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About the StoryThis adventure is a fictional point-and-click interactive adaptation of Lawrence Johns' epic poem, "Beyond Exile", (published: Conscious Publishing, 2034 SW Vermont Street, Portland, OR, 97219, ISBN 9781929096046, ©2008 by Lawrence Johns, All Rights Reserved) Game Details |
An Occasional Player's Review
There’s puzzleless, and there’s nearly puzzleless, and then there’s this.
Setting the game text aside, Beyond Exile was, for me at least, a frustration. Not because of puzzles or gameplay mechanics, but because of the interface. There were several instances where I had to go through the different compass directions, cycling through the only 3 options available for the player – “Look at,” “Take,” and “Speak To” – just to see which of those would advance the plot. It even got to the point where I considered purchasing the book and reading it instead of going through all this hassle.
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Beyond Exile had been made to be very faithful to the original poem – too faithful, in my opinion, to be truly interactive. There aren’t a lot of opportunities to stray away from the main theme, and not all of the places you visited as a player can be visited back. These minor additions would have lessened the burden of looking for the next “plot gatekeeper,” so to speak. For example, providing other minor NPCs (and not just Lamont the taxi driver) some speaking parts would have added to the realism – or at least, anything other than “He says nothing” would have been good.
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