As a Hand, you represent this 'invulnerable' fortress, and initially this meets the kind of subservient responses you would expect. It needs a veneer of invulnerability, that you discover to be beset in a variety of ways throughout the game. Even the world map looks like it could come straight from the inside jacket of a fantasy novel, with an alliance of five nations called the Midlands Pact sitting in the middle, bordered by fallen empires or wild lands threatening their security.Where Avernum had its underground prison setting and Geneforge has its geneforging and rebellion, Avadon doesn't have an obvious hook.

The interface is intuitive and easy to use, especially for Spiderweb veterans.Setting and StoryAvadon gives us fairly typical high-fantasy fare, presenting us with magic-rich, medieval-type nations struggling with threats of wretches (goblins) and titans (giants), as well as upholding unsteady alliances with dragons and other powerful factions. They are functional and sufficient for many players, but won't exactly tempt people expecting anything close to mainstream AAA graphics. The graphics are the best Spiderweb has done so far but there's still a lot of asset recycling. Like other Spiderweb games, it has no music but pretty solid sound design.

Like older Spiderweb games, it's still a top-down turn-based RPG, with a heavy focus on exploration and turn-based party mechanics.

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