love to see more games like this being made today (really...I am begging for someone to make a game akin to U7 with an open and interactive world or hell...a game where I roll my 4-6 person party and build them from the ground up) I won't gush further. If you're old school like me and cut your teeth playing games that still required imagination and some brain power then this is your jam.\n\n\nIs this game perfect? Not entirely. From what I can gather Spiderweb Studios has been at this a long time and it seems like they could freshen up the engine, smooth things out, add some more animations, etc\u2026", "timestamp_created": 1439142945, "timestamp_updated": 1439142945, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17444115": {"recommendationid": "17444115", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995714767", "num_games_owned": 831, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 3008, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1439765748}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is a great RPG with depth, varied gameplay, and plenty of surprises.  I get bored by other games lately that are too easy or just don't have much to them.  Avernum is a classic RPG where you can explore, steal, battle, and tweak your characters to your desires.  However, it doesn't make character development confusing or strange; you know exactly what you are doing to your characters.  There are lots of little \"secrets\" to find everywhere, whether it be a hidden spell tome you still need enough knowledge to read, a strange quest NPC behind a false wall, or a pile of gems in the wilderness.  I suppose the interface might dissuade someone who is used to modern games that basically play themselves, but iI feel it just does its own thing and works fine.  Any way you look at it, this is a great game for any RPG fan.\n\nI recently made it to an ending and it was damn hard...but that's actually okay because of the depth of content in the game and the ability to become strong enough.", "timestamp_created": 1439044975, "timestamp_updated": 1439767176, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502124", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17290095": {"recommendationid": "17290095", "author": {"steamid": "76561198048764875", "num_games_owned": 91, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 10297, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1433646603}, "language": "english", "review": "Enjoyable game, a throwback to when RPGs were close to their tabletop counter part. It wins on the content and experience of the game and not the graphics, which might require an adjustment period. I acheived all the endings which brings me to my only complaint, it was a bit too long. Lots of side quests if your aiming to do them all, which you will if you want the most difficult ending.", "timestamp_created": 1438214525, "timestamp_updated": 1438214525, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17154090": {"recommendationid": "17154090", "author": {"steamid": "76561198097982480", "num_games_owned": 413, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 3888, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1439293059}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a great challenging rpg set in the underworld. the atmpsphere even reminds me of the game underworld! So if you like turn based combat with strategy elements. Buy this game! \n\nI will definitely check the other games in this series! good work Spiderweb!", "timestamp_created": 1437473225, "timestamp_updated": 1437473225, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499243", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17144262": {"recommendationid": "17144262", "author": {"steamid": "76561198124275446", "num_games_owned": 1331, "num_reviews": 40, "playtime_forever": 3722, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1437288789}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a fantastic '90s era single player turn based RPG that draws from the best the decade had to offer. RPGs thrived in the 1990s, and for good reason. Games like Avernum (when released in 1995, it was called Exile: Escape from the Pit) aimed to get their player lost in an intriguing world for hours upon hours, leveling up characters, exploring an in-depth story and learning about the game world from multiple NPCs with varying opinions on the world around them, and finding hundreds of secrets (yes, hundreds). These RPGs were made by developers with imaginations that were close to perfection, back when people made games because they loved games and sharing fantasy game worlds they'd created with others, not simply making them to drain wallets and hearts.\n\nThe game starts out after your party of characters (which you customize, of course) are thrown into the deep abyss known as Avernum. Avernum is a series of underground caverns that serves as its own subterranean nation far beneath the surface of the world, and is the trash bin that the powerful Empire uses to throw away people who speak out against its rule on the surface. It is effectively a prison, where you are locked away from sunlight and the surface forever--unless you plan to do something about it. It is here where the Avernum series distinguishes itself from many other RPGs. Although Avernum is not a dungeon crawler by genre, it has that feeling of isolation, desperation. You want to get OUT of this underground prison, and the injustices made against you and others you meet in Avernum make you yearn for revenge. Avernum is one of the few fantasy worlds with a dystopian feel; the Empire is this world's Big Brother, and you have the ability to get your revenge, try to escape, or even accept your fate and learn to embrace Avernum. (And thus, this gives you three separate ways to beat the game through various questlines.)\n\nThis is not a mindless RPG. Don't go into this game desiring mindless fun, for you will have to read quite a bit, manuever Avernum's cave systems via map systems, and retain information about quests, as the game doesn't hold your hand with doing so. The game does have a journal system that is VERY nice for its time; when you're speaking to an NPC who says something worth noting, you can \"record\" their speech with the click of a button, so you can pull this up at any time. This comes to be very useful, as quest notes don't update as you progress through a quest, so it's up to you to pay attention and know what the next step is. Despite all this, Avernum stays very much so to the right side of the line when it comes to tedium. I encountered no game-breaking quests during my playthrough like I have with other RPGs of the time (Divine Divinity, I'm looking at you, though I love you so). It IS possible to kill NPCs that you'll need for certain questlines, though the other questlines are still available, and there is also a cheat system to help you through this as a last resort (just look up your problem online). \n\nI think the best thing about this game is just how interesting it is. I love RPGs because I like escaping to a different world for a bit and getting lost in its complexities; I also love exploring and finding secrets, new towns, or a hidden area of a map. This game has that, and its story makes it even more worth finding those extra tidbits. This game has so much to do and so much to explore that it has what I like to call \"Skyrim syndrome\", where sometimes you'll look at your quest log and weep at all you've failed to complete. If throwing yourself into a world is what you're into, I can think of few better worlds than Avernum.\n\nI personally give this game a rating of 9.5/10. This is a must have for RPG fans and fans of games from the 1990s in general, back when games threw themselves at you with days worth of content with a grin that said, \"I dare you.\" This is a game that you will work hard to conquer, a game that will make you feel liberated when you beat it, and a game that will be a source of fond memories for years to come.", "timestamp_created": 1437416286, "timestamp_updated": 1437416307, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 34, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.784283", "comment_count": "7", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17120031": {"recommendationid": "17120031", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068844254", "num_games_owned": 957, "num_reviews": 24, "playtime_forever": 4699, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434270602}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit es una maravilla de Spiderweb Software, un estudio que en realidad es una sola persona. Este es un remake del juego original, dise\u00f1ado para jugarlo en equipos modernos, con el encanto de los RPG de \u00e9pocas pret\u00e9ritas y la comodidad de las resoluciones en monitores grandes.\n\nCuando empec\u00e9 a jugar, torc\u00eda un poco el morro ante lo sencillo y aparentemente cutre de los gr\u00e1ficos, y lo pobres que son los sonidos. Hay pocos tracks de m\u00fasica y en ese sentido digamos que cumple lo justo, lo necesario para ambientar. Los veteranos reconocer\u00e1n varios sonidos y efectos, inconfundibles, que pod\u00edamos encontrar en juegos viejos como el Shandalar (el m\u00edtico juego RPG de Magic The Gathering).\n\n No hay di\u00e1logos hablados. La m\u00fasica es sencilla y los efectos algo cutrecillos. Los gr\u00e1ficos son s\u00faper b\u00e1sicos. Pero cualquiera que busque un RPG y est\u00e9 interesado en la ambientaci\u00f3n, la historia principal, en vivir una gran aventura y jugar una campa\u00f1a de comienzos humildes, pero con final \u00e9pico, va a encontrar un diamante en bruto con este juego. \n\n Lo sorprendente de Avernum es que con las pegas antes descritas, a base de unas descripciones de texto bien elaboradas y con esos limitados recursos visuales, consigue hacer cre\u00edble el escenario. Consigue transmitir perfectamente el inframundo que nos rodea, hacer v\u00edvidas las ciudades y descripciones de lugares, ominosos los sitios que parecen peligrosos, etc\u00e9tera. Est\u00e1 muy bien escrito.\n\n El juego tiene dos partes: el \"de viaje\" y el escenario \"de a pie\". Usamos el primero para viajar por una suerte de sandbox con total libertad, al estilo de los viejos Fallout, descubriendo y explorando (y arriesg\u00e1ndonos a ser destruidos por enemigos mucho m\u00e1s fuertes). Avernum es un sitio bastante grande, con montones de ciudades, refugios, encuentros especiales, secretos, lugares ocultos... Usamos el de \"a pie\" cuando entramos en una localizaci\u00f3n o hay combate.\n El combate es por turnos, en orden de velocidad o iniciativa, y si bien es sencillo, cumple perfectamente y tiene la suficiente cantidad de opciones para hacerlo muy interesante (y desafiante). Funciona con puntos de acci\u00f3, de forma similar a los primeros Fallout. El juego puede regularse en dificultad en cualquier momento, para hacerlo m\u00e1s desafiante o m\u00e1s sencillo si alg\u00fan encuentro se nos atasca demasiado. Tienes bastantes clases disponibles y cuando subes niveles vas obteniendo habilidades y dotes para tus personajes, aunque habitualmente vas a necesitar al menos alguien que cure, alguien que encaje los golpes y alguien que use conjuros, ya que la magia es muy importante cuando el juego se vuelve m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil.\n Hay unas cuantas habilidades que son \"de grupo\" y que tienen que ver con muchos encuentros en el mundo, en el modo de viaje. Por ejemplo, si vas apilando \"Cave lore\" en tu grupo, te dar\u00e1s cuenta de que descubres con facilidad pasajes ocultos, tesoros enterrados, evitas encuentros hostiles... si acumulas \"Luck\" entre tus personajes de vez en cuando te llevar\u00e1s alguna sorpresa agradable en encuentros con enemigos, etc. \n Tienes un registro de misiones, y un sistema de diario que te permite guardar extractos de informaci\u00f3n interesantes (di\u00e1logos, libros, etc) que contengan informaci\u00f3n que pueda parecer \u00fatil (y la hay) o rumores sobre la localizaci\u00f3n de varios artefactos m\u00e1gicos de gran poder. El juego tiene diferentes finales, y te dan la opci\u00f3n de continuar una vez completas uno, y con total libertad en el orden en que quieras hacer las cosas. Yo encontr\u00e9 la salida y consegu\u00ed escapar, pero a esas alturas ya estaba demasiado involucrado en los acontecimientos de la historia como para abandonar a esa gente a su suerte sin m\u00e1s, as\u00ed que me d\u00ed la vuelta y volv\u00ed a entrar, para derrotar los desaf\u00edos que quedaban en el inframundo...\n\n Desgranas poco a poco la historia antigua, averig\u00fcas cosas sobre algo que posteriormente sale en la continuaci\u00f3n del juego, te puedes unir a algunas facciones y ayudar o enemistarte con otras, dedicarte a purgar Avernum de criaturas que te molestan e incluso plantearte asesinar a todos los habitantes de las ciudades. Libertad total, aunque las consecuencias pueden ser nefastas...\n Los conjuros escasean y hay que buscarlos en criptas olvidadas o buscarse la vida para encontrar magos poderosos que nos los ense\u00f1en, o pagar dinerales a maestros para mejorarlos. Los objetos m\u00e1gicos son una rareza en Avernum, y cuesta encontrarlos, pero el explorador dedicado sabr\u00e1 buscarse la vida y eso siempre conlleva una recompensa. Por poner un ejemplo, poco a poco, averig\u00fcando cosas sobre la historia del lugar, oyes hablar de la Primera Expedici\u00f3n que el Imperio mand\u00f3 a Avernum, equipados con X cosas m\u00e1gicas poderosas. Si sigues las pistas y exploras en lugares peligrosos, puede que al final las encuentres. Yo consegu\u00ed, con nivel 10 o as\u00ed, una esfera que permit\u00eda volar al grupo y atravesar masas de agua, abismos y llegar a sitios inaccesibles en un principio. Se supone que para conseguir ese trasto hay que ir a buscarlo con nivel 20 o m\u00e1s. Tuve que cargar partida muchas veces y escapar como un loco de monstruos errantes, pero la exploraci\u00f3n en territorio peligroso vali\u00f3 la pena. Esta falta de linealidad, esa disponibilidad de darle al jugador la opci\u00f3n de hacerlo si quiere, es lo que me ha encantado de este juego.\n\n Bajo toda la capa de cutres gr\u00e1ficos y sonidos MIDI, es una joya para los amantes de cualquier buena historia y ambientaci\u00f3n lograda. Bebe de los cl\u00e1sicos m\u00e1s t\u00edpicos, pero eso no supone un lastre. La campa\u00f1a dura bastante y el juego me hizo consumir horas y horas, d\u00eda tras d\u00eda, atrapado por el af\u00e1n de descubrir zonas nuevas, conseguir objetos determinados y completar misiones para volver sobre mis pasos y aplastar a aquellos que te daban fuerte cuando llegaste a Avernum por primera vez. De ser un completo forastero a un h\u00e9roe reconocido (o temido) en las distintas ciudades del inframundo hay un largo trecho, y por el camino conoceremos a los dragones que se ocultaron del Imperio en las profundidades, y su peculiar historia con los habitantes del submundo y sus dif\u00edciles relaciones entre ellos, la historia de las dem\u00e1s razas que pueblan Avernum (y puede que hasta su origen, y de d\u00f3nde han salido...), qui\u00e9n construy\u00f3 previamente las monumentales cavernas, qu\u00e9 amenazas sellaron o detuvieron otros h\u00e9roes mucho antes de que llegaras aqu\u00ed, etc. \n\n Vaya, un juegazo. Yo lo compr\u00e9 por poco m\u00e1s de un euro, pero si me hubiese costado 10 o 20, los habr\u00eda valido sobradamente. Llegar al final y conseguir superar uno de los finales puede llevar m\u00e1s de 80 horas, o incluso 100 o m\u00e1s si te dedicas a explorar todos los lugares y tratas de completar todas las misiones, como yo. En cuanto lo termin\u00e9, quise jugar el siguiente. Si echas de menos aquella sensaci\u00f3n de historia bien escrita, combate interesante y viajes largos que ten\u00edan juegos como el Fallout 1 y 2, este es tu juego, sin dudarlo.", "timestamp_created": 1437290727, "timestamp_updated": 1437290727, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.624272", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "17003830": {"recommendationid": "17003830", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025153924", "num_games_owned": 110, "num_reviews": 59, "playtime_forever": 1063, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515112926}, "language": "english", "review": "Singe player turn based isometric party based cRPG.\n\nGreat remake of a remake of the original, all of which made by the same guy. There is a lot to do with a very intretsing and rather unique game setting. I do wish the game world was 2-3 times the size of what it currently is with more loations. But you can easily milk 1-200 hours from the this title. The difficulty settings range form 'I'm never gonna die' to 'OMFG why can I not kill anything... its just a freakin 1 foot tall little person and a bat!!!\"\n\nYou will wanna make a party with dedicated roles over having everyone be able to do a bit of everything. A very fun and very enjoyable experince :) an easy 4/5 for a fantatsic development team.", "timestamp_created": 1436674746, "timestamp_updated": 1436674746, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.522579", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16956384": {"recommendationid": "16956384", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052258483", "num_games_owned": 782, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 789, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1464948543}, "language": "english", "review": "======================================\nAvernum: Escape From the Pit\n(Read on for the full review!)\n======================================\n\nSpiderweb Software, creator of the \"Exile\" series took the PC RPG template of the time and ran with it, allowing players to control multiple party members and customize their growth, exploring a vast underground world with a surprisingly intricate story. Avernum: Escape From the Pit is essentially a remake of the original Exile game of the same name. Escape From the Pit has been given a graphical overhaul, utilizing the isometric view used in the Avernum games released most recently by Spiderweb Software. The remake changes more than just the graphics, however, and the result is a game that is both the same and quite different from the original.\n\n======================================\n\nPros\n+ Old School style CRPG with plenty of replay value.\n+ Game-play: Explore the open world as you please and do it at your own pace.\n+ Really good lore for the game world\n+ A ton of sights to see!\n+ Engaging story\n\nCons\n- The UI is clunky and the character sheet & Inventory is annoying at times!\n\nNeutral\n+/- Doesn't hold your hand at all. (This is a good thing to me)\n\n======================================\n\nIntroduction\n\nThe Avernum series is based in Avernum, a subterranean nation far under the surface of the world. The surface is ruled by the Empire, a single, monolithic power under the command of the cruel Emperor Hawthorne.\n\nEveryone on the surface who speaks out, rebels, or doesn\u2019t fit in is sentenced to life imprisonment in Avernum. Prisoners are expected to die, the victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair.\n\nThe Avernum series tells the tale of the Avernites' struggle to survive, avenge themselves upon the Empire, and win both freedom and a return to the surface world.\n\n======================================\n\nGame-play\n\nAvernum: Escape from the Pit is a single-player role-playing video game. The player controls a group of up to four adventurers, who can use melee weapons, missile weapons, magic, or a mix of these skills to defeat opponents.\n\nOne of the better aspects of this game is the opportunity to customize your adventuring party. Whether you want to have a balanced group featuring every type of character or whether you instead choose to enter battle with an entire team of tanky sword-wielding knights; the game accommodates your decision. You are also allowed to select an image avatar for each of your heroes (whether it fits their class or not is up to you). That having been said, classes make relatively little difference in your characters' long-term potential, as every character can learn every spell and ability regardless of their class. The way this works is that requirements to wield spells are determined by the stats and skills that you develop for a character - meaning that you can choose to make your units as specialized or balanced as you please. Fan of sword-wielding battle mages who can heal their team in a pinch? Not a problem. Want to throw in a super-defensive tank that will soak up damage and demand enemies' attention? Easy. Escape From the Pit allows for such customization without over complication. A downside to this is the risk that characters will become a little generic, but the multitude of customizable aspects (stats, skills, spells, and \"traits\", which function as passive boosts to a character's stats or abilities) help to ensure each of your units is a unique personality.\n\nEscape From the Pit offers several difficulty levels, as well as the ability to adjust the difficulty at any time during your game. This might come in handy depending on how quickly you want to beat Escape From the Pit, because often you will find that enemies are just too difficult and you need to go grind somewhere else before advancing to where you want to go. Yes, Escape From the Pit does involve a lot of grinding in dungeons, but Spiderweb Software has done a great job making this experience far less tedious, with diverse and well-designed environments that often use interesting tricks to create light puzzle elements. The world of Avernum is by no means boring and progressing through the game is both fun and challenging.\n\nAll things said, it seems there's a lot beneath the surface here, with plenty of things to see and do that will keep you adventuring for many hours.\n\n======================================\n\nGraphics\n\nIf you're looking for up-to-date, modern graphics, you might as well stop reading now. Avernum utilizes 2D graphics in an isometric view, reminiscent of the original Diablo. Obviously this makes the whole thing look quite dated. If you aren't immediately turned off by that, then let me assure you that you will probably love this game. Noticeably improved even over those of the most recent Avernum titles are the character portraits, which are in fact quite beautiful. Otherwise, the graphics are essentially identical to those of recent Avernum titles, reflecting Spiderweb's low priority on steady advancement in that area. This is something important to know because Escape From the Pit is a game that will polarize RPG players depending on how important visuals are to them.\n\n======================================\n\nConclusion\n\nOverall, Avernum: Escape From the Pit is a solid RPG experience that combines classic style, a compelling story, and generous content to create an indie game that is very much worth your time. If you're looking for a complex single player RPG and value content at the expense of visuals, don't miss this title.\n\n======================================", "timestamp_created": 1436439893, "timestamp_updated": 1436439893, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 55, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.813162", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16889802": {"recommendationid": "16889802", "author": {"steamid": "76561198054240979", "num_games_owned": 407, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 8613, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1436162498}, "language": "english", "review": "An enormous old-school, open world RPG with tons of quests, huge maps and endless loot. The story and various characters you meet are excellent too. Definitely recommend this for anyone who likes this style of game.", "timestamp_created": 1436080951, "timestamp_updated": 1436080951, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500812", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16866634": {"recommendationid": "16866634", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068981892", "num_games_owned": 167, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 4471, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1459121486}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is sort of like a retro, turn-based RPG. It reminds me of the old \"Pool of Radiance,\" and similar type games, which came out in the 1980's. But, it isn't the same, as in, it isn't \"official DnD rules,\" in fact it is more like a GURPS type system, where each character can be built any way you want. For example, you can have a \"tank\" type character who can also cast healing spells, or a wizard who is also skilled with a bow. \n\nI was skeptical at first, having been burned several times by games which are no fun at all. But, I am a huge fan of turn based RPG's, which are well made. This is one of them. I can't wait to try Avernum 2, 4, 5 and 6, which are also on Steam. (strangely, there is no Avernum 3 on Steam). \n\nThe fights can be challenging. There have been several in which I thought the entire party would die, but I ended up victorious (my four man party has two healers, one of which is sort of an archer/healer, but it works well to have a back-up healer. I also put one point on healing for my mage, so he can also heal with his huge mana pool if he has to). And my party has been wiped out several times, but the game allows frequent saves, so all you need to do is go back to your last saved game and you're good to go if they all die. \n\nThe game allows you to \"level up,\" with stat and ability increases at each level. There seems to be no level limit. I have been playing the game for a few days and my party is already level eleven. \n\nTreasure includes things like better armor, weapons, scrolls, wands, potions, money, gems, and all sorts of mundane things, like bags of flour, tools, etc.", "timestamp_created": 1435954571, "timestamp_updated": 1435954571, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502158", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16854367": {"recommendationid": "16854367", "author": {"steamid": "76561198078962041", "num_games_owned": 5384, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 6468, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1426223137}, "language": "english", "review": "Focused on realistic world-building and open-ended questing, Avernum eschews aesthetics in favor of pure gameplay. From the moment you create your party, you are embroiled in the world of Avernum and if you can look past the somewhat crusty (but perfectly functional and intuitive) interface, you will not want to leave your new home until your quest is complete.\n\nAvernum is a bleak, dangerous setting (really just a dank cavern), but somehow the developers have filled it with a wide variety of both environments and inhabitants. Towns have the feel of outposts in the badlands with a motley citizenship of people with sordid pasts, meaning you never quite know where you fit, and always need to watch your back. There are points where you free to attack and kill NPCs that will affect the outcome of the game, but much of the time you will be signing your own death warrant by doing so.\n\nWhile it may feel a little difficult to play for some people who didn't grow up in the heyday of SSI RPGs, I personally have no significant complaints about Avernum. I loved playing it from start to \"finish\" (I say that in quotes because there are multiple endings, or you can simply roam forever finishing off a multitude of optional quests). Highly recommended for hardcore roleplayers.", "timestamp_created": 1435893119, "timestamp_updated": 1435893119, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499861", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16726411": {"recommendationid": "16726411", "author": {"steamid": "76561197961744176", "num_games_owned": 819, "num_reviews": 192, "playtime_forever": 407, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1473981099}, "language": "english", "review": "Its actually very very very good! I wasn't expecting much but got pleasently surprised! Lovely old school RPG with a HUGE world! Reminds me of Fallout 1 and 2, Aracanum and Torment!", "timestamp_created": 1435349510, "timestamp_updated": 1435349510, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.494384", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16683573": {"recommendationid": "16683573", "author": {"steamid": "76561198058568306", "num_games_owned": 248, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 7127, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1482687165}, "language": "english", "review": "Okay so I'm pretty much hoping that my point gets across through my increasingly copious amounts of game time, considering I've had it for all of a week. If not, here's the gist of it. \n\nSpiderweb Software is an amazing company, and I originally discovered them through their Geneforge games. Now, I was skeptical when I first began playing Avernum because in my opinion it had a lot to live up to. I think I can now safely say that this is my favorite of all their games thus far. It is a remake of Avernum 1, which came out over a decade ago, and all it did was improve. Currently there is a gap in the story, because Avernum 3 has not yet been remade (though I assume you could go play the original) and so unless you're fine with skipping right over to 4, you'll just have to wait with bated breath.\n\nI know a few people who tend to ignore their games due to the admittedly strange graphics (how long can that man hold his arms like that, christ). While their portraiture and icons are very nicely done, they do skimp a bit in the 3D area, though I presume not for lack of trying. Having played a bit TOO many RPGs in days past I believe it to be somewhat nostalgic.\n\nIn short, the story is amazing, the art \"antique\", and the replayability significant. If only we could port our endings to the next games. 9/10.", "timestamp_created": 1435177505, "timestamp_updated": 1435177505, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 8, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.507061", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16624354": {"recommendationid": "16624354", "author": {"steamid": "76561198059102102", "num_games_owned": 90, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 743, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499060706}, "language": "english", "review": "Great old school tactics style RPG, lot of fun to run around and remember the days of baldurs gate and icewind dale.", "timestamp_created": 1434991004, "timestamp_updated": 1434991004, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16544666": {"recommendationid": "16544666", "author": {"steamid": "76561198078633977", "num_games_owned": 79, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 5456, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1498934838}, "language": "german", "review": "Oldschool Openworld RPG mit Turn-Based Combat\n\n+ lauft problemlos (kurze Wartezeiten, keine Bugs soweit)\n+ Charakterwahl v\u00f6llig frei, mit Vorschl\u00e4gen als Hilfe\n+ Open World\n+ herausfordernd (von Schwierigkeitsgraden und knappem Tutorial)\n+ Alle Spielmechanismen sind nachlesbar\n+ Unbegrenzt Platz im Abfallbeutel\n+ Viele Quests\n+ Viele ansprechbare NPC\n+ Viele Geheimnisse zu entdecken\n\n- Alles auf Englisch \n- Nur Soundeffekte, kein Sound \n- Fernwaffen irgendwie nutzlos\n- Missionsliste ist nach keinem ersichtlichen System geordnet und l\u00e4sst sich nicht ordnen\n- Gewisse Missionen sind nicht abschliessbar, da man immer neue Gegenst\u00e4nde bringen kann\n\n\nFazit: Kann ich absolut empfehlen, nicht perfekt aber mir hats gefallen!", "timestamp_created": 1434782438, "timestamp_updated": 1434782438, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16465563": {"recommendationid": "16465563", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031846041", "num_games_owned": 116, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 4762, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1433323183}, "language": "french", "review": "Excellent RPG !\nIl d\u00e9passe de loin certains RPG AAA :)\n\nL'histoire est tr\u00e8s bien \u00e9crite (Attention ! Tout est en anglais !) et on ne s'ennuie pas une seconde, il y a toujours un truc \u00e0 faire, \u00e0 voir, \u00e0 explorer, \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer, \u00e0 retourner voir.\n\nJoueur hardcore ? On peut passer 10h d'affill\u00e9e dessus sans probl\u00e8me.\nJoueur casual ? Le jeu se lance tr\u00e8s rapidement et on peut y jouer 5-10 minutes et quand m\u00eame faire un truc constructif ou simplement avancer un peu dans un dongeon.\n\nVraiment un tr\u00e8s bon titre.", "timestamp_created": 1434529653, "timestamp_updated": 1434529653, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.649123", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16419130": {"recommendationid": "16419130", "author": {"steamid": "76561198032207795", "num_games_owned": 174, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 225, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1449498211}, "language": "english", "review": "For lovers of old RPG's this is the game for you. Honestly having a ball with it so far, and I can see that its just the beginning. Buy this, its cheap and brilliant.", "timestamp_created": 1434380598, "timestamp_updated": 1434380598, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502733", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16330443": {"recommendationid": "16330443", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008430411", "num_games_owned": 122, "num_reviews": 32, "playtime_forever": 2136, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468625883}, "language": "english", "review": "Even though I've only played this for an hour or so so far, I can tell that this is a game I will like.\n\n\"Quaint\" is the best word for this game. It's a 90's cRPG and it knows it, but it's also modern in its interface, which makes the game much more fun to play than it otherwise would be. It has quirks, but these are easy to get to grips with. I look forward to playing the hell out of this game.", "timestamp_created": 1434120231, "timestamp_updated": 1434120231, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16250626": {"recommendationid": "16250626", "author": {"steamid": "76561198121209527", "num_games_owned": 24, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 5619, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434196764}, "language": "english", "review": "I've always enjoyed Spiderweb software's products, and this was no exception.  I had a really good time playing the game.  I thought it was well balanced, not too easy or too hard, and the open world made exploration very diverting.  The writing was solid, and the story interesting.\n\nThe interface is pretty good, although there was a problem selecting individual squares where 3D objects overlapped.  It wasn't bad enough to prevent me from enjoying the game, but it was annoying.  It was also at times difficult to tell whether a character would move or execute an action when you clicked, which could result in your characters doing stupid things that got them killed.  Also, some story devices were overused.  (Specifically \u201cEnlightenment\u201d)  It is also a little bit difficult to tell what direction one should take with skills and such while leveling.  It was also a challenge to find objects on the ground to pick up.\n\nStill and all, it was a very solid, turn-based RPG.  I really loved it.\n", "timestamp_created": 1433715914, "timestamp_updated": 1433715914, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502597", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16120118": {"recommendationid": "16120118", "author": {"steamid": "76561198119459556", "num_games_owned": 72, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4311, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 6, "last_played": 1516338197}, "language": "english", "review": "I got this game three and a half days ago. That's approximately 84 hours, day and night. As of right now I have 45 hours on record. That means, since I got this game, I have spent about 54% of my time playing it. And I still have finals to study for.\n\n10/10 I can quit any time I want.", "timestamp_created": 1433182792, "timestamp_updated": 1433187628, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497703", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16089845": {"recommendationid": "16089845", "author": {"steamid": "76561198115440866", "num_games_owned": 179, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3552, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1441326298}, "language": "english", "review": "its like follow the leader but better", "timestamp_created": 1433039682, "timestamp_updated": 1433039682, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497703", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16063635": {"recommendationid": "16063635", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076703578", "num_games_owned": 150, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 355, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1506289633}, "language": "english", "review": "I love older RPGs. That's why it's so hard to not recommend this game. It could have been a great game, it has a huge world, tons of quests, and freedom to choose where you want to go anytime.\n\nThe problem is that it is all very bland, the cities all look basically the same, there's very little actual plot, and very few interesting NPCs. There are a lot of lines of text, but most of it are descriptions of people or places, few are actual dialogue lines.", "timestamp_created": 1432929101, "timestamp_updated": 1432929101, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 31, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.598573", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16032017": {"recommendationid": "16032017", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972373673", "num_games_owned": 144, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 3611, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1508372417}, "language": "english", "review": "The controls and interface can be a little awkward, but once you get used to that and the key bindings the game can actually be fun.", "timestamp_created": 1432769605, "timestamp_updated": 1432795391, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16028026": {"recommendationid": "16028026", "author": {"steamid": "76561198009269727", "num_games_owned": 661, "num_reviews": 127, "playtime_forever": 426, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1412195932}, "language": "english", "review": "The remake of the remake of the precursor of turn-based CRPGs.\n\nIt's pretty ok!", "timestamp_created": 1432747936, "timestamp_updated": 1432747936, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16021883": {"recommendationid": "16021883", "author": {"steamid": "76561198063182977", "num_games_owned": 6, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 1, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1432709287}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "N\u00e3o pude avaliar...\n\nO jogo simplesmente n\u00e3o roda aqui, ele trava o PC (blackscreen). Uso Win7 e mesmo tentando rodar ele em modo de compatibilidade com o XP n\u00e3o funciona, n\u00e3o recomendo.\n\nDinheiro jogador fora, pelo menos foram s\u00f3 4 reais, rs.", "timestamp_created": 1432711383, "timestamp_updated": 1432711383, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.491587", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "16009533": {"recommendationid": "16009533", "author": {"steamid": "76561197966813656", "num_games_owned": 184, "num_reviews": 74, "playtime_forever": 966, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504807246}, "language": "english", "review": "One of the best oldschool rpgs, made by only one person.", "timestamp_created": 1432637651, "timestamp_updated": 1432637651, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15931634": {"recommendationid": "15931634", "author": {"steamid": "76561198082935611", "num_games_owned": 92, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 2884, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427062472}, "language": "english", "review": "I'm a fan of the Avernum series.\nI got really into Exile 2 and Exile 3 when I was younger. (Avernum 2 Crystal Souls and the as yet unreleased Avernum 3)\n\nI can't tell you how happy I was to see these game come back.\n\nThis game is HUGE. Think Skyrim huge. It requires a tonne of reading, as none of the dialogue is spoken aloud.\nIf you enjoy reading, spells, and lore then buy this game.\n\n9/10\n\nThe keyboard shortcuts are different than the original so it took alot of relearning. There's also far fewer random encounters (if really any) so gaining experience is somewhat of a strategic challenge.\n\nThere's no party editer like there was with the original Exile games which is nice. Less temptation, more challenge.\nBe careful however, when you kill someone in this game they are dead and that has lasting consequences.", "timestamp_created": 1432237868, "timestamp_updated": 1432237868, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15894312": {"recommendationid": "15894312", "author": {"steamid": "76561198064601344", "num_games_owned": 79, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 105, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1431513538}, "language": "english", "review": "I spent hundreds of hours on the Exile series (yes, it's Avernum now... I'll accept that in another 20 years) in the 90s and loved every minute. I've picked up where I left off (after Blades), but the original should be commended for being an innovative gem.\n\nParty customization is fairly deep and allows for a wide variety of tactical strategies to fit individual play style. It's turn-based, so you can come and go as you please (save after combat). Exploration of hidden areas is rewarding and the non-linear questing (take your own approach, or even finish before picking them up) gives it a realistic touch. Graphics snobs--this might not be for you. As someone who started gaming with Pong, I can appreciate this restyled version of an old classic. This version seems to start off slightly less bleak--could be the additional color.\n\nI've always liked the developers, who are even friendlier than those spiders that think I'm cute. Thanks for years of quality entertainment!", "timestamp_created": 1432002394, "timestamp_updated": 1432670143, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.554211", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15763495": {"recommendationid": "15763495", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970715506", "num_games_owned": 436, "num_reviews": 17, "playtime_forever": 8408, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424135035}, "language": "english", "review": "I have played this game in at least two different incarnations. I love the fact that you can go where you want to go, when you want to go, and get your ass handed to you because you are too low leveled. Also, the dialog is quite good considering that it's written by one guy!\n\n8/10 - Would infiltrate the Emperor's residence again, just to see the look on his face when my salamander burns him to a crisp.", "timestamp_created": 1431209380, "timestamp_updated": 1431209380, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 4, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508445", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15716905": {"recommendationid": "15716905", "author": {"steamid": "76561197991838204", "num_games_owned": 395, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 6253, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1429324413}, "language": "english", "review": "A strategy game where the best tactic is to run in with half your team as dual wielding berserkers and the other half as mage/healer buff-sluts.\n\n10/10", "timestamp_created": 1430939891, "timestamp_updated": 1430939891, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15520579": {"recommendationid": "15520579", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972011136", "num_games_owned": 816, "num_reviews": 330, "playtime_forever": 106, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1396433647}, "language": "french", "review": "jeux sympa , pas de regr\u00eat", "timestamp_created": 1429893520, "timestamp_updated": 1429893520, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15484623": {"recommendationid": "15484623", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993264965", "num_games_owned": 54, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 2030, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1492298174}, "language": "english", "review": "Just not my cup of tea... I really like RPGs and have played hundreds of them over the years, including the classics.  But, I just couldn't get into it.  Granted, I honestly didn't play it long (~2 hours).  So, take this review with that grain of salt.", "timestamp_created": 1429664340, "timestamp_updated": 1429664340, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.468218", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15471521": {"recommendationid": "15471521", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994149472", "num_games_owned": 1132, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 21637, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1514778126}, "language": "english", "review": "So I played this game a little bit and read some of the reviews recently.  It is a rogue-like D&D type game that certainly appealed to my old-school roots in Ultima and similar type RPG's.   While I will concur with many that the graphics are nothing spectacular, I have to take issue with a few complainers that this has no story.  The story in this game MAKES this game... If you want to play an immersive RPG that has an interesting and unique story this is your game.  Old-school RPG fan who cares more about game-play and combat strategy then about fancy graphics and real-time button mashing?  This is your game.  Spiderweb Software has produced a number of fantastic games over the years and what you can be assured of in each one is unique dialogue and and an interesting and clever (and sometimes funny) story.", "timestamp_created": 1429582143, "timestamp_updated": 1429582143, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15296057": {"recommendationid": "15296057", "author": {"steamid": "76561197985345570", "num_games_owned": 178, "num_reviews": 17, "playtime_forever": 5191, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1443328400}, "language": "english", "review": "Wow what a game. This is the closest I've felt to D&D on the computer as far as storytelling and exploration. The world is huge but contained enough to navigate around. The graphics are pretty minimalist but with the exception of the skill tree seem to fit the story and the mechanics of the game. Fantastic balancing of the items. There wasn't really a \"best\" of anything but rather trade offs for most of the magical items. I've been looking for a good isometric squad based fantasy game since playing Wasteland 2 and this is the best I've found so far. Enormous amount of text and story with lots of side quests and nooks and crannies waiting to be discovered. On the down side the game lacked a lot of depth. Most characters are superficially shallow serving mostly for plot device with no real attachment to or from the player. The battle sequences can also become grinding if you don't build your party correctly. You're able to get through it but it will take you forever. I clocked my first play through at 86 hours. Probably won't play it again but I've added the other games to my wishlist as I've gotten an appetite for more.", "timestamp_created": 1428696650, "timestamp_updated": 1428696650, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15217363": {"recommendationid": "15217363", "author": {"steamid": "76561198062842214", "num_games_owned": 73, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3072, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1404568037}, "language": "english", "review": "What can i say,\n\nAvernum Escape from the Pit is an Old School Rpg. \n-A lot to read a lot to click. \n-Graphics are OK.\n-Story is above average.\n\nAll in all a solid Sparetime-devouer until someone gets bored.\nDont expect a Baldursgate-kinda Game.", "timestamp_created": 1428232740, "timestamp_updated": 1428232740, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15151379": {"recommendationid": "15151379", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046100367", "num_games_owned": 110, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2607, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427987463}, "language": "english", "review": "Wonderful old school game, a milestone in the genre", "timestamp_created": 1427871089, "timestamp_updated": 1427871089, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15130591": {"recommendationid": "15130591", "author": {"steamid": "76561198040908291", "num_games_owned": 282, "num_reviews": 127, "playtime_forever": 546, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421686089}, "language": "english", "review": "Keeping this one short: AVERNUM: ESCAPE FROM THE PIT is a great tactical RPG with an interesting setting,complex leveling system, exciting story, and fun and simple tactical RPG gameplay. Get this game if you want a fun classic RPG. I highly recommend this game for your IPad, if you don't have one get it on your PC.", "timestamp_created": 1427748126, "timestamp_updated": 1427748206, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15120817": {"recommendationid": "15120817", "author": {"steamid": "76561198026958571", "num_games_owned": 387, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 342, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427333482}, "language": "english", "review": "https://youtu.be/sdfWcBY0mdU\n\nSums up my Avernum: Escape From the Pit\n\n10/10 would play this game without understanding anything again.", "timestamp_created": 1427695149, "timestamp_updated": 1427695149, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.476359", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15107560": {"recommendationid": "15107560", "author": {"steamid": "76561198067078498", "num_games_owned": 210, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 416, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427661947}, "language": "english", "review": "simple click and point adventure  if you can get past the out dated graphics .easy to learn  about 10 mins to get an idea off what too do and where to go  and get the basics down. first time playing a game like this and i love it.amen!", "timestamp_created": 1427629019, "timestamp_updated": 1427629019, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502488", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15094223": {"recommendationid": "15094223", "author": {"steamid": "76561197982388361", "num_games_owned": 130, "num_reviews": 42, "playtime_forever": 177, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427650889}, "language": "english", "review": "I discovered Avernum, Geneforge, etc a few years ago, playing the demos while I was in 9th grade or so. The games are simple, turn based combat, similar to the old Fallout games, to my knowledge (it's been a while.), The graphics are ok, they always have been, they look very similar to when the series started, very few changes, but it doesn't matter, because they look good. The gameplay is addictive. I recommend this game to old school gamers, who want a more laid back RPG experience, or need some nostalgia.", "timestamp_created": 1427560931, "timestamp_updated": 1427560931, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "15028698": {"recommendationid": "15028698", "author": {"steamid": "76561198142174583", "num_games_owned": 118, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 3938, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505014147}, "language": "english", "review": "I had Exile: Escape from the Pit as a shareware version however many years ago it was new. (It was close to 30; I'm not going to bother looking it up.) I was very poor then, and couldn't afford to pay to unlock it, so I just played the trial content repeatedly. The gameplay was that engaging that I didn't really need the storyline, but oh, how I wanted it.\n\nNow, here it is, the full story, with the incredible turn-based tactical battle system that I remember, and even better graphics than the original. (Dated, perhaps, but I like retro.) Avernum presents a world where your choices matter, and there are a lot of them to make. Character development is flexible, and you're presented with difficult trade-offs to meet competing priorities. The possibilities to make up your party of four are practically infinite, giving the game a lot of replay value as well.\n\nIf you like games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Suikoden Tactics for the battle systems, this is definitely worth your attention.", "timestamp_created": 1427164486, "timestamp_updated": 1427164486, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14986013": {"recommendationid": "14986013", "author": {"steamid": "76561198053452667", "num_games_owned": 465, "num_reviews": 36, "playtime_forever": 3828, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417032128}, "language": "french", "review": "Un RPG a l'ancienne, avec un niveau de difficult\u00e9 par piqu\u00e9 des hannetons par moments. Du level up, de l'exploration, des qu\u00eates, et beaucoup de combats tactiques tour par tour. Au final, on se retrouve avec un RPG qui ne paye pas de mine mais occupe de longues heures sans s'ennuyer", "timestamp_created": 1426936907, "timestamp_updated": 1426936907, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14983103": {"recommendationid": "14983103", "author": {"steamid": "76561198012275256", "num_games_owned": 782, "num_reviews": 69, "playtime_forever": 3261, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427936745}, "language": "english", "review": "An incredibly fun turn-based combat and exploration game. Don't be turned off by the graphics, this game is awesome. Could do with a better tutorial and a better explanation of the movement system and some more deeper and complex aspects of the game. A simple equipment system and non-complex skill trees make this a competent, manageable RPG for everyone. Seriously, get it. It's tons of fun.", "timestamp_created": 1426918562, "timestamp_updated": 1426918562, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500284", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14929255": {"recommendationid": "14929255", "author": {"steamid": "76561198101487311", "num_games_owned": 104, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2924, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1428101546}, "language": "english", "review": "Who needs a girlfriend when Avernum is there to tuck you in at night? certainly not me! \n\n3 thumbs way up", "timestamp_created": 1426566855, "timestamp_updated": 1426566855, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 4, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14911758": {"recommendationid": "14911758", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972594817", "num_games_owned": 190, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1171, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1490576917}, "language": "english", "review": "Another solid delivery from spiderweb.", "timestamp_created": 1426461609, "timestamp_updated": 1426461609, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14883661": {"recommendationid": "14883661", "author": {"steamid": "76561198083304970", "num_games_owned": 256, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 5191, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1419430250}, "language": "english", "review": "If you're reading this review, probably you're searching for a good rpg: you've found it.\nWhy?\n\nIn this game you will find an imaginative fantasy world, harsh, but vibrant of life, magic and perils.\nA compelling storyline from  you could write a book with all the descriptions and dialogues.\nHOURS of exploration with the fear of a threat right after a tunnel or in a deeper cave or simply travelling between settlements.\nDeep combat mechanic and character development.\n\nWhere are the problems, a letdown then? Well graphics and sound are directly from classic old rpg games, since this game is totally \"substance\" and not \"appearance\".\nIf even this it's not your problem, and your love for pen 'n paper rpg using a bunch of nicely detailed miniatures and a good diorama/cardboard is still there...\n\nYou'll be in heaven even in Avernum.", "timestamp_created": 1426343931, "timestamp_updated": 1426488176, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.526872", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14872310": {"recommendationid": "14872310", "author": {"steamid": "76561198018610450", "num_games_owned": 1368, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 9111, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422344885}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an interesting game.  It's a remake of a remake of a game that came out in 1995, which is kind of surprising considering Escape From the Pit's graphics look like they're from 1995. Let's just say the original will make your eyes bleed. Now that we've gotten bashing the graphics out of the way, let's talk about the game itself. Avernum is a vast, expansive RPG that will take you around 60-70 hours to beat. Is it worth playing? Yes. It excels at everything it does. The world it takes place in is interesting and avoids many of the common fantasy tropes and pitfalls. The combat is enjoyably strategic and you feel a real sense of accomplishment after beating some of the harder enemies. The world is also filled to the brim with content and every enemy and item feels like it's been placed into the world with care and purpose. It's no masterpiece of writing, but it's far better than being merely servicable as a lot of RPGs tend to. The only real complaints of note are that the combat can get a bit silly at high levels and of course the graphics. Avernum is the type of RPG a lot of games wish they were and if you're fan of the genre you should definitely treat yourself to this one.", "timestamp_created": 1426285493, "timestamp_updated": 1426285493, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502620", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14859380": {"recommendationid": "14859380", "author": {"steamid": "76561198079952976", "num_games_owned": 616, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 1678, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1426906738}, "language": "english", "review": "Played this game when it was called Exile - when I was just a small boy.\n\nThe graphics and gameplay are now a bit dated. But this is still one of the strongest and deep RPGs I have ever played. Spiderweb did a great thing putting Exile on a PC shareware disc, because it has made me a lifelong fan of their games.\n\nIt is a dream of mine to see this game get made into a Skyrim-esque style (graphics/UI) engine with the Avernum story all intact\n\nAbsolutely recommend", "timestamp_created": 1426213097, "timestamp_updated": 1426213097, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.503854", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14814908": {"recommendationid": "14814908", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014446223", "num_games_owned": 827, "num_reviews": 186, "playtime_forever": 3937, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1493755989}, "language": "english", "review": "What an amazing RPG this is! Very nice build! It reminded me of old school AD&D where you had to read the descriptions to the players and act accordingly.  9/10!", "timestamp_created": 1425941973, "timestamp_updated": 1425941973, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14788008": {"recommendationid": "14788008", "author": {"steamid": "76561197961886955", "num_games_owned": 235, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 74, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1494391533}, "language": "english", "review": "nice game", "timestamp_created": 1425793141, "timestamp_updated": 1425793141, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14751365": {"recommendationid": "14751365", "author": {"steamid": "76561198107822003", "num_games_owned": 373, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 2240, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1425423168}, "language": "english", "review": "I expected this game to be better, but it's still very good.\n\nTo explain this, I'll have to say that the first Spiderweb game I ever had was Exile 3. It was... well, huge doesn't even begin to describe it. Back then, I didn't know a single english word, but I still played that game (the shareware part, at least) for WEEKS. It took days to even notice that there were shareware restrictions, and then I just started a new game... and it was completely different. The world of Exile 3 was so huge, and there was so much to do, it was practically impossible to play the same story twice. A single decision could change everything.\n\nI miss that. Yes, Avernum has sideplots - important sideplots even. Your decision also influence the story in noticeable ways. Still, compared to Exile 3, where half the sidequests seemed to be at least as important and satisfying as the main quests, Avernum is slightly lacking in diversity.\n\nAll of that aside, it's still a great game. The developers of Spiderweb Software have once more (re-)created a huge world, an epic storyweb (I simply refuse to call the complex plot of any of their games a simple storyLINE), many complex and believable characters... and made all of it work with, not despite, limited resources.\n\nMy recommendation therefore remains: If you like to get completely lost in a game, if you're looking for a captivating story, If you want to truly identify with the characters of a game, and if all of that is more important to you than fancy graphics and the +12 Sword of <insert fancy name here>, then there's nothing better than a Spiderweb game. NOTHING.", "timestamp_created": 1425594782, "timestamp_updated": 1425594782, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14601475": {"recommendationid": "14601475", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045428265", "num_games_owned": 179, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 4960, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424672341}, "language": "english", "review": "I played the earlier demo games way back in the day, and was excited to pick this up on sale.  On the whole I think it's a good game, and fun to play if you like 90s-style RPGs, especially for the fairly low cost.\n\nIt's a big, open-world game with a significant number of quests and places to wander, and a sizable number of NPCs to interact with. The skills/traits and leveling system is fairly fun to play with. There are some issues that keep me from giving it a 100% positive review:\n\n1) If you play at higher resolution settings, it's going to be harder to see loot on the ground, and the numerous secret door switches that are pretty crucial for discovery and completing dungeons. But it will give you a better tactical view.\n2) Loot rewards are pretty flat - at level 30 (not technically a level cap, but more or less is one) I'm still using quite a bit of gear that dropped at level 5.\n3) The interface could be a bit better - different shortcuts to open/close windows is a minor annoyance\n4) Aesthetically isometric view is nice, but tactically it makes for some challenges, esp. since you can't rotate the camera. This can cause issues with moving if trying to fight tactically and occasionally targeting in combat. \n5) You'll hit 30 before running out of content, at which point only a handful of fights will really be that challenging. Given that semi-tactical combat is one of the upsides, the game loses something when that's gone, though Grah-Hoth was a fun challenge.\n\nThe biggest downside for me is really the quest log. The quests can really pile up, the log doesn't really track meaningful details, and quests can't be sorted or deleted.  Quests also stay in your log even when they can't be completed - a minor annoyance.\n\nThe lack of detail wouldn't be quite as big a problem, except for the size of the game. Even playing a few hours daily, at some point you'll be working on a quest you picked up several days ago, with often minimal guidance on where you're at in the quest progression. Solving it in-game may require revisiting multiple towns and finding multiple NPCs who may or may not be mentioned in the text.  As the game went along I found myself using internet tips a bit more often because the fun of running back and forth between towns (even with a portal system running to about half of them) had waned.\n\nBut on the whole it's a good game. I've put about 60 (mostly enjoyable) hours into it, and am only just past the first of 3 \"game ending\" quests.  It reminds me in some ways of a stripped-down Divine Divinity, which ironically I liked more but never finished.", "timestamp_created": 1424639686, "timestamp_updated": 1424639686, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.564834", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14569797": {"recommendationid": "14569797", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025044333", "num_games_owned": 174, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4251, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424802149}, "language": "english", "review": "As I am an 40ish year old veteran of all the classic old school RPGs, I am pretty much the exact intended audience for this game.  Therefore, it is not surprising that I loved it.  So, if you fit the above description (or have an intimate knowledge of the Gold Box games), I would highly recommend that you play this game.", "timestamp_created": 1424489001, "timestamp_updated": 1424489001, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14534047": {"recommendationid": "14534047", "author": {"steamid": "76561198020049439", "num_games_owned": 1276, "num_reviews": 128, "playtime_forever": 12238, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424210754}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Excelente juego de rol... y excelente juego de la vieja escuela.\n\nVeamos, este es un juego inde y claramente de la vieja escuela, asi que cuanto antes nos olvidemos de los graficos y los fuegos artificiales mucho mejor. Salta a la vista que en ese sentido el juego es bastante sosete y limitado... por lo que no le queda mas remedio que centrarse en el contenido y no en la forma. \n\nY que contenido.... madre mia. \n\nLa trama, las misiones, los personajes, el entorno... todo esta muy bien trabajado y dise\u00f1ado. Al fin y al cabo es un segundo remake y se nota. Todo esta muy pulido y la jugabilidad es tremendamente buena... y dificil. \n\nJugabilidad buena porque pese a tener estructura de sandbox todo encaja a la perfeccion y todo tiene un porque, y dificil porque el juego, jugandolo en las dificultades mas altas, llega a convertirse en reto muy viciante y divertido. \n\nY es que Avernum esta plagado de detalles de la vieja escuela que hara las delicias de muchos. Mucho contenido, mucho texto, muchas misiones, combate por turnos, acertijos, larga duracion, sentido del humor, bastante dificultad... y con tres misiones finales alternativas para acabar el juego como uno quiera.  \n\nEso si, no es un juego para todo el mundo y eso hay que tenerlo en cuenta. Es un juego que si se quiere explotar bien nos va a llevar mucho tiempo y dedicacion. Ante todo porque esta en ingles y el juego tiene muchisimo texto, pero tambien porque es un juego muy largo y con mucho contenido. Hoy en dia hay opciones mas vistosas, asequibles, y en castellano, para el jugador de rol ocasional. \n\nAhora bien, el que no tenga problemas con el ingles y no le tenga miedo a los juegos largos se lo pasara realmente bien.\n\nEsta claro que tambien tiene algunos puntos mejorables. Dado el inmenso contenido se echa en falta la opcion de poder escribir notas en el mapa... o mas variedad a la hora de elegir personajes, que los hechizos zonales afecten tambien a los aliados si estan en el radio de accion... pero todo esto son detalles que si bien se hacen notar tampoco lastran en exceso el juego. \n\nEn definitiva un gran juego de rol, muy divertido y toda una sorpresa que lamentablemente pasara inadvertida para muchos. \n\nMuy recomendable para el jugador de rol curtido y que no tenga problemas con el ingles. \n\n\n8/10", "timestamp_created": 1424288823, "timestamp_updated": 1424288987, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 25, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.677844", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14491405": {"recommendationid": "14491405", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970950758", "num_games_owned": 648, "num_reviews": 53, "playtime_forever": 7144, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423756232}, "language": "english", "review": "There is something to say about modern game design. Games are more accessible, fun and a lot easier to navigate. However, there are a lot of players and developers who cherish, if that\u2019s the proper term, that old school look and feel. Avernum Escape from the Pit does not disappoint those fans. Its old school in every way from its look, broken mathematics, terrible inventory management, and world navigation. What is painful are these are all minor and fixable flaws that take away the strengths and add dozens upon dozens of unnecessary hours to the game and ultimately ruins your experience.\n\nAvernum Escape from the Pit is an isometric party RPG that from my understanding is a remake of an earlier Spiderweb title, Avernum 6. The story begins with you and 3 other characters that are tossed into the underground world of Avernum for crimes unknown against the empire. Your main objective is to escape, but other game ending objectives become available later in the game. The story, writing and quests design border on excellent and are easily the highlight for your long adventure. \n\nAvernum is built on a very recognizable RPG level up system with points which are distributed through common statistics, skill and traits trees. As I said earlier the mathematics in the game are broken in such a way a character editor is attached so you can basically max out a character from the start. I did not use the editor until the end where I just had had enough. My party consisted of a tank (sword/shield), tank (pole weapons), Mage (archer), and priest (Archer). I would be confident in any RPG that this party is common and can succeed, but after many failures near the end and reading forum posts, specific character builds, not recommended, are it seems required in order to successfully finish the game. That is unacceptable but makes sense why an editor is attched.\n\nBattles in Avernum are turn based in which the true pain is highlighted. At the onset you will be highly overwhelmed in such a way enemies will hit what feels like 100% of the time while your main characters, no matter how you have them built, will be lucky to hit at 45%. I must have uninstalled and reinstalled the game half a dozen times it is so infuriating. What\u2019s weird is around level 12 you start to feel somewhat capable, but then it all comes crashing back down around level 21. The inconsistences grow as you continue to get deeper in the game. If you are in a dungeon you at least have a fighting chance but out in the open where you can get surrounded, luck, potions, and a healthy healer is your only salvation. As a side note I started the game on hard difficulty as I do with all games, but seeing those statistics and constant early failures I dropped down to normal. I would like to say it made a difference, but not much.\n\nI spent over 100 hours in Avernum and I can\u2019t think of a game that has made me more frustrated. Its complete broken character builds, mathematics and reliance to remain \u2018old-school\u2019 doesn\u2019t help build an audience but keeps them away. Until I hear Spiderweb, who just celebrated 20 years in the business, address some modern design into their games, I\u2019ll look elsewhere to spend my RPG time. \n\nPositives\n*The world, story and writing are very good. It\u2019s very reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poeish in the description of places and people. \n*Quest design is excellent. \n*Great couch/ Laptop game never used a mouse.\n\nNegatives\n*Reliance on keeping old school mentality dooms the ability to grow an audience\n*If you release a character editor chances are the mathematics from your character builds, to enemy AI is broken. \n*No fast travel. There is some minor fast travel but I still figure 20+ hours is running around from place to place. Especially when trying to figure out a quest. The absolute #1 thing that needs implemented.\n*Shops don\u2019t replenish goods. One of the most, if not most important potions, is frenzy where it increases your AP for a number of rounds. Because of the size of the world and number of quests, if you use them during some minor battles, when you get to the dragon fights or bosses at the end good luck if you are out.\n*Inventory as it has no effect for weight, unless worn, should be shared and have a sort button.\n*The loot is very weak. Because this is a dungeon crawler in 2015(released last year) loot should be awesome and your character should mirror that aesthetic, not remain static. \n*Because of the graphical fidelity sometimes loot is hard to see on the screen. An added button to highlight interactive objects would fix this problem. It didn\u2019t bother me, but I know others have complained of the static camera.\n*A hit chance of 95% cannot =70%\n*Why are there not hidden passages at the end of a dungeon to go straight to the exit or at least a short cut?\n*Speech options remain even if you have used them\n*One of your main Mage and Priest abilities is to conjure a minion. They are completing useless and are nothing more than a distraction to enemies. \n", "timestamp_created": 1424045722, "timestamp_updated": 1424045722, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 11, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496712", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14383843": {"recommendationid": "14383843", "author": {"steamid": "76561198162268844", "num_games_owned": 132, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 321, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423386572}, "language": "french", "review": "Un vrai plaisir de retrouver ce jeu que je n'avait fait qu'effleurer il y a de nombreuses ann\u00e9es. \n\nSimple \u00e0 prendre en main, efficace car prenant, grande long\u00e9vit\u00e9 ... Le seul b\u00e9mol que certains pourraient lui reprocher est la qualit\u00e9 des graphiques, par rapport \u00e0 des jeux modernes, mais ce n'est qu'un d\u00e9tail.", "timestamp_created": 1423387220, "timestamp_updated": 1423387220, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14362764": {"recommendationid": "14362764", "author": {"steamid": "76561197982727216", "num_games_owned": 308, "num_reviews": 86, "playtime_forever": 4035, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423288191}, "language": "english", "review": "I was a little wary at first because I loved the original Exile games on the Mac and I was afraid of the changes in this version.  Although I do miss the ability to have six party members, I was very pleased to discover that this is a very accessible and fun RPG that still holds up today.  If you enjoy non-linear, massive RPGs (and don't mind a bit of reading) this game is worth your time.\n\nPROS\n+ Exploring the huge world is fun\n+ Loads of quests\n+ Nice inventory system (with infinite junk storage)\n+ Flexible character upgrade system (anyone can do anything)\n+ Optional, built-in cheat menu\n\nCONS\n- Massive world can be overwhelming (but good journal system helps)\n- Some areas can seem ridiculously hard (just come back later)\n- Fast travel is realistic but frustrating", "timestamp_created": 1423281651, "timestamp_updated": 1423281651, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.615041", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14361818": {"recommendationid": "14361818", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024758383", "num_games_owned": 56, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5709, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1466239918}, "language": "german", "review": "F\u00fcr mich das beste Spiel, das ich die letzten Jahre gespielt habe. Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, der des Englischen m\u00e4chtig ist. Eine faszinierende Welt, eing\u00e4ngige Spielmechanismen und wunderbare Dialoge. Was w\u00e4re aus diesem Juwel geworden, wenn ein etwas gr\u00f6\u00dferes Budget (f\u00fcr z.B. Hintergrundmusik, bessere Grafik) zur Verf\u00fcgung gestanden h\u00e4tte... Schade, dass die Reihe in Deutschland (wohl sprachbedingt) nicht die gro\u00dfe Aufmerksamkeit bekommt, die sie verdient h\u00e4tte.", "timestamp_created": 1423275724, "timestamp_updated": 1423275724, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.997779", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14360866": {"recommendationid": "14360866", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972518312", "num_games_owned": 372, "num_reviews": 119, "playtime_forever": 4456, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423270259}, "language": "english", "review": "An old/dated game in 2015, but still engrossing enough to keep me occupied for the 2 weeks it took me to complete.  If you like RPGs you'll enjoy this.", "timestamp_created": 1423270343, "timestamp_updated": 1423270343, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.981901", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14352146": {"recommendationid": "14352146", "author": {"steamid": "76561198026826402", "num_games_owned": 709, "num_reviews": 73, "playtime_forever": 114, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423494257}, "language": "english", "review": "This game just isn't for everyone.\n\nI'm sure it hits the right chord for some with gameplay harkening back to early PC dungeon diving, it didn't for me. The dated graphics leave something to be desired, the story is one that doesn't stand out and the gameplay is simplistic to a fault.\n\nI picked it up on the cheap during a sale just because it had a \"very positive\" rating on Steam so it was no big lost. There are just better titles out there I'd rather spend my few available gaming hours playing.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1423228935, "timestamp_updated": 1423228935, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 14, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545080", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14346445": {"recommendationid": "14346445", "author": {"steamid": "76561198140928108", "num_games_owned": 75, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3645, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421971935}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Ambienta\u00e7\u00e3o muito bom e vende bem a l\u00f3gica interna do mundo. combate em turnos, simples de aprender, com muita coisa pra fazer. uso do inventorio \u00e9 invervante; pq n\u00e3o um para todo o grupo???", "timestamp_created": 1423186517, "timestamp_updated": 1423186517, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14293045": {"recommendationid": "14293045", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004632209", "num_games_owned": 639, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 12742, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1507950022}, "language": "english", "review": "I love this game more than most people love their children. I carry pictures of Avernum around in my wallet.\n\nThis game used to be called Exile, and I was obsessed. I was a nerdy fat kid with a bowl cut and poor social skills. This game was my happy place. It's funny and clever, well-written, in-depth. No loose ends, no DLC, no fear. Unless you cast a fear spell. Then there is fear.\n\nIf you like RPGs and you support Indie studios, please buy this one, pretty please. They are a husband & wife team who had a staff as small as three people to make what has become one of the most epic series of games I've ever encountered. Not only that, but I remember them being so nice and helpful when I was a kid and writing them to ask questions about their game. There was no Google. Mind you, this was during a time when MYST had a pay-to-ask hotline, so it was a BIG DEAL that they got in touch. Oh, the nineties.\n\nDon't expect flashy graphics or quick-time events. This is 2D and it's pretty straightforward. There are no cutscenes. Don't expect lazy gameplay where everything is spelled out. Death is unavoidable. SAVE & be prepared with a notebook.\n\nDo expect one of the best, most engrossing, most interesting games of all time. You've been exiled into an underworld full of magic, strange beasts, and those noisy things I try to avoid all the time. You know the ones. People. They need things killed, items fetched, and hugs. Hugs with swords and screaming and demons. And also that mage was on fire when I got here.\n\nYou'll get out of it what you put into it. Use your imagination and memory for once, oh and also it wouldn't kill you to shower and shave and call your mum.", "timestamp_created": 1422863672, "timestamp_updated": 1422863672, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 115, "votes_funny": 82, "weighted_vote_score": "0.878370", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14287693": {"recommendationid": "14287693", "author": {"steamid": "76561198072161457", "num_games_owned": 52, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3992, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422734844}, "language": "english", "review": "I played this game from start to finish. After a while I just kept playing because I wanted to see it done. I didn't enjoy it anymore, but I talked myself into finishing it anyway, to be able to give it a full review.\n\nFirst of all, it's VERY light for a RPG. Your characters have no personality whatsoever. And it doesn't matter at all what you say to the NPCs you meet - you can just talk to them again, which starts the conversation over from the beginning. Your only concern is how to level up. \n\nSecond, it's waaaay to action oriented. Your characters are running at a feverish pace all through the game to get around the next corner or into the next fight. It does help those \"deliver a message\"-quests though.\n\nThird, while I like the main quest, the game is littered with pure grinding quests, like \"get me some shovels\", \"get me some flour\", and in time you'll have 20+ missions lined up, turning you into a quest-solving machine, running in turbo across the map, zipping through dialogue that doesn't matter, without any chance of it affecting your characters in any way except making them stronger, mightinger, richer, whateverer.\n\nThis game is for power players who want bigger, meaner characters with zero personality.\n\nGood sides of the game is aforementioned main quest, acceptable NPCs, and a couple of memorable moments. But with achievements like \"I got all the spells and maxed them out two times\", you know it's a grinder.\n\nWith main characters that you don't care about, why care about anything? Just kill everything, like you're killing time playing this. \n", "timestamp_created": 1422828575, "timestamp_updated": 1422828575, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14236198": {"recommendationid": "14236198", "author": {"steamid": "76561198032103029", "num_games_owned": 194, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2834, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423055482}, "language": "english", "review": "Not much of a review, but I just want to say that I really love this game! I've played my fair share of old school RPG's, and this gem truly captures the essence of what makes a good RPG. The story and characters are compelling. The story is being told through dialogue with NPC's, and everything that's being said feels either important, humurous, or for some other reason relevant. The combat and skilling system is simple, yet has some depth. The world is rather large, yet it's all connected in a very seamless manner.\nBottom line, if you enjoy a good RPG with focus on good story, combat, skilling system and without much handholding, give this game a try.", "timestamp_created": 1422597674, "timestamp_updated": 1422597674, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.526309", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14222813": {"recommendationid": "14222813", "author": {"steamid": "76561198088590518", "num_games_owned": 213, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 53, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421940850}, "language": "english", "review": "it's a nice game", "timestamp_created": 1422529925, "timestamp_updated": 1422529925, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14217293": {"recommendationid": "14217293", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076571376", "num_games_owned": 408, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4238, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510485309}, "language": "english", "review": "I admit it, Avernum has captured me!  Every time I play this game, I end up playing well into the night, and on some occassions, into the next day.  Why is this game so addictive, why had I never heard of it before, and why is it so inexpensive???  I bought the Spiderweb collection which contained this game (the Avernum1 remake); bought it somewhat on a whim after reading about how the guy who composed all the music for \"Faster than light\" had gotten addicted to this \"hidden gem\".\n\nAvernum reminds me of Ultima7 crossed with Xcom from the '90s.  But Avernum is both challenging and easy to play.  There are so many handy shortcut keys that you can practically play the game from the keyboard.   I love love love the command system, if you want to continuously cast a particular set of spells, you can just keep pressing the same key-combo's so you don't even have to look at the menu options that appear.  I think the biggest problem with Ultima7 was that it was too easy to 1 - get lost in the map, and 2  - get confused about what you had to do with the mission.  Avernum thankfully not only keeps track of all the quests, but also pin-points their relevant locations on the map.  And when I compare it to XCom, I will say that I died so many times, ruthlessly, that it made the game impassable after a certain point and I gave up on it.  Not so with Avernum.  The game is \"Generous\" in that it provides you with many ways to go about improving your party so that you won't die after every-other battle.   However, it's challenging enough that I still have to \"sneak\" around corners everynow and then so that I don't fall into an Ambush.\n\nI got so \"into\" this game last year that I confess I had to put it down completely for a few months.  It was that engrossing.  The other day I started it up again, not even knowing where in the huge world of Avernum I'd left off, and within half an hour I was back along the quest trail, using all the command combo's.  \n\nI must also mention the writing.  Kudos to the author!  I hear the game is solely developed by one man and his wife.  Is this true?  The writing is very nice, old school.  It's almost like playing a text adventure, and visualizing the story really gives you a sense of depth into the Avernum world.  There are also many many little secrets and hidden gems in the game.  For example, last night I battled through the temple of the \"Sliths\" (lizard people).  One of the items on the ground was \"Fine Trousers\" with a description that read along the lines that 'though the slith are wise, they have not yet found appreciation for a fine pair of trousers'.  I don't know, I just caught that when I saw it and thought wow, that's attention to detail.\n\nAvernum1 is the only game from Spiderweb I have played.  I actually can't wait to get my hands on Avernum2 which thankfully just came out (not to mention all the Geneforge and Avadon and other Avernum sequels).  There must be 10 years of gaming goodness in the Spiderweb collection.  But first I have to finish Avernum1.  I wish I could put my life on pause just to play this game.  Thank you very much Spiderweb software, this is the finest nostalgic euphoria one could have asked for.", "timestamp_created": 1422491270, "timestamp_updated": 1422491270, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500013", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14189179": {"recommendationid": "14189179", "author": {"steamid": "76561198003933858", "num_games_owned": 356, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 242, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1429079526}, "language": "english", "review": "I was pleasantly surprised by this. I like CRPGs (even if I tend to forego sound character builds and tactics) and thought I'd give this a try when everything else in my steam library had me bored. Don't let the dated graphics be what stops you from getting the this because the gameplay, depth, and writing easily make up for it. \n\nThe world is vast and detailed, and you can tell the devs/writers put a lot of love and effort into the game. There are some quirks and minor annoyances (finding items on the ground & hotkeys not closing their respective windows), but no good game is perfect. I'm enjoying my time in Avernum, and am looking forward to completeing it and returning to the world in the second game.", "timestamp_created": 1422349807, "timestamp_updated": 1422349807, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14189038": {"recommendationid": "14189038", "author": {"steamid": "76561198040457997", "num_games_owned": 258, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 3121, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422353510}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome game!\n\nI loved the setting, the writing and the sense of adventure and exploration. The quests provide a general direction, but you're more or less free to wander around the place and find neat stuff. The world map is rather huge and has lots of points of interest, too. \n\nThe character building sucks, though. You basically choose what weapon (or spellset) you want to use, then pump the relevant stat and skills. For melee the only option is to dual wield, as it does way more damage, and shields just don't help all that much. For range.. spells. Bows are also crap, compared to spells. The items are mostly uninteresting, too. On the bright side, there is a definite feel that your characters get more powerful as they level up, though.\n\nTowards the end I tried to avoid combat as much as possible, as it was seriously getting tedious. It felt like most of the buffs weren't worth casting, as they didn't really seem to help all that much. The debuffs got mostly resisted, so not much help there either. My frontline fighters spent most of their time stunned, rooted or ensnared, so I pretty much spammed aoe on my casters, which.. seems all too familiar from other games :P", "timestamp_created": 1422348852, "timestamp_updated": 1422348852, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14184534": {"recommendationid": "14184534", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007392741", "num_games_owned": 303, "num_reviews": 68, "playtime_forever": 4389, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1426359037}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Gran juego estilo Baldur's Gate.\nPros:\nBuena historia.\nMisiones secundarias interesantes y diferenciadas entre si.\nBatallas por turnos con bastante estrategia.\nBuen sistema de habilidades.\nGran variedad de objetos.\nMapa tipo sandbox.\n\nContras:\nLos gr\u00e1ficos son pobres, pero te acostumbras. \nTiene mucho texto en ingl\u00e9s. \nSe echa en falta alguna ayuda para organizar las misiones en curso. Se muestran sin ning\u00fan orden aparente y est\u00e1n mezcladas las misiones repetitivas (\"Te pagar\u00e9 por cada botella de vino que traigas\") con las normales.", "timestamp_created": 1422314822, "timestamp_updated": 1422314857, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14180660": {"recommendationid": "14180660", "author": {"steamid": "76561198076369727", "num_games_owned": 329, "num_reviews": 226, "playtime_forever": 300, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402227480}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Um pequeno RPG cl\u00e1ssico remasterizado. Funciona em turnos, tem jogabilidade e dificuldade old school e uma hist\u00f3ria muito mais estruturada por falas e demais textos que pela a\u00e7\u00e3o propriamente dita.\nComo um f\u00e3 do estilo, tendo jogado RPGs desde a d\u00e9cada de 80, diria que \u00e9 um 7/10. H\u00e1 jogos no mesmo estilo que s\u00e3o mais detalhados, cheios de conte\u00fado, como Fallout (1 e 2), Wasteland 2 e at\u00e9 mesmo o Shadowrun Returns (com a expans\u00e3o).\nMinha recomenda\u00e7\u00e3o: compre apenas se voc\u00ea \u00e9 um jogador mais experiente no estilo e realmente gosta de quase tudo que tiver um visual isom\u00e9trico cl\u00e1ssico e a\u00e7\u00e3o em turnos.", "timestamp_created": 1422294798, "timestamp_updated": 1422294798, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.507355", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14180002": {"recommendationid": "14180002", "author": {"steamid": "76561197977466428", "num_games_owned": 89, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 445, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1416082595}, "language": "english", "review": "This is mainly in response to a lot of comments I've read in positive reviews about how good the writing is. I was really disappointed with it, and was hoping for much better writing, and though there isn't anything wrong with it, it really is very standard stuff, and not very original or entertaining.  The gameplay mechanics are fine,  as are the graphics, and I like the concept of being sent to an underground world, I was just really really disappointed by the writing. Perhaps it gets better, but for the seven hours I've played, it wasn't good.", "timestamp_created": 1422291888, "timestamp_updated": 1424548550, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.469789", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14173927": {"recommendationid": "14173927", "author": {"steamid": "76561198021850039", "num_games_owned": 237, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 189, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422436405}, "language": "english", "review": "Ah takes me back to my first PC gaming days. Things like Pool of Radiance, Immortal, Legend and then later Baldur's Gate and onwards. Just what you want from RPG, plenty of stoy, choices and turn based.", "timestamp_created": 1422250973, "timestamp_updated": 1422250973, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.537445", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14172192": {"recommendationid": "14172192", "author": {"steamid": "76561197988150636", "num_games_owned": 96, "num_reviews": 21, "playtime_forever": 257, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421734352}, "language": "english", "review": "Decent game for RPG fans, if you don't care about graphics. \n\nPros:\n+ Crudely drawn but funny skill pictures reminds me of good old Vault-Boy from Fallout.\n+ Open character development\n+ Simple mechanics\n\nCons:\n- Character creation is only superficial (you choose name and one of about 10 portraits)\n- No ambient music to add more immersion\n- Item pickup system requires you to spot stuff on the ground (you need to press button to see what items are on the ground), so you either know where they are or just spam it everywhere", "timestamp_created": 1422237717, "timestamp_updated": 1422237717, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14143659": {"recommendationid": "14143659", "author": {"steamid": "76561198083252210", "num_games_owned": 353, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 84, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422160116}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u8fb9\u73a9\u8fb9\u770b\u7ffb\u8bd1\uff0c\u89d2\u8272\u626e\u6f14\u7684\u8111\u6b8b\u7c89\u5fc5\u987b\u73a9\u7684\u597d\u4f5c\u54c1\uff0c\u5730\u7262\u5473\u5341\u8db3\uff0c\u592a\u559c\u6b22\u4e86\u3002\u6211\u7ed9\u4ed6\u6ee1\u5206\u3002", "timestamp_created": 1422108452, "timestamp_updated": 1422108452, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.565217", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14141992": {"recommendationid": "14141992", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960875419", "num_games_owned": 533, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1051, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422197575}, "language": "english", "review": "You like RPG? You get this now!", "timestamp_created": 1422101309, "timestamp_updated": 1422101309, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14121743": {"recommendationid": "14121743", "author": {"steamid": "76561198016889073", "num_games_owned": 678, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 273, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422070008}, "language": "english", "review": "A fantastic rpg. Don't let the indie graphics or simple design fool you. There is a wealth of depth here, and the story is fantastic. My one gripe is that there is next to no music in the adventure, making the experience feel incomplete. Other then that, it is a fantastic game and one you owe to yourself to play if you enjoy any kind of rpg.", "timestamp_created": 1421990736, "timestamp_updated": 1421990736, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502912", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14120529": {"recommendationid": "14120529", "author": {"steamid": "76561198171412789", "num_games_owned": 51, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 113, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1428794839}, "language": "spanish", "review": "This is a Good game for all peoples that love baldur's and icewind dale sage. I recomended for you, buy all. :) Steam is GOOD", "timestamp_created": 1421982010, "timestamp_updated": 1421982010, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14109256": {"recommendationid": "14109256", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071689614", "num_games_owned": 166, "num_reviews": 71, "playtime_forever": 44, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421922334}, "language": "english", "review": "First of all, this game is WAY too fast. Your characters zip around at lightning speed, both in combat and outside it. The combat speed of the game is equally fast. Damage numbers, state changes, attacks, everything: it all goes so fast that it's hard to tell what's going on. For example, I couldn't tell which enemies my spells were working on, and which ones resisted it. There is no setting for game speed, so this is game-breaking. \n\nSecondly, the graphics suck. You can't tell what something looks like and it destroys the immersion. Honestly, this game has worse graphics than Fallout 1. The spell amimations and special affects are awful as well.\n\nThird, the controls are really clunky. You can't pass a turn. You can't select a character by clicking on them, you have to use the portraits. The inventory system and the way you pick up items is really wierd. Instead of having nice, neat action bars with abilities on it like every other turn-based rpg, you have to open menus in the middle of combat. It's so tedious. You can tell that very little thought or common sense went into the design choices. \n\nFourth, the character developement and skill system is super streamlined. For example, there are only about 20 wizard spells and 20 priest spells in the entire game. And on top of that, you don't choose them. You unlock a specific spell everytime you gain a skill level in casting. The progression is about as linear as you can get. Oh, and rogues can't sneak or pickpocket for some reason. That's like one of the most basic aspects of RPG's! There are also no speech skills, so it looks like this game is 100% combat without any alternatives. Having multiple options, such as stealth or persuation, is one of the main pillars of RPG games and this game totally skips it.\n\nTL;DR\n-too fast\n-awful graphics\n-clunky controls\n-character development is about as simplified as possible.", "timestamp_created": 1421923622, "timestamp_updated": 1421998956, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.428217", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14107730": {"recommendationid": "14107730", "author": {"steamid": "76561197963905026", "num_games_owned": 2250, "num_reviews": 140, "playtime_forever": 74, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1429150819}, "language": "english", "review": "I barely played this.  It looks like it could be a really fun and engaging RPG, but the interface really turned me off.  \n\nIt's not because the graphics are simple, it's because they're ineffective.  Even when the game specifically tells you about something (like in the tutorial) it's difficult to spot items on the ground.  \n\nThere's no way in hell I'm going to go through the entire game pressing G (to Get items) every few steps, and I don't want to just \"forget about it\" and miss countless opportunities.", "timestamp_created": 1421910106, "timestamp_updated": 1421910106, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.438927", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14038907": {"recommendationid": "14038907", "author": {"steamid": "76561197978203176", "num_games_owned": 288, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 2994, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1394905995}, "language": "italian", "review": "If you are looking for a great RPG, you must play this great game from SpiderWeb. The story is great and despite the old graphic it's a great game that will capture you in his magic world.", "timestamp_created": 1421533056, "timestamp_updated": 1421533056, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "14011909": {"recommendationid": "14011909", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967950811", "num_games_owned": 1957, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 656, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421722981}, "language": "english", "review": "I've been loving this game so far.  I was recently reminded that I had this, because of the release of Crystal Souls just the other day.. and boy am I sorry I forgot about Avernum for this long.  I should have played this ages ago!\n\nFirst thing I wanted to do was clear up the order these games are supposed to be in, because with so many Spiderweb Software games, it can be a little confusing to newcomers (like myself, until I did some research)\n\nThis is a remake of \"Avernum\" which itself is a remake of \"Exile: Escape From the Pit\".  The newly released Crystal Souls is a remake of Exile 2/Avernum 2.  Exile 3/Avernum3 is also supposedly getting a second remake in the future. \n\nI know that sounds confusing, so just know that this game, Avernum: EFtP is the first game, remade for the second time. Also, I've been told that the stories are self-contained, so you don't really HAVE to play them in order.  Though, with a world as unique as Avernum, I bet it helps in understanding the lore a bit.\n\nSo what makes this world so unique?  Most fantasy RPGs take place on the surface of a very earth-like world.  There's plains, mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, etc.. it all looks very familiar.  In Avernum, that sort of place exists.. but that's not where you play.  You, your party, and countless other individuals have all been exiled to the underworld.  It's a vast underground cavern, whose light comes from glowing moss on the ceiling.\n\nPeople survive by growing edible mushrooms, and receiving occasional supply shipments from the Empire.. the very people who sent everyone down here.  There are some cows, sent down by the empire, but without proper food, they grow sick and weak quite quickly.  Mages have managed to create things that kinda look like trees, just so the citizens have wood to build with.\n\nMagical equipment is extremely rare in this world.. It's all but impossible to create any, so most of it comes from adventurers who were sent down to Avernum with their gear, then were killed and looted.  It's a harsh world.\n\nDespite all the hardships, though, people have banded together to form towns, forts, and a government.  Of course some still decide to rebel and become bandits, or seek a way to rise into a position of power, but most people seem to live in harmony and cooperate.  And that's a good thing, because if they didn't work together, they'd never be able to fight off the Nephilim (cat people who hold a grudge against all humans for being sent down to Avernum) and the Sliths (lizard men, apparently native to Avernum, and most of them crave human flesh.)\n\nThe gameplay is exellent.  At the beginning of the game, you create a party.. your people can be whatever class you want, or 'custom'.  You spend a lot of your time walking around as a party, talking to people, getting quests, learning about the world, etc.. there are blacksmiths and such in every town, to buy equipment from.  There are secrets to find, and plenty of loot to pick up..  \n\nWhen you're not in a town or dungeon, you'll be on the overworld, where everything is zoomed way back.  You can encounter enemies, special events, and other stuff out on the overworld.. and of course also travel from place to place.  The overworld is pretty darn big, and there are a lot of places to go.\n\nWhen in combat, the game turns turn-based..  You move and attack with your characters one at a time.. Each character has a certain amount of AP to move with, and are allowed to attack once, or cast 1 spell per turn.. It's simple, but not TOO simple.  It has a good flow, without sacrificing too much strategic depth.\n\nWhen you level up, you're able to assign attribute points, improve your skills on the skill tree, and sometimes pick a new perk/feat as well.  Pretty basic leveling up, but again simple/basic isn't a bad thing.  The game manages to do a lot with what seems like simple mechanics.\n\nThe main thing that will be an issue for some is that the graphics look very dated... and I'm sorry to repeat the same thing everyone else says, but here it goes... Graphics aren't important.  Maybe it's different for people not old enough to have grown up with older-looking graphics, but it doesn't bother me.  Sure, I like a pretty-looking game from time to time.. but it's really not a requirement for me.. but, of course, not everyone will agree.  Everybody has thier own opinions.. so take a look at the screenshots.  If it looks unbearable to you, don't get it.  If you think you can put up with oldschool graphics in order to play an amazing game, get it. \n\nAnyway, I feel like I've written a much longer review than most people will bother to read, so I'll cut it short here.  Thanks for reading.", "timestamp_created": 1421418875, "timestamp_updated": 1461279098, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 224, "votes_funny": 4, "weighted_vote_score": "0.928460", "comment_count": "4", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13990949": {"recommendationid": "13990949", "author": {"steamid": "76561198039722286", "num_games_owned": 80, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 925, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1494453545}, "language": "english", "review": "A classic redone with a new engine, truly a series any fan of rpgs should try with it's rich story.", "timestamp_created": 1421295490, "timestamp_updated": 1421295490, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13978946": {"recommendationid": "13978946", "author": {"steamid": "76561198099792863", "num_games_owned": 135, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 2963, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423055999}, "language": "english", "review": "It should be the first old school RPG game I have played systematically.\n\nI was once intersted only in those games with well graphics and popularity , having this mind deeply in my heart , I find it easy for me to feel tired about a new game even if I have played it simply for short time . Maybe this is why I am more addicted in buying games than playing them, it is just another story.\n\nI don't think its grapgics is bad by any means, the interface is great , others are developed enough for playing though  simple and crude. What attracted me most is the way it tells story ,  tons of words extracted before you ,  you decide , you choose , and as you decide and choose , your desitiny is formed in this way . I killed a great creature aiming at completing a quest from a psychic , my life wasn't saved later for this choice , because I haven't saved the file happend so long ago, it really annoied me much. But that is the charm and fun the game gives us , isn't it ?", "timestamp_created": 1421214540, "timestamp_updated": 1421214540, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.516053", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13950501": {"recommendationid": "13950501", "author": {"steamid": "76561198038484251", "num_games_owned": 167, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4247, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1430761756}, "language": "english", "review": "I got into Avernum because it was on sale and I like RPG's, but to be honest I didn't have high expectations.  Now, here I am with 45 hours under my belt and I can't stop playing.  The combat can be challenging at times but it is very rewarding, and the detail in the world is beyond what I was expecting.  The writing really drew me in and showed me that an RPG doesn't need anything flashy to really shine!", "timestamp_created": 1421021122, "timestamp_updated": 1421021122, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 13, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.622354", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13876195": {"recommendationid": "13876195", "author": {"steamid": "76561198134219308", "num_games_owned": 154, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 9571, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434960406}, "language": "english", "review": "Classic adventure game, with interesting story lines and quests.  This game is a new incarnation based off their \"Exile\" series from the mid-1990s.  Turn-based, allows you to stop and pick back up at any time.  Explore, level up your party members and kick butt.\n\nGreat game and a fun story, but they should ditch the \"3D\" overhead view and just go back to a 2D overhead. The \"3D\" overhead view makes it difficult to play via keyboard and drives you to use the mouse more, while not adding much to the game.", "timestamp_created": 1420619088, "timestamp_updated": 1420619088, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13869069": {"recommendationid": "13869069", "author": {"steamid": "76561198072296023", "num_games_owned": 108, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 3949, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442201811}, "language": "english", "review": "Incredible depth and a very well developed world.", "timestamp_created": 1420573771, "timestamp_updated": 1420573771, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13816114": {"recommendationid": "13816114", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025165360", "num_games_owned": 191, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 3938, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1420699748}, "language": "english", "review": "I couldn't get into this game the first time around as Exile in 1994, nor the first remake many years ago as the original Avernum. I did play the first remakes of the sequels as Avernum 2 and 3 in the early 2000s and loved them. So, when Avernum: Escape From the Pit, the third remake of the original game came out, I was cautiously optimistic, played it for a bit, and then decided I had better things to do with my time.\n\nOn hearing news of a renewed remake for Avernum II: Crystal Souls coming out later this month, I decied to give this another shot and have been pleasantly surprised. Unlike Avernum 2 or 3, this game doesn't have a large over-arching narrative to draw you in -- it's more of an exploratory game where you're (literally) thrown into a new world to explore and have to figure out how to make your way in it. It's a game driven by your own curiosity and determination to explore the rich new world, and figure out your place in it. It's also giving me a richer appreciation for what I know of the events of Avernums 2 and 3.", "timestamp_created": 1420319976, "timestamp_updated": 1420319976, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13814038": {"recommendationid": "13814038", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042806305", "num_games_owned": 93, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 9186, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1438810581}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum Escape from the Pit is a shining example on how a game doesn't need to have amazing graphics (or even background music, for that matter) to create an amazing gaming experience. The game combines exploration, action point based combat, and a simple but surprisingly detailed storyline.\n\nAfter getting through the starting dungeon, you're thrust right into the middle of the Avernum, an underground world full of criminals of the surface Empire with no known means of escaping to the surface. You aren't given a central objective that the game forces you to persue throughout the game, and in fact, there are 3 different game-ending quests that you can complete. You're given the whole world to go through, and you can complete quests in any order you'd like (although some areas require certain items to access, like an orb that grants the power of flight). The towns and NPCs are colorful, although because of the nature of the game, there aren't too many NPCs with more than a few lines of dialogue.\n\nThe combat system is simple, but offers plenty of options for tactical play. The system is action point based, and learning how to take advantage of it with abilities like Haste, Slow, Battle Frenzy, Sniping, and Adrenaline Rush is required to beat Avernum's greatest challenges. You also have to learn how to best make use of terrain, crowd control, and knockback abilites: moving through a space adjacent to an enemy uses up 4 of your action points instead of just 1, which allows you to set up choke-points to protect your weaker characters. Torment mode is particularly difficult, and because it's nearly impossible to power level (enemies in dungeons  rarely respawn), you're required to use every dirty trick you have available to win.\n\nCharacter development and levelling up is fairly basic. The party you play with has 4 members, all of which are created at the beginning of the game. You have 4 main stats (Strength, Dexterity, Endurance, and Intelligence, which do exactly what you'd expect), which go up slowly on their own, and you get 1 point to allocate yourself every level. You also get 2 skill points a level, which go into a branching skill tree which improves things like your casting power, ability to dodge, ability to unlock doors/disarm traps, and gather herbs. This means you aren't restricted to any particular archetypes or classes, and can develop your characters however you want (although certain hybrid character may not be the most effective in combat). You also get a trait every other level, which varies from making your character more likely to be attacked, to selling items for more money, to being able to cast spells in heavy armor. There's nothing about this that stands out immensely, but you are able to make a variety of characters.\n\nThe game's graphics are somewhat mediocre, but it's not the focus of the game. There is also no background music in game, only ambient noises. Personally, it doesn't bother me much, but it could be jarring to others. While it should be the standard for games nowadays, I was impressed by how few glitches were in Avernum. Only 2 come to mind, and neither are game breaking (War Blessing only gives a 2% bonus instead of 10%, and targetted AoE spells have unlimited range if centered on an empty space). After the glitchfest of games like Fallout New Vegas, it's relaxing to see a game so free of crashes and progress halting glitches.\n\nOverall a fantastic game. I've probably put more time into Avernum than any other single player RPG (my 150 hours is from two separate playthroughs). It's simple, fun, and a great exploration experience.", "timestamp_created": 1420313646, "timestamp_updated": 1420313646, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 11, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.650778", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13775913": {"recommendationid": "13775913", "author": {"steamid": "76561198035489192", "num_games_owned": 178, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2768, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422549067}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome game but doesn't sync with steamcloud", "timestamp_created": 1420172746, "timestamp_updated": 1420172746, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13748304": {"recommendationid": "13748304", "author": {"steamid": "76561198011275720", "num_games_owned": 434, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 4419, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1419790464}, "language": "english", "review": "By the very end of Avernum I was ready for it to be over, having sunk a good 70 hours into it, but the majority of that time was very enjoyable.  It's pretty light on story and direction, and normally in large games without a story to hold my hand I wind up feeling a bit overwhelmed, but Avernum did a very good job in not making a big game \"too\" big.  The towns and world are the right size, and the packs of monsters you come across are challenging but never too much.  I also had quite a bit of fun hunting down caches and spell tomes, as a little extra something.\n\nThe only real problem I had was that towards the end of the game it didn't feel like there was any character or story progression left to my character, just a lot of loose ends leading up to the three many \"winning\" scenarios.  That made the last 5-10 hours a bit of a drudge for me, as I no longer had talent points to spend or fun gear to acquire.  Still, well worth the price of admission.", "timestamp_created": 1420068541, "timestamp_updated": 1420068541, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.544308", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13716015": {"recommendationid": "13716015", "author": {"steamid": "76561198067132229", "num_games_owned": 430, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 3309, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1419950593}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0421\u044e\u0436\u0435\u0442, \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430, \u0438\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440 - \u0437\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0438.\n\n\u0410 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0435: \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0430 (\u0445\u043e\u0442\u044f \u0438 \u043f\u043e-\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430), \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0443\u0434\u043e\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u043d\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0438\u0441\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0441 \u0432 \u043e\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0432\u044b\u043a\u0430\u0445.\n\nPS \u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u043e, \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 10-15 \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043f\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0435\u0431\u044b \u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u044f\u0442 \u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0439\u043a? :)", "timestamp_created": 1419956505, "timestamp_updated": 1419956505, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.482187", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13641126": {"recommendationid": "13641126", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031459195", "num_games_owned": 706, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 818, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1471812847}, "language": "english", "review": "One of the best games in it's genre. Definitely a must play if you're into this type of game.", "timestamp_created": 1419699903, "timestamp_updated": 1419699903, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.513980", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13614371": {"recommendationid": "13614371", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008192521", "num_games_owned": 262, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 2589, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 467, "last_played": 1516460610}, "language": "english", "review": "Spiderweb Software produces some amazing games. This is one of them.\n\nThere are no flashy eye candy graphics. No voice acting for the dialog.\nNo insanely complex crafting or customization systems.\nBut the storytelling is top notch.\n\nI'm an old gamer. Got my start with pen & paper D&D, Infocom text adventures, Ultima I, etc.\nAnd I love a good story. If those things appeal to you, this is your game.\n\nWant a change from FPS and RTS style games? \nGive this a try. \n\n\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1419611216, "timestamp_updated": 1419611216, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.538955", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13607666": {"recommendationid": "13607666", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024951247", "num_games_owned": 42, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 3150, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1430520651}, "language": "english", "review": "1", "timestamp_created": 1419586471, "timestamp_updated": 1419586471, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13531257": {"recommendationid": "13531257", "author": {"steamid": "76561198165860537", "num_games_owned": 22, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 8354, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1473522585}, "language": "english", "review": "A lot of fun, easy combat, complex puzzles, battles and tons of Quests to keep you busy. Really enjoyed it, if you like turn based games I highly recommend this one", "timestamp_created": 1419282021, "timestamp_updated": 1419282021, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.516053", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13455140": {"recommendationid": "13455140", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007957678", "num_games_owned": 134, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 3204, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1426098930}, "language": "finnish", "review": "Ostin kun sain -80% alennuksella.\nSuosittelen. Tarina on eritt\u00e4in mukaansa tempaava ja pelaamista l\u00f6ytyy moneksi illaksi.\nNyt saa hyv\u00e4\u00e4 ja halvalla!", "timestamp_created": 1419015896, "timestamp_updated": 1419015896, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13441416": {"recommendationid": "13441416", "author": {"steamid": "76561198106156230", "num_games_owned": 154, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3059, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1420517809}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is sick! Old school and in depth. Indie for the win!", "timestamp_created": 1418957656, "timestamp_updated": 1418957656, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13342332": {"recommendationid": "13342332", "author": {"steamid": "76561198061364963", "num_games_owned": 118, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4929, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1418123155}, "language": "english", "review": "I started out in the first few hours of Avernum, thinking do I want to keep playing this game.  Well 80 hours later i had explored the entire map, had a party leveled to 30+, and had completed every possible quest that I could find. \n\nI really enjoyed the 80 hours that I put into Avernum, and would highly recommend this to anyone.  \n\nBest Feature: Turn Based Battle System with Action Points\nThe strategy involved with just spacing out your party members on the battlefield while doing melee and magic damage to the enemies can be very deep and rewards the player for using the most optimal strategies.  \n", "timestamp_created": 1418467652, "timestamp_updated": 1418467652, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505139", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13324970": {"recommendationid": "13324970", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014608644", "num_games_owned": 176, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2623, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504230722}, "language": "english", "review": "This game definitely has the feel of an old school RPG, and the graphics, while being a fan of shiny new age graphics I feel that it would cheapen the nostalgia this title carries. It feels like you are sitting around a dnd game and watching the battles unfold and it does it quite well, and for the price it is a great pick for anyone that likes this genre.", "timestamp_created": 1418355243, "timestamp_updated": 1418355243, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13292200": {"recommendationid": "13292200", "author": {"steamid": "76561198044576308", "num_games_owned": 567, "num_reviews": 24, "playtime_forever": 4385, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403174186}, "language": "english", "review": "Great sandbox SRPG.", "timestamp_created": 1418119901, "timestamp_updated": 1418119901, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.474138", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13278851": {"recommendationid": "13278851", "author": {"steamid": "76561198047005657", "num_games_owned": 152, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 3504, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1368860400}, "language": "english", "review": "I've played through this game three times, and each time I tried to convince myself that I enjoyed overly simplistic D&D type knock offs.\n\n I think for me the biggest reason I don't recommend this game is that the skill system is useless, and really you're going to end up structuring your party the same vanilla way (warrior, mage, rouge, healer) no matter what your personal style is. I tried doing 3 warriors and a healer and ended up struggling at the end despite being \"overleveled\". I tried doing only ranged/mage and found myself in situations where the maps were very clearly not laid out with any sort of thought to tactical retreating.\n\nThere's also no real story behind much of the game. Which, for D&D clones where the whole point is dungeon crawling a good story and redeem most bad mechanics. It's really you just make your way across the map and kill stuff for people as quests. Even the mainstay of fetch quests are really more like \"go clear this castle the thing I want is at the top\" style of quest than anything else. \n\nCombat is bland. Turn based with speed modifiers. AoE spells are extremely overpowered in basically every situation. Mobs love to aggro from ridiculous distances and you can easily end up fighting a whole floor at once when somebody sees your party through a wall and picks up 20 or so friends on the roundabout way to join the fight. \n\nEquipment is a joke. Your whole party will most likely end up wearing the same set of steel armor -- even my mages did -- because of how broken the skill system is. \n\nWith nearly 60 hours of game play there is nothing memorable about any of it other than my annoyance that there are two places where you can actually get stuck with no way out and I managed to find both of them. \n\nThere's not really any redeeming qualities about this game, it's a bland D&D clone that's entirely unmemorable.\n\nPros\n+ 8 hours of playtime\n\nCons\n- No story\n- Skills don't work right\n- Little realistic customization \n- Illogical pathfinding", "timestamp_created": 1418018110, "timestamp_updated": 1418022900, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 69, "votes_funny": 7, "weighted_vote_score": "0.645177", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13278252": {"recommendationid": "13278252", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025032443", "num_games_owned": 95, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 5454, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1385501721}, "language": "english", "review": "Spidweb is one of the best developers around in terms of immersive dialogue and storyline", "timestamp_created": 1418012124, "timestamp_updated": 1418012124, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13272202": {"recommendationid": "13272202", "author": {"steamid": "76561198015073621", "num_games_owned": 337, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 1428, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1466603206}, "language": "english", "review": "If you like retro CRPG you must play this. Or the rest of Spiderweb's catalogue, for that matter. Good writing, great storytelling, a vast array of NPCs and quests, the exact difficulty. The graphics are so simple that I look at them more like the miniatures in a tabletop RPG: something that you have to \"complete\" with your imagination.\n\nPROS:\n\n- Great story and storytelling.\n- Good writing.\n- LOTS of content.\n\nCONS:\n\n- The graphics may put some people off.\n- The UI is far from perfect.\n- The journal (where you consult the active quests) is a little messy.\n\nOverall: 9/10.", "timestamp_created": 1417976761, "timestamp_updated": 1417976761, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13259110": {"recommendationid": "13259110", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994196598", "num_games_owned": 907, "num_reviews": 100, "playtime_forever": 1720, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1463329539}, "language": "english", "review": "I love it because of nostalgic reasons", "timestamp_created": 1417902842, "timestamp_updated": 1417902842, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13211785": {"recommendationid": "13211785", "author": {"steamid": "76561198082917255", "num_games_owned": 250, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 646, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1477784242}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440!!!", "timestamp_created": 1417610675, "timestamp_updated": 1417610675, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.454545", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13194516": {"recommendationid": "13194516", "author": {"steamid": "76561197991901694", "num_games_owned": 719, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 4778, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1412539094}, "language": "polish", "review": "Fajna gierka.\nNa plus:\n+wszystko co mo\u017cna umie\u015bci\u0107 na plus w CRPG z silnikiem b\u0119d\u0105cym klonem systemu DnD ;)\n+humor\n+naprawd\u0119 wielki \u015bwiat\n+brak tak naprawd\u0119 klas - mimo tego, \u017ce na pocz\u0105tku jest jaki\u015b podzia\u0142 to postacie mo\u017cemy rozwija\u0107 dosy\u0107 dowolnie\n+mn\u00f3stwo zada\u0144 \nNa minus:\n-zabicie nie tego smoka kt\u00f3rego \u017cyczyli by sobie tw\u00f3rcy skutkuje brakiem mo\u017cliwo\u015bci wykonania wielu zada\u0144 (w tym g\u0142\u00f3wnych)\n- s\u0142usznych jest tylko kilka \u201ebild\u00f3w\u201d postaci jak i dru\u017cyn (np. budowanie postaci do walki na dystans nie ma wi\u0119kszego sensu)\n-ci\u0119\u017cko zapami\u0119ta\u0107 gdzie jaki nauczyciel rezyduje\n-bez zagl\u0105dania do poradnik\u00f3w mo\u017ce Wam by\u0107 ci\u0119\u017cko z odnalezieniem si\u0119 w niekt\u00f3rych zadaniach.", "timestamp_created": 1417512550, "timestamp_updated": 1417512667, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.509804", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13111229": {"recommendationid": "13111229", "author": {"steamid": "76561198037472053", "num_games_owned": 94, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5567, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417118308}, "language": "brazilian", "review": "Mais um \u00f3timo jogo da s\u00e9rie. Escape from the pit s\u00f3 confirma a qualidade e a evolu\u00e7\u00e3o da s\u00e9rie Avernum. Recomendo a todos. E que venha o pr\u00f3ximo!", "timestamp_created": 1417120307, "timestamp_updated": 1417120307, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501981", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "13050054": {"recommendationid": "13050054", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006529776", "num_games_owned": 369, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 11294, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417750577}, "language": "english", "review": "I  recommend this game for all lovers of retro roleplaying.\nIt does not reach the level of the Ultima and SSI (Pool of Radiance, etc) games\nbut is good enough to keep you immersed for many hours.", "timestamp_created": 1416718795, "timestamp_updated": 1416718795, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12988635": {"recommendationid": "12988635", "author": {"steamid": "76561197965180702", "num_games_owned": 263, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5490, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417980108}, "language": "english", "review": "If you appreciate quality over glamour and loved playing the old AD&D computer games, this game earns every bit of it's price.  I find myself losing track of time.  My only complaint is sometimes I wish the text was a bit bigger, but maybe that's just me getting old...\n\nThanks SpiderWeb!", "timestamp_created": 1416275852, "timestamp_updated": 1416275852, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.503704", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12986091": {"recommendationid": "12986091", "author": {"steamid": "76561198095861131", "num_games_owned": 51, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 3928, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1418843584}, "language": "english", "review": "As long as you are able to deal with the very simple (and yet perfectly accetable IMHO) graphic and GUI, this is a good old CRPG which can offer you dozens of hours of fun and nostalgia.\n\nThere is a lot of content, dungeons to explore, secrets to discover. The plot is ok but the settings (Avernum) is really well written and feels \"alive\".\n\nIn brief, this is a game for a niche of RPG players (especially those who grew up with pen and paper and isometric CRPGs), who will really enjoy it.", "timestamp_created": 1416258766, "timestamp_updated": 1416258766, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.517645", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12985523": {"recommendationid": "12985523", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976282702", "num_games_owned": 300, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 4611, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1477863955}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game, with a huge world to explore and several differant final goals in the end. The first two minutes I thought that I couldn't handle the old-school graphics anymore, but already a few minutes later I was kooked and couldn't stop playing until I finished every single quest line. :D\n\nAbsolutely a recommendation if you enjoy RPGs, epic stories and tactical turn based combat - and if you are not a graphic  fetishist.", "timestamp_created": 1416255655, "timestamp_updated": 1416255655, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.532112", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12940197": {"recommendationid": "12940197", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970344733", "num_games_owned": 282, "num_reviews": 33, "playtime_forever": 159, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468802495}, "language": "english", "review": "The initial portion is interesting but after I reach the \"world map\" I'm paralyzed by the choices available.  It has a cool nostalgic feeling to it but that didn't hold my interest for very long.", "timestamp_created": 1415992092, "timestamp_updated": 1415992092, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.444525", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12937356": {"recommendationid": "12937356", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046859855", "num_games_owned": 220, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 4060, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1415971542}, "language": "russian", "review": "Avernum - \u0440\u043f\u0433 \u0441 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438\u043c \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u044b\u043c \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0431\u043e\u044f\u043c\u0438. \u041e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b 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\u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0443. \u041d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0443\u0437\u0438\u0441\u044b? \u0418\u0434\u0438 \u0432 \u0448\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0443 \u0438 \u0443\u0447\u0438 \u0443\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0438.", "timestamp_created": 1415977532, "timestamp_updated": 1415990896, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 89, "votes_funny": 8, "weighted_vote_score": "0.864189", "comment_count": "7", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12865635": {"recommendationid": "12865635", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025472185", "num_games_owned": 170, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 9305, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421576276}, "language": "english", "review": "Very awesome RPG game. Tons of content - big world to explore with many excellent quests. The combat system fun to play and the game is very immersive despite old school grapics. \n\nRecommended for fans of true RPG games with a good story. Can't wait for the Avernum 2: Crystal Souls sequel.", "timestamp_created": 1415560410, "timestamp_updated": 1415560410, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.517645", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12820421": {"recommendationid": "12820421", "author": {"steamid": "76561198109029978", "num_games_owned": 124, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 1168, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1415548762}, "language": "italian", "review": "Un gioco dalla grafica retro ma molto ben curato. Il mondo \u00e8 semplice da esplorare, il sistema non molto complesso e rimanda in qualche modo a rpg vecchio stile come Baldurs Gate e Fallout 1-2. La storia \u00e8 piuttosto interessante. Il gioco \u00e8 abbastanza impegnativo, spesso infatti \u00e8 necessario cercare missioni pi\u00f9 semplici per crescere come livello ed equipaggiamento, un buon grado di difficolt\u00e0 che aggiunge pepe al gioco.\n\nQuesto gioco vale quel che costa e forse anche pi\u00f9 soprattutto per gli amanti dei gdr vecchio stile con grafica isometrica. Unica pecca le colonne sonore che sono poche ma almeno non ci sono bug o perlomeno non ne ho riscontrati.", "timestamp_created": 1415305606, "timestamp_updated": 1415305606, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12798707": {"recommendationid": "12798707", "author": {"steamid": "76561198040935641", "num_games_owned": 174, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 25, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1408076676}, "language": "english", "review": "Starcraft meets Skyrim in a big hole", "timestamp_created": 1415169530, "timestamp_updated": 1415169530, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.442344", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12792170": {"recommendationid": "12792170", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007984668", "num_games_owned": 268, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 7519, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510176029}, "language": "english", "review": "I love this game and pretty much every game made by Spiderweb Software. They introduced me to RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1415132850, "timestamp_updated": 1415132850, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.512984", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12750358": {"recommendationid": "12750358", "author": {"steamid": "76561197968497739", "num_games_owned": 670, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 6275, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414866794}, "language": "english", "review": "My first experience with a Spiderweb game and boy did it deliver. Travelling around the \"countryside\" and exploring is just as much fun as interacting with the characters. Each town has its own personality and the missions were not all simple fetch quests. You can skip by a lot fo the dialogue but a lot of the humor will be missed if you don't read.", "timestamp_created": 1414956382, "timestamp_updated": 1414956382, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 24, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.687358", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12697599": {"recommendationid": "12697599", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996640155", "num_games_owned": 132, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 70, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414693226}, "language": "english", "review": "Let me begin... if you are not into reading lore, and saturating yourself with a game's story... you will be missing at least 50% of this game... and probably will not fully appreciate what this game has to offer.\n\nFor every 5 minutes of battle, you will spend an equal amount, if not more, reading into the story, conversing with the various characters that inhabit Avernum, and learning about the land from pop-up descriptions.\n\nThe skill-up system is nice. Though, classes are pretty linear. Mages mainly focus on mage, priest on priest, and so on. You won't really be seeing many priests dual wielding, or sword-and-board mages. BUT, you can really specialize in certain skills, so though, you can't really roam outside the realms of your specific class, you can specialize it pretty well.\n\nThe combat is classic, old-school, turn-based goodness. The difficulty is decent. If you don't know how to play these types of games (learning to buff and debuff prior to battles, crowd control, and so on) this game will prove difficult. Once you get a hang of it, it becomes fun.\n\n\nAGAIN: If you are not a fan of engrossing yourself into lore, you will not get as much enjoyment out of this game as you could. IF you enjoy lore and character depth, you will thoroughly enjoy this gem.\n\n\n9/10\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1414693717, "timestamp_updated": 1414693717, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.549366", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12688497": {"recommendationid": "12688497", "author": {"steamid": "76561197964216999", "num_games_owned": 367, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 482, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442444625}, "language": "english", "review": "A great game for fans of old school d&d rpgs. \n\nThis game really brings me back to the old Gold Box D&D pc games (Dark Queen of Krynn etc). In an era of very limited graphics those games brought large worlds with epic stories and solid d&d party building and tactics combat. The Avernum series of games continues in that style with a large world full of unique lore to discover. The character and skill system is not too complex but has enough options to keep fights challenging and requiring planning while focusing on exploration and the story instead of large stat sheets. Over the Avernum series you can see steady improvements in the ui, engine and balancing quests and this is the best one I've tried yet.", "timestamp_created": 1414626056, "timestamp_updated": 1414626056, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.535088", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12667610": {"recommendationid": "12667610", "author": {"steamid": "76561198028141906", "num_games_owned": 259, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 2263, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414495516}, "language": "english", "review": "Wonderful game, lot of RPG, lot of reading, lot of fighting. Totally awesome remake.", "timestamp_created": 1414497540, "timestamp_updated": 1414497540, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12661368": {"recommendationid": "12661368", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071434888", "num_games_owned": 159, "num_reviews": 21, "playtime_forever": 1613, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1443401473}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum EFTP brings me back to my old 386 gaming days. Avernum EFTP is brilliantly crafted and worth playing. Content is king in Avernum, don't expect a 4 hour romp, this CRpg has plenty of meat to sink your teeth into.\n\n10/10", "timestamp_created": 1414445050, "timestamp_updated": 1414445050, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12651548": {"recommendationid": "12651548", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025053966", "num_games_owned": 108, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 6322, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1494630850}, "language": "english", "review": "Bought it for $1.99.  Hell of a game for this price! 4/5 stars...in my opinion...buy it.", "timestamp_created": 1414378994, "timestamp_updated": 1414378994, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12644823": {"recommendationid": "12644823", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052383953", "num_games_owned": 294, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 16, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1375063258}, "language": "english", "review": "", "timestamp_created": 1414344158, "timestamp_updated": 1414344158, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12643383": {"recommendationid": "12643383", "author": {"steamid": "76561198011137242", "num_games_owned": 512, "num_reviews": 67, "playtime_forever": 3040, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1429174390}, "language": "english", "review": "Almost 20 years and two remakes in, this game still rocks. If you can look past the graphics (which you should) and the odd clunky mechanic, this is a game that you will spend innumerable hours on. A vast (VAST!) world to explore with dozens, if not hundreds of secrets, a multitude of locations and quests, and three separate, intricate main plotlines make this game what I dare to call the Skyrim of isometric turn-based RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1414338074, "timestamp_updated": 1414338074, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.560989", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12636777": {"recommendationid": "12636777", "author": {"steamid": "76561198090568028", "num_games_owned": 369, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 69, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414303922}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u6e38\u620f\u5bb9\u91cf\u5f88\u5c0f\uff0c\u53ea\u6709200M\u4e0d\u5230\uff08\u6240\u4ee5\u753b\u9762\u4f60\u61c2\u7684\uff09\uff0c\u4f46\u5185\u5bb9\u76f8\u5f53\u4e30\u5bcc\n\u73a9\u8d77\u6765\u6709\u70b9\u50cf\u535a\u5f97\u4e4b\u95e8\u8bbe\u5b9a+\u8f90\u5c042\u6218\u6597\u7684\u6df7\u5408\u4f53\n\u4f20\u7edf\u7f8e\u5f0fRPG\u7231\u597d\u8005\u53ef\u4ee5+1\uff0c\u6253\u53d1\u65f6\u95f4\u4e0d\u9519", "timestamp_created": 1414304488, "timestamp_updated": 1414304488, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 8, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.610159", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12616950": {"recommendationid": "12616950", "author": {"steamid": "76561197966835726", "num_games_owned": 125, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 2177, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1498506401}, "language": "english", "review": "Open World with exploration.Huge world full of secret.  Nice Story and very cool atmosphere.total party customisation.  If u dont mind the old\\simple graphic its a gem!!", "timestamp_created": 1414191396, "timestamp_updated": 1414191396, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 8, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.539063", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12598037": {"recommendationid": "12598037", "author": {"steamid": "76561198108511928", "num_games_owned": 205, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 323, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414283612}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is right in your wheelhouse if you like games like Baldur's Gate and Divinity and are looking to experience that old school pen-and-paper RPG experience. I have not played all the rest of the games in the series and do not feel that I must in order to enjoy it on this one. Don't expect stellar graphics, but do expect everything else- like great game mechanics, a solid loot system, compelling story (with admirable writing skill), and a giant world to get lost in. I have yet to finish it yet, but from the first handful of quests, I know I am hooked well enough to come back to it. Another great thing about this game is it takes up less than 200 mb of space and has retardedly low system requirements, so it even  plays on the ancient technological relics I keep around due to lack of having a proper gaming laptop to tote about. This game is also pretty nifty on iOS.\nAnyhoots, I don't feel hasty in reccomending this.", "timestamp_created": 1413916247, "timestamp_updated": 1413916247, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 33, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.697097", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12595336": {"recommendationid": "12595336", "author": {"steamid": "76561198077733057", "num_games_owned": 18, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4301, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417692825}, "language": "english", "review": "A wonderful RPG experience! Just buy it and play it...you won't be disappointed.", "timestamp_created": 1413903042, "timestamp_updated": 1413903042, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.466594", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12589788": {"recommendationid": "12589788", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005337783", "num_games_owned": 183, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 8406, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1337324400}, "language": "english", "review": "At first you might be 'revolted' by the dated graphics.  Then you might laugh at some 1990ish  RPG your looking at.  Force yourself to put at least a couple of hours into it and soon you will find yourself hooked.  You got the crapiest equipment starting out and you will have to earn what you keep to survive.  No freebees like modern games throw at you like candy at a parade.  You will respect your CRPG awesomeness by giving this game a chance  and then seeing if you got it to survive escaping the underdark to the surface!  Good luck you will enjoy the  journey!!!", "timestamp_created": 1413853054, "timestamp_updated": 1413853054, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 57, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.776030", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12588108": {"recommendationid": "12588108", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995158887", "num_games_owned": 485, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1005, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1348124400}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit is overall a really solid RPG. It combines classic party-based tactical RPG combat with a large and deeply designed gameworld. The result is an expansive classic RPG with a modern user interface that is a delight to play. Combat is deep, but not slow or frustrating to go through. Dungeons are just the right length, with enough secrets to reward thoroughness and some backtracking. Character design is involving and interesting, with most character builds and party compositions working well. The presentation is functional, but for fans of CRPGs the breadth of gameplay will win you over.", "timestamp_created": 1413840216, "timestamp_updated": 1413840216, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 8, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.535088", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12514161": {"recommendationid": "12514161", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993833008", "num_games_owned": 48, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 8821, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1428753495}, "language": "english", "review": "Great, fun game.", "timestamp_created": 1413486715, "timestamp_updated": 1413486715, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502642", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12490339": {"recommendationid": "12490339", "author": {"steamid": "76561197990056345", "num_games_owned": 2247, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 3830, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1374200009}, "language": "english", "review": "Great old school styled RPG, if you played Wizards Crown, the original Ultima's or the AD&D games you will love this.  Difficult even when your characers are bad assed, always something out there that will put you in your place right quick.  Huge game map and lots of side quests and dungeons to search. The rest of the devs games are bout the same but different stories, I even have one on my Kindle too.  Well worth the purchase for a hundred hours or so retro play time.", "timestamp_created": 1413307386, "timestamp_updated": 1413307386, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12408896": {"recommendationid": "12408896", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030436576", "num_games_owned": 52, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4261, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423101753}, "language": "english", "review": "First of all I must say I am a big fan of role play games, that I started back at the date with Eye of Beholder: I consider the top of the genre Baldur's Gate (the first one), and this is the first time I play an Avernum game; I was therefore completely new to the lore, mechanics and rules used in the game.\nFrom the beginning Avernum: Escape from the pit looks intriguing and catchy: from text to text and fight to fight, I found myself playing for 3-4 hours straight after installation without realizing it.\nThe art and the drawing are inspiring, there is a lot of text that really make us feel the story and the lore, dialogs are brilliant; character creation and advancement, fightings, divine and arcane spellcasting: everything it is intuitive and somehow innovative, taking clear inspiration from old paper rpgs and fusing it with \"modern\" skill trees.\nLongevity also seems to be a strong point of this title: I played 4 hours and visited 3 cities, and I could understand from the world map how insignificant is the portion of underworld I explored so far.\nThe only negative feedback some people might point out is graphics, and on this I completely disagree: it is a simple retro 2d graphic but is not bad at all: on the contrary it is clear and fluent, does not disturb the eye and does not require big machines to run.\nAlso the music is fitting, with its epic tones: it is just a pity that there is not a bigger variety of tunes.\nAll in all, I would recommend this game to all rpg fans and to all retro gamers, giving it a solid 8.5 out of 10. There are not many better roleplaying experiences than this one out there :)", "timestamp_created": 1412758054, "timestamp_updated": 1412765068, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.566929", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12363940": {"recommendationid": "12363940", "author": {"steamid": "76561197965279936", "num_games_owned": 348, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 3522, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421516394}, "language": "english", "review": "I've enjoyed Spiderweb Software games for many years now and this remake/update is plenty of fun. Lots and lots of play for a very reasonable price!", "timestamp_created": 1412443188, "timestamp_updated": 1412443188, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12321234": {"recommendationid": "12321234", "author": {"steamid": "76561198087834803", "num_games_owned": 2973, "num_reviews": 154, "playtime_forever": 6860, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512367761}, "language": "english", "review": "Very fun gameplay; removed the tedious bits of previous Avernum games. Low on story and character development, but definitely recommended if you enjoy open world RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1412217521, "timestamp_updated": 1412217521, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545119", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12303533": {"recommendationid": "12303533", "author": {"steamid": "76561198065471268", "num_games_owned": 405, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 2269, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1425660864}, "language": "finnish", "review": "T\u00e4ss\u00e4 mainio lohik\u00e4\u00e4rmeen tappopeli niist\u00e4 kiinnostuneille. Grafiikka ei p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4 huimaa mutta jos t\u00e4m\u00e4n tyyppiset pelit kiinnostaa on vetovoima taattu. Aika kuluu teht\u00e4vi\u00e4 suorittaessa ja kaikenlaista matkanvarrella tappaessa. Taistelut on perinteist\u00e4 vuoropohjaista kamaa ja toimivaa sellaista.  Parempiakin varmasti on mutta hinta ei p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4 huimaa, joten osta pois.\n\n\n80/100", "timestamp_created": 1412101403, "timestamp_updated": 1412101403, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508712", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12222413": {"recommendationid": "12222413", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001614513", "num_games_owned": 188, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5214, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1504085965}, "language": "english", "review": "If you are into this old RPG with good story then you should buy this. If you are into RPG buy it. If you are into games with good stories buy it. If you are into games, buy it!", "timestamp_created": 1411581915, "timestamp_updated": 1411581915, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12221458": {"recommendationid": "12221458", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960451002", "num_games_owned": 332, "num_reviews": 60, "playtime_forever": 834, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1428722911}, "language": "english", "review": "A classic isometric RPG experience. The dialogue and setting is sometimes uninspiring, but, the gameplay is solid and very similar to to the Baldur's Gate/Infinity Engine series of games. Escape from the pit also introduces a relatively novel world map that makes the game not a simple copy of other isometric RPGs. Worth playing if you enjoy classic RPGs, but don't expect miracles or an amazing plot.", "timestamp_created": 1411577858, "timestamp_updated": 1411577858, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12219911": {"recommendationid": "12219911", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999379421", "num_games_owned": 170, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 134, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402752755}, "language": "english", "review": "While being mostly nostalgic, the game is amazign at what it does. The story develops constantly and perfectly fits the theme of the world and the game. Combat mechanics are dynamic and variable enough to have this feeling of your own party that slowly grows to your heart and makes you play further to beat everything the evil throws at you.\n\nConcerning the negative points, the technical aspects are the biggest part here. The graphics, while aesthetically suiting, are pretty simple and there is not a lot of comfort built in the game. However, almost nothign of this has actually made me feel worse about the game, as the positive parts overweight so heavily. If you are interested in old-school party RPG's, you might sink way too many hours into Avernum.\n\n[b]8/10[/b], as the game is nice, but has some tedious gameplay after time.", "timestamp_created": 1411571698, "timestamp_updated": 1411577948, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.526947", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12186358": {"recommendationid": "12186358", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031836806", "num_games_owned": 379, "num_reviews": 38, "playtime_forever": 237, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1376829833}, "language": "english", "review": "I might have enjoyed this game in 1987.", "timestamp_created": 1411393762, "timestamp_updated": 1411393762, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.494016", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12186131": {"recommendationid": "12186131", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996870709", "num_games_owned": 90, "num_reviews": 84, "playtime_forever": 19, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334473200}, "language": "english", "review": "You know what the quickest way to kill my enthusiasm for any RPG is?  Immediately set me in a dungeon and have me kill rats with a stick for an hour before getting to do anything fun.  It just screams \"I have no respect for your time or intelligence and I'm too trapped in the past to come up with anything interesting to do for a tutorial mission\"...", "timestamp_created": 1411392184, "timestamp_updated": 1414081043, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.380556", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12183104": {"recommendationid": "12183104", "author": {"steamid": "76561198114364549", "num_games_owned": 183, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 5025, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1411434949}, "language": "english", "review": "ok this revew will be for those why are fans of spiderweg software games because a lot of the other revews cover the aspect of the game from a perspectave of takeing like any other oldschool r.p.g however as i am here now, the game is the best and you should at least give it a try , now this next part is for those of us that have been with spiderweb for a LONG LONG time (speaking of witch this game takes a long time to finish, in a good way) now... if your like me you will rember how the skills worked in geneforge and the orignal avernum's it was good because it was better than other r.p.gs there was no skill tree, no level cap but the skills ent up in cost as you put more points into them, this gave the game a vary strange charcter progretion that not onley encurged giveing your heros a wide range of skills but it made it so you have a less cramped leveling zone an more \nchoice as to how you build your heros and to top it all of (as far as i know) ONLEY spierweb used this leveling style\nEscape from the pit has............your normal boreing skill tree now im not telling you this is bad it still has all the rest of that spiderweb flair meaning oped worlds multiple endings and so much more makeing it a must have 9/10 BUT SPIDERWEB I BEG OF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR OLD LEVELING I LOVED THAT THING AND IT GAVE SO MUCH YOUR YOUR GAME MAKEING EVEN THE LEVELING OF YOUR HEROS COMPLEX AND FUN  thats all", "timestamp_created": 1411360322, "timestamp_updated": 1411360322, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12180223": {"recommendationid": "12180223", "author": {"steamid": "76561198002188364", "num_games_owned": 679, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 2318, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1375527539}, "language": "english", "review": "I've been getting all set to play the old (not the oldest, mind you!) Avernum saga, when this little gem came out. It was the second Spiderweb game I've finished, after Avadon. I have to admit I liked it even better.\n\nNice isometric view, good plot, none of this heroic nonsense to begin with, just a bunch of lads trying to survive in a somewhat unfriendly environment.", "timestamp_created": 1411334874, "timestamp_updated": 1411334874, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12135484": {"recommendationid": "12135484", "author": {"steamid": "76561198118733117", "num_games_owned": 187, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 5131, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1398385445}, "language": "english", "review": "Wow. Amazing. Simply stunning.\n\nIf you are at all like me in that you missed the eariler incarnations of this game series or for that matter, anything from Spiderweb Software, you are truly missing something well worth your time if you enjoy turn based RPG's. As everyone says, lots to read, lots to do and shitty graphics. \n\nThe story is compelling, the environment is structured to be accessible, espcially after the first hour. And you'll want to push on to see more and more of the world. The visuals are poor(terribly poor infact), and you'll like wish for at least reasonable animations that do not exist.\n\nBottomline, well worth your time and money. I bought this on sale for about 3 dollars, it was easily worth ten times that. When the sequel comes out, I will be picking it up and striding through that one too!", "timestamp_created": 1411011625, "timestamp_updated": 1411011625, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497925", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "12017988": {"recommendationid": "12017988", "author": {"steamid": "76561198055714975", "num_games_owned": 280, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 1690, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1411837903}, "language": "english", "review": "Escape from the Pit is the first part of the Avernum series. A true-to-the-bone oldschool RPG, it reminds me of the time I played Baldur's Gate back in 1998. The game's humble isometric visuals may scare off young players born into the 3D age, yet it shouldn't be missed because of the TONS of content it offers! The game world is huge and ripe to explore at the pace the player prefers. Locations are varied and bursting with detail, which is often offered in the form of cleverly written sections of text. NPCs are colorful and interesting as well - one of my favourites is Alice, the comely innkeep at Fort Duvno, who carefully pockets the gold pieces each time you ask her about interesting gossip, yet never hears a thing...:D Quests are fun to pursue and lead you to abandoned forts, halfway dug-out Nephil dungeons and bat-infested caves. The games controls are not too streamlined (in fact, kind of clanky sometimes), but nothing too serious. If you feel the urge to enjoy some retro role-playing, jump right into the Pit...you won't be disappointed!", "timestamp_created": 1410122552, "timestamp_updated": 1410122552, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11954381": {"recommendationid": "11954381", "author": {"steamid": "76561198055983659", "num_games_owned": 327, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4911, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1378786300}, "language": "english", "review": "Fallout: Earthdawn, the RPG. Now, I can't be sure that the creator of the game is at all familiar with Earthdawn, but the setting definitely has feels of both the post-apocalyptic-ness of Fallout, and the special flavor of the fantasy rpg Earthdawn.\n\nThe gist: You did something. The Empire was displeased enough to want you out of the Empire permanently. But, rather than bloody executions that are bad for morale, they sent you... elsewhere. The caverns of Avernum, where you are to live out the rest of your hopefully-short life. Of course, this being an RPG, you have other ideas and other options.\n\nThe game world is vast, with a world map spanning numerous screens in every direction, nearly innumerable dungeons, cities, and other places to explore. Three Major Quests, and numerous lesser ones (including, of course, the fetch quests. Where would we be without pointless fetch quests that, thankfully, you can ignore if you want to).\n\nThe system is solid: There is a great deal of customizability with your characters. You make a party of four, either from pre-gen characters or making them up from scratch from a mixture of attributes, 'feats', and skills, of which you gain more with every level-up. Sword-mage? Can do. Warrior Priest? Sure. Team of archer-priests? If that's how you want to roll it, sure. Some builds will be better than others, obviously, but especially on the normal and easy modes, you can build how you please and still make it through the game.\n\nThe graphics and sounds are not modern-quality. This is an indie game, and it shows. If you want a game that has cutscenes to ooh over, or wonderful soundtracks to slay beasts by, look elsewhere. (This isn't a slight on either the people who will look elsewhere or on the game, by the by. If you want a more visceral experience, by all means find a game that suits your wants more.) What this game does provide, however, is a lot of story. While your character is very much the anybody, allowing you to project yourself seamlessly without a pre-made backstory getting in the way, that means that all of the backstory is the setting's. NPCs there are many of. Random passersby in the towns often have their own things to say. While the atmosphere generated by the graphics engine is often lacking, entering a new place often will give you a long description instead.\n\nIn short: It's a solid indie RPG for people who like reading.\nAvernum 2 and 3 presently are only available in a non-Steam even-lower-graphics-quality version, but I've heard the developer is planning on upgrading them in the near future.", "timestamp_created": 1409632837, "timestamp_updated": 1409632837, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11849934": {"recommendationid": "11849934", "author": {"steamid": "76561198082546306", "num_games_owned": 51, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3818, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1419877857}, "language": "english", "review": "To the person who has never played any games by Spiderware, this game is a well done, open world, turn-based rpg. Sure you might get lost, get murdered by gremlins, or burned to a crisp when you try to steal from a dragon, but the adventure is well worth the time you scramble around the caves of Avernum. The creativity you can put into developing your characters is also quite impressive and exhilarating as you make your company go from worthless nobodies into true heros and warriors. \n\nTo the person who has played these games before, specifically Avernum 4-6: This is very different from those, and in my honest opinion, a great improvement. I have been playing these games since it was known as the Exile series, and I have got to say that this is the highest point they have climbed in the last decade. Not gonna lie, 4-6 were kinda lacking in the realm of creativity. You had a set path and you circled around Avernum while barely having enough skill and items to make it to the next boss, making it extremely stressful and frustrating. Leveling up was by far the worst because you could barely upgrade a single skill, if any. Now, in Avernum:Escape From the Pit, they return to the style of their first real success, Avernum 3, but with even greater creativity when it comes to leveling. The alternate endings/optional factions you can join is also a nice addition.\n\nSo all in all, give this a try. It is worth it.", "timestamp_created": 1408903139, "timestamp_updated": 1408903139, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11842114": {"recommendationid": "11842114", "author": {"steamid": "76561198028115372", "num_games_owned": 284, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 4905, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1408600840}, "language": "japanese", "review": "2\u307e\u3060\uff1f", "timestamp_created": 1408854136, "timestamp_updated": 1408854136, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.333278", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11788716": {"recommendationid": "11788716", "author": {"steamid": "76561197989133200", "num_games_owned": 122, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 590, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1413803473}, "language": "english", "review": "One for fans of classic indie RPGs. Don't just look at the graphics and think it's cheap and shitty - the developer Jeff Vogel has been building this world for years, creating a detailed fantasy setting and deep plot. You have a lot of freedom in character choice and progression, though this potentially lets you cripple your party by ignoring balance and picking all sorcerers. (Don't pick all sorcerers. That's hardmode.)\n\nMy favourite part of this game is not being told how tough an enemy encounter is going to be. You might wipe the floor with those giant lizards using a single Call the Storm spell. Or you might get dazed, ensnared, and burned to a crisp by exploding slimes. The fun part is picking up from your most recent autosave, assessing where you went wrong, trying something different, and coming out on top with another strategy. (Tip: trigger fights and then retreat to a bottleneck, if possible. Don't underestimate upgraded spells, either.)\n\nThe clumsiest part of the game is the interface, which harks back to more than a decade ago, and has some annoying quirks. Can't alt-tab on Mac? Pathfinding range is limited and automatically enters dungeons if they're in the way? Isometric layout makes it difficult to click enemies in the square above you? Some of this stuff seems so obvious that it makes me think Jeff's decided it would take too much time to chip off all the rough edges, but you have to admire his dedication to making games *for a living* which means *to a budget*.\n\n(Edit: it doesn't look like I have many hours in this game, but that's because I mostly play offline on my laptop while commuting. I estimate I've spent at least twenty on it at this point - and dozens more in Jeff's earlier \"Exile\" series during the mid 90s.)", "timestamp_created": 1408504497, "timestamp_updated": 1408504561, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11702590": {"recommendationid": "11702590", "author": {"steamid": "76561198044551974", "num_games_owned": 331, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3850, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1471749681}, "language": "english", "review": "If you can look past the really dated game engine, you'll find that this is a classic RPG with a great narrative and fun game mechanics.", "timestamp_created": 1408031422, "timestamp_updated": 1408031422, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11700786": {"recommendationid": "11700786", "author": {"steamid": "76561197974490182", "num_games_owned": 378, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 177, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1430323905}, "language": "english", "review": "isgood", "timestamp_created": 1408020645, "timestamp_updated": 1408020645, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.457959", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11668545": {"recommendationid": "11668545", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014921372", "num_games_owned": 145, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 1889, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499393993}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school RPG redone and still as awesome as ever. Deep plotline is the main driving point of the game while the character creator allows you to create your own character and mold him as you see fit. +5 nostalgia points.", "timestamp_created": 1407800934, "timestamp_updated": 1407800934, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.476190", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11514954": {"recommendationid": "11514954", "author": {"steamid": "76561198003523138", "num_games_owned": 270, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 2613, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1376277234}, "language": "english", "review": "I think I accidently fed this game two days of my life. It's immersive in that the monotony builds into something more. That being said once you've got the Holy Smite and or Arcane Storm you can exit out cause you've won the game. No seriously. You've won.\n\nIt's super old school though, but it still functions better than the originals, which I simply couldn't play.", "timestamp_created": 1406947042, "timestamp_updated": 1406947042, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11492670": {"recommendationid": "11492670", "author": {"steamid": "76561198044574430", "num_games_owned": 38, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 4580, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1407115118}, "language": "english", "review": "A well-written, content-rich, decidedly old-school RPG. Seems to have a thing for delicate mushrooms, and small, cute lizards. Would certainly reccomend to the right audience (that is, individuals like myself).", "timestamp_created": 1406820166, "timestamp_updated": 1406820166, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11458667": {"recommendationid": "11458667", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030277114", "num_games_owned": 1357, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 4244, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1427252131}, "language": "english", "review": "In today's day and age, Spiderweb Software's games may seem like a novelty, but make no doubt that for the right audience they are exceptionally good games that offer a lot of bang for their buck. Avernum: Escape From The Pit is a modernized version of the Avernum series, and while the graphics are still not flashy the game more than makes up for it with good writing and solid turn based combat.\n\nThe game is a text heavy one, a blessing or a curse depending on the person playing. The writing is stellar and coupled with the low-key graphics it's one of the few games where you can really use your imagination if you so wish. It is worth noting that Avernum is an open-world RPG, so while I say the writing is stellar, don't expect a centralized story with deep characters--that's not what this game is. The game itself takes place in a huge underground cave complex, a joy for those like me who like underground fantasy settings and even for those who don't should still appreciate the unique and interesting world Avernum presents.\n\nAvernum is lengthy, but if it's your type of game it will feel just right, making it a great game to pick up if you're on a budget. One playthrough alone will take  about seventy to eighty hours if you are a semi completionist, and even if you aren't I would wager it would take a good fifty hours to beat. Throw in harder difficulties and achievements and you can easily extend that playtime twofold.\n\nThe combat is fairly atypical for a turn based game, but by no means bland. Each ally/enemy gets one turn per round and there are different types of characters your party can contain (priests, mage, etc.). The game is open world as mentioned and it lets you explore the world on your own, the game guides you very loosely but the bulk of the exploration is up to you to do. As thus, you can easily find yourself faced off against baddies that are higher level than you which can keep the game challenging even on normal difficulty.\n\nOpen world exploration in the deep caves of Avernum mixed with some awesome writing and very interesting in-game encounters made this game a blast, but one of the things I liked most was how seamlessly the keyboard was integrated into the game. With the exception of needing to use my touchpad to click on a few interactive objects in the game world and assigning character stats/equipping items, just about everything you need to do in-game can be done with just the keyboard. Conversations, looting, fighting, moving--can all be done with the keyboard. If you're playing at home on your desktop, this may not mean much, but if you want to play this on a laptop without a mouse handy, this game is the one. Very few RPGs can be played on low-end laptops and even fewer can be played without a mouse, but Avernum is perhaps the only game I've played that's required mouse/touchpad input so sparsely. I feel like I could have enjoyed an amazing RPG experience from any Spiderweb game, but this one stands out to me due to the stellar keyboard integration.", "timestamp_created": 1406604304, "timestamp_updated": 1406604304, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 74, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.808801", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11320423": {"recommendationid": "11320423", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996130643", "num_games_owned": 230, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4201, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1406158031}, "language": "english", "review": "\"Hear me now, you insects, you puny, negligible things. I am Grah-Hoth! I come back, I strike from my prison, and I will have my revenge on you, all of you! There is no appeal. There is no defense. There is no hope!\"  -- Mighty Demon Lord Grah-Hoth\n\nExcellent game! Fun and rewarding. Highly Recommended.", "timestamp_created": 1405789332, "timestamp_updated": 1405789332, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11211741": {"recommendationid": "11211741", "author": {"steamid": "76561197973701057", "num_games_owned": 9113, "num_reviews": 41, "playtime_forever": 11018, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434445897}, "language": "english", "review": "For me the greatest CRPG is Planescape Torment because the story is the best I ever saw. Then Fallout and  BG 2.\n\nBut this Avernum is not  very far behind because it's so huge. There are so many quests, so many dungeons to explore and so many details that will add and make you start to believe in this underwolrd of outcasts. And it definitly got me when I was on the footsteps of the First Expedition.\n\nAs a pure PC player for long years I will add Evernum to my favorite list of CRPG to join the Hall of Fame with Eyes of the Beholder, Lands of Lore, Elder Scrolls, Fallout and BG series.\n\nIt's a must play.", "timestamp_created": 1405233951, "timestamp_updated": 1405233951, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11203398": {"recommendationid": "11203398", "author": {"steamid": "76561198032632427", "num_games_owned": 166, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3503, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421549814}, "language": "english", "review": "Lots of hours into this. Pretty mindless, decent story and not on rails. Plenty of ways to kill time and advance characters. The beginning character levels aren't easy (though not hard) to get through, but once you get your characters up a bunch of levels it gets pretty easy and you can enjoy the story.", "timestamp_created": 1405188778, "timestamp_updated": 1405188778, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11146653": {"recommendationid": "11146653", "author": {"steamid": "76561198125081234", "num_games_owned": 52, "num_reviews": 25, "playtime_forever": 224, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1404976024}, "language": "english", "review": "Simple role playing game about a group of adventurers that is abandonned into a world of caves, where humans barely managed to survive, and danger is around every corner.\nThe first thing i noticed, is that this is an indy product, and therefore lacks the comfort and polish of famous titles of the genre. This includes, that battles play almost always the same, that information is poor, that loot and equipment on the ground isnt highlighted (and very easily overseen), that enemies on the world map need to be \"catched\" to get a fight, or that character developement is very simple.\nIt still isnt a bad game though, but a solid mediocre, as it is pretty streamlined, and therefore doesnt feel as much as work as other competetors, while at the same time, offers enough content and quality to keep the player entertained:\nThe graphics are nice, the interface is clear and intuitive, the overview is good, the battles are tactical and turn based and the content will keep you busy for dozens of hours. If you like role playing, you will most likely enjoy this one as well...\n\nFor me, who isnt a RPG player anyway, though, the game didnt contain enough quality and polish to keep me entertained and playing.", "timestamp_created": 1404890037, "timestamp_updated": 1404976853, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 13, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.443520", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11141496": {"recommendationid": "11141496", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999957065", "num_games_owned": 162, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 1101, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1405175543}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is Awesome - I'm really enjoying it - it is really addictive.", "timestamp_created": 1404858456, "timestamp_updated": 1405024045, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499096", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11091278": {"recommendationid": "11091278", "author": {"steamid": "76561198049975762", "num_games_owned": 22, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 263, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403558166}, "language": "english", "review": "I wanted an old school turn based RPG like Fallout.\nI didn't care so much for the graphics, and you won't see any eyecandy here. I wanted to have an exciting story.\nThe story starts up interesting enough. But after a while you don't really feel the game pushing you forward.\n99% of the time the solution to a problem is to kill everybody and get the XP for it.\nThere are some interesting races in it and funny characters, but after a while I just really got bored with running around and simply killing stuff.\nI found it pretty hard to get to an experience level where I could actually progress to killing the next big enemy, the solution for which is to find random enemies who are weeker and kill them by the thousands so you get enough XP to get to a level where you can take on the next bigger enemy.\nThe game has an interesting world and political and race stuff and magic going on, but it is a little bit too slow and too open for my tastes, meaning it should tell you a little bit more where to go next or what to do next, and not leave you so alone.\nIf you don't mind reading a lot and just going around killing stuff for like forever, then go ahead get this game.\n", "timestamp_created": 1404595993, "timestamp_updated": 1404595993, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545455", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11068937": {"recommendationid": "11068937", "author": {"steamid": "76561198065525492", "num_games_owned": 118, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 115, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1353139200}, "language": "english", "review": "There are way better RPGs out there. Don't waste your money.", "timestamp_created": 1404485983, "timestamp_updated": 1404485983, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.259606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "11024873": {"recommendationid": "11024873", "author": {"steamid": "76561198021505565", "num_games_owned": 87, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4780, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1407963709}, "language": "italian", "review": "Che dire mi ricorda molto Ultima on line. Semplice e intuitivo. Belle le descrizioni dei vari luoghi e interessanti le quest, nelle quali ci si pu\u00f2 trovare a esplorare un dungeon per diversi minuti.\nLo stile \u00e8 il classico strategico a turni. Nonostante i numerosi oggetti che si possono trovare, il peso della loro gestione \u00e8 sopportabile senza impazzire a riempire e svuotare lo zaino milioni di volte.\nIn conclusione un giochino carino da alternare al classico GDR. Ottimo anche in pausa pranzo.", "timestamp_created": 1404325906, "timestamp_updated": 1404325906, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10968099": {"recommendationid": "10968099", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998578178", "num_games_owned": 709, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 2373, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335510000}, "language": "english", "review": "Amateurish, overly-descriptive writing reminiscent of Torment. Amateurish graphics, reminiscent of freeware games. And a barebones battle system, reminiscent of Baldur's Gate 1. The premise has spectacular potential, but it isn't well realized. If you're starving for something new in the vein of Baldur's Gate, it might be worth a look, but don't expect an experience to rival BG2. \n\n5/10, extra point for fair asking price (considering the size of the game).", "timestamp_created": 1404116359, "timestamp_updated": 1404116359, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 15, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.416174", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10847625": {"recommendationid": "10847625", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045032619", "num_games_owned": 380, "num_reviews": 73, "playtime_forever": 3053, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1405254854}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome sandbox RPG which I find more interesting than Skyrim.", "timestamp_created": 1403816600, "timestamp_updated": 1403816600, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505286", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10824508": {"recommendationid": "10824508", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994761319", "num_games_owned": 78, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 96, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403767151}, "language": "english", "review": "i would really rather just be playing Exile again.", "timestamp_created": 1403767199, "timestamp_updated": 1403767199, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 12, "votes_funny": 2, "weighted_vote_score": "0.377215", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10817362": {"recommendationid": "10817362", "author": {"steamid": "76561198039459492", "num_games_owned": 232, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 12577, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1406065510}, "language": "english", "review": "Old School RPG that rocks. Nice gameplay and history. Im having lots of fun with it.", "timestamp_created": 1403746238, "timestamp_updated": 1403746238, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502488", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10809409": {"recommendationid": "10809409", "author": {"steamid": "76561197987596751", "num_games_owned": 190, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 6491, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1404566035}, "language": "english", "review": "Excellent old school RPG with massive content. If you like the games from old, then you should pick this up and have many hours of amusement,", "timestamp_created": 1403728805, "timestamp_updated": 1403728805, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10774552": {"recommendationid": "10774552", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971165892", "num_games_owned": 99, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2943, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423617566}, "language": "english", "review": "Old School type Game. Played one of spiderwebs games years ago and never got to finish it... now I remember why. This game is long. At least its fun to play. Good game crappy graphics.", "timestamp_created": 1403651818, "timestamp_updated": 1403651818, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10759055": {"recommendationid": "10759055", "author": {"steamid": "76561198024687514", "num_games_owned": 61, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5174, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403618003}, "language": "french", "review": "Tout d'abord enthousiasmant et addictif (map immense, des centaines de lieux \u00e0 explorer, de qu\u00eates secondaires, une prise en main tr\u00e8s rapide, une narration intelligente), le jeu finit par \u00e9norm\u00e9ment souffrir de quelques d\u00e9fauts, \u00e0 commencer par les d\u00e9placements tr\u00e8s p\u00e9nibles et le quest log compl\u00e8tement \u00e0 revoir.\n\nQuitte \u00e0 demander r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement d'aller poser une question \u00e0 un type \u00e0 l'autre bout du monde pour revenir ensuite et d\u00e9bloquer la situation... autant int\u00e9grer le fast-travel, plut\u00f4t que de mettre d'insuffisants portails et de m\u00e9nager des passages oblig\u00e9s par certaines villes.\n\nLe texte des qu\u00eates ne se met pas \u00e0 jour quand on progresse, du coup on ne conna\u00eet pas l'\u00e9tape suivante \u00e0 moins d'avoir recopi\u00e9/appris par coeur les dialogues : p\u00e9nible aussi.\n\nJ'ai boucl\u00e9 la deuxi\u00e8me des qu\u00eates principales sur une mort, certes glorieuse, mais tr\u00e8s frustrante (rien ne permettait de la pr\u00e9voir, et trois quarts d'heure de jeu au moins sont \u00e0 refaire pour un item manquant) > ragequit.\n\nJe le recommande tout de m\u00eame parce qu'il n'est pas cher et qu'il a de belles qualit\u00e9s.", "timestamp_created": 1403626083, "timestamp_updated": 1403626083, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10694730": {"recommendationid": "10694730", "author": {"steamid": "76561198073774499", "num_games_owned": 157, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 9312, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1391593620}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0414\u0438\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u043b\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0443\u043b. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0446\u043a\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u043a\u0443\u0441, \u043d\u043e \u0432\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0447\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0438\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0432. \u0427\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u044e\u0436\u0435\u0442. \u0420\u0430\u0437 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0432, \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0433 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0430, \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0451\u043b \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0435\u043c.", "timestamp_created": 1403495276, "timestamp_updated": 1403495276, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 17, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.619153", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10692968": {"recommendationid": "10692968", "author": {"steamid": "76561198121355753", "num_games_owned": 143, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 15583, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1515168800}, "language": "english", "review": "This is prehaps the best Dungeon Crawler/RPG (outside Legend of Grimrock, Dungeons of Dredmore) that Steam has to offer. It is easy to get into and hard to put down. What makes it so enjoyable is the non-linear progression of it all. You have a choice over everything, from doing quests to killing things. Your charators can be speced to your choosing. Want a warrior that hits like a truck and can shoot fireballs? You can do that! You want a rouge that can't be hit and is a master lockpick? You can! \n\nAll in all, this game is well worth the price, even more on sale (if the Summer Sale is going while viewing this review) \nYou won't regret. I've spent 135 hours on this game. Take it from me. It won't let you down!", "timestamp_created": 1403491213, "timestamp_updated": 1403491213, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 13, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.615026", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10674730": {"recommendationid": "10674730", "author": {"steamid": "76561198049115724", "num_games_owned": 654, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 7900, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1464426595}, "language": "english", "review": "Nice retro style game, not flashy but tons of RPG content. \n\nThe fight mechanics are good too, just the right amount of difficulty, sometimes you have to strategize carefully to win.", "timestamp_created": 1403459872, "timestamp_updated": 1403459872, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10649662": {"recommendationid": "10649662", "author": {"steamid": "76561198044417823", "num_games_owned": 254, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 5643, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1480734634}, "language": "english", "review": "For those who care most about the storyline over all other aspects, I would recommend this to you. If you want the HD version of the latest graphics in a game, move along. This is the 90'es style story focused game. None of this fancy graphics, just RPG at its core.", "timestamp_created": 1403417005, "timestamp_updated": 1403417005, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.975124", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10579335": {"recommendationid": "10579335", "author": {"steamid": "76561198055547968", "num_games_owned": 1721, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2464, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1465597087}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is great. I have always enjoyed Spiderweb Software games. Starting from the early 90's, they have filled the turn-based tactical RPG role in my game time. Keep making these Jeff.", "timestamp_created": 1403293192, "timestamp_updated": 1403293192, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.543568", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10562182": {"recommendationid": "10562182", "author": {"steamid": "76561198047267127", "num_games_owned": 327, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2398, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1433783977}, "language": "koreana", "review": "its not boring..", "timestamp_created": 1403265410, "timestamp_updated": 1403265410, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10542743": {"recommendationid": "10542743", "author": {"steamid": "76561197975727078", "num_games_owned": 521, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4463, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402170587}, "language": "english", "review": "A turn-based tactical RPG with a brilliantly original world full of nooks and crannies. Seriously rivals Skyrim in terms of exploration, and it's better written to boot. If you can look past the shortcomings in the visual and audio departments, you'll find a treasure trove of entertainment. Hell, I got 70 hours out of this one.\n\nYou'll never want to Escape From the Pit.", "timestamp_created": 1403222004, "timestamp_updated": 1403222004, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.505379", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10436205": {"recommendationid": "10436205", "author": {"steamid": "76561197973052125", "num_games_owned": 2966, "num_reviews": 294, "playtime_forever": 4192, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403072970}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome old-school isometric CRPG.  Lots to do, big world, great text descriptions.  Pretty much defines the one-more-turn nature of these games.", "timestamp_created": 1402559661, "timestamp_updated": 1402559661, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10433531": {"recommendationid": "10433531", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998931921", "num_games_owned": 109, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5023, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1447632448}, "language": "english", "review": "This is now the third time I've bought some version of this game. I think that says a lot about the enjoyability of the game. It's an old school RPG in a very memorable world.", "timestamp_created": 1402531448, "timestamp_updated": 1402531448, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.534884", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10386506": {"recommendationid": "10386506", "author": {"steamid": "76561198056682064", "num_games_owned": 95, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 2832, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1425015777}, "language": "english", "review": "Maybe the best $1.99 I've ever spent. There's so much content and wonderful strategic character progression. If you can sacrifice a little sheen for deep mechanics, this is a no-brainer.", "timestamp_created": 1402176807, "timestamp_updated": 1402176807, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.601655", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10356691": {"recommendationid": "10356691", "author": {"steamid": "76561198128026236", "num_games_owned": 49, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 3169, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402391265}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school RPG with solid mechanics, zounds of quests makes gameplay least rly long whats big advantage for me. 100% worth for this price.", "timestamp_created": 1401979445, "timestamp_updated": 1401979445, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501733", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10356115": {"recommendationid": "10356115", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993195933", "num_games_owned": 248, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 4697, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1369901227}, "language": "russian", "review": "10 \u0438\u0437 10 \u0413\u041e\u0421\u041f\u041e\u0414\u0418!!!", "timestamp_created": 1401976331, "timestamp_updated": 1401976331, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 3, "weighted_vote_score": "0.454545", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10343987": {"recommendationid": "10343987", "author": {"steamid": "76561198012618979", "num_games_owned": 1061, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 78, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1398995550}, "language": "english", "review": "While I cannot say I have gotten very far into the game, it is a very enjoyable RPG that plays beautifully. It was not hard to pick up and learn at ALL, and the gameplay and storyline is very interesting and fun. Pick it up even if it's not on super-sale.", "timestamp_created": 1401885932, "timestamp_updated": 1401885932, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10341118": {"recommendationid": "10341118", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025168984", "num_games_owned": 483, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 1279, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468031584}, "language": "english", "review": "One of my favorite games from the 90's has been remade into one of my favorite contemporary role playing games. This game is incredible! The story is amazingly immersive, and the gameplay is well executed. If you like turn-based RPGs, you really must get this game.", "timestamp_created": 1401856334, "timestamp_updated": 1401856334, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.540230", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10333871": {"recommendationid": "10333871", "author": {"steamid": "76561198033733575", "num_games_owned": 106, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4041, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402147191}, "language": "english", "review": "Fantastic old school 90's RPG, expansive world to explore and well written story, characters and lore.\nHighly Recommended", "timestamp_created": 1401801798, "timestamp_updated": 1401801798, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.970223", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10333639": {"recommendationid": "10333639", "author": {"steamid": "76561198022916728", "num_games_owned": 221, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 7587, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1447423745}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0428\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430. \u041e\u043b\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f.\n\u0417\u0430\u0442\u044f\u0433\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0430\u044f \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430.\n\n+\u0413\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u0437\u0430\u0442\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435.\n+\u0421\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u0440\u044f\u0434\u0430, \u0432\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\n+\u0422\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b \u043a\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432, \u0448\u043c\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043a, \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0436\u0435\u0439\n-\u041d\u0435 \u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0430\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0430\n\n\u0424\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442\u044b \u0411\u0430\u043b\u0434\u0443\u0440\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0442 \u0445\u044d\u0432.\n", "timestamp_created": 1401800016, "timestamp_updated": 1401800016, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 13, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.611774", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10332235": {"recommendationid": "10332235", "author": {"steamid": "76561198115534409", "num_games_owned": 131, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 655, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1415631426}, "language": "english", "review": "Best game, great story and endless quests! :D", "timestamp_created": 1401787121, "timestamp_updated": 1401787121, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.498258", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10329247": {"recommendationid": "10329247", "author": {"steamid": "76561198093295954", "num_games_owned": 580, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 1152, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402528583}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0428\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430.\u0421\u0442\u043e\u0438\u0442 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0443 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0443\u044e \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b \u0446\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e.\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0443 \u043a\u0430\u0436\u0434\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0442\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0438\u0442 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0440\u043f\u0433.", "timestamp_created": 1401753826, "timestamp_updated": 1401753826, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500111", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10327387": {"recommendationid": "10327387", "author": {"steamid": "76561198055524717", "num_games_owned": 422, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 2932, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1401737234}, "language": "english", "review": "Isometric RPG with a vast and rich world. There is an emphasis on exploration and story with a solid combat system to back it. It's quite a time investment of around 40+ hours but is worth the effort.\n\nCurrently on weekly sale (6/2/2014) for $1.99 and is on sale quite often. Highly suggest playing an hour or two, if you love it you're in for a good time, if not, it's not much of an investment.\n\nBe aware, it's easy to forget what you're doing and lose track of goals with a quest log that won't always keep you up to date, but as long as you keep exploring the map and make sure to be thorough, you'll usually complete quest objectives without too much of a problem.", "timestamp_created": 1401739521, "timestamp_updated": 1401739521, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10327089": {"recommendationid": "10327089", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999562678", "num_games_owned": 88, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 676, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1413417254}, "language": "english", "review": "Overall, not a bad game.\nI had loved the original incarnation of this game (Exile) from many years ago.  This title is, I believe, the second rerelease of the original.  Some notable differences: Graphics have changed quite immensely, random encounters don't generate very frequently in this version - requiring me to exploit game mechanics to keep the game interesting. More importantly, player party size has been reduced to four members from six. Skill points are handled a bit more differently than the original game as well as player inventory and NPC conversation. Otherwise gameplay and content are much the same.\n\nThe updated graphics I'm a bit critical of.  In my eyes, they're quite busy and they have made it less apparant what is significant. However, it may just be that I'm being reminiscent. The avatar image options are, however, quite limited.\n\nThe reduction is spawning has been quite an annoyance to me. If you're more into roguelike games where encounters are limited by design, this may appeal to you more. In Avernum, enemies appear to have a chance of respawning upon entering a location. If you simply revisit after sometime playing, there will be almost nothing there. Instead, to get any even significant respawning, you must repeatedly enter and exit a location, else you need to move on. This is quite different from the original game in which respawn appeared to be triggered by timers (often very quickly).\n\nThe reduction in PCs is also quite significant.  Given the number of non-combat roles expected of the party (lockpicking, alchemy, cave lore, mage lore, etc) the larger party size helped to balance this amongst characters.  With only four, this feels very limiting and you have to make some hard choices as to what your party will be capable of.\n\nOverall, I enjoyed the original Exile more than this remake.  However, despite this is still a fun and interesting game, especially if you enjoy older RPGs with more up front strategy elements and a big world to explore.", "timestamp_created": 1401737563, "timestamp_updated": 1401737563, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10247027": {"recommendationid": "10247027", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007833990", "num_games_owned": 624, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 1785, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1460911944}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a game for those who want to experience the nostalgic turn-base RPG.  For those familiar with Ultima IV (1985 release), Avernum will bring back those fond memories.  In Escape from the Pit, you control up to four party members who have been banished from the Empire.  From that seed, the storyline will grow.  Since this is a relaunch of the Avernum series, the graphics are kept simple, but effective and plays efficiently on much older systems.  Combat is turn-base with turns accomplished sequentially by intitiative and party order.  The story is interesting with plenty of side quests and dungeons/caves to crawl around and explore.  There is plenty of content since as of this review, I'm over 12 hours in and have covered around 1/3 of the map.\n\nBottom line is that this is a fun turn-base RPG.  It's a must for the fans of Ultima IV.", "timestamp_created": 1401153969, "timestamp_updated": 1401153969, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 17, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.651907", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "10242361": {"recommendationid": "10242361", "author": {"steamid": "76561197992593174", "num_games_owned": 440, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2844, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1436328075}, "language": "english", "review": "One of my favorite RPGs!\n\nAvernum: Escape from the Pit is actually a remake of the original Avernum, which is in turn a remake of the older Exile: Escape from the Pit. This remake uses a modified version of the engine from Avadon: The Black Fortress, and not only has better compatibility with newer computers, but also is improved in the way of graphics and usability. \n\nI'm not going to talk much about the graphics. Since this is a SpiderWeb Software game, there isn't going to be much in the way of spectacular graphical effects. Everything is in 2D, but the art has a charm to it that lends itself to the genre. \n\nThe lore and story of Avernum is what makes the game great. The game takes place in an unnamed fantasy world ruled by 'The Empire', led by the ruthless Emperor Hathorn. Hathorn crushes any resistance by banishing unlucky souls into an expansive unground cavern system known only as Avernum. Crimes as petty as vocalized discontent is enough to earn a one way trip to Avernum. The enterance is a one way portal underground, and there is no way out (?). \n\nYou take control of a band of 4 adventurers, each guilty of unspecified crimes against the crown. Upon arrival in Avernum, you learn that despite the harsh conditions of the realm, Avernum has developed its own society, with its own towns, culture, and government. All is not well, however, as the underground Kingdom is locked in a constant state of warfare with the other races that inhabit the caves. The lizardlike Slitherazki, the catlike Nepharim, and the rebels and bandits who disassociate themselves with King Micah's state all try to break down the fragile thread that holds Avernum together.\n\nOnce allowed to roam Avernum, your adventurers might find themselves without direction. The world is open, with few prohibitive roadblocks to stop any exploration of the caves you might find yourself wanting to do. The dangers of the southern and western caves will keep you away until you've gained more experience living in the caves. There are three ways to 'win' the game, each of which will reveal itself to you as you gain fame with the people of the cities.\n\n1) Banish the demon lord Grah-Hoth\n2) Exterminate the Emperor Hathorn\n3) FInd a way to escape the tunnels\n\nThese are all lofty goals, and completing smaller tasks to gain strength is a must.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1401121836, "timestamp_updated": 1401121836, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9976792": {"recommendationid": "9976792", "author": {"steamid": "76561198057058810", "num_games_owned": 200, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 11244, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1398833024}, "language": "english", "review": "You have to like old school dungeon crawlers to appreciate the game. Having said that it was everything an old school RPG game should be about. I'm a bit of a 1-time-pass-thru-completionist (rather than quick finish to replay for alternative paths) and  I got almost everything done in 187 hrs. There was only a few times I felt it was tedious play and that was with the friggin horrible \"lights go out, so you must click millions off times to move inches\" periods. The game does have a few minor bugs, like some times in teleporting your party members can end up inside room objects and freezes game for reload and if you happen to double click when casting sometimes your party members cast fake spells and move (when not supposed to move at all) so wasted turns can happen in middle of battles. BUT even with those minor bugs, the game was so fun and challenging I didnt mind over looking them. Newer more expensive games with better graphics have been doing much worse lately. Just suggestion, but go into settings and set party to move in fast mode or you might want to kill them yourself waiting to move very far! I'm definitely a fan of Spiderweb after this intro and I've already purchased x3 more Avernums based off this one. If that helps you decide in a purchase.", "timestamp_created": 1398833877, "timestamp_updated": 1398834002, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 23, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.717122", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9975350": {"recommendationid": "9975350", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014768180", "num_games_owned": 147, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5480, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1368428400}, "language": "english", "review": "If you love classic RPG's then Avernum is well worth checking out.  A great storyline and main quest push you forward into a world that is full danager but its own lore, and legends.  There are pleny of side quests here for the completionist as well as varous achevements and some fun game play.", "timestamp_created": 1398816842, "timestamp_updated": 1398816842, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.472606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9951752": {"recommendationid": "9951752", "author": {"steamid": "76561197985449130", "num_games_owned": 705, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 536, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1401811587}, "language": "japanese", "review": "\u5730\u4e0a\u306e\u60aa\u3044\u7687\u5e1d\u3055\u3093\u306b\u5730\u4e0b\u4e16\u754c\u3078\u8ffd\u3044\u3084\u3089\u308c\u305f\u4e3b\u4eba\u516c\u304c\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u3053\u306a\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u751f\u304d\u629c\u304f\u30aa\u30cf\u30ca\u30b7\u3002\n\u6226\u95d8\u306fSRPG\u98a8\u3002\n\u30b0\u30e9\u304c\u30b7\u30f3\u30d7\u30eb\u306a\u4ee3\u308f\u308a\u306b\u81a8\u5927\u306a\u82f1\u6587\u3067\u51fa\u4f1a\u3063\u305fNPC\u3084\u98a8\u666f\u306a\u3069\u306e\u8a73\u8aac\u3092\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u666e\u6bb5\u304b\u3089\u82f1\u6587\u3092\u8aad\u3080\u306e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u306a\u4eba\u3067\u6587\u7ae0\u3067\u8133\u5185\u88dc\u5b8c\u3057\u3066\u697d\u3057\u3081\u308b\u4eba\u3067\u306a\u3044\u3068\u53b3\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002\nUI\u306f\u3042\u307e\u308a\u6d17\u7df4\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3068\u306f\u4e91\u3048\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3057\u3001\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u306e\u30da\u30fc\u30b9\u3082\u9045\u304f\u3001\u30b9\u30c8\u30fc\u30ea\u30fc\u3067\u5f15\u3063\u5f35\u3063\u3066\u3044\u304f\u30bf\u30a4\u30d7\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3060\u3068\u601d\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u308f\u3056\u308f\u3056\u6700\u65b0\uff13D RPG\u3092\u3084\u3089\u305a\u306b\u3053\u308c\u3092\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3059\u308b\u610f\u5473\u306f\u8584\u3044\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\uff08\u5b9f\u969b\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3PC\u30ac\u8abf\u5b50\u60aa\u3044\u306e\u3067MacBookAir\u3067\u51fa\u6765\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u63a2\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u304c\u304d\u3063\u304b\u3051\uff09\u3001\u59cb\u3081\u3066\u898b\u308b\u3068\u7d50\u69cb\u9762\u767d\u304f\u30b9\u30eb\u30e1\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u5473\u308f\u3044\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\n\u307e\u3060\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u3070\u304b\u308a\u3067\u5730\u56f3\u3092\u898b\u308b\u3068\u4e16\u754c\u306f\u5e83\u5927\u3067\u3059\u306e\u3067\u5148\u306f\u9577\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u30af\u30ea\u30a2\u3067\u304d\u308b\u307e\u3067\u9811\u5f35\u308d\u3046\u304b\u306a\u3002\u3002\u3002\u98fd\u304d\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u3002\n\n\u5148\u306b\u9032\u3093\u3067\u8a55\u4fa1\u304c\u5909\u308f\u308c\u3070\u6821\u6b63\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3044\u307e\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u9762\u767d\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3001\u304a\u3059\u3059\u3081\u3067\u3059\u3002", "timestamp_created": 1398605681, "timestamp_updated": 1398605681, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 49, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.835212", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9948944": {"recommendationid": "9948944", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031180118", "num_games_owned": 314, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6986, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1398907927}, "language": "english", "review": "I first played a Spiderwb game around 1997. Every couple of years I am drawn back. The newish version of the Escape of the Pit has been a blast to play. Deep, engaging story line and easy to pick up for every level of gamer.", "timestamp_created": 1398585387, "timestamp_updated": 1398585387, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519867", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9904667": {"recommendationid": "9904667", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030553714", "num_games_owned": 759, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 16888, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1359360000}, "language": "english", "review": "I was pleasantly surprised by this title.  I bought it during the Christmas Sale on Steam along with everything else Spiderweb had out and decided to start with this title because it had achievements.  I was hooked on the first day.  Three hundred hours later I now have all the characters maxed out, all the endings and achievements and still a craving to play more from Spiderweb. \n\nAvernum began as Exile back in 1995.  The series has six core titles, making two trilogies in the underworld setting.  The game was then re-released as Avernum in 2000. In 2011, the game was then redesigned for tablets with the Avadon engine and giving a rewritten script. Escape from the Pit is this title and it was announced that the other two games of the first trilogy would be receiving a rewrite and re-release as well to build a more concise and cohesive story for the trilogy.\n\nAn evil and despotic emperor rules the entire world above, throwing all dissidents into the pit.  He's rather ruthless about it too.  I was waiting to find the guy who was thrown down in the pit for farting in front of the emperor.  Avernum is a land underground with miles of caverns where humans create societies and come at odds with the other inhabitants of the dark land. It's really impressive to see the depth of character development and the interweaving plots that are made for this game. Kudos to Spiderweb for this. \n\nAvernum isn't for everybody though.  The graphics are outdated, the music is bland, and the story really takes forever to get going.  \nRegardless, I shut the music off and I was fine. I still love this style of graphics personally, and once you do get to the endgame you really feel for the protagonists, cheering for them and really getting into the dialogue.  Grah-Hoth gave me goosebumps and made me feel real dread. Escaping made me feel relieved, and defeating the emperor was exhilarating.  \n\nBesides this, I really don't have much else to say about the game.  Spiderweb Software is a company of three guys making games.  I respect them for this and back in college it was a once a dream of mine and two of my friends to do just this.  For them its a way to tell a story and feed their families at the same time.  I recommend anyone who enjoys this style of RPG to give Spiderweb Games a try.  They're a great deal on Steam.", "timestamp_created": 1398210989, "timestamp_updated": 1398210989, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9904247": {"recommendationid": "9904247", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005555225", "num_games_owned": 381, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 2949, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1421829647}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is a pretty strange game, looking at it as someone too young to have played its ilk in their heyday. The control system is a little overcomplicated, the graphics are dated, and bosses tend to be signified simply by having disproportionate HP and *gasp* NAMES. Yet even with the remnants of gaming gone by, a natural consequence of the game's age, it's fairly enjoyable on its own merits. The combat is simple but solid, and the environments are decently detailed considering graphical limitations. What really makes the game stand out, though, is the sheer level of personality found in the game's world.\n\n\n The underground domain of Avernum is a harsh place of limited law. It's interesting to see how its forsaken people react in different ways to their exile: forging new civilizations, forming roving bandit bands making a bad situation worse for everyone, embracing adventure and combat... There's plenty of dialogue and lore to be found during your wandering, a lot of it comedic. For me, more than the game play itself, that's what makes Avernum worth playing: The sense of exploration in a bizarre subterannean kingdom. Give it a look--if you can put up with the eccentricities of age it's nicely done.", "timestamp_created": 1398206838, "timestamp_updated": 1398206838, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519867", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9895364": {"recommendationid": "9895364", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960499277", "num_games_owned": 435, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 752, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1455138562}, "language": "french", "review": "J'avais un peu la flemme de recommencer une eni\u00e8me partie de Baldur's Gate II donc je me suis lanc\u00e9 dans ce jeu qui est dans ma biblio steam depuis un bout de temps. Les graphismes sont pas top mais le jeu est excellent, l'histoire est cool, le syst\u00e8me de villes et de map est vraiment tr\u00e8s bon. Les combats sont bien foutus et la difficult\u00e9 est bien dos\u00e9 (je joue en normal et je gal\u00e8re sur certains passages).\n\nBref du tr\u00e8s bon, si il est en solde o\u00f9 dans un bundle faut franchement pas h\u00e9siter.", "timestamp_created": 1398119871, "timestamp_updated": 1398119871, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9885707": {"recommendationid": "9885707", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960451592", "num_games_owned": 553, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 849, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1412111514}, "language": "english", "review": "I paid $0.99 for this game from one of those week-long Steam sales that start every Monday.  I am so glad I chucked a dollar for it because this game is amazing.  If you like these older style dungeon crawlers where its more about the writing of the story than the graphics or how much carnage can be dealt with button-mashing combos, then this game is a definite must play even at full price!", "timestamp_created": 1398031534, "timestamp_updated": 1403947302, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.561331", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9828695": {"recommendationid": "9828695", "author": {"steamid": "76561198000422381", "num_games_owned": 593, "num_reviews": 194, "playtime_forever": 4229, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1397313135}, "language": "english", "review": "Made by the same people who did Avadon: The Black Fortress, this game shares much of the same engine and game resources while being a much more enjoyable title.  The story is much less scripted; your party of four generics is exiled to an underground Australia for defying or upsetting the powers that be, and the setting actually focuses a lot on cave life and does it pretty well.  The semi-open world lets you explore and adventure and kills things for loot, levels, and story progress.  Unlike Avadon, the scripted 'find a way to escape' goal is present in the story itself rather than spoiled and given away at the start.  There's optional fetchquesting and more interesting sidequesting, and a fair share of nice unique loot too which is always a plus in my book.  There is enough optional combat and XP to make the game non-challenging at a certain point, which is not necessarily a bad thing.\n\nThe downsides are still numerous though.  There's a lot of RPG min-maxing and information invisible to the player, such as one skill specifying a fatigue reduction bonus in number (5%) per skill point but another merely saying it 'improves fatigue reduction' without saying by how much.  Two-handed weapons do not do more damage for taking up an extra hand and there are so few unique polearms in the game as to make polearms basically worse than sword-and-board or dual-wielding.  Archery is a completely useless skill having literally one unqiue weaponto its name, and there is no reason to not give everyone a single point in priest magic and completely eschew the First Aid skill since 'fighter' skills do not use MP.  Pathfinding is pretty annoying at times because the game does not want to path through allies, path too far, through doors, or falsely tells you a space is blocked.  A lot of abilities are not worth using because they inflict debuffs which have an insignificant impact compared to raw DPS abilities.  The sound design is basically zero.  There is music at the title and credits only, and a lot of ambient noise is lackluster.  Combat sounds are generic and unimpressive.  Aside from at least one charming moment with talking spiders, none of the characters have interesting personalities which is kind of a let down.\n\nSo all in all, I'd say the following: The game is passable in combat and character progression (as long as you are good at understanding RPGs) and does please for those interested in gathering cool stuff to equip.  The game has a more open story progression, even if unimpressively delivered by its character writing and sound.  The setting is very unique and interesting, and definately a strong point of the game.  At 70hrs long on normal difficulty (I probably idled some of those hours) it provides a good amount of content and I did enjoy myself throughout.  I would not reccomend it to someone looking for a core game or an RPG dabbler but otherwise I think its fine.", "timestamp_created": 1397609857, "timestamp_updated": 1397609857, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9816680": {"recommendationid": "9816680", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013529675", "num_games_owned": 645, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4628, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1506898351}, "language": "english", "review": "If you are an rpg-fan and graphics are not very important to you and you don't mind reading (well written) text in a game, this might be worth a look. I had many hours fun now, and I am far from the conclusion I think.", "timestamp_created": 1397487627, "timestamp_updated": 1397487627, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519867", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9807771": {"recommendationid": "9807771", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013470682", "num_games_owned": 244, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1115, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1398631595}, "language": "german", "review": "Es w\u00e4re cool wenn es dieses Spiel noch in Deutsch geben w\u00fcrde. Ich finde es Top, gef\u00e4llt mir sehr!", "timestamp_created": 1397402256, "timestamp_updated": 1397402256, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502762", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9798809": {"recommendationid": "9798809", "author": {"steamid": "76561197961774327", "num_games_owned": 197, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 1045, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1513023971}, "language": "english", "review": "Remake of a remake of an old school RPG.\n\nAll in all, a decent throwback to older mechanics with a bit of polish and cross-platform support. Definitely get it from here instead of their website, unless you just want to pay more for the same thing (nothing wrong with that - if you want to support your devs more).", "timestamp_created": 1397327388, "timestamp_updated": 1397327388, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9721878": {"recommendationid": "9721878", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971374552", "num_games_owned": 499, "num_reviews": 57, "playtime_forever": 968, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402642773}, "language": "english", "review": "Great Game - But the town ambience is really getting on my nerves.. I can't focus on reading the story.", "timestamp_created": 1396609060, "timestamp_updated": 1396609060, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.427043", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9721283": {"recommendationid": "9721283", "author": {"steamid": "76561197997913781", "num_games_owned": 114, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 594, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1425227003}, "language": "german", "review": "Incredible game, much of love in it and a pretty creamy fighting system! One of the best RPG\u00b4s ever!", "timestamp_created": 1396602139, "timestamp_updated": 1396602139, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.997779", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9719658": {"recommendationid": "9719658", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001543471", "num_games_owned": 202, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 418, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1446780440}, "language": "english", "review": "Just as much fun as when it was Exile :)  Way back in the day. glad i found it again.... now if i could find the next two games in the group :P", "timestamp_created": 1396581067, "timestamp_updated": 1396581067, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.508429", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9716157": {"recommendationid": "9716157", "author": {"steamid": "76561198016892367", "num_games_owned": 457, "num_reviews": 18, "playtime_forever": 528, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1416581650}, "language": "tchinese", "review": "exile\u7cfb\u5217\u91cd\u88fd\u4f5c\u54c1 \u975e\u5e38\u50b3\u7d71\u7684\u6b50\u7f8e\u5f0fRPG\n\u6574\u9ad4\u611f\u89ba\u50cf\u662ficewind dale+ultima \n\u756b\u9762 \u97f3\u6548 \u97f3\u6a02\u4e26\u4e0d\u51fa\u8272 \u5287\u60c5\u666e\u901a\n\u4f46\u662f\u6eff\u63a8\u85a6\u7d66\u559c\u6b61classic RPG\u6216\u662f\u60f3\u61f7\u820a\u4e00\u4e0b \u4f46\u53c8\u4e0d\u60f3\u78b0\u4ee5\u524d\u4e0d\u4eba\u6027UI\u7684\u73a9\u5bb6XD\n\n\u9644\u5e36\u4e00\u984c Escape From the Pit \u662f\u7cfb\u5217\u7b2c1\u4f5c\nFirst Trilogy (23\u4f5c)\u76ee\u524d\u9084\u6c92remake\n\u5012\u662fSecond Trilogy (456\u4f5c) remake steam\u4e0a\u4e5f\u8cb7\u7684\u5230XD", "timestamp_created": 1396550094, "timestamp_updated": 1396628378, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.520047", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9692156": {"recommendationid": "9692156", "author": {"steamid": "76561198077810981", "num_games_owned": 216, "num_reviews": 17, "playtime_forever": 160, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505709305}, "language": "english", "review": "after 10 minuetes of playtime i am happy i got this for $2 instead of 10 its just boring and the combat is repeditive", "timestamp_created": 1396331895, "timestamp_updated": 1396331895, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.239141", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9444226": {"recommendationid": "9444226", "author": {"steamid": "76561197966266951", "num_games_owned": 271, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 20858, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1432614916}, "language": "english", "review": "cave", "timestamp_created": 1394675581, "timestamp_updated": 1394675581, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.484607", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9361477": {"recommendationid": "9361477", "author": {"steamid": "76561198010824735", "num_games_owned": 615, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 796, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 57, "last_played": 1515883996}, "language": "spanish", "review": "A pesar de sus gr\u00e1ficos anticuados y de una interfaz de juego bastante obsoleta no puedo dejar de recomendar este juego por su profundidad. Proporciona la misma sensaci\u00f3n que el \"un turno m\u00e1s\" de Civilization y te pasan las horas sin darte cuenta. La prosa es bastante buena (en ingl\u00e9s, eso s\u00ed) y la historia es bastante original, con diferentes finales y muy muy larga.\n\nLos combates t\u00e1cticos est\u00e1n muy bien dise\u00f1ados a pesar de que algunos son f\u00e1ciles y otros, sobre todo los enemigos finales, son bastante jodidos. Pero lo mejor es que con una buena planificaci\u00f3n la victoria est\u00e1 casi siempre asegurada y eso es para m\u00ed un punto a favor porque ayuda a que te estrujes el cerebro para acabar con ese enemigo que antes ve\u00edas como una monta\u00f1a imposible de escalar.\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1394107805, "timestamp_updated": 1394107805, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 14, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.710169", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9300942": {"recommendationid": "9300942", "author": {"steamid": "76561198071749609", "num_games_owned": 1070, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 254, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1415124361}, "language": "english", "review": "Great RPG. Unlike the first \"generation\" of Avernum games, it runs well on new systems, without awful resolution issues, and if you can get past the admitted hideousness, it's great. Personally, I feel graphics are only useful, at least in RPGs, primarily in aiding immersion and secondarily in establishing a mood. Escape from the Pit manages to be quite immersive and have a distinct mood and style despite not really showing you... much of anything. You forget you're actually in an underground cavern sometimes, particularly if there's no cave wall on-screen at the moment, but eh, minor gripes.\n\nIt offers complete freedom and its lack of a real \"main quest\" is just fantastic. There's three biggest, longest questlines you can happen upon, the most obvious one being to escape back to the surface, but when and if you go about them is up to you.\n\nIf you're looking for negatives, perhaps the fact that everything is very scripted, with no real emergent gameplay or narrative might sadden you a bit, especially as it means there's really zero replay value... once you do everything. But there is a bunch of content and things to do. It's a huge world with lots of stuff. So that'll take some time. I'd have guessed I completed well over 90% of it and it took me 40-odd hours. Then I did a second playthrough and found more.\n\nAlso in its favor is its lack of classes. It's skill-based, and you get plenty of them, so you've lots of room to experiment. And the combat is tactical and far deeper than many turn-based RPGs. It's certainly not its selling point, but you don't get bored.\n\nWell worth your money.", "timestamp_created": 1393660474, "timestamp_updated": 1393660474, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.487696", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9264651": {"recommendationid": "9264651", "author": {"steamid": "76561197968268426", "num_games_owned": 728, "num_reviews": 55, "playtime_forever": 30, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1394498520}, "language": "english", "review": "Just as good as I remember it on my dad's old PowerMac 8100/80.", "timestamp_created": 1393384876, "timestamp_updated": 1393384876, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521921", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9203840": {"recommendationid": "9203840", "author": {"steamid": "76561198090466216", "num_games_owned": 183, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 2285, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1393610033}, "language": "english", "review": "It's your old school isometric rpg set in an underground empire with wizards and demons and dragons, the usual stuff. Reminds me quite a lot of the old Ulitmas but it has its own character. The combat system is nice and simple and the levelling has the unusual feature of improving attributes as well as standard upgrades of traits and powers. The story is appropriately huge along with the map. This should take you quite a while to knock down!", "timestamp_created": 1392986622, "timestamp_updated": 1392986622, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9067797": {"recommendationid": "9067797", "author": {"steamid": "76561198096100023", "num_games_owned": 277, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 149, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501160890}, "language": "english", "review": "Played through on normal, thanks to a vast character customization system the replay value is good. Need to try again on hard very soon.", "timestamp_created": 1392235921, "timestamp_updated": 1392235921, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "9066929": {"recommendationid": "9066929", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007571833", "num_games_owned": 334, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 3327, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1403189994}, "language": "english", "review": "Nice and very playable RPG, if graphics are not the most important for you.", "timestamp_created": 1392233494, "timestamp_updated": 1392233494, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.484607", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8993020": {"recommendationid": "8993020", "author": {"steamid": "76561198011912721", "num_games_owned": 493, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 5781, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1400132636}, "language": "english", "review": "I've basically loved everything Spiderweb Software has ever done. Avernum is no exception, especially now that they've updated it with this version. No, it doesn't look much different, but the interface is worlds better, so that you actually know what all of the numbers mean. You don't need graphics to tell a good story, but you need a good story that sinks it's hooks in right from the start, and Avernum is one of those.  I'm really looking forward to Avernum 2.\n\nProbably the only real downside with Avernum is how god-like your characters get toward the end. After a certain point, there really isn't much left in the game that's a challenge to defeat, the baddies just take longer to kill.", "timestamp_created": 1391680495, "timestamp_updated": 1391680495, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519867", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8831675": {"recommendationid": "8831675", "author": {"steamid": "76561198051204305", "num_games_owned": 401, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 2871, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1390494090}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a remake of 1999's Avernum, which in turn is a remake of Exile's Saga, developed by Spiderweb Software, a indie software house which over the years has seen certain success among fans of the \"hardore\" RPG. \nWith a structure that remembers the great classical, the player takes the control of a party of 4 characters, exiled as traitors of the empire in the Avernum, an enormous underground world in which city and factions have risen. \nOverall this Avernum: Escape from the Pit proves to be a good old-fashioned RPG: an original setting and a good exploratory component, excellent longevity, a turn-based combat challenging and complex and a narration over the top, true mark of factory of Jeff Vogel's games. \nThis title is an excellent starting point if you want to approach the Saga of Avernum and fans of the genre should definitely not let it get away. For everyone else who would like to give it a chanche, remember that it's a good buy for the price, especially if you succeed in passing over the technical execution that is not to the height of the great productions.", "timestamp_created": 1390585135, "timestamp_updated": 1390585265, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.515079", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8782162": {"recommendationid": "8782162", "author": {"steamid": "76561198032788858", "num_games_owned": 1060, "num_reviews": 673, "playtime_forever": 1611, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1363590000}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0437\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u044f.\n\n\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435 - \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0447\u044c \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0436\u0435\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0443, \u0434\u0430\u0431\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0439 (\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439) \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0442\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0430. \u042d\u0442\u043e \u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0439, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0442\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0431\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0432\u043e. \u0423\u0434\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u0438, \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0438\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0442\u044f\u043d\u0443\u0442 \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u0432 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u0443-\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043a\u0443 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432. \u041c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430, \u043e\u043a\u0440\u043e\u043c\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0435\u043c\u044b \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u0449\u0435\u0433\u043e. \n\n\u0412\u044b\u0439\u0434\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0445\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c! 7,5 \u0438\u0437 10 :)", "timestamp_created": 1390218207, "timestamp_updated": 1390218207, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 47, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.800277", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8779503": {"recommendationid": "8779503", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031440998", "num_games_owned": 29, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 19, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1412924687}, "language": "english", "review": "This isn't a review about the game, but the service I have received in trying to play the game.  It loads, plays for about 5-7 seconds and then the screen goes black.  I can still hear music, and a greyish box will come up when I move my mouse over what I believe is an options box, but I don't know for sure.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times and nothing.  After that, I wrote the developers, and they have sent nothing back to me in over a week.  Very frustraiting because the game looks great.", "timestamp_created": 1390195177, "timestamp_updated": 1390195177, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 9, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.307874", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8696442": {"recommendationid": "8696442", "author": {"steamid": "76561198043878087", "num_games_owned": 648, "num_reviews": 35, "playtime_forever": 4669, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1390103156}, "language": "english", "review": "Fantastic game. Absolute RPG classic. So glad I bought this game again because I definitely miss all these old school games, and this was pure nostalgic joy.", "timestamp_created": 1389644336, "timestamp_updated": 1389644336, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8650798": {"recommendationid": "8650798", "author": {"steamid": "76561198013808107", "num_games_owned": 455, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 4692, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1433520376}, "language": "english", "review": "WARNING This review carry's spoilers which are not suitable for those who hate them!!!\n\nAn old school RPG with a new heart, Avernum:Escape from the Pit is a remake of the first Avernum game. Character Customization, inventory management, dilog options and tradition D&D style are the corner stone of an RPG. However what makes this game shine above the others is it's in depth story. You're basically an outcast sent to Avernum, a massive underground prison where the empire sends all their unwanted. You have a choice of freedom, staying and saving Avernum, or killing the king.\n\nIf you think this game is easy, it can be, and at times, it ups the anty. There is great reward for great risk, and small reward for little risk. Dragons are the best example of this, there are some I just would not mess with, (mostly because they were cool) but others were crude and rude. So you basically could chose if you wanted to rid the dark bowels of their evil stench, which I thought was a nice touch. Though I'm not sure if the choices you make in this game would carry over to the second, but for now, it's nice to have the option of killing what you want.\n\nOverall, with what it does great, I give this game a 8/10. There's always room for improvement, mostly graphically, but I won't hold it against them too much, since it improved the graphics from the last game greatly. A tutorial on spells may be needed since I didn't know that friendly AOE spells wouldn't harm your party members until mid way through the game, still, it's done well.", "timestamp_created": 1389382752, "timestamp_updated": 1389382752, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8611649": {"recommendationid": "8611649", "author": {"steamid": "76561198120509077", "num_games_owned": 78, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 250, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1389303571}, "language": "english", "review": "I played all the old Spiderweb games when they were shareware games on MacFormat CDs. I jumped at the chance to get this. Great old school gameplay and involving adventuring. Really worth the few quid if you're into old school indie games.", "timestamp_created": 1389131565, "timestamp_updated": 1389131565, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.511240", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8604456": {"recommendationid": "8604456", "author": {"steamid": "76561198010524245", "num_games_owned": 533, "num_reviews": 62, "playtime_forever": 218, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1431365644}, "language": "english", "review": "This is the second time this game has been remade by the same company, originally called Exile (I have the first demo where graphics look like they were done in MS Paint with a budget) so I will keep this short.\n\nYou want a turn based tactical RPG with a unique setting and story with generic gameplay as a party of wandering heros formed from 4 people thrown into Exile/Avernum for either crimes or because you were deemed worthless/unwanted in the eyes of the empire where the game has multiple endings. This is worth a try if you want somthing generic yet unique in it's own way.", "timestamp_created": 1389096705, "timestamp_updated": 1389096705, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.472606", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8577177": {"recommendationid": "8577177", "author": {"steamid": "76561198003519004", "num_games_owned": 80, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2757, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1448227572}, "language": "english", "review": "I really enjoy this game. It is a turn-based, isometric view (Diablo-style view looking down from above), single-player fantasy roleplaying game. Let me break that down:\n\nTurn-Based: While not in combat you move your party around exploring wilderness, dungeon, and city environments and interacting with various friendly and hostile NPCs (non-player characters controlled by the computer). When battle starts, the game goes into turn-based mode. People who like the fast and furious action of real-time games like Diablo might find turn-based combat to be slow and tedious. I like it because I can let my attention wander if need be or even walk away for a restroom break right in the middle of battle. It also allows for the formulation of tactics based on the battlefield conditions.\n\nIsometric View: Many RPGs in the 90s used isometric view. The view is from above and slightly at an angle like the Diablo games. It's nice because you get a kind of \"god's eye view\" of the game area.\n\nSingle-Player: There is no multiplayer option for Avernum: Escape From the Pit.\n\nFantasy Roleplaying Game: The environment is traditional \"Western medieval style fantasy\" (i.e., swords and armor and spells and fantasy monsters). There is a bit of a twist in that the game opens up with your being exiled via magic teleportation to a supposedly inescapable underworld where criminals and political prisoners are sent when they cause problems for the Empire.\n\nYou can choose from a number of traditional classes (sorcerer, warrior, rogue, berserker, priest, etc.) or you can create your own classes. The pre-made classes are merely certain selections from the game's many abilities, skills, and powers available to characters both when they are created and as they level up. Selecting a pre-made class does not pidgeon hole your character because as you level up you can choose to improve any abilities, skills and powers.\n\nThere are multiple difficulties to choose from ranging from beginner to nightmare. You can even change difficulty whenever you wish. So things are going to easy? Notch up the difficulty. Getting frustrated by how hard the play is? Notch it down.\n\nFor $10 you absolutely cannot go wrong. This is a fantasy RPG in the tradition of 90s games. I used to play the SSI gold box D&D computer games and Avernum is a great game in the same tradition.", "timestamp_created": 1388945174, "timestamp_updated": 1388945174, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 30, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.759979", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8574201": {"recommendationid": "8574201", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030540939", "num_games_owned": 215, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 1300, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1370696905}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit is an old-school isometric RPG the style of Ultima 6 and 7, Planet's Edge and similar games. While graphics are old-school, this actually adds to the game's retro-charm, and gives the game's mystic underworld a great atmosphere. There is a HUGE underworld to explore, MASSIVE amounts of NPCs and locations, and HOURS UPON HOURS of gameplay. This is essentially Ultima 6 or 7 done today, with an even bigger world and much more to do, as well as enormous attention to details.\n\nIf you liked Ultima 6 and 7, or even Baldur's Gate and Fallout, this is teh game for you.\n\nHighly recommended!", "timestamp_created": 1388934230, "timestamp_updated": 1388934230, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 15, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.660969", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8532532": {"recommendationid": "8532532", "author": {"steamid": "76561197963803613", "num_games_owned": 479, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6357, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1392304033}, "language": "english", "review": "I'm having a lot of fun with this game, already 30 hours into it  (probably a little high, as I sometimes multitask)\n\nIf you've never played a game like this before, the learning curve is probably a little steep, but I would recommend looking around on the web for some character templates to follow until you understand character building.  \n\nThe gameplay is fun, especially if you like tactical, turn-based battles.  Be sure to save often, however, as it is very easy to wander into fights that you can't win yet.  That's part of its charm, in my opinion, as you can feel powerful one minute and then have to reload the next!  Better yet, I've had plenty of battles that required quite a bit of time as I was evenly matched.", "timestamp_created": 1388757229, "timestamp_updated": 1388757229, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.539323", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8529323": {"recommendationid": "8529323", "author": {"steamid": "76561197968566140", "num_games_owned": 936, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 59, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468993169}, "language": "english", "review": "I played this game originally  when I was a teenager and it was called Exile.  That was two remakes ago!  At any rate, it remains one of my favorite CPRGs ever and this latest edition makes it even more accessible than ever.  Spiderweb games are simple and without frills, but timeless in their gameplay and offer a tremendous amount of freedom and replayability.", "timestamp_created": 1388741891, "timestamp_updated": 1388741891, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.519867", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8525511": {"recommendationid": "8525511", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998968342", "num_games_owned": 381, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 3896, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1390092205}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is a classic old school RPG. The game is massive, with lots of dungeons, encounters, towns and quests. Expect to drop 40+ hours completing it, if not more. There are multiple endings, and lots of plot. \n\nAll in all, if you like detailed turn based RPGs in the classic mode, this is absolutely a game for you. on top of that, the low cost makes it an excellent buy, especiall considering the amount of time a playthough of this game can take.", "timestamp_created": 1388710824, "timestamp_updated": 1388710824, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 27, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.689885", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8418526": {"recommendationid": "8418526", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052118871", "num_games_owned": 129, "num_reviews": 7, "playtime_forever": 889, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1388925745}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u0412\u0441\u044f \u0431\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0438 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"written_during_early_access": false}, "8402830": {"recommendationid": "8402830", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042735435", "num_games_owned": 113, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6441, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1417362117}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a rather good game. It captures the feel of 90s RPGs and scratches the nostalgia itch that players who grew up in the days of Black Isle might have.", "timestamp_created": 1388341145, "timestamp_updated": 1388341145, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8394167": {"recommendationid": "8394167", "author": {"steamid": "76561197962111704", "num_games_owned": 386, "num_reviews": 35, "playtime_forever": 2249, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1361174400}, "language": "english", "review": "a really great game with a lot of personality. you're looking at 2D, pixelated content. you move your party around a map and enter zones to investigate. the quest journal and interface are very robust. the story is well constructed and paced correctly. so is the difficulty. it's got the development in the right places and it works. the developers have made a lot of low-fi hits in the same style. i recommend them all.", "timestamp_created": 1388317606, "timestamp_updated": 1388317606, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8172228": {"recommendationid": "8172228", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025085946", "num_games_owned": 242, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2751, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1375886726}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a fun game that I put ~40 hours into. I wanted to be able to explore the outside world, above Avernum! Guess I'll have to play the other games for that.", "timestamp_created": 1387645736, "timestamp_updated": 1387645736, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.516828", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8160926": {"recommendationid": "8160926", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025555576", "num_games_owned": 362, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6236, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1388171846}, "language": "english", "review": "Fun retro adventure. The graphics could be from ten years ago, but the story is so compelling and the world so vast you buy into the simple visuals as you explore.", "timestamp_created": 1387610649, "timestamp_updated": 1387610649, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.511240", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8159196": {"recommendationid": "8159196", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005897340", "num_games_owned": 128, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 3468, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1418799817}, "language": "english", "review": "The first game in my favorite RPG and game franchise of all time. Limited gameplay, but amazing story. Cannot recommend enough.", "timestamp_created": 1387602924, "timestamp_updated": 1387602924, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.522673", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8144017": {"recommendationid": "8144017", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996048842", "num_games_owned": 692, "num_reviews": 49, "playtime_forever": 4718, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1400095752}, "language": "english", "review": "Hark back to the days where linear progress was enforced not by artificial barriers, but by enemies that could kick your sorry ass if you tried to go up against them before it was time.", "timestamp_created": 1387555727, "timestamp_updated": 1387555727, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496050", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "8126536": {"recommendationid": "8126536", "author": {"steamid": "76561198047394024", "num_games_owned": 326, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 504, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1387629003}, "language": "romanian", "review": "I love this game!!", "timestamp_created": 1387494114, "timestamp_updated": 1387494114, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7949067": {"recommendationid": "7949067", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052362545", "num_games_owned": 1273, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 4015, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1386784826}, "language": "english", "review": "I've really enjoyed this game..good story line but believe me its not a walk in the park, The boss fights are tough in this game, but l still enjoy it. All of Spiderwed games are good,  each  one is a different story.", "timestamp_created": 1386397355, "timestamp_updated": 1386397453, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.541138", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7875009": {"recommendationid": "7875009", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001046455", "num_games_owned": 7836, "num_reviews": 151, "playtime_forever": 8114, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1488974504}, "language": "english", "review": "Addendum: As of Nov 2016, I nominated Avernum for the \u201cI Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award\u201d Award.\n\nSecond remake of the classic Exile series' first part, Avernum: Escape From the Pit is classic roleplaying at its best! Basically, you play as a party of adventurers, who were exiled into a huge cavern, Avernum, far below the surface of the world. You have to find a new purpose here, which basically means doing all kinds of odd-jobs and quests for mayors, wizards and kings of the underworld and, while you're at it, trying to escape your dark prison.\n\nThe controls have been streamlined for the 2010s. Like in Avernum, the first remake, the game is still isometric and tile-based. However, you can finally control the characters efficiently with a mouse. This works splendidly, though the controls have frankly lost some of the function of the earlier games: e.g. you can no longer close doors (unless I've yet to discover how). Also, the pathfinding algorithm does some weird stuff sometimes when your preferred path is blocked, making characters run into wrong direction (and at worst, their DOOOOM). There's still no music (except in the title screen and the few cut scenes): use your favorite epic adventure music instead.\n\nSkill system has basically been remade, though the comedic art of the skill descriptions has been appreciatively retained. Skills are now learned in trees, with a basic skill in the bottom and every subsequent skill requiring the below skills before they can be developed. Also, characters gain bonus traits every few levels gaining small bonuses to different skills and stats. It's a matter of taste if these are good or bad changes, but the whole works nevertheless quite fine.\n\nCombat has always been a rather important part of Avernum series. Turn-based, the basics are still there. However, some additions and changes have been made. Warriors have gained special skills called battle disciplines to supplement their fighting ability, making them a bit more interesting and tactical than before. Spells have been remade as well since original Avernum. Particularly, all the blessings and curses have become area effects, and multi-hit spells are now cone or area attacks instead of simply hitting a number of targets.\n\nFrankly, the hard-coreness of the series has dulled quite a bit with this latest installment. No longer are the dark dungeons truly dark, as you don't benefit from bringing a torch or casting light spells (which were actually removed altogether). There is no need to eat to satisfy hunger nor deal with dangerous diseases, and death is no longer so much a set-back as party is automatically resurrected and healed at a friendly town, removing the need for inns and renting rooms. You may no longer jump down ledges (which was never that healthy anyway). Identification of magical items has also been removed (albeit hilariously explained by \"adventurers having better training nowadays\"), and potion making has become a trade secret of alchemists, so your party can't learn it itself any longer. Spiders no longer say \"hi!\" in a high-pitched voice audibly. Along with these changes Avernum has lost part of its legacy and spark.\n\nWhat is left, however, is an excellent RPG adventure in a unique fantasy world. The streamlining makes the game more accessible and lets the player concentrate on what's really important: dialogue, exploration and questing. And their implementation is simply brilliant. There are tens, if not hundreds, of characters in the game who all have their own dialogue trees, and several tens of dungeons and towns to explore, everyone of them extremely detailed. Enemies are still dangerous, and mini-bosses and bosses are refreshingly difficult to beat.\n\nGame is not only high-quality, for there's also quite a lot of it. My first play-through, on Hard difficulty level, lasted about 80 hours. Want to just experience the story? Play on Normal or even Casual difficulty, and you may even change it mid-game. However, the highest difficulty level, Torment, provides an amply named challenge for an experienced player, requiring advance planning and lots of re-exploring in areas that were previously too dangerous. Seriously though, I recommend playing your first game on Hard difficulty at max, as Torment can get tedious if you don't know where to go for the next admissible challenge.\n\nTL:DR?\n\nExcellent dialogues.\nRobust tactical combat.\nAddicting exploration.\nEpic questing to become true heroes.\n\nNot convinced? You may as well give it a try.\nThe demo is available at http://www.avernum.com/avernum/index.html, letting you play through, I believe, about one third of the full game.", "timestamp_created": 1385954762, "timestamp_updated": 1480394666, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 118, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.884206", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7811891": {"recommendationid": "7811891", "author": {"steamid": "76561197974361698", "num_games_owned": 190, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 7036, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1466737351}, "language": "english", "review": "So I was buying software from Spiderweb Software back when things were on 3.5\" floppies.  I remember writing a check and MAILING it in to the developer's address.  And then I was mailed back the codes.  In an envelope.\n\nSigh... it was so much nicer to get that rather than the credit card offers and bills that I get today.\n\nGraphically I have to admit that the Exile series hasn't evolved a whole lot, particularly compared to other modern games.  But what has thankfully remained the same is everything else about the Exile series: the gameplay and plotlines.\n\nAt its heart this is a turn-based RPG, though with much more freedom to explore and build your characters than most other RPGs on the market.  Want to build a mage who also enjoys wielding a sword?  Yes you can do that.  Or a barbarian who dabbles in archery?  You can do that too.\n\nEnemies and environments are varied enough to make the game interesting.  There are fairly few recolored enemies, and each town is distinct enough that they have their own personality and such.\n\nIt is easy to get lost in the cavernous world of Avernum, but I suppose that is part of the setting.\n\nOverall well worth at least $8 in my book, and is usually much less expensive than that!", "timestamp_created": 1385668692, "timestamp_updated": 1465765881, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7801541": {"recommendationid": "7801541", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052733311", "num_games_owned": 758, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 3207, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1361865600}, "language": "english", "review": "An old-school party-based turn-based open-world RPG.\nPros: immersive, huge world, great writing,unusual setting (underground prison), smart gameplay - always on your toes, branching storylines and several endings.\nCons: washed out palette, minimalistic sound, can be unfairly hard - even on 'casual' difficulty.\nLength: ~30 hours rushing through, ~65 hours visiting everywhere.\nVerdict: 6/10 overall, 9/10 in genre.", "timestamp_created": 1385624039, "timestamp_updated": 1385624039, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.506158", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7786166": {"recommendationid": "7786166", "author": {"steamid": "76561198033235293", "num_games_owned": 345, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 2337, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1440938035}, "language": "english", "review": "Classic Exile story in a modern engine. A fun time to play, though perhaps better suited to tablets in this modern era?", "timestamp_created": 1385568862, "timestamp_updated": 1385568862, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.506158", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7785252": {"recommendationid": "7785252", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970241097", "num_games_owned": 262, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 5530, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1366354800}, "language": "english", "review": "If you haven't played this game, you need to. This is an amazing accomplishment and just as exciting as it was in 1995 when I played Exile and Exile II! Well, well worth the purchase.", "timestamp_created": 1385564794, "timestamp_updated": 1385564794, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.516720", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7774894": {"recommendationid": "7774894", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042890140", "num_games_owned": 1566, "num_reviews": 62, "playtime_forever": 2856, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434118642}, "language": "english", "review": "This is easily my absolute favorite game from Spiderweb Software.  The story and lore are pretty good, there's a good blend of seriousness and humor, the combat is fluid, and unlike Avadon, I actually find myself compelled to keep going the farther I get into the game.\n\nA fair warning though, many of the bosses and minibosses are INCREDIBLY difficult.", "timestamp_created": 1385502555, "timestamp_updated": 1385502555, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 19, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.544058", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7753535": {"recommendationid": "7753535", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993154730", "num_games_owned": 780, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 15523, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1369845705}, "language": "english", "review": "Play this game!  It has a wonderful grip on the world and a fantastic sense of exploration.  You never really know what you'll find when you set off into the caves, and the combat system is robust enough to stay interesting.  I cannot recommend it highly enough.", "timestamp_created": 1385425578, "timestamp_updated": 1385425578, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 25, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.675930", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7525347": {"recommendationid": "7525347", "author": {"steamid": "76561197974237041", "num_games_owned": 2255, "num_reviews": 74, "playtime_forever": 754, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1383535120}, "language": "english", "review": "There's a lot of fun to be had by all of Spiderweb Software's games if you're into an \"old-school\" vibe (fuck, I hate using that term, but it best describes these). Turn based RPG combat, some decent writing, and quite a bit of content packed in to each.\n\nIf you ever played Exile: Escape from the Pit, this is basically a reboot of that series.", "timestamp_created": 1383184334, "timestamp_updated": 1383184334, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7474861": {"recommendationid": "7474861", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970532098", "num_games_owned": 345, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 3904, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1385440911}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a great old school, party based, isometric RPG!", "timestamp_created": 1382713453, "timestamp_updated": 1382713453, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.490899", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7389406": {"recommendationid": "7389406", "author": {"steamid": "76561198063013389", "num_games_owned": 657, "num_reviews": 41, "playtime_forever": 1964, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1437483210}, "language": "english", "review": "Superb old-school turn-based (W)RPG! I think it still holds a trophy with most of my hours spent on one game on Steam.\nThis is the remake of sorts from an award winning indie maker Jeff Vogel who actually made the game back during the 90es, but, for obvious reasons, the game needed to be updated to work with modern machines and OS', so after Jeff updated the engine starting from Avernum 4, he didn't want old game to be forgotten, so he rewrote the wole first game in new engine in 2011. \nIt's fairly easy to see old genes still imbedded onto the game. Avernum: Escape from the pit is an Ultima style isometric turn-based RPG with unique skills and magic set into richly detailed fairly unique world with awesome, engaging writing and meticulously detaild maps. Narration and dialogues are the highlight, cause the game is old-school as it gets. No grim-brown realystic 3d graphic, no CGI cutscenes, but lovely prose with lots of charm and wit. Open ended world is one of the highlights. In theory you cn traverse the whole map, or at least most of it from the get-go, but areas do have unstated level requirement and you'll be quickly slaughtered if you go to the harder area than you'r level alows. Every city map is full of details, secret passages and metroid-esque still unreachable places, so don't expect to be 100% through with even the most basic of dungeons or cities up till the very end. Level progression is smooth and T-B combad is addictive in that ancient pokemon/Xcom/Fallout1&2 kind of way. \nSo all in all, not to stretch this for too long, I'd warmly recommend the game for anyone wanting nice, solid T-B WRPG.", "timestamp_created": 1381787441, "timestamp_updated": 1390691571, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7383693": {"recommendationid": "7383693", "author": {"steamid": "76561198002339199", "num_games_owned": 314, "num_reviews": 52, "playtime_forever": 2492, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1410829211}, "language": "german", "review": "Geniales Rollenspiel im Retro Look,sehr Textlastig,wodurch sich eine enorme Athmosph\u00e4re aufbaut.\n\nErinnert sehr an die alten Ultima Teile,oder auch Icewind Dale,Baldurs Gate etc.\n\nGro\u00dfe,sch\u00f6ne spielwelt mit stunden an Quests,ausgereiftem,rundenbarsiertem Kampfsystem sowie funktionierendem Zaubersystem.\n\nDies spricht ebenfalls f\u00fcr die anderen Spiele des Entwicklers,welcher sich seit 1994 der Entwicklung von Rollenspielen auf Shareware,und mittlerweile Indie Spielen verschrieben hat.\n\nIn der heutigen Zeit noch Fantastische Rollenspiel Sagas spielen zu k\u00f6nnen,wie sie damals auch entstanden sind ist genial,ein Gro\u00dfteil der heutigen Rpg's wird in Jahren nicht dieses Spielgef\u00fchl hervorrufen k\u00f6nnen.\n\nMan sollte jedoch unbedingt gute Englisch Kenntnisse mitbringen.", "timestamp_created": 1381725293, "timestamp_updated": 1381725293, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "4.997779", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4516182": {"recommendationid": "4516182", "author": {"steamid": "76561198038398436", "num_games_owned": 165, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 5573, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1503511065}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0438\u043d\u0434\u0438-\u0420\u041f\u0413 \u0441 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u044b\u043c \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0438\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f. \u0418\u0437 \u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u043b\u044e\u0441\u043e\u0432 - \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0443\u0436 \u0434\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u041f\u041a.", "timestamp_created": 1379218028, "timestamp_updated": 1388153340, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500111", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3627278": {"recommendationid": "3627278", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025376643", "num_games_owned": 471, "num_reviews": 110, "playtime_forever": 4789, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1512830382}, "language": "english", "review": "Old style RPG the likes that seldom appear in games these days.... Perhaps too old?   \n\nIt feels too \"pre-Diablo\" and is complex... Good game, just dated.", "timestamp_created": 1376387622, "timestamp_updated": 1376387622, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4498623": {"recommendationid": "4498623", "author": {"steamid": "76561198038129117", "num_games_owned": 191, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 6248, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1381028298}, "language": "english", "review": "I like this more than I should. Hours gone by in what feels like minutes, which is ironic for something with such slow gameplay.", "timestamp_created": 1376251120, "timestamp_updated": 1376251120, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.460780", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7112071": {"recommendationid": "7112071", "author": {"steamid": "76561198086790878", "num_games_owned": 335, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 0, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 0}, "language": "english", "review": "I've been playing Spiderweb's games since I was just a little kid. It got me into RPG games. I hope to still be playing this company's games when I'm in a space retirement home on Mars. Easily recommended for anybody that wants to truly lose themselves in an immersive world with a rich, complex, and entertaining backstory with classic old-school PC RPG mechanics. Snatch it, grab it, learn it, love it.", "timestamp_created": 1376083981, "timestamp_updated": 1376083981, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "6698219": {"recommendationid": "6698219", "author": {"steamid": "76561198072704247", "num_games_owned": 173, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 4255, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1365663600}, "language": "english", "review": "Great roleplaying, nice story, nice writing, interesting world, free roaming exploration, no level capping, no level scalling. Awesome game for it's price tag. And huge. I've spent over 60 hours in one playthrough withouth doing everything there is to do. If you are into roleplaying and don't mind the graphics, try this game. Now. Seriously. And you don't even have to buy it just to make up your mind. The developer offers a very big demo for you to see if it's really for you, and what's more, once you decide to buy, you can keep playing from where you left of on the demo. So there is no excuse for not trying, just don't let the overly simple (by todays standards) graphics scare you. This game is a jewel.", "timestamp_created": 1375798369, "timestamp_updated": 1375798369, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.502262", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1200308": {"recommendationid": "1200308", "author": {"steamid": "76561197989078937", "num_games_owned": 1885, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 10561, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1375455761}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome game, this is pretty much a western Dragon Quest. An original setting, good combat and character customization and an amazing game world, open to explore at your own pace and offering an enormous amount of content.", "timestamp_created": 1375456414, "timestamp_updated": 1448738419, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5127394": {"recommendationid": "5127394", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045359528", "num_games_owned": 201, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 1081, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1378258203}, "language": "english", "review": "There is only one thing you need to know to want this game: there is a cave full of happy talking spiders, all of them named Spider.", "timestamp_created": 1375068351, "timestamp_updated": 1375068351, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3623934": {"recommendationid": "3623934", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025339322", "num_games_owned": 139, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 2559, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442095251}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a great older game with content that just goes on and on pulling you into a deep and immersive story. Seriously, give this game a try", "timestamp_created": 1374772486, "timestamp_updated": 1374772486, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500370", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2742710": {"recommendationid": "2742710", "author": {"steamid": "76561198011954633", "num_games_owned": 495, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 3048, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501884740}, "language": "english", "review": "I love this game as I loved Exiles and Avernums before and this is a great remake. If you're into old school RPG you owe it to yourself to play this.", "timestamp_created": 1374700602, "timestamp_updated": 1374700602, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "6680928": {"recommendationid": "6680928", "author": {"steamid": "76561198072253629", "num_games_owned": 387, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3263, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1511839430}, "language": "english", "review": "superb", "timestamp_created": 1374634708, "timestamp_updated": 1374634708, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5232123": {"recommendationid": "5232123", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046730114", "num_games_owned": 315, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 6765, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1367910000}, "language": "english", "review": "At first it looks old-school but it plays modern. I liked this game even a little bit more than Avadon because of more freedom and the noticeable level of difficulty. \nFor this price it is a great game with about 80h playtime. I give it 8.5 points out of 10.", "timestamp_created": 1374248303, "timestamp_updated": 1394125678, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500384", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "7237798": {"recommendationid": "7237798", "author": {"steamid": "76561198095245395", "num_games_owned": 740, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 5273, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1438525205}, "language": "english", "review": "The new version (formerly Avernum and Exile) looks more appealing than ever.\n\nThe character development system is new (the same system from Avadon) so you can try new gameplay styles. The graphic update, while may not seem as much, is pleasant. The story is has been refined since it was first told but it is still very much an enjoyable Jeff Vogel story at its core.\n\nIf you played any of the older incarnations of this you may want to give this new version a go even if just for the nostalgia factor. What I really would like to see is the remake of Avernum 3.\n\nI highly recommend checking SpiderWeb's other games at: http://www.spidweb.com/", "timestamp_created": 1373963166, "timestamp_updated": 1499088402, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2022501": {"recommendationid": "2022501", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001072155", "num_games_owned": 301, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 4568, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1338620400}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a remake of the original Avernum which was itself a remake of the Exile series so it's not exactly an original game. On the other hand the game itself is worthy of a remake. The story is a lot of fun, and the setting is fascinating. The game has a good mix of main quests and side quests and indeed you'll probably spend a lot of time wondering around doing side quests before you even find the main quests. On the subject of main quests there are actually three different main quest lines which can be completed independently of each other.\n\nIn terms of mechanics this remake is staying reasonably true to the original. The stupid single map thing they had in Avernum 4-6 is gone and it's back to the traditional split between overland travel and town/dungoen maps. The skill system has been simplified somewhat but the addition of Battle Disiplines for fighters more than makes up for it.", "timestamp_created": 1372802865, "timestamp_updated": 1372802865, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "316404": {"recommendationid": "316404", "author": {"steamid": "76561197968471939", "num_games_owned": 1427, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 155, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1474711787}, "language": "english", "review": "Great old-school RPG! Highly recommended!", "timestamp_created": 1372710086, "timestamp_updated": 1372710086, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4186295": {"recommendationid": "4186295", "author": {"steamid": "76561198033473318", "num_games_owned": 1025, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 3610, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1384731081}, "language": "english", "review": "Good pacing, challenging combat, works under wine!", "timestamp_created": 1372465309, "timestamp_updated": 1372465309, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 6, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.478875", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "242081": {"recommendationid": "242081", "author": {"steamid": "76561197966400027", "num_games_owned": 247, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 4992, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 2276, "last_played": 1516345626}, "language": "english", "review": "A classic-styled RPG with a few unobtrusive modern implementations. If you like immersing yourself in a slow-paced story and light strategy, this is the game for you. Try the demo first.\n\nAs a warning, if you've played the past Avernum game or Exile, the narrative is more or less the same.", "timestamp_created": 1372279105, "timestamp_updated": 1388367126, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.468278", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2913702": {"recommendationid": "2913702", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014493471", "num_games_owned": 143, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 3811, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1425571564}, "language": "english", "review": "It's a travesty that this isn't more popular. I enjoyed this game a hell of a lot more than I enjoy most modern RPGs. It's a game that has an in-depth story, lore, and interesting side quests, characters, and world interaction, all without sacrificing a whit of the classic style of gameplay, and it's tough as well, even on normal difficulty. An RPG gem that you really have little excuse to pass on, especially for only $10.", "timestamp_created": 1371331335, "timestamp_updated": 1371331335, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3754945": {"recommendationid": "3754945", "author": {"steamid": "76561198027009156", "num_games_owned": 258, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2606, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1450417469}, "language": "english", "review": "Not a game for everyone but if like me you are super into oldschool CRPG's then you will tottaly love this game! Create 1-4 characters and exsplore the underground world of avernum, and there is a lot to exsplore :3.", "timestamp_created": 1368465233, "timestamp_updated": 1368465233, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4084020": {"recommendationid": "4084020", "author": {"steamid": "76561198031789432", "num_games_owned": 838, "num_reviews": 156, "playtime_forever": 3670, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423896548}, "language": "english", "review": "If you like old-school PC RPGs and aren't deterred by games not having the best graphics EVAR, this is the game for you. They've crafted an excellent setting and filled it with plenty to do. And it's cheap. I recommend this game strongly. I've put a lot of hours into it and am nowhere near finishing it.", "timestamp_created": 1366342298, "timestamp_updated": 1411434171, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "6254651": {"recommendationid": "6254651", "author": {"steamid": "76561198062229816", "num_games_owned": 493, "num_reviews": 49, "playtime_forever": 1344, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1369206000}, "language": "english", "review": "Highly Recommended, This game is a remake of the classic \"Exile - Escape from the pit", "timestamp_created": 1364703137, "timestamp_updated": 1364703137, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.401484", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2301806": {"recommendationid": "2301806", "author": {"steamid": "76561198005420607", "num_games_owned": 348, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 1167, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1365231600}, "language": "russian", "review": "\u041e\u0444\u0438\u0433\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430.  \u041d\u0435\u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0430 (\u043d\u0435 \u0422\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442, \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u043d\u043e\u2026), \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u0438 (\u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e-\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443), \u0447\u0443\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0437\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430 (\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0446\u0430 98-\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430, \u0424\u043e\u043b\u043b\u0430\u0443\u0442, \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430, \u0441 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435\u0439 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0432\u044c\u044e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d). \u0412\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430, \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0435\u0442. \u042e\u043c\u043e\u0440 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0443\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438 :) \u0421\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0436 \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0442, \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u043b.\n\n\u041d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c, \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043b, \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f. \u041a\u0443\u0447\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0438\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c, \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0443 \u0434\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0442\u044f\u0436\u0435\u043b\u043e, \u043d\u043e \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u043e.\n\n\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0441\u044c, \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430, \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0439\u043f\u0430\u0434\u0435 :)\n\n", "timestamp_created": 1364579754, "timestamp_updated": 1364579754, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500111", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4913093": {"recommendationid": "4913093", "author": {"steamid": "76561198043227868", "num_games_owned": 90, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1568, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1364540400}, "language": "english", "review": "I bought this on the strength of the reviews, despite some apprehension about the graphics.     Other role-players were right; this is a really engaging RPG with a great campaign setting, free roaming environment, good mechanics and addictive battles.  I was also able to overide the character portraits in the directory with some fantasy art I liked to make the characters I wanted.  I'm playing on hard difficultly which feels about right.  Anyway got to get back to my campaign to bring justice to Avernum...!", "timestamp_created": 1364046084, "timestamp_updated": 1364046084, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545455", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1925934": {"recommendationid": "1925934", "author": {"steamid": "76561197999823834", "num_games_owned": 1786, "num_reviews": 99, "playtime_forever": 383, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1361088000}, "language": "english", "review": "Only for the hardcorest of the hardcore turn-based strategy lovers. I have played Suikoden I and II from start to finish, Tactics Ogre, Suikoden Tactics, and Final Fantasy Tactics 3 times, plus both GBA games and the PSP remake as well. Not to mention Civilizations I-V. I LOVE turn-based strategy, in all of its forms. \n\nOr so I thought. \n\nThis game is a member of a disturbingly expansive group of titles I like to call Keep Away Games. Remember the old childhood game keep away, where the whole point was to keep a certain person from getting a certain item they really wanted? This is similar, in that the fun is always kept JUUUUUUST outside your grasp. Ok, that's not true. Sometimes it flies so far over your head that the Sun blinds you, and you lose track of it completely.\n\n-Just when you're enjoying exploring the overworld, your characters get stuck because you're trying to click on the square next to you, but the game thinks you're clicking on you. Teeth starting to grate, CHECK.\n-Just when you're enjoying combat, you click to move 2 squares away, and the idiotic AI decides you meant you want to take 4 turns walking completely around the level, taking the absolute most circuitous route possible to get to your destination, rather than move TWO FREAKING STEPS IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. Bonus points if this idiocy costs you a battle. Prepare for lots of bonus points. Swearing at computer in multiple languages, CHECK CHECK.\n-Just when you've gotten a few dozen rounds of combat down and are feeling good about things, you hit a battle so ridiculously tough (in the same exact area you've been cleaning up) that you have to quicksave and quickload 3 dozen times, hoping to get an outcome where your entire party isn't stunned at the same time for the 3rd turn in a row again. Clicking on \"Delete Local Content,\" oh 10 minutes ago called to give you your CHECK.\n\nI would like to meet the person whose idea of fun is fighting 3 enemies, each of which can stun your entire group at once and summon other monsters to help, which each take 4-5 turns of your team's entire concentrated effort to kill, so that I can tattoo across their forehead in Helvetica bold \"FAULTY GENETIC CODE. DO NOT SLEEP WITH.\"\n\nControls are hideous as well. You can control the whole game via keyboard, and absolutely 165% should, but even that isn't well fleshed out. Hitting I opens up the inventory, of course, but DON'T hit I again. You have to hit ESC to close the menu. Hitting I again may accidentally use the item in your inventory to which the I key got arbitrarily assigned to. Small things like that really don't make that big of a difference, but they certainly don't help a game that already left a sour taste in my mouth.\n\nGames like this actually make me angry, because they have the potential to be SO. AWESOME. Idiotic controls, horrifically moronic AI, COMPLETE lack of direction, and stupefying difficulty spikes aside, you may enjoy this...\n\n...if you're trapped on a desert island, or don't have enough money to afford aaaaaaaaanything else.", "timestamp_created": 1361067112, "timestamp_updated": 1361067112, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.419472", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1075824": {"recommendationid": "1075824", "author": {"steamid": "76561197985998458", "num_games_owned": 337, "num_reviews": 27, "playtime_forever": 3216, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336460400}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is an interesting game that is reminiscent of the RPGs from the 90s.  While the graphics aren't really there, the gameplay is pretty addicting and well worth the few bucks that I paid.\n\nThere is a lot of traveling and exploration, with all sort of quests that require you to think a bit.  However, the puzzles are easy to figure out and offer great rewards.  The combat is pretty fun and simple.  \n\nThis isn't anything spectacularly revolutionary, but it was a cheap thrill for me and I enjoyed it till the end without feeling as I was expecting more from it.  It is what it is: A simple RPG without any extra flair or new feature. I can honestly say that I had gotten more than my hours worth, exploring the underground kingdom for all sorts of lost treasure and whatnot.\n\n\nRating: 5/5", "timestamp_created": 1359769775, "timestamp_updated": 1385409798, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "277414": {"recommendationid": "277414", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967419832", "num_games_owned": 1133, "num_reviews": 181, "playtime_forever": 1444, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1396322849}, "language": "english", "review": "Great RPG! While the graphics are dated, the gameplay and depth is rich. A lot of RPG's claim to be open ended where you get to choose your own path, but Avernum: Escape from the Pit is the only RPG I've ever received that feeling from.\n\nTo those who explore and talk to the inhabitants of Avernum, you'll find that this game is rich with lore. The lore may not be as deep as the Mass Effect series, but it's still deep, and presented as if you were in the hero's shoes.\n\nIf you're looking for an RPG with depth and a great story, Avernum is a must play.", "timestamp_created": 1359769400, "timestamp_updated": 1359769400, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "728679": {"recommendationid": "728679", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976741516", "num_games_owned": 1213, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 1330, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1364194800}, "language": "english", "review": "I'm an old-school gamer from the time when characters on the screen were represented by simple symbols and squiggly lines. To draw people in to play the games back then the games had to be either utterly fun or have a great story. Games like Ultima IV were like that, utterly horrible looking but so deep you could play through it ten times and still not find eveything the game had to offer.\n\n\"Avernum: Escape from the Pit\" [AEftP] is just like that...\nExcept that the graphics are actually fairly good. \n\nThis is a HUGE roleplaying game with so much ground to cover that you at first don't know what to do or where to go. As you start the game you're free to explore everything and everywhere, even places that will get you killed instantly.\nThe game relies heavily descriptions and dialogue, so if you're afraid of reading this game might not be for you. However, if you DO like to read you'll find a game with great storytelling, a good combat system, and more content than you can burn through in a month.", "timestamp_created": 1357393269, "timestamp_updated": 1357393269, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3266506": {"recommendationid": "3266506", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019826070", "num_games_owned": 199, "num_reviews": 55, "playtime_forever": 3531, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1358668800}, "language": "english", "review": "The badass gameplay we'd expect from Spiderweb, plus a pretty cool setting and a little bit of humour here and there. Control and AI pathfinding can be a little finicky sometimes, but this is still a great game if you like old-school-style RPGs.", "timestamp_created": 1356966927, "timestamp_updated": 1356966927, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4304779": {"recommendationid": "4304779", "author": {"steamid": "76561198035341593", "num_games_owned": 129, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 9882, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1475575950}, "language": "english", "review": "Why are you reading this. Go buy it. \n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxdDIwVWrxI", "timestamp_created": 1356712709, "timestamp_updated": 1475487573, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4381123": {"recommendationid": "4381123", "author": {"steamid": "76561198036218875", "num_games_owned": 611, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5819, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1432484061}, "language": "english", "review": "I really liked this game - fun.", "timestamp_created": 1356297653, "timestamp_updated": 1356297653, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1815882": {"recommendationid": "1815882", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998367711", "num_games_owned": 1133, "num_reviews": 17, "playtime_forever": 2845, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486082575}, "language": "english", "review": "Fantastic old rpg with great writing and story telling.", "timestamp_created": 1355495515, "timestamp_updated": 1385422244, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "473655": {"recommendationid": "473655", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970891806", "num_games_owned": 628, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 8337, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486533862}, "language": "english", "review": "This is probably the best game I've played since the AD&D games on the C64!", "timestamp_created": 1354766941, "timestamp_updated": 1354766941, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "103083": {"recommendationid": "103083", "author": {"steamid": "76561197961891217", "num_games_owned": 227, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 4812, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468933546}, "language": "english", "review": "A refreshed and recoded version of the fascinating 1995 indie RPG hit Exile: Escape From the Pit. If you enjoy exploration, turn-based strategic combat, and classic RPGs, this is definitely a great investment for the price. It is classic in the sense that it is highly dialogue and lore-driven, allowing for a large imaginative world filled with legends, myth and discovery. Avernum, much like it's source material, still has an impressive world map and environment to explore with hidden or special encounters for the curious.  Considering you can also purchase an iPad version of Avernum (available on the App store), it would make a great mobile RPG for those long commutes / trips. Recommended if you don't mind simpler graphics and a decent amount of reading.", "timestamp_created": 1354228491, "timestamp_updated": 1392841227, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1716822": {"recommendationid": "1716822", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996887338", "num_games_owned": 666, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 2688, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342076400}, "language": "english", "review": "A remake of a remake of Exile, an indie RPG from the 1990s that was developed first for the Mac. This is actually a decent 2D story-driven exploration RPG in the vein of Ultima. The story (or at least setting) is original, which makes it stand out enough that I played it a lot longer than Avadon (another recent Spiderweb RPG) before getting distracted by other games.\n\nMy only complaint is that the author doesn't know to put a one millisecond sleep call in his main game loops, so be prepared for having one of your CPU cores pegged at 100% usage while playing (which is especially frustrating on laptops, where power usage and heat dissipation / fan noise are concerns). This is a ridiculous oversight for a 2D game that is not heavy on the system requirements.", "timestamp_created": 1353955069, "timestamp_updated": 1385410808, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1844713": {"recommendationid": "1844713", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998745818", "num_games_owned": 486, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 5072, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1374374300}, "language": "english", "review": "Nostalgia caught me with this one, growing up with the Exile series I was addicted to the RPG mechanics of table-top style turn-based games. This latest remake of Avernum lives up to it predecessors in every way. The story telling is far superior and the combat is more streamlined. Overall one of the greatest indie RPGs of all time.", "timestamp_created": 1353314239, "timestamp_updated": 1353314239, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.980100", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1353056": {"recommendationid": "1353056", "author": {"steamid": "76561197991952668", "num_games_owned": 3431, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 8406, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1345446000}, "language": "english", "review": "A remake of a remake, and made by Spiderweb Software known for making solid RPG games, this game has everything it takes to drag turn based RPGs into the twnty-first century. A vast world to explore, tons of people to meet, monsters to slay and quests to complete. All in all, an epic adventure!\n\nFor providing over 100 hours of solid fun, I give it three dragons out of four.", "timestamp_created": 1353081113, "timestamp_updated": 1353081113, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5211059": {"recommendationid": "5211059", "author": {"steamid": "76561198046450971", "num_games_owned": 249, "num_reviews": 34, "playtime_forever": 1864, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1494292336}, "language": "english", "review": "Super cool throwback.  Does what it does quite well.  You'll dig this if you played basically any pc rpg in 1995.", "timestamp_created": 1352933416, "timestamp_updated": 1352933416, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1442796": {"recommendationid": "1442796", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993293926", "num_games_owned": 322, "num_reviews": 148, "playtime_forever": 396, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342854000}, "language": "english", "review": "I was playing this game for awhile then i forgot to save and then i died and well boy howdy haven't touched it since!!", "timestamp_created": 1351806275, "timestamp_updated": 1351806275, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.500304", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1368745": {"recommendationid": "1368745", "author": {"steamid": "76561197992234603", "num_games_owned": 936, "num_reviews": 189, "playtime_forever": 296, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1350284400}, "language": "english", "review": "This is the 3rd time this game has been released. Originally made in 1995, then re-released in 2000, Avernum is the effort of one man. This game excels at turn-based combat. It reminds me very much of RPG games before Diablo was considered a RPG. Top-down, party management with a good story line and some interesting characters along the way. Avernum has actually gotten better with age. A definate must buy.", "timestamp_created": 1351358977, "timestamp_updated": 1385412482, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "6023804": {"recommendationid": "6023804", "author": {"steamid": "76561198057436554", "num_games_owned": 361, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 844, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1344841200}, "language": "english", "review": "An amazing game that prooves gameplay is always better than graphics.", "timestamp_created": 1347391329, "timestamp_updated": 1347391329, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "886045": {"recommendationid": "886045", "author": {"steamid": "76561197981047937", "num_games_owned": 5552, "num_reviews": 408, "playtime_forever": 3144, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1348642800}, "language": "english", "review": "This is what every open-world RPG should be. Straight the fuck up.\n\nThere are no classes. You make 4 people, as little or as much as you like to customize them pre-game, and you get chucked underground because you pissed off someone in The Empire. You aren't coming back from underground, not anytime soon. You get a crude map and a tip that if you're as pissed off as you look, go visit a mage to the west. She's pissed too.\n\nBut you don't have to be pissed. Maybe you want to explore. (The more map you cover, the more XP you get for finding new locations.) Or that place called \"Tower of the Magi\" sounds handy, learn some spells. Perhaps go on a pilgrimage from town to town earning priestly skills from the preachers. You can steal like mad if you want. Nothing's nailed down. Just don't get seen. And maybe you just like the thought of being king of the underground? There's a crown out there. Kill the dude wearing it and park your ass on the throne.\n\nI have yet to see this game tell me \"no\".", "timestamp_created": 1345971793, "timestamp_updated": 1385413739, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.498095", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1283352": {"recommendationid": "1283352", "author": {"steamid": "76561197990650963", "num_games_owned": 108, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1550, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1509224582}, "language": "english", "review": "People said it's a good game and I give it a try. This game is giving far more than I expected. Great game. Definitely worth to buy. And it's not a remake of first Avernum game it's a remake of Avernum 1-2-3.", "timestamp_created": 1345855819, "timestamp_updated": 1345855819, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "390829": {"recommendationid": "390829", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970307991", "num_games_owned": 258, "num_reviews": 71, "playtime_forever": 3546, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1345359600}, "language": "english", "review": "Retro game that was quite a bit of fun, actually.  Not visually stimulating, but well-written for the most part, with some solid gameplay mechanics and some interesting and convenient ideas of its own.  Has a few annoying puzzle gimmicks that it will throw at you more than once, and puzzles are not exceptionally clever.  Still, the game was very good and very long for the cost.\n\nI'd say my only real complaint is the utter lack of a musical soundtrack.  I guess that was for ambiance?  It works alright, for the most part, but I think the game could have been much improved with a decent background soundtrack.\n\nBe warned, the game does not always provide you with a lot of direction, and is merciless if you happen to wander into an area that is too strong for you.  It will take a bit of trial and error to figure out exactly where you're strong enough to wander, at least at first.  The margin for error widens as your party gains strength toward the middle of the game, however.", "timestamp_created": 1345298757, "timestamp_updated": 1345298757, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1727043": {"recommendationid": "1727043", "author": {"steamid": "76561197997036304", "num_games_owned": 1982, "num_reviews": 309, "playtime_forever": 4687, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1349161200}, "language": "english", "review": "A very fun and basic RPG of sorts with many interesting ideas.\n\nOkey, here's the set up. The world is being oppressed by the empire and people who commit crimes get thrown into a one-way portal that leads into a underworld deep beneither the ground. You start with a group of 4 people (of different classes and looks you can change)  who were all thrown down here in this hellhole, but you soon learn that this prison thrives with cities and villages, however there are of course many monsters that make like down in Avernum difficult.\n\nYou have Goblins, Niphilim (cat people), Ogres, Dragons, Giant Vermin, humans and many, many more threats making life in Avernum hell. I highly recommend this game for anyone who is a fan of RPGs. It's pretty open with you being allowed to hunt down and kill whatever you like in case you want to kill monsters and steal their loot or kill the townsfolk and steal their loot, though you won't get any quests from them.", "timestamp_created": 1344211151, "timestamp_updated": 1385419242, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.496261", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2435748": {"recommendationid": "2435748", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007306615", "num_games_owned": 168, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 2246, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1422572370}, "language": "english", "review": "Like a prequel, kinda. Get it!", "timestamp_created": 1343814162, "timestamp_updated": 1343814162, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4866174": {"recommendationid": "4866174", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042647824", "num_games_owned": 23, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2408, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1348038000}, "language": "english", "review": "Very fun dungeon crawler that will kill your free time.", "timestamp_created": 1343520790, "timestamp_updated": 1343520790, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "931353": {"recommendationid": "931353", "author": {"steamid": "76561197982370763", "num_games_owned": 259, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 8155, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1473516264}, "language": "english", "review": "Outstanding!  I first played this game when it was called 'Exile'  on a 68k Mac.  \n\nThe game mechanic has changed significantly (for the better) since then,  but the writing and plotline are still exceptional.  \n\nIf you want depth,  good writing, and humor in your RPG -  look no further.", "timestamp_created": 1343004556, "timestamp_updated": 1343004556, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "726004": {"recommendationid": "726004", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976664204", "num_games_owned": 1478, "num_reviews": 47, "playtime_forever": 2919, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1350025200}, "language": "english", "review": "The interface is terrible, but it gives that old-school RPG feeling like nothing else...", "timestamp_created": 1342950140, "timestamp_updated": 1342950140, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2027971": {"recommendationid": "2027971", "author": {"steamid": "76561198001157178", "num_games_owned": 634, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 1266, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1497584056}, "language": "english", "review": "The amount of gameplay you get for the price of  this game is absolutely insane. If you are a fan of the Gold Box games either in idea or execution, this could very well be the best value on Steam.", "timestamp_created": 1342928980, "timestamp_updated": 1342928980, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "531573": {"recommendationid": "531573", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971669819", "num_games_owned": 1202, "num_reviews": 48, "playtime_forever": 271, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1343113200}, "language": "english", "review": "Barely just cleared the tutorial cavern, but boy, is this retro in all the right ways!", "timestamp_created": 1342890196, "timestamp_updated": 1342890196, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1002504": {"recommendationid": "1002504", "author": {"steamid": "76561197984107994", "num_games_owned": 797, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 94, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341817200}, "language": "french", "review": "Enfin ! Un vrai RPG. Pas que les autres soient nuls, mais ici, on d\u00e9place les figurines sur la table !", "timestamp_created": 1342715187, "timestamp_updated": 1342715187, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "934514": {"recommendationid": "934514", "author": {"steamid": "76561197982460446", "num_games_owned": 782, "num_reviews": 49, "playtime_forever": 1909, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1344409200}, "language": "english", "review": "Anything by spiderweb software is amazing - They've been making truly astounding 90's style RPGs since the 90's and show no sign of stopping.\n\nAvernum escape from the pit is no exception. Hands down 10/10.", "timestamp_created": 1342539364, "timestamp_updated": 1342539364, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3252842": {"recommendationid": "3252842", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019579984", "num_games_owned": 104, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 301, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342594800}, "language": "english", "review": "This game lies within my top 10 games. If you are looking for a good ol rpg with a non-linear design, then this is for you. Awesome Cakes", "timestamp_created": 1342505860, "timestamp_updated": 1342505860, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "283533": {"recommendationid": "283533", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967581595", "num_games_owned": 602, "num_reviews": 23, "playtime_forever": 9, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342162800}, "language": "english", "review": "Surprisingly fresh.", "timestamp_created": 1342327452, "timestamp_updated": 1342327452, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.488377", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3231340": {"recommendationid": "3231340", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019240862", "num_games_owned": 507, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 3425, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1368342000}, "language": "english", "review": "An amazing old-school RPG. Played it for 35+ hours so far and no end in sight. And the more I play, the more interesting it gets. Seriously, get it! 9/10.", "timestamp_created": 1342318777, "timestamp_updated": 1342318777, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "822391": {"recommendationid": "822391", "author": {"steamid": "76561197979422163", "num_games_owned": 1508, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 83, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1404799579}, "language": "english", "review": "great old school style game if you like old DOS RPGs of the past.", "timestamp_created": 1342290354, "timestamp_updated": 1342290354, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2953407": {"recommendationid": "2953407", "author": {"steamid": "76561198015032166", "num_games_owned": 292, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 2842, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1343286000}, "language": "english", "review": "Large, nonlinear RPG in the style of Baldur's Gate with turn-based, tactical combat. I can't recommend this enough for anyone who likes their RPGs slower paced, where preparing the battlefield and analyzing your options is more important than how fast you can click.", "timestamp_created": 1342289709, "timestamp_updated": 1342289709, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5141444": {"recommendationid": "5141444", "author": {"steamid": "76561198045544079", "num_games_owned": 672, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 4002, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1354262400}, "language": "english", "review": "Old school RPG. It's good.", "timestamp_created": 1342283614, "timestamp_updated": 1342283614, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "570958": {"recommendationid": "570958", "author": {"steamid": "76561197972325611", "num_games_owned": 2482, "num_reviews": 54, "playtime_forever": 312, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1348297200}, "language": "english", "review": "Some very cool old school RPG Goodness.", "timestamp_created": 1342259611, "timestamp_updated": 1342259611, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2422685": {"recommendationid": "2422685", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007107639", "num_games_owned": 516, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 1204, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1420909703}, "language": "english", "review": "This game has a lot of depth. It purposefully cuts the graphics to focus on story.", "timestamp_created": 1342236501, "timestamp_updated": 1342236501, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "902338": {"recommendationid": "902338", "author": {"steamid": "76561197981515187", "num_games_owned": 548, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 906, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341903600}, "language": "english", "review": "I paid $3.50 for this game and even at full price of $10 it is a steal. This game is a throwback to the glory days of RPG's and I highly recommend it.", "timestamp_created": 1342236490, "timestamp_updated": 1342236490, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2342107": {"recommendationid": "2342107", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006023304", "num_games_owned": 176, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 5185, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342594800}, "language": "english", "review": "If you don't mind simple graphics this is a fun and very expansive game.  Especially if you can buy it for a few dollars.", "timestamp_created": 1342232488, "timestamp_updated": 1342232488, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "508768": {"recommendationid": "508768", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971306034", "num_games_owned": 414, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 423, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1359705600}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Tercera reedicion de Exile: Escape from the pit. Un juegazo. No le tengais en cuenta los graficos.", "timestamp_created": 1342220824, "timestamp_updated": 1342220824, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3587764": {"recommendationid": "3587764", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025030728", "num_games_owned": 426, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 2351, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335855600}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is easily one of the greatest RPG worlds ever made.", "timestamp_created": 1342218770, "timestamp_updated": 1385410634, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2271791": {"recommendationid": "2271791", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004940118", "num_games_owned": 1432, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 189, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341126000}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum 1 remade on Avadon's engine", "timestamp_created": 1342200373, "timestamp_updated": 1342200373, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.497445", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1672022": {"recommendationid": "1672022", "author": {"steamid": "76561197996216998", "num_games_owned": 399, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1584, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1343199600}, "language": "italian", "review": "Se vi piacciono gli rpg \"old style\" e riuscite a tollerare la grafica \"minimal\" (ma alla fin fine \u00e8 meno peggio di come sembra) vi troverete davanti ad un gioco veramente molto interessante e divertente ad un prezzo stracciato.", "timestamp_created": 1342190302, "timestamp_updated": 1342190302, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "126210": {"recommendationid": "126210", "author": {"steamid": "76561197962630190", "num_games_owned": 2222, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 1184, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1369376714}, "language": "english", "review": "Classic 90's style RPG. Quite fun!", "timestamp_created": 1342152595, "timestamp_updated": 1342152595, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "445584": {"recommendationid": "445584", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970669787", "num_games_owned": 1820, "num_reviews": 9, "playtime_forever": 6104, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1380323175}, "language": "english", "review": "I have played through this game and Avernum 2, and I'm eagerly awaiting the remake of Avernum 3. \nI LOVE these 'old school' games!", "timestamp_created": 1342151172, "timestamp_updated": 1479938941, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4018853": {"recommendationid": "4018853", "author": {"steamid": "76561198030791384", "num_games_owned": 327, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 4641, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341817200}, "language": "english", "review": "If you like a game that is not going to handhold you, tell you where to go or how to get there, then this is the game for you!  A very well done take on the old 90's D&D style RPG, Avernum is well worth the money spent.", "timestamp_created": 1342144499, "timestamp_updated": 1342144499, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2604884": {"recommendationid": "2604884", "author": {"steamid": "76561198009913328", "num_games_owned": 1522, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 1751, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1442360475}, "language": "english", "review": "Much better that you would expect it to be. A fine game not unlike Baldur's Gate and Fallout.", "timestamp_created": 1342130080, "timestamp_updated": 1385404446, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 7, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.555974", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "360118": {"recommendationid": "360118", "author": {"steamid": "76561197969571435", "num_games_owned": 1099, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 3246, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341298800}, "language": "english", "review": "10/10 - Epic old school feel and a nice rebuild of a classic series with more modern feel to options and functionality but still has that technical and strategic feel to it with epic turn based combat.", "timestamp_created": 1342125666, "timestamp_updated": 1342125666, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4373023": {"recommendationid": "4373023", "author": {"steamid": "76561198036128773", "num_games_owned": 384, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 5103, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1342249200}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a 8==================D------------------_________", "timestamp_created": 1342123986, "timestamp_updated": 1342123986, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4306654": {"recommendationid": "4306654", "author": {"steamid": "76561198035359110", "num_games_owned": 2986, "num_reviews": 52, "playtime_forever": 873, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1344668400}, "language": "spanish", "review": "Los graficos son un poco dolorosos, pero los dialogos y descripciones son tan ricos que te olvidas a los pocos minutos de jugar. El sistema de combate es algo arcaico, pero cuando te acostumbras es muy entretenido, en parte porque la dificultad general del juego es muy elevada. Recuerda bastante al Ultima : )", "timestamp_created": 1342119319, "timestamp_updated": 1385411935, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.465116", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1326090": {"recommendationid": "1326090", "author": {"steamid": "76561197991452005", "num_games_owned": 278, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 1132, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1343372400}, "language": "english", "review": "This is a great game to recommend for a Steam badge.", "timestamp_created": 1342116529, "timestamp_updated": 1342116529, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3588548": {"recommendationid": "3588548", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025037381", "num_games_owned": 424, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 5411, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341817200}, "language": "english", "review": "Reboot of a reboot of a sweet classic RPG. Updated look, still old-school, and awesome world to play in. Love the new dungeon (Lost Bassikava) for this reboot, love the depth it gives the sliths. There's a reason I have ~90 hours into this game with the first party...", "timestamp_created": 1342059503, "timestamp_updated": 1342059503, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5409817": {"recommendationid": "5409817", "author": {"steamid": "76561198049315903", "num_games_owned": 354, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 27999, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1486681620}, "language": "english", "review": "Nicely done standard dungeon-crawling Baldur's Gate redux with just enough story to keep you playing. Bonus: small download size (only 160 mb), so getting from buying to playing took less than 10 minutes.", "timestamp_created": 1341795880, "timestamp_updated": 1341795880, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.534884", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4834933": {"recommendationid": "4834933", "author": {"steamid": "76561198042305419", "num_games_owned": 279, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 3986, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1471852350}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum really harkens back to the days where games couldn't rely on graphics to sell, so instead, they put all their focus on gameplay and storytelling. Avernum's huge sandbox world that changes dependent on your party's actions is a huge draw, and the customization of your characters' abilities will leave you with tons of options on how to play the game. This is a remake of an older Windows game that I played nearly 15 years ago, and it's only gotten better with its age.", "timestamp_created": 1341502159, "timestamp_updated": 1341502159, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2465432": {"recommendationid": "2465432", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007762021", "num_games_owned": 487, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 2459, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1405548538}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is absolutely amazing. Its such a wonderful throwback to the games of old in the most enjoyable of ways. If you like DnD or anything of the like, this game is for you.", "timestamp_created": 1341484661, "timestamp_updated": 1341484661, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.525862", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "61950": {"recommendationid": "61950", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960936815", "num_games_owned": 187, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 1193, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1434936654}, "language": "english", "review": "Best RPG that I have played in awhile.", "timestamp_created": 1341002770, "timestamp_updated": 1341002770, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "940967": {"recommendationid": "940967", "author": {"steamid": "76561197982630449", "num_games_owned": 960, "num_reviews": 307, "playtime_forever": 477, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334905200}, "language": "koreana", "review": "\uc2dc\ub9ac\uc988\uc5d0 \ub300\ubcc0\ud601\uc744 \uac00\uc838\uc628 \uac8c\uc784. (\uc774\uc804 \uac8c\uc784\uc5d0 \ube44\ud574)\ubc1c\uc804\ub41c \uadf8\ub798\ud53d\uacfc (\uc774\uc804 \uac8c\uc784\uc5d0 \ube44\ud558\uba74 \ub208 \uac10\uace0 \ud560 \uc218 \uc788\uc744 \uc218\uc900\uc758)\ub864\ud50c\ub808\uc789 \uac8c\uc784 \ucd08\ubcf4\uc790\ub3c4 \uc990\uae38 \uc218 \uc788\ub294 \ub09c\uc774\ub3c4\ub97c \uac16\ucd98 \uac8c\uc784\uc73c\ub85c \ucc3e\uc544\uc654\ub2e4. \uadf8\ub7ec\uba74\uc11c \uac8c\uc784\uc758 \uc911\uc694\ud55c \uc694\uc18c\uc600\ub358 \uae4a\uc774 \uc788\ub294 \uc804\ud22c\uc640 \uc721\uc131, \uc120\ud0dd\ud558\ub294 \uc7ac\ubbf8\uac00 \uc0b4\uc544\uc788\ub294 \uc774\uc57c\uae30\ub97c \uadf8\ub300\ub85c \uc720\uc9c0\ud558\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4. \uc2a4\ud30c\uc774\ub354 \uc6f9\uc758 \uac8c\uc784\uc744 \uc811\ud558\uace0 \uc2f6\ub2e4\uba74 \uc774 \uc791\ud488\uc744 \ucd94\ucc9c\ud55c\ub2e4.", "timestamp_created": 1340854094, "timestamp_updated": 1385421313, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "4.940886", "comment_count": "1", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2389676": {"recommendationid": "2389676", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006673612", "num_games_owned": 170, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 2474, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335769200}, "language": "english", "review": "Still awesome no matter how many times Vogel sells it to me.", "timestamp_created": 1340827837, "timestamp_updated": 1340827837, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1162103": {"recommendationid": "1162103", "author": {"steamid": "76561197988184826", "num_games_owned": 259, "num_reviews": 16, "playtime_forever": 5246, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1496478183}, "language": "english", "review": "Exile, as it was known in the early and mid 90's, and its remake, Avernum. \nAn excellent plot, a vivid and imaginative world and the feeling of exploring ancient underworld locations untrodden by anyone for centuries, or even millennia are enough to captivate anyone who considers themselves a fan of \"western-styled\" role-playing games. This \"remake of a remake\" brings the series in full glory to the era of online distribution, for far cheaper than many \"big name\" competitors..\nActually, just.. play it. \nJeff and his people have done such a great job, once again.", "timestamp_created": 1340710349, "timestamp_updated": 1340710349, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5540345": {"recommendationid": "5540345", "author": {"steamid": "76561198051570103", "num_games_owned": 254, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4745, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1366527600}, "language": "french", "review": "Certes le jeu est en anglais et poss\u00e8de des graphismes d'une autre \u00e9poque, mais pour les amateurs de RPG quelle richesse dans l'histoire, dans les combats au tour par tour \u00e9piques,...\n\nBref un jeu pour ceux qui privil\u00e9gient la profondeur \u00e0 la superficialit\u00e9... ;-)", "timestamp_created": 1340520474, "timestamp_updated": 1408387523, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3502473": {"recommendationid": "3502473", "author": {"steamid": "76561198023822431", "num_games_owned": 1581, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 84, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1510923324}, "language": "english", "review": "Old style, SSI type adventure.", "timestamp_created": 1339626506, "timestamp_updated": 1339626506, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3450248": {"recommendationid": "3450248", "author": {"steamid": "76561198022954054", "num_games_owned": 330, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 315, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1341212400}, "language": "english", "review": "This game for me was a HUGE surprise. Altought the graphics are bad, the story and gameplay are top notch. It really plays like the Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale series. It is a lot fo fun, ton of quest and many hours of gameplay.", "timestamp_created": 1339526709, "timestamp_updated": 1339526709, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "493898": {"recommendationid": "493898", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971109607", "num_games_owned": 1478, "num_reviews": 304, "playtime_forever": 2920, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1339052400}, "language": "english", "review": "THIS GAME\nIS GOOD", "timestamp_created": 1339035395, "timestamp_updated": 1339035395, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1775749": {"recommendationid": "1775749", "author": {"steamid": "76561197997812791", "num_games_owned": 790, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 2743, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335942000}, "language": "english", "review": "Second remake to the first game in one of my favorite game series of all time! Ages ago I pirated them when I was a kid with no credit card, so paying money for this felt so good. ^^\n\nThis is at its core a very old school RPG with lots to see, do, talk to and/or kill. The sense of exploration is surpassed by very few games and the writing is great. The setting is basically an even larger (and MUCH deeper) version of Blackreach from Skyrim that is used as a penal colony by the tyrannical Empire that controls the surface world. The game does very little of telling you where to go, but there are 3 main quests that you will eventually find a trail to.\n\nCombat is admittedly kinda annoying at times. Don't play on hard because the enemies will have way too much hp and you'll just get frustrated. Have one character by a healer and KEEP THEM SAFE. Anyhows, super-recommended to anyone who ever liked old RPGs!", "timestamp_created": 1338390442, "timestamp_updated": 1338390442, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1961393": {"recommendationid": "1961393", "author": {"steamid": "76561198000305114", "num_games_owned": 485, "num_reviews": 38, "playtime_forever": 4097, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1372295645}, "language": "english", "review": "Countless hours can be sunk into this game. Classic old school RPG epic, teeming with nooks and crannies to sink your teeth into.\n\nBetween cheats, difficulty adjustment, balance, and a straight up character editor, there's no way this game will be ultimately too hard for you to beat. Lots of reading though. That could be good or bad depending on your view point. The writing is great.", "timestamp_created": 1338354933, "timestamp_updated": 1338354933, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2222990": {"recommendationid": "2222990", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004285507", "num_games_owned": 1055, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 4320, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1392715024}, "language": "english", "review": "good old school RPG \nfrom a 3man company called spiderweb, they got few great games \nThe story and writing is good. The world is really big and open.\nIt's really a sense of freedom since you can move around all you want, stopped only \nby the level of the monsters and npcs \nIt's a turn based PRG, with all the elements you might spect on this type of games.", "timestamp_created": 1337499262, "timestamp_updated": 1385913031, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "5597594": {"recommendationid": "5597594", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052587472", "num_games_owned": 177, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 3185, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1478968956}, "language": "english", "review": "A fantastic reimagining of Spiderweb Software's first game, \"Exile: Escape from the Pit\". Well worth the price tag. Fun to play, a very good length with hundreds of quests, and with some of the best writing I've ever seen in a videogame. A+++", "timestamp_created": 1336839291, "timestamp_updated": 1336839291, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "766241": {"recommendationid": "766241", "author": {"steamid": "76561197977767351", "num_games_owned": 513, "num_reviews": 74, "playtime_forever": 8673, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336546800}, "language": "english", "review": "Awesome open world, party focused, turn based RPG.  It has some of the usual flaws that come with most Spiderweb games: slightly cumbersome interface at times, a few too many trash mobs (which can become a tad annoying late game once you no longer need the experience for leveling) and the harder difficulties require a large amount of min/maxing to get by (which isn't a big deal on lower difficulties, but if you play on torment hybrid builds are basically ruled out if you want to survive).  But apart from these minor quibbles (and they are minor) this is really one of the better open world RPGs I've played in ages.  The world is massive and packed with detail so basically every nook and cranny has something to make it worth exploring, without any of the \"generic algorithm generated\" feeling you get from many open world games.  Well worth the 10 bucks.", "timestamp_created": 1336727366, "timestamp_updated": 1336727366, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 3, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.555954", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "887709": {"recommendationid": "887709", "author": {"steamid": "76561197981087625", "num_games_owned": 421, "num_reviews": 19, "playtime_forever": 1210, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1379415369}, "language": "english", "review": "If your a fan of turned based strategy games this can be a fun time.  Brings back the good ol days of rpging.", "timestamp_created": 1336281593, "timestamp_updated": 1336281593, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "270203": {"recommendationid": "270203", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967223692", "num_games_owned": 656, "num_reviews": 26, "playtime_forever": 2990, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1424618511}, "language": "english", "review": "A great remake of the original series, but like all Spiderweb games, make sure to leave your sanity at the door.  The quests bug up so easily, making this amazing game hard to play to the end.", "timestamp_created": 1336274061, "timestamp_updated": 1336274061, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "6019728": {"recommendationid": "6019728", "author": {"steamid": "76561198057358795", "num_games_owned": 315, "num_reviews": 43, "playtime_forever": 7601, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1337065200}, "language": "english", "review": "It's retro!....it's big!....the story line is well written and the micro character building impressing. If you like turned based role playing games and you don't give a damn about visuals but you do like your games to be involving, smart and the way they did it when games where just mind blowing and addictive....don't look no futher. Avernum is  THE GAME!  I'm not kidding. I am a hard core gamer and doing it for more than 25 years. Avernum is hot in it's own way! And hey!!!  I've played Skyrim, Mass Effect...you name it...I love it!!  As far as I'm concerned Avernum is up there in the Best Games Ever! And it takes up about 168 mb of hard disc space. Give it a try and play it. You will be an addict within an hour.....if you'll have a creative mind and are a smart guy/girl.....promise.  : )    Have fun.", "timestamp_created": 1335663038, "timestamp_updated": 1385419484, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499246", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1462203": {"recommendationid": "1462203", "author": {"steamid": "76561197993460712", "num_games_owned": 492, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 3292, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335510000}, "language": "english", "review": "Pretty good overall. It's a little like Skyrim - large world and generally short quest lines. It's also graphically archaic, with a lot of the flavour being supplied by text descriptions, and the interface is a bit clunky. There's no steam demo but there is a fairly extensive demo on the Spiderweb website.", "timestamp_created": 1335466155, "timestamp_updated": 1335466155, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1518841": {"recommendationid": "1518841", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994101560", "num_games_owned": 182, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 2473, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414836654}, "language": "english", "review": "'tis good.", "timestamp_created": 1335276699, "timestamp_updated": 1335276699, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1069504": {"recommendationid": "1069504", "author": {"steamid": "76561197985836415", "num_games_owned": 327, "num_reviews": 43, "playtime_forever": 4091, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1336374000}, "language": "english", "review": "Nice oldschool RPG/adventure. The writing seems to be well done, so far. Worth a try for it's price!", "timestamp_created": 1335224866, "timestamp_updated": 1335224866, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.481172", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "854861": {"recommendationid": "854861", "author": {"steamid": "76561197980179343", "num_games_owned": 320, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 2752, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1423024175}, "language": "english", "review": "If you like old school 90's WRPGs, and aren't too picky about graphics, this is for you. Challenging grid-based and tactical gameplay alongside an (admittedly very wordy...) plot made for an experience that I greatly enjoyed. If you don't like reading, though, it may not be for you.", "timestamp_created": 1335159905, "timestamp_updated": 1335159905, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "36934": {"recommendationid": "36934", "author": {"steamid": "76561197960526605", "num_games_owned": 931, "num_reviews": 40, "playtime_forever": 44, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334473200}, "language": "english", "review": "Spiderweb's remake of Avernum 1, which was a remake of Exile 1. It's just been moved over to the same engine as Avadon.", "timestamp_created": 1335126991, "timestamp_updated": 1385411794, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1526142": {"recommendationid": "1526142", "author": {"steamid": "76561197994218017", "num_games_owned": 413, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 4373, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1366527600}, "language": "english", "review": "This game is the opposite of Skyrim.  Crappy sound and decades old graphics with amazing traditional RPG gameplay and a very complelling game world.  Well worth it for the nostalgia of 90s gaming.", "timestamp_created": 1335025879, "timestamp_updated": 1335025879, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1648949": {"recommendationid": "1648949", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995856341", "num_games_owned": 344, "num_reviews": 28, "playtime_forever": 1171, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1355904000}, "language": "english", "review": "An excellent RPG with tons of content and an immersive world.\n\nDon't let the graphics fool you, it's far better than it looks.", "timestamp_created": 1335006606, "timestamp_updated": 1335006606, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3258617": {"recommendationid": "3258617", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019683734", "num_games_owned": 1674, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 576, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499523366}, "language": "english", "review": "I was soo happy when I saw this on sale. A great game that I thought I would never see on steam because it was just too good. Although you can't play as the nephilim or slithzerikai like in prevous versions of the game, which is a bit sad as those races were really fun to play and beats playing as a human any day. Still a good remake of a classic game though, highly recommend.", "timestamp_created": 1334949824, "timestamp_updated": 1334949824, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "4453681": {"recommendationid": "4453681", "author": {"steamid": "76561198037418418", "num_games_owned": 112, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 11376, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1464126042}, "language": "english", "review": "Great RPG. Been a fan since 1994 :P\nMagic, Legendary swords, Lizardmen, Cat-people. What are you waiting for?", "timestamp_created": 1334794561, "timestamp_updated": 1334794561, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "3216433": {"recommendationid": "3216433", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019046323", "num_games_owned": 854, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 983, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1450373252}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game.  Sure the graphics are quite dated, but I enjoy their charm.  As long as you enjoy very deep and sometimes unforgiving RPGs this is a must have. Character building is top notch and combat is strategic and engaging..  This version of the series is GREAT because it includes an in-game character editor/trainer.. So if you get to the late game and realize one of your party members is sub-par you can cheat and edit them a bit.. Which of course some purists would never do, but it does allow the gamer with little time on their hands to have a good time at such an unforgiving franchise.  If you do end up getting it, this link is a MUST read before playing..\n\nhttp://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=252853#Post252853\n\nEnjoy!", "timestamp_created": 1334715812, "timestamp_updated": 1334715812, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.568627", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1808604": {"recommendationid": "1808604", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998279727", "num_games_owned": 277, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 2025, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335337200}, "language": "english", "review": "I remember playing the original version of this game, Exile, when I was a little kid, back when Shareware was still a thing. The game  has been redone, but is still the addicting, sprawling epic old school RPG that I loved then,and still love now.", "timestamp_created": 1334636235, "timestamp_updated": 1334636235, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "291304": {"recommendationid": "291304", "author": {"steamid": "76561197967782814", "num_games_owned": 471, "num_reviews": 11, "playtime_forever": 4908, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1501080143}, "language": "english", "review": "Simple story, massive game. A game of exploration, questing, and tactical combat! If you like old school RPGs, this one's a good one! The second and third games of this series will be coming soon, hopefully!", "timestamp_created": 1334606578, "timestamp_updated": 1334606578, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1851747": {"recommendationid": "1851747", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998851504", "num_games_owned": 486, "num_reviews": 15, "playtime_forever": 1933, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1400638047}, "language": "english", "review": "Spiderweb Software (making games since 1994) revisits once again their 1994 classic with this second ground up remake. \n\nYou have been cast into Avernum, a pit deep under the surface of the planet, where the maleovent empire of the surface throws literally anyone they deem undesirable. Explore the vast cave network, Slay monsters, visit dungeons, get loot and save Avernum!\n\nI played the first sequel to the original Exile 2: Crystal Souls, (which got 1995's shareware game of the year award) having finally played this polished version of Escape from the pit I can say with certainty that this game is a must have to any RPG fan that loves tactical open adventures!\n\nAnd with a price like $10 bucks how can you lose?!", "timestamp_created": 1334559403, "timestamp_updated": 1334559403, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2946050": {"recommendationid": "2946050", "author": {"steamid": "76561198014932529", "num_games_owned": 395, "num_reviews": 46, "playtime_forever": 2180, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1414212410}, "language": "english", "review": "very cool old school rpg, perfect for ppl used to campaigns in underdark and undermountain", "timestamp_created": 1334531547, "timestamp_updated": 1334531547, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "490680": {"recommendationid": "490680", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971074683", "num_games_owned": 3073, "num_reviews": 69, "playtime_forever": 840, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1335250800}, "language": "english", "review": "Classic turn based open world adventure.  Great game", "timestamp_created": 1334522843, "timestamp_updated": 1334522843, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "744070": {"recommendationid": "744070", "author": {"steamid": "76561197977153856", "num_games_owned": 2807, "num_reviews": 22, "playtime_forever": 4148, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1468295889}, "language": "english", "review": "Yes, this is the second remake of the classic Spiderweb Software RPG that started the whole ball rolling, Exile: Escape from the Pit. So if you've played either previous version, there's new content but you may well find it overfamiliar. That said, people new to this particular franchise should absolutely jump in here. It has all the glorious unfettered exploration of that vast underground cavern and the hard-bitten criminals and political dissidents that fight to survive it that made the previous editions so good, but with significant graphical improvements, a more modern interface and design, certain conveniences, and of course achievements. Also, it's cheap.", "timestamp_created": 1334465454, "timestamp_updated": 1334465454, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2498072": {"recommendationid": "2498072", "author": {"steamid": "76561198008307157", "num_games_owned": 477, "num_reviews": 31, "playtime_forever": 4326, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1402565137}, "language": "english", "review": "Just buy the original Avernum, I think. At least in that one there's ammo and closable doors.", "timestamp_created": 1334465027, "timestamp_updated": 1395056400, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 12, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.393013", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "237562": {"recommendationid": "237562", "author": {"steamid": "76561197966248112", "num_games_owned": 470, "num_reviews": 27, "playtime_forever": 954, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334732400}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum comes back from the grave as a remake to a remake by using Avadon's engine, and adding some new content that wasn't in the previous old remake.\n\nYou have a group of four people, sentenced to Avernum for crimes against the crown, perhaps they stole something or they may have looked at the emperor funny or they just didn't fit in, despite this, they're chucked into a portal, never to return.\n\nIn comparison to the older Avernum, they've made changes, lots of them, skills are distributed via talents, and custom characters get fewer stat points, but you level up faster and there's even a tutorial, how nice of them! It's still quite lengthy, though, but less confusing.\n\nCombat plays out like a tactical RPG, move your characters, cast spells and such. It's worth a look, there's a demo on their site if you're unsure.\n\nOne last thing: Giant, Friendly, Intelligent, Talking Spiders. That's all.", "timestamp_created": 1334423708, "timestamp_updated": 1334423708, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.501920", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "1810951": {"recommendationid": "1810951", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998311341", "num_games_owned": 287, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 1210, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1339311600}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game if you're looking for some turn based dungeon crawling nostalgia, or if you're just looking for an in-depth fantasy RPG for under 10 bucks. What it lacks in cutting edge graphics and SFX it more than makes up for in gameplay and storyline. If you love D&D style games, I highly recommend this. Spiderweb software = awesome software!", "timestamp_created": 1334376322, "timestamp_updated": 1334376322, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2371915": {"recommendationid": "2371915", "author": {"steamid": "76561198006488265", "num_games_owned": 186, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 3839, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1413098006}, "language": "english", "review": "Remake of a remake of one of my favouite rpg games of all time: Exile: Escape From the Pit.", "timestamp_created": 1334375768, "timestamp_updated": 1334375768, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "526343": {"recommendationid": "526343", "author": {"steamid": "76561197971572722", "num_games_owned": 593, "num_reviews": 57, "playtime_forever": 1250, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1400010582}, "language": "english", "review": "I've been a fan of Spiderweb's RPGs since I played Exile and Exile 2 on my old Mac IIsi back in the 90s, and wow, they're still trucking. Simplistic and somehow na\u00ecve, yet endlessly deep and full of interesting stories, these games are perfect netbook companions, or just nice clicky RPG adventures for rainy days.", "timestamp_created": 1334321086, "timestamp_updated": 1334321086, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "2428736": {"recommendationid": "2428736", "author": {"steamid": "76561198007204626", "num_games_owned": 116, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1271, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1363503600}, "language": "english", "review": "Love it. Can't wait for episodes 2-6 (Mostly 3)", "timestamp_created": 1334230836, "timestamp_updated": 1334230836, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "730101": {"recommendationid": "730101", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976784669", "num_games_owned": 312, "num_reviews": 12, "playtime_forever": 508, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334905200}, "language": "english", "review": "What can I say, I love Spiderweb Software.\n\nIf you love, old school, text heavy games, this is the game for you.", "timestamp_created": 1334217894, "timestamp_updated": 1334217894, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.499928", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "168361": {"recommendationid": "168361", "author": {"steamid": "76561197963976505", "num_games_owned": 1260, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 307, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1334646000}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum is the redesign of the original Exile series by Spiderweb Software. It is an amazing game with rich story resulting in countless hours of gameplay. The system is built around old classics like Baldur's Gate, it offers a strategic element to play which varies widely by what you choose. The hard stats and skills have been redesigned from the original series to offer new stat trees to the gameplay allowing for character customization. Overall I recommend this game to any old school RPG fans.", "timestamp_created": 1334183683, "timestamp_updated": 1334183683, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "723282": {"recommendationid": "723282", "author": {"steamid": "76561197976581199", "num_games_owned": 364, "num_reviews": 59, "playtime_forever": 4774, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505722785}, "language": "english", "review": "Avernum was one of the staples of my childhood. While I admit that games like this are almost exclusively niche appeal, Avernum has a deep enthralling world that was the first of the RPG genre to really bring me in. There's lore everywhere, and in a game where the top down setting would get in the way of that, it actually shines here. The world feels real despite not being first or third person, couple that with cool battles, spells, enemies, skills, and of course, sweet loot, makes Avernum quite a good series. \n\nIf you've never liked RPGs or games of this top down turn based genre before, however, this will not change your mind.", "timestamp_created": 1334168727, "timestamp_updated": 1334168727, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39513710": {"recommendationid": "39513710", "author": {"steamid": "76561198016424641", "num_games_owned": 453, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 5766, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 3443, "last_played": 1516348077}, "language": "english", "review": "4.5/5\na mix of great storytelling and unbearably lazy graphics", "timestamp_created": 1516549601, "timestamp_updated": 1516556538, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 1, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40967193": {"recommendationid": "40967193", "author": {"steamid": "76561198025816757", "num_games_owned": 611, "num_reviews": 13, "playtime_forever": 11952, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1499813375}, "language": "english", "review": "So the Avernum series have been among my favorite games for literally decades at this point, but they really, really aren't for everyone. Please go to Spiderweb's site and play the demo if you aren't sure. That's what it's there for.\nThat being said, if you like sprawling narratives that encourage you to wander off instead of dealing with the main quests (there are three!), sneaky dungeons, seriously solid worldbuilding, weird political shenanigans centered around freedom as a response to imprisonment (which makes sense in context I swear) and don't care about soundtracks, this may in fact be the game for you! (There's a demo! It's huge! It's free!)\n", "timestamp_created": 1521686321, "timestamp_updated": 1521686321, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40893914": {"recommendationid": "40893914", "author": {"steamid": "76561198052227203", "num_games_owned": 131, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 807, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 807, "last_played": 1521752117}, "language": "english", "review": "I was without computer for a bit of time, so i started playing this game with a friend like when i was 12ys old. Now i'm 31. The emotions, the attenction to detail, the old-school-rpg feelings that i got from this title were incredible. I started taking notes written by hand. One of the few games that made me think that proving the same feelings of marvel & discoveries, fears & exploration of when i was young & ignorant about fantasy & rpg is still possible. Really beatiful game, reccomended.", "timestamp_created": 1521366522, "timestamp_updated": 1521366522, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40705600": {"recommendationid": "40705600", "author": {"steamid": "76561197998033326", "num_games_owned": 38, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 6696, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 1751, "last_played": 1521184251}, "language": "english", "review": "Great game.", "timestamp_created": 1520673506, "timestamp_updated": 1520673506, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40426437": {"recommendationid": "40426437", "author": {"steamid": "76561198134098779", "num_games_owned": 41, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 4040, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1520291904}, "language": "english", "review": "9/10. 60 hours first playthrough. Wow what a good game. Felt like I was playing something similar to Fallout 1-2 but with way more exploration options. Sometimes I would find myself off on some cave system I discovered, completely forgetting about what it was I set out to do and I didn't care I wanted to know how deep the caves went lol. \n\nCombat system is pretty unbalanced, with magic being head and shoulders above the rest, followed by DW melee, and archery last. Its also an odd system, where you can attack even if you have 1 AP left, though it costs 9 to perform a spell/attack. Then you can't move after you attack so melee is really punished. But its forgiveable because you are so immeresed. If combat was better It would be 10/10", "timestamp_created": 1519688237, "timestamp_updated": 1519688237, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40332477": {"recommendationid": "40332477", "author": {"steamid": "76561197970326656", "num_games_owned": 532, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 4283, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1519315770}, "language": "english", "review": "Where did 70 hours of my life go?\n\nThis game is perfect for you if you like to:\n- Optimize you party for hours\n- Scour the world for items/quests/secrets\n- Like combat driven turn-based RPGs\n- Do not care too much for choices/story\n- Like a grim world", "timestamp_created": 1519405123, "timestamp_updated": 1519405123, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40312546": {"recommendationid": "40312546", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068594364", "num_games_owned": 188, "num_reviews": 6, "playtime_forever": 5070, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1445034356}, "language": "german", "review": "Top Spiel. Man sieht es an meiner Spielzeit. Ich habe es nur einmal gespielt und der Wiederspielwert ist aus meiner Sicht auch nicht so gro\u00df, aber die Stimmung, die im Spiel vermittelt wird, ist wirklich top. Ich will hier nicht Spoilern, aber die Atmosph\u00e4re ist wirklich bedr\u00fcckend und man sp\u00fcrt teilweise die Verzweifelung der Einwohner. Wie mit so einfachen Mitteln, etwas so gut in Szene gesetzt werden kann, dass ist f\u00fcr mich immer wieder faszinierend. \n\nMan darf bei dem Spiel \u00fcbrigens keine ausgefeilten Spielmechaniken erwarten. Es ist ein altes Spiel und das merkt man auch, aber wenn man sich darauf einl\u00e4sst, bekommt man ein Spiel, dass einem viele Stunden Spa\u00df beschert. Es hat mich vom Grafikstil auch st\u00e4ndig an Ultima Online erinnert. Damals mit dem 2D Client. Der 3D Client war ja Grottenh\u00e4sslich.\n\nIn dem Sinne. Wer es f\u00fcr 5 Euro im Sale bekommt, der bekommt ein solides altes RPG mit einer stimmungsvollen Atmosph\u00e4re.", "timestamp_created": 1519336714, "timestamp_updated": 1519336714, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40263480": {"recommendationid": "40263480", "author": {"steamid": "76561198068089729", "num_games_owned": 111, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 21661, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1500337426}, "language": "english", "review": "great old fashioned adventure game", "timestamp_created": 1519167636, "timestamp_updated": 1519167636, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40204605": {"recommendationid": "40204605", "author": {"steamid": "76561197978194801", "num_games_owned": 456, "num_reviews": 10, "playtime_forever": 2185, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1519240846}, "language": "english", "review": "Pros:\n[list]\n[*] Huge world\n[*] Combat is interesting\n[*] A lot of stuff to explore. There's a ton of hidden caves, fortresses and dungeons.\n[*] Oldschool quests: No quest markers telling you where to go exactly (though for quests where you have to go into dungeons etc. it's marked on the world map)\n[*] 6 games in the series, if you like this one there's 5 more\n[/list]\n\nCons:\n[list]\n[*] The graphics are really bad\n[*] There is almost no sound whatsoever, there's 2-3 seconds of music when entering an area and there's some minor sounds playing in combat when you hit someone or get hit\n[*] The enemy models are not very varied, almost always they are just recolored versions of other enemies: Ogre mages for example look exactly like the other ogres but cyan\n[/list]\n\nIt's pretty cheap (especially when on sale), if you like RPGs then get it, otherwise stay away.", "timestamp_created": 1518986555, "timestamp_updated": 1519048287, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.523810", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40090125": {"recommendationid": "40090125", "author": {"steamid": "76561198095061072", "num_games_owned": 112, "num_reviews": 20, "playtime_forever": 2700, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 1401, "last_played": 1521757848}, "language": "german", "review": "although it drives me mad sometimes, its a lovely game that i play almost everyday", "timestamp_created": 1518657106, "timestamp_updated": 1520635516, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.476190", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40037520": {"recommendationid": "40037520", "author": {"steamid": "76561197978382371", "num_games_owned": 79, "num_reviews": 1, "playtime_forever": 6505, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1518493348}, "language": "english", "review": "Overall impressions: This is a large-scale fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. It's reminiscent of tabletop RPGs, and the game has an elaborate and unique setting. The game is heavy on exploration, dungeon crawling, quests, and building up your party of four characters. Graphics are basic, rather like a simplified version of the original Fallout game; they're more suggestive props than a serious attempt to render the world of Avernum.\n\nWhat I liked:\n+The game is built from the ground up to be flexible and nonlinear. You go where you want to go, you do what you want to do, and you develop your characters how you want to develop them. There are different three main quests; you don't have to do them, you don't have to do them in a set order, and many of the steps provide alternate approaches. While spellcasters and dual-wielding fighters tend to out-perform most other classes, it's quite possible to beat the game with all kinds of different party builds.\n+The game scales very nicely as you level up; big boss fights can remain challenging up to and even beyond level 30. There's a nice variety of items as you build up your party, allowing you to tailor your characters' gear and skills to specific tasks and roles. \n+The writing and the concept of the setting are both excellent, and there are a lot of little details that the developers have thrown in. The world of Avernum is packed with places to explore, people to meet and talk to, and enemies to slay. \n\nWhat I didn't like: This is mostly nitpicking.\n-Sometimes it could be difficult to see some of the items littering a floor, because they don't stand out well.\n-Many major quests depend on you noticing tiny features on the screen such as buttons that open secret doors. Missing these buttons required me to do a considerable amount of back-tracking. Eventually, I simply looked up each dungeon online after I finished it to ensure that I hadn't missed something important. \n-A few character features either don't work at all, or make so little difference that they're a waste. The Challenger trait, for example, is supposed to draw enemies' attentions toward a character, but they seemed just as happy to go after others. \n\nOverall, I'd highly recommend this game.", "timestamp_created": 1518495917, "timestamp_updated": 1518495917, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.527559", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40014247": {"recommendationid": "40014247", "author": {"steamid": "76561197989051249", "num_games_owned": 213, "num_reviews": 33, "playtime_forever": 7473, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1520006755}, "language": "english", "review": "Brilliant. Worth playing if you love RPGS.", "timestamp_created": 1518393212, "timestamp_updated": 1518393212, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.545455", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "40012151": {"recommendationid": "40012151", "author": {"steamid": "76561198355158382", "num_games_owned": 171, "num_reviews": 5, "playtime_forever": 5568, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1518742851}, "language": "english", "review": "When I first played this game (note: the exile verison, not avernum or the remastered), I was quite young and due to one circumstance or another, I never got to play it in its entirety. Fast forward to now, years on, I had long lost forgotten the title of the game and every so often I had remembered the interesting isometric, turn-based game that had filled my childhood with wonders. \n\nAnd then about a week ago, I found it. It was in my cart faster than you can say Avernum.\n\nThis game is clearly not a game about graphics. If you are big on story driven games, there's a chance you'll enjoy this one.  The controls aren't the most intuitive, and the game feels like it's from the 90s however in my opinion, that's just part of the charm. Though of course, I could be biased because I've been playing the game nonstop since I bought it a week ago.\n\nFor me, it's mostly the feeling of fulfilment and satisfaction I've gotten out of following the story, making some hard choices (since there are a few to make - questing is quite intricate in some cases) and deciding what kind of path I want my characters to take. You can choose a standard party of four - a warrior, dex class, healer and mage.. or you can be a badass and play with four priests. In the end you can build your character however you like, which is something I really enjoyed playing around with.\n\nIt's a must play if you're into oldschool rpgs.\n", "timestamp_created": 1518384955, "timestamp_updated": 1518384955, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 4, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.582418", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39981116": {"recommendationid": "39981116", "author": {"steamid": "76561197987270895", "num_games_owned": 836, "num_reviews": 112, "playtime_forever": 727, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1518268528}, "language": "english", "review": "The beginning was somewhat interesting (storywise) but it didn't take long for the stale, washed graphics, non-existant audio, clunky combat and other details to ruin the experience. \n\nAvernum is an underground cavern where evil empire throws anyone who disagrees with them. You are a premade group of 4, tasked to find out what's going on and how to get out from the situation. The story is told via \"walls of text\" and if you're not a reader then you shouldn't really pick this game. \n\nIt's a remake of an old game and the combat gets harder fairly fast but also more annoying and boring. There are tons of enemies that die in one hit but every boss takes truckload of damage and soon most of the enemies spam status effects or just decide to target your weakest character and there's not much to do about it. As was the jazz in 90's you're supposed to save after every turn and when shizzles hit dem whizzles you load up and try the fight again, sometimes winning it easily as the opponent decides to spam that one useless skill he has. \n\nWhen graphics are dated you should rely on writing? Yes but unfortunately the \"witty\" dialog gets old and the sidequests with talking silly spiders that need to be rescued from evil spiders... well, not my cup of tea. You can also screw up your character builds which is always nice.\n\nThere's a reason why some games are considered classics and some not. \n\n[b]Don't get me wrong, Avernum is a great game if you're playing on a toaster and you're out of toast.[/b]", "timestamp_created": 1518280725, "timestamp_updated": 1518280725, "voted_up": false, "votes_up": 2, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.439833", "comment_count": "2", "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39953823": {"recommendationid": "39953823", "author": {"steamid": "76561197968480281", "num_games_owned": 386, "num_reviews": 68, "playtime_forever": 6668, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1519457886}, "language": "french", "review": "C'est moche mais tres bien quand meme. Pour les fans de RPG surtout.\nJ'ai bien aim\u00e9 l'histoire/ le lore, plutot original.\nPetit souci dans le systeme de combat: certaines cases (derriere un personnage un peu grand par exemple) sont incliquables. On a pas de preview quand on donne un ordre, si bien que parfois vos perso font n'importe quoi...\nJ'ai aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 un petit peu d\u00e9cu par l'arbre des competence trop simpliste. On se sp\u00e9cialise dans seulement 2 types d'armes de mel\u00e9s (et encore ca se croise), 2 type d'arme a distance (et encore ca se croise), et la magie magicien ou pretre, mais tout ca se croise plus ou moins... j'vous ai dit que ca se croisait beaucoup ?\nLe jeu a des arcs longs, et des courts, mais ca change rien en fait. Un moment j'avais en ma possession un arc long qui faisait plus de dommage que mon arc court, mais ce dernier valait plus cher que le long... pour quelle raison ? De plus il n'y a aucun inconvenient a choisir l'arc long plutot que le court... \u00e9trange.\nMais j'ai quand meme kiff\u00e9. \n\nLe jeu se prete bien au dual screen: le jeu sur l'\u00e9cran principal et un documentaire/le JT/ une vid\u00e9o youtube sur le deuxieme ecran ! Ca m'a permi de rattraper mon retard sur les video que j'avais a regarder.\n\nDans la plupart des RPG auxquels j'ai jou\u00e9, les jeux deviennent trop facile avec le temps. Y'a un palier plus ou moins haut au-dessus duquel le jeu devient facile (et souvent chiant) et ce peu importe le niveau de difficulte. Pour Avernum je l'ai mis en mode difficile, et ils se sont pas foutu de moi ! j'en ai pas mal chi\u00e9 tout du long... jusqu'a la fin. Le niveau de difficulte est TRES bien dos\u00e9. Bref, j'ai mis le jeu en dur, j'ai eu ce que je voulais tout du long, pas juste les 10 premiers niveaux.", "timestamp_created": 1518185654, "timestamp_updated": 1519315119, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": true, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39944899": {"recommendationid": "39944899", "author": {"steamid": "76561198009319688", "num_games_owned": 240, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 10192, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1518146367}, "language": "english", "review": "Purchased the game in 2015 and finally got around to finishing in 2018 on my 3rd attempt.  Now feel I am in a good position toprovide some thoughts.  \n\nBasic graphics but story holds it together and keeps you engaged.  Text heavy and suggest increasing this in the options to large.  No voice and limited sound affects.  Open world does give you the option to go anywhere and it is far from a linear experience.  Buying a boat really opens up the map and you will find a need to uncover as much of the map as possible.  \n\nTurn based combat is simple in its structure and spells and disciplines, provides a huge number of tactical options with your playthrough.  Add in potions, buffs and enchanted weapons and there is plently of variety.  Combat can be slow initially until spells etc are bought, made available later in the game.   \n\nQuests do not hold your hand.  They can be cryptic and you need to take note of NPC dialogs / clues.  Some items can also be given to more than 1 person for varying results.  It is recommended to 'record' any dialog containing clues using the record function.  Saves having to find and speak to the NPC again.\n\nOverall provides 50+ hours of entertainment but longer to obtain the acheivements.   \n\nIt is a retro style game which will discount many players, but it makes up for it in many other ways.  Value for money is good against expected playtime and a strong storyline to support which is often lacking in modern RPG's.  \n\n", "timestamp_created": 1518147517, "timestamp_updated": 1518147517, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 5, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.594883", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39834933": {"recommendationid": "39834933", "author": {"steamid": "76561198019860720", "num_games_owned": 109, "num_reviews": 2, "playtime_forever": 873, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1518917986}, "language": "english", "review": "They just don't make games like this anymore.  Love It!", "timestamp_created": 1517724700, "timestamp_updated": 1517724700, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39827934": {"recommendationid": "39827934", "author": {"steamid": "76561198044911340", "num_games_owned": 107, "num_reviews": 4, "playtime_forever": 1146, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1517696100}, "language": "french", "review": "Excellent jeu, ne manquait plus que la version fran\u00e7aise, et bien elle existe... Merci RPG France !!!!\nL'histoire, vous avez oser critiquer la politique de l'empereur, du coup il vous balance dans les souterrains afin que le manque de lumi\u00e8re vous rappel que peut \u00eatre vous n'en \u00eates pas une...\nLes graphismes peuvent paraitres moche mais la narration fait le reste.\nUn incontournable du RPG", "timestamp_created": 1517696848, "timestamp_updated": 1517696848, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39766015": {"recommendationid": "39766015", "author": {"steamid": "76561198004369747", "num_games_owned": 119, "num_reviews": 29, "playtime_forever": 4916, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1517701037}, "language": "english", "review": "Pretty fun little game.  It doesn't quite stand up to giants like Baldur's Gate, but it's still fun.  In case you don't know, this is the remake of Exile, a very old-school RPG.\n\nIt loses some of it's depth from the original, having only 4 party members instead of 6.  Character creation is a bit more simplified, too.\n\nI'm not sure if I'm 100% sold on this version of the original.  It's old-schoolish, but loses that truly old-school feel that the original had.  It's like the difference between an NES game and a modern game that is pretending to be an NES game.  But that's just my particular taste.  I'm sure most of you want this version.", "timestamp_created": 1517484951, "timestamp_updated": 1517484951, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39736383": {"recommendationid": "39736383", "author": {"steamid": "76561198041805759", "num_games_owned": 54, "num_reviews": 14, "playtime_forever": 5086, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 436, "last_played": 1520966127}, "language": "german", "review": "\u00dcberraschend gut! Ich hatte es gekauft, weil ich die alten RPG immer gern gespielt habe (wie z.B. Baldurs Gate) - und ich wurde nicht entt\u00e4uscht Ich musste mich nach 2 Stunden regelrecht vom Rechner \"wegreissen\". Eine gute Story - das gute alte Gef\u00fchl \"was ist hinter dieser Ecke\", das Taktieren mit den Charakteren (nicht wie ein Panzer losrennen) - alles zusammen macht einen RIESENSpass. Kaufempfehlung - vor allem jetzt im Sale.", "timestamp_created": 1517350904, "timestamp_updated": 1517350904, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.523810", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39720619": {"recommendationid": "39720619", "author": {"steamid": "76561197995400556", "num_games_owned": 134, "num_reviews": 8, "playtime_forever": 5356, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1500703363}, "language": "english", "review": "Very fun. Sharp writing, big semi-open world, many optional questions.\n\nThe bad: hard mode increases enemy HP more than enemy deadliness, so combat drags on FOREVER. \n\nOverall, a ton of game for the money; great value. I'll definitely play #2.", "timestamp_created": 1517290959, "timestamp_updated": 1517290959, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.000000", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39715408": {"recommendationid": "39715408", "author": {"steamid": "76561198009424388", "num_games_owned": 112, "num_reviews": 33, "playtime_forever": 74, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1505768829}, "language": "english", "review": "The writing of Avernum is comparable to Blardurs Gate or Fallout easily. A true RPG gem", "timestamp_created": 1517264417, "timestamp_updated": 1517264417, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 0, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.411845", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": false, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}, "39655524": {"recommendationid": "39655524", "author": {"steamid": "76561198399746686", "num_games_owned": 26, "num_reviews": 3, "playtime_forever": 1959, "playtime_last_two_weeks": 0, "last_played": 1517919383}, "language": "schinese", "review": "\u6211\u662favernum\u6e38\u620f\u7cfb\u5217\u768415\u5e74\u94c1\u7c89\uff0c\u4ece\u4ed6\u4eec\u65e9\u671f\u4f5c\u54c1Exlile\u7cfb\u5217\u5c31\u5f00\u59cb\u73a9\u4e86\uff0c\u6211\u5efa\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u975e\u5b98\u65b9\u7684Spiderweb\u7684QQ\u7fa4\uff0c\u5e0c\u671b\u5404\u4f4d\u8718\u86db\u7f51\u7c89\u4e1d\u4eec\u90fd\u80fd\u52a0\u4e00\u4e0b\uff0c\u63a2\u8ba8\u4e00\u4e0b\u5982\u4f55\u8ba9\u4ed6\u4eec\u51fa\u6c49\u5316\u4f5c\u54c1\uff0cQQ\u7fa4\uff1a463288835", "timestamp_created": 1517062515, "timestamp_updated": 1517062515, "voted_up": true, "votes_up": 1, "votes_funny": 0, "weighted_vote_score": "0.521739", "comment_count": 0, "steam_purchase": true, "received_for_free": false, "written_during_early_access": false}}, "query_summary": {"num_reviews": 20, "review_score": 8, "review_score_desc": "Very Positive", "total_positive": 610, "total_negative": 49, "total_reviews": 659}}