Avernum 6 HD 12+

I’ve played all of the Avadon/Avernum games on my ipad and loved ‘em, then I got to this one and WHAT HAPPENED! Did the programmer have a stroke and couldn’t get his head off his right shoulder!? Every other game in the series, I could swipe into a database to record details of the game I wanted to remember and both apps had the same default (and correct) orientation when the ipad is in landscape mode. For some unknown reason the developer broke with a solid compatible configuration to instead turn his app 90 degrees from everything else. All I can think of is that he’s gotten old and crotchety and hates people documenting his game in another app and decided to be a total jerk! ALL VERSIONS I’d had prior to this played nice on the ipad when swapping apps and then to do this lunacy in this app! It’s a good thing the rest of the game is stellar or it would have been more than a star knocked off!

The game is very detailed and the mechanics are well-made. My biggest complaint is how small the tileset is -- It is like a half to a third of the size of Avadon's graphics which makes mis-clicks occur a good portion of the time. There are also a few times where the terrain graphics cover up enemies which I feel is a fundamental design flaw. Other than that, the game is of high quality story and gameplay-wise.

I played all of Spiderweb’s rpg games on my old iMac, and loved them. I just finished playing Avernum 1,2, and 3 in their new incarnation on my iPad. All the changes only made the games better. I am starting #6 today after trying to play the old and unchanged version. The differences are stark. I had to stop and download this new edition. Thank you Spiderweb for all the hard work it must have taken to produce this. I will hope to see #4 and 5 eventually in this updated version.