Andor's Trail, thoughts of a newbie
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:01 pm
First of all I've now played Andor's Trail for about 2 weeks and think it’s a rather addictive game. Yet I've solve all of the solvable quests and most probably gone to any place I can think of. So what now?
Before I want to go in more details about the game, first some critics. First of all the search of the board is more or less useless, most of the time I get "too many words". Why not simply list the first xx results instead of "too many words"? Or at least put the most important "words" into the FAQ.
Second how the signature should be formatted for the highscore should be documented anyhow. I had to look for "highscore" (=> too many words), then reading through several pages to figure it out somehow. Probably best would be a sticky thread or simply put a sample signature into it (values=??).
Third abbreviations should be documented anywhere (=> sticky thread). The description or name should be done for any language.
Forth for foreigners it would be nice if it where possible to switch to English within the game, it's almost impossible to figure out an abbreviations if the game is played in another language. Besides I may help in translating to German, where do I have to look for that?
Sorry if there are so many critics yet IMO its worth to make a good game better and that doesn't go without critics. Now back to the game.
It's nice to follow and solve the quests albeit it's sometime difficult to start a quest. Some are just hit when speaking with people but others aren't found out without looking into the forum. It would be nice if the game had a hint system, where one could look up what to do next. I almost couldn’t solve "rats" since I always went to the rat's cave instead the garden. Only after looking up quests in the forum I checked it. Also it didn't occur to me to expand the quest for quite some time.
Then I read several things in the forum and knew immediately I had to start anew. Mostly because I’ve learned the wrong skills. Skills are very important because some are much more important that others.
So I started again and first solve the easy quests. Just after successfully solving the rats cave I went into the catacomb to get the “Key of Luthor” and was just lucky. Sometimes luck helps a lot, so I went on.
After I conquered the snake’s cave for the first time I’ve read a message in the forum about not using a weapon because of AP costs. I tried to conquer the snake’s cave a second time and got the feeling it’s better to fight with bare hands. IMO the AP costs of any decent weapon is far too high. I still went to the snake cave several times to get experience and of course meat.
I only one went into the ghost’s house to solve the “Disallowed substance” quest. From then on stacked with some bonemeals the wolf’s cave was no problem either. Also the Flagstone Prison could be conquered successfully. From then on I had enough cash to by lots of bonemeals.
At level 20 I reached Blackwater Mountain more by accident since I simply went on and on. I dodged or killed monsters while healing my hits with bonemeal until I finally reached the top. I almost didn’t make it down again, since I stack of bonemeal was running short. Luckily I’ve gotten some healing potions on the way up and down, which saved me through the last way. If I hadn’t made it I’d be stuck there since I’ve slept in the house half way up.
I decided to side with BW because I’d liked to get any good weapon or armour there. I’ve now run up and down at least 10 times to solve all the quests. Now I know it wasn’t worth it because neither the sword “Raserei des Schatten” (sorry German) nor any armour has any value for me. I hope in a future game version it’s possible to enhance (lower the AP) of a weapon or remove the BW curse.
The Kazul cave was yet another almost unsolvable task. It’s incredible boring to just move in the dark without any notion if I’d actually move. If there’s a hint when one bumps into a wall, it would be possible to navigate through the maze, without it’s only by luck. I found a map in the forum yet IMO I consider this as a kind of cheating.
After finishing BW I went after the rest of the map. The river troll seems to be too strong yet I finished him with a potion of furious, a potion of quickness and 2 bonemeals (sorry I translated the names from German, so they might be actually called different).
The only thing which remains is now killing the master at the cave in the far north-east corner of the map. I’ve once reached him but hadn’t kept a close eye on my hit points.
My current skills are:
Combat speed (1), Quick Learner (2), Increased Fortitude (2), Regeneration (1), Enduring Body (1).
Before I want to go in more details about the game, first some critics. First of all the search of the board is more or less useless, most of the time I get "too many words". Why not simply list the first xx results instead of "too many words"? Or at least put the most important "words" into the FAQ.
Second how the signature should be formatted for the highscore should be documented anyhow. I had to look for "highscore" (=> too many words), then reading through several pages to figure it out somehow. Probably best would be a sticky thread or simply put a sample signature into it (values=??).
Third abbreviations should be documented anywhere (=> sticky thread). The description or name should be done for any language.
Forth for foreigners it would be nice if it where possible to switch to English within the game, it's almost impossible to figure out an abbreviations if the game is played in another language. Besides I may help in translating to German, where do I have to look for that?
Sorry if there are so many critics yet IMO its worth to make a good game better and that doesn't go without critics. Now back to the game.
It's nice to follow and solve the quests albeit it's sometime difficult to start a quest. Some are just hit when speaking with people but others aren't found out without looking into the forum. It would be nice if the game had a hint system, where one could look up what to do next. I almost couldn’t solve "rats" since I always went to the rat's cave instead the garden. Only after looking up quests in the forum I checked it. Also it didn't occur to me to expand the quest for quite some time.
Then I read several things in the forum and knew immediately I had to start anew. Mostly because I’ve learned the wrong skills. Skills are very important because some are much more important that others.
So I started again and first solve the easy quests. Just after successfully solving the rats cave I went into the catacomb to get the “Key of Luthor” and was just lucky. Sometimes luck helps a lot, so I went on.
After I conquered the snake’s cave for the first time I’ve read a message in the forum about not using a weapon because of AP costs. I tried to conquer the snake’s cave a second time and got the feeling it’s better to fight with bare hands. IMO the AP costs of any decent weapon is far too high. I still went to the snake cave several times to get experience and of course meat.
I only one went into the ghost’s house to solve the “Disallowed substance” quest. From then on stacked with some bonemeals the wolf’s cave was no problem either. Also the Flagstone Prison could be conquered successfully. From then on I had enough cash to by lots of bonemeals.
At level 20 I reached Blackwater Mountain more by accident since I simply went on and on. I dodged or killed monsters while healing my hits with bonemeal until I finally reached the top. I almost didn’t make it down again, since I stack of bonemeal was running short. Luckily I’ve gotten some healing potions on the way up and down, which saved me through the last way. If I hadn’t made it I’d be stuck there since I’ve slept in the house half way up.
I decided to side with BW because I’d liked to get any good weapon or armour there. I’ve now run up and down at least 10 times to solve all the quests. Now I know it wasn’t worth it because neither the sword “Raserei des Schatten” (sorry German) nor any armour has any value for me. I hope in a future game version it’s possible to enhance (lower the AP) of a weapon or remove the BW curse.
The Kazul cave was yet another almost unsolvable task. It’s incredible boring to just move in the dark without any notion if I’d actually move. If there’s a hint when one bumps into a wall, it would be possible to navigate through the maze, without it’s only by luck. I found a map in the forum yet IMO I consider this as a kind of cheating.
After finishing BW I went after the rest of the map. The river troll seems to be too strong yet I finished him with a potion of furious, a potion of quickness and 2 bonemeals (sorry I translated the names from German, so they might be actually called different).
The only thing which remains is now killing the master at the cave in the far north-east corner of the map. I’ve once reached him but hadn’t kept a close eye on my hit points.
My current skills are:
Combat speed (1), Quick Learner (2), Increased Fortitude (2), Regeneration (1), Enduring Body (1).
