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Article #651Re: ***## ARENA - hands down the BEST RPG!! ##***
From: l... Lawrence Abrams
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1994 07:08
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1994 07:08
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In article <D0AtC...@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> kju...@sail.uwaterloo.ca (BEACON me201 account) writes:
>150,000 word story; to the unique Spellmaker system where you create
>thousands of spells from over 80 combinable effects. Includes full
>character generation, 18 unique character classes, 2,500 magical
>items, and over 400 cities, towns and villages for you to explore and
>adventure on your quest to find the Staff of Chaos.
Though this game does indeed have the mosprmising engine found in
any RPG to date, there are some major flaws which the game pretty bad. First
off, magic users are the only true effective class. Second of all and most
important is the fact that there is absolutely no plot. The plot sucks,
the quests suck and are the same each time. This was the downfall of the game
in my opinion. NPC's are worthless. Overall the game world is great, but
the interaction with the story sucks
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