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About the StoryHave you mettle enough to make siege on the Dread Lord himself? ...We shall see. Game Details |
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Though the parser is extremely easy to use, it makes for very linear game play. In most cases it is impossible to return to a room that you have just left. At times the game seems more like one of those Adventure Game Decision Books than it does a computer game, though it still presents you with many more choices to be made than the average book does. Still, the game allows less interaction than most text games do, and the graphics only partially compensate for it. Some sort of sound and music capability should have been included.
Journey's plot is a variation on that made famous by Tolkien and imitated many times since then. A Dark Lord (here called "Dread Lord" ) is wreaking havoc on the countryside and its populace, so a questing party is formed and sent to seek the wizard Astrix for his advice. After many perils, they reach Astrix who sends them on a quest to break the Dread Lord's power. Since Journey is only part 1 of the Golden Age Trilogy, and parts 2 and 3 were never written, we don't get to see the Dread Lord's final defeat.
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The recounting of the tale in diary form, i.e. in the past tense and from Tag's point of view, is the first thing that makes this an adventure with a difference. (Tag can be renamed at the start so you can play as a character of your own choosing.) The second is the unique interface with which you guide your party of characters on their quest and which is simplicity itself to use.
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v.4: 06-Mar-2013 09:53 -
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v.1: 19-Feb-2008 21:29 - Emily Short
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