tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post3407036056729480827..comments2024-03-25T13:49:18.217+13:00Comments on Fighting Dantasy: #57 - MagehunterDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10420300163867766297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post-80296351275883370832015-07-06T04:32:32.507+12:002015-07-06T04:32:32.507+12:00Pre Renaissance Constantinople? Really? Not Samark...Pre Renaissance Constantinople? Really? Not Samarkand or Baghdad or post Islamic invasion Istanbul - we're going with Medieval Byzantium instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post-28468102866922499352012-02-28T08:14:05.581+13:002012-02-28T08:14:05.581+13:00Probably features the best writing of any FF book....Probably features the best writing of any FF book. Pity I didn't like it in the slightest. It was too random and didn't make much sense. In fact this is the only FF book I have ever sold (not because I hated it so much that I couldn't bare it, but because it was wort so much money and I was low on cash).foadironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359889221156012366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post-18482596604092817012011-08-03T21:16:42.969+12:002011-08-03T21:16:42.969+12:00Good to have you back! Always thought that an Arab...Good to have you back! Always thought that an Arabian Nights scenario would be great for an FF book- looks like they did use it. Sort of.Steampunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609869581933030312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post-39066707565533288222011-07-26T18:58:25.150+12:002011-07-26T18:58:25.150+12:00Don't know about everyone else, but I sure mis...Don't know about everyone else, but <i>I</i> sure missed you.<br /><br />Magehunter....is like most of Mason's work, fun, a little bizzare, extremely hard, and probably takes a few tries before you will even begin to figure out what the main plot is really about. :P<br /><br />Like the guy above me stated, rolling a skill of 12 is, in fact, <i>not</i> a lucky roll, at all.<br /><br />This book feels......over-ambitious for a 400-paragraph book. For one thing, far too many paragraphs are spent on paths where you're pretty much guaranteed to not win the game (a trait that this book shares with Crimson Tide). This would be fine in a longer book where you can have an equally fruitful adventure on the "true path", but alas, that's not so. :( And one of the options you must make to win is almost right at the very beginning, too. <br /><br />Personally, I have to say, like Crimson Tide, the funnest encounters happen on those paths where you don't win, too. :/ Not sure if that's a good thing.<br /><br />There're also a couple of unresolved "bugs" triggered by certain encounters, although none that stops you from completing the book, since they're not on the "winning path", but still downright weird. I think it's probably a result of the over-ambitiousness I mentioned above. There're far too many side paths and possibilities here that the author inevitably forgot to account for some of them. (And many a lack of play-testing??) I probably shouldn't elaborate too much, since given the path you took this round, I'll probably be spoiling a lot for you should you intend to play this again in the future.<br /><br />And while I like the general concept, that trick of making your own rolled-up stats work against you is just <i>brutal</i>. Like that little "anti-cheating mechanic" that was implemented in Black Vein Prophecy, it makes the game pretty hard even with the optimal die-roll (i.e. the lowest stat roll in both cases).Gamebook Fanaticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215693550440664594.post-80424717062799733562011-07-24T03:07:55.527+12:002011-07-24T03:07:55.527+12:00Great to have you back, Dan. I did miss you and I...Great to have you back, Dan. I did miss you and I look forward to more posts. <br /><br />Magehunter is rock hard and unfortunately you can't explore a lot of the book and win at the end.<br /><br />However, the story that takes you to victory is pretty awesome. Especially when you gradually get sucked into a story you are being told.<br /><br />Also, this is about the only book where a skill of 12 is bad, bad, bad.Stuart Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100216520313336932noreply@blogger.com