tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post1913893385094384349..comments2020-05-02T19:46:26.704-04:00Comments on Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online: Announcing LeadlightMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477311598407527292noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-34880076210300986272011-04-16T21:42:10.251-04:002011-04-16T21:42:10.251-04:00After perusing the Leadlight web site, I was pleas...After perusing the Leadlight web site, I was pleased that there was an easy option to play the game in the browser with a plugin. That greatly simplifies things and means you can just dive right in and play.<br /><br />I've mostly played the kill-and-loot scenarios in Eamon, so it was very refreshing to see an Eamon based more on atmosphere than killing, although there is plenty of that to do in Leadlight.<br /><br />I'd have to agree with most of the reviewers, though, that I'm not sure that using the Eamon "engine" is the best way to tell a story these days, because despite all of the improvements, it still lacks a lot of basic capabilities of more sophisticated platforms like TADS and Inform. <br /><br />For example, there is no status line to tell me my current score, what room I'm in, where the exits are, etc. That alone would be a huge improvement to gameplay and would eliminate the need for several commands.<br /><br />That said, I like the game and I'm certainly going to try to play it all the way through to see what happens.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301904391865132281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-22460432043354014022011-04-16T20:12:59.976-04:002011-04-16T20:12:59.976-04:00Returning to Eamon is difficult because you have t...Returning to Eamon is difficult because you have to:<br />-set up an emulator<br />-deal with disk swapping<br />-or deal with trying to get Eamon Deluxe to run on modern hardware<br /><br />On top of that, you have to switch to "old school mode" to play the games unless you don't mind cheating. This can be frustrating with the amount of death traps that are in a lot of Eamons, especially ones without warning. <br /><br />I don't really mind gaming like it's 1985, but the barriers to entry are pretty high.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301904391865132281noreply@blogger.com