Avernum 6 HD

I’ve played all of the Avadon/Avernum games on my ipad and loved ‘em, then I got to this one and WHAT HAPPENED! Did the programmer have a stroke and couldn’t get his head off his right shoulder!? Every other game in the series, I could swipe into a database to record details of the game I wanted to remember and both apps had the same default (and correct) orientation when the ipad is in landscape mode. For some unknown reason the developer broke with a solid compatible configuration to instead turn his app 90 degrees from everything else. All I can think of is that he’s gotten old and crotchety and hates people documenting his game in another app and decided to be a total jerk! ALL VERSIONS I’d had prior to this played nice on the ipad when swapping apps and then to do this lunacy in this app! It’s a good thing the rest of the game is stellar or it would have been more than a star knocked off!

I played all of Spiderweb’s rpg games on my old iMac, and loved them. I just finished playing Avernum 1,2, and 3 in their new incarnation on my iPad. All the changes only made the games better. I am starting #6 today after trying to play the old and unchanged version. The differences are stark. I had to stop and download this new edition. Thank you Spiderweb for all the hard work it must have taken to produce this. I will hope to see #4 and 5 eventually in this updated version.

App appears upside down on my iPad. Many iPad cases with built-in stands hold the device on its left side. (Update) Thank you so much for fixing this! Truly an awesome game and a classic!!!

Hours and hours of awesome gameplay. I can only wish that Jeff Vogel makes an iPad version of Avernum 3, 4 and 5.

The game is very detailed and the mechanics are well-made. My biggest complaint is how small the tileset is -- It is like a half to a third of the size of Avadon's graphics which makes mis-clicks occur a good portion of the time. There are also a few times where the terrain graphics cover up enemies which I feel is a fundamental design flaw. Other than that, the game is of high quality story and gameplay-wise.

Spiderweb Software makes the best story driven RPG's that I ever played. If you like old school fantasy RPG's like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Avadon, and Dungeons of Chaos on iOS, then this game is for you!

All the Avernum games are great fun. Classic RPG style game that focuses more on the story than flashy graphics. I've been playing them for yrs in Windows and jumped at the chance to get it on ipad. Your party is charged with helping the underground kingdom if Avernum survive twin catastrophes: a mysterious disease that is wiping out the country's food source and an invasion by an old foe, the reptilian Sliths. A massive world, tons of quests, and a mostly nonlinear storyline allow players to direct their own way through the game. Some of the mechanics are harder on the smaller touchscreen of the ipad than on a mouse-based system, but it's worth putting up with for the adventure.

I've put in dozens or hours into this game and have usually had a hard time putting it down. Spiderweb does not disappoint here with content and secret places to find.

When touching on quest locations in the world map, the text appears almost directly where you touch. This is almost totally unreadable because it is under your finger. The text should appear further away from where you touch to be user friendly. Also, with all the talk of the importance of food in this game, there is no clear indication of if or whether you actually need to eat or are getting hungry. Does eating food actually do anything other than restore some health?

I love this game!