i would love to play this game but as it is doss i can't ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
> Hey > I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that > has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck > since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a > high > risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. > Niall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru > > >> Hiya, >> Off and on over the past year or so, I've been working at playing >> through an old DOS game which Michael reviewed in Issue 1 of Audyssey. >> I've not come anywhere close to beating it, and don't want to really. >> I've yet to really make it much of anywhere--true, I've gotten fairly >> rich >> and found a few rather amazing places, but haven't yet found any real >> direction. I don't mind this in the least. >> One thing I love about this game, which I haven't found anywhere else, >> is a sense of a world with unlimited places to explore. There is this >> odd >> sense that if I just keep going in a direction somewhere I'll find >> something interesting, or run into a new town, or a new inn, or a new >> place where I can appreciate the depth of detail that's offered here. >> I've never before encountered a sense like the following: >> When the character in Fallthru travels from town to town over roads, >> it >> seems like he's really traveling somewhere. I get this odd sense that, >> wow, that really did take three days! (That's game time, of course.) >> Since I haven't really scratched the surface of this game yet, I have to >> wonder what it'll be like if I keep going. >> I know this game isn't for everyone. It's tedious and hard to get >> anywhere sometimes because you're constantly trying to stay alive. There >> are so many places to go that it is hard to choose. I find myself >> setting >> out long term goals for spots I want to see and realizing, a few days and >> some food later, that I really should've reconsidered. No other game has >> quite given me this feeling. >> I'm just curious, therefore, if anybody on this list still plays the >> game? If so, does it stay this engrossing all the way through? No, >> don't >> answer that. I want to find out for myself. >> All the best, >> Zack. >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.