Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure

by D. A. Leary

Episode 1 of the Unnkulian series
1990
Cave crawl, Satire
TADS 2

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
A college bro-type goofy game that is polished and long, July 30, 2016

Between the end of Infocom and the beginning of Inform, the biggest news was Unnkulia. This was the first game in the series; it is long, polished, and interesting.

It is also juvenile, with 'cheez' products that are toxic, some sex jokes, names like 'Kuulest' and 'Beegashell' mountains.

As the series progressed, it got better, until The Legend Lives! is actually quite a good game. But this first entry in the series is plagued by unfair puzzles and other features that made more sense when most of its players would be in a small community sharing tips with each other.

Mainly interesting as a historical curiosity. Another good game by the authors, I now remember, is the Horror of Rylvania.

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