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The Warlock of firetop mountain is an amazing book. A classic in fact. Written by Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson games (http://www.sjgames.com) years ago if was one of the seminal fighting fantasy books of it’s time - infact THE fighting fantasy book of its time.
So when I heard that not only were they going to produce a nintendo DS game version of it I was excited. When I realised that it had already been released I immediately jumped onto my computer to down load it to my R4 card so I could play it straight away.
So having made it to firetop mountain (aka having downloaded the game and transferred it onto my R4 card) I started playing the game. Now at first I have to say it was great! I loved it! It had all the elements that the book had that I enjoyed so much. The weapons, customability, level ups… and most of all - the orks! My god how I missed the Orks - I really felt that they had done their best to stay true to the game-book and really include all the original elements that were so fantastical.
So ready here comes the let down…. the game sucks! I mean it is really addictive to begin with. All the great things about the original game come rushing back to me, the creatures, the warlock, the chests - and good god I really want to make it through the maze to meet the fabled dragon from the story…
.. however the game just sucks. It is too difficult when you are playing an archer for starters. It has gotten to the point where I just die all the time. Death has little backlash, so it doesn’t matter. Monsters re-spawn all the the time, so you do a really hard fight and feel great, only to pop back into the room a few minutes later to find the bad guys are back and this time you have no fire ball scrolls to help you defeat the bad guy!
I the end I just gave up. I was so glad I didn’t pay for it. Usually I feel a little guilt over doing downloads to the R4i card as it does screw the makers over, and sometimes I even pay for the game afterwards if the game was really good. But this time I felt nothing at all. The game sucked, and I was really glad that Steve did not get my money.
If you are thinking of buying this game - don’t. Download it to your R4 card first, realise it sucks, then buy it as a birthday present for that cousin that you hate but still have to go to his birthday party.
So that is the warlock of firetop mountain download review. I wish it were better news, but sometimes the truth is just the truth and there is no getting away from it.
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