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Post by tyrion on Jul 17, 2020 10:06:41 GMT
Last round fangs of fury was eliminated. I anticipate a close one this round.
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Post by vastariner on Jul 17, 2020 15:16:57 GMT
Still going for SoS. DoD has a good replayability value as you plump for different medallions. Also an interesting environment.
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Post by tyrion on Jul 17, 2020 16:18:46 GMT
I think stealer of souls is one of those where there's nothing wrong with it, particularly. It just feels like it belongs a lot earlier in the series. Considering what Keith Martin sent on to write, it's a fairly straightforward kill the baddy affair. I still like it though.
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Post by vastariner on Jul 17, 2020 17:10:15 GMT
Yeah, SoS is a serviceable adventure. It's just so forgettable that the only thing I remember about it is that when I played it last I was thinking "blimey, did I forget to play this when I bought it?" And right now I can't recall a single thing outstanding about it, other than chasing a dark elf (and is there a notoriety stat?).
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Post by philsadler on Jul 17, 2020 17:28:09 GMT
All I can remember about it is fighting a specter.
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kieran
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Post by kieran on Jul 17, 2020 18:05:56 GMT
Yeah, SoS is a serviceable adventure. It's just so forgettable that the only thing I remember about it is that when I played it last I was thinking "blimey, did I forget to play this when I bought it?" And right now I can't recall a single thing outstanding about it, other than chasing a dark elf (and is there a notoriety stat?). The dark elf and notoriety stat are in Master of Chaos. Stealer of Soul is an old school dungeon adventure in the vein of Warlock of Firetop Mountain but with a fairly cool illusion-filled endgame that gives you a few spells to play about with. Technically it has the same hub-and-spoke design of all Keith Martin's books, but it's disguised a lot better. It's rarely obvious what choice moves you on the next hub so there's no feeling that you must explore everywhere. It's also a very fair book with few instant deaths or ridiculous fights. I've always rated it pretty highly but it was my second ever FF so it probably seems a lot less generic to me than it does to most fans. Certainly I would rate it higher than Warlock of Firetop Mountain or Eye of the Dragon which are probably the most similar in terms of theme and its more fun than Keith's later slogathons. These days I think I would place it second to Vault of the Vampire in my Keith Martin ranking, but that's still high praise.
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Post by stevendoig on Jul 17, 2020 19:38:21 GMT
Nothing much wrong with any of these books, but Daggers of Darkness gets the vote - I've just realised I mustn't like Luke Sharp's books very much!
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Post by vastariner on Jul 17, 2020 21:02:30 GMT
Yeah, SoS is a serviceable adventure. It's just so forgettable that the only thing I remember about it is that when I played it last I was thinking "blimey, did I forget to play this when I bought it?" And right now I can't recall a single thing outstanding about it, other than chasing a dark elf (and is there a notoriety stat?). The dark elf and notoriety stat are in Master of Chaos. Heh, that proves the point...in which case, I can remember nothing about Stealer Of Souls.
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Post by vagsancho on Jul 17, 2020 23:34:03 GMT
Stealer of Souls is a VERY BAD BOOK with a reasonable background and an AWESOME name to the villain.
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Post by tyrion on Jul 18, 2020 11:30:22 GMT
Stealer of Souls is a VERY BAD BOOK with a reasonable background and an AWESOME name to the villain. It has a GREAT ATMOSPHERE i feel this book SO MUCH. Oh, to play this book again. MAGNIFICENT nemesis, Mordraneth is second only to the ALL POWERFUL RAZAAK. Does that about cover it?
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jul 18, 2020 12:24:04 GMT
Those who voted for Fangs of Fury last round are probably voting for Daggers of Darkness this one, and probably for similar reasons.
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Post by vagsancho on Jul 18, 2020 13:30:28 GMT
Chasms of Malice is a bad book, with some magic within. Daggers of Darkness is just a bad book.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jul 18, 2020 20:53:11 GMT
Chasms of Malice is a bad book, with some magic within. Daggers of Darkness is just a bad book. Were all the FF books available in Portugal in Portuguese? Or did they miss some out? The later ones?
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Post by The Count on Jul 21, 2020 0:23:20 GMT
Chasms of Malice is a bad book, with some magic within. Daggers of Darkness is just a bad book. Were all the FF books available in Portugal in Portuguese? Or did they miss some out? The later ones? Brasil and Portugal both missed out on at least a third of the series - if I remember correctly, one of them ended with Revenge of the Vampire followed by Sky Lord... Brasil seems to have picked up again from Wizard series 2 with (most of) the new Scholastic books - and new cover art - though.
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Post by The Count on Jul 21, 2020 0:25:15 GMT
I'm still voting for Portal as it's the least engaging of the remainder
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Post by dragontyrant on Jul 21, 2020 8:45:16 GMT
Chasms of Malice is a bad book, with some magic within. Daggers of Darkness is just a bad book. Were all the FF books available in Portugal in Portuguese? Or did they miss some out? The later ones? In Portugal we had 38 books published, all from the Puffin range. There was supposed to be a 39, Revenge of the Vampire, but the publisher close down. Several years later another publisher got the rights but didn't get far into publishing, only three books were released, but at least two were new ones and one of them the great Creature of Havoc.
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