Yeah I'm in that forest that you get to if you travel to the far east now I think I'm on the edge of the map I can't go any farther east from what I've seen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
> Hiya, > Wow. Rather impressive. I have to wonder where exactly you are. I > have yet to really make it out of the farmlands surrounding Or'gn and the > like, though I did take a hike to Forrod to exchange my ruby for ralls. > Man, how that felt like a fortune at the time, a hundred of them! > Like I say, this game is really amazing to me. I've not run into > anything quite like it before. I'm real glad there are still people > interested in it. > All the best and good luck, > Zack. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Niall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:31 PM > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
