sylas
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Favourite Gamebook Series: Fighting Fantasy, Way of the Tiger
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Post by sylas on Apr 29, 2023 20:19:44 GMT
So, I'm wondering whether in the revised edition, it would actually be worth using the Chameleonite blood? My guesswork is without all the ridiculous odds present in the 'original & uncorrected' edition, the benefit of dodging the Gargantis blow for 2 stamina and the Skill test isn't worth it. In fact I think all other gameplay decisions, such as whether to fight the Gargantis or fighting the Rad-hulks, would be the same (maybe a lower Avatar could not fight the Rad-hulks and stand a very slight chance of success rather than none at all). There is a 1 in 6 chance of getting the Skill loss which isn't that bad unless you have really low stats. The lost Skill points can be recovered at a later stage if you get that far. The fight with the Gargantis is also easier in the revised version. Not sure what the overall odds are but I've survived to the end with a starting Skill of 9 before.
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CharlesX
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Post by CharlesX on Apr 29, 2023 20:34:37 GMT
Well done! Ive often wondered why the authors themselves dont go back and do this for the more broken books. Do they even care? If they were smart authors they would have got it more or less right in the first place (I don't know what planet they're on when they post messages saying readers should just cheat ). The sad things is so many FFs are\have been well-written but the authors don't bother that the rules are consistent the difficulty level isn't outrageous etc let alone playtesting. Where its one or two technical errors there's a case to be made revision is barely worth while but where the FF is heavily faulty it starts to affect very experience. If even some of the errors in Tower Of Destruction or Legend Of Zagor had been corrected it would definitely affect my view of them .
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