dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (02/25/87)
I have been playing Bard's Tale II for about a week, and thought
that folks might be interested in a brief review. Also, I have
a question for someone who has gotten further than I have.
Bard's Tale II is a quest or D&D type game. You controll a band
of adventurers who are on a quest for the missing pieces of
a mystical sword. While searching for the pieces you will run
into many enemies, and a few friends. The towers and dungeons
hold many traps and suprises for your merry band.
For people that are familliar with the original Bard's Tale, there
are quite a few improvements:
o Disk access is MUCH faster. This is a major improvement over the
original program
o You can have as many "special" characters as you have empty slots.
"Special" characters can be in any position in the marching order.
o There are 6 cities, surrounded by forests. There are various
interesting locations in the forest.
o There is a Bank, where you can save your gold. That way, it is still
there if you quit the game by shutting down.
o There is a Bank, Adventurer's guild, Taverns, Temples, etc in
each city.
o It is alot easier to get your characters to a decent expirence
level. There is a beginner's dungeon that gives you lots of
practice and expirence. No more having your level 1 guys
running into 22 Wolves the moment they step out of the
Guild.
All in all, the game is definately better than the original Bard's Tale.
Now for my question.....
How do I get across the "Gap" in the beginning dungeon? I read the
note saying that "The winged one can traverse the gap", so I
conjured up a dragon (which has wings). He didn't help me any.
I am really stuck on this one. If you can help, I would be
gratefull.
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