Fort Aegea
Author: Francesco Bova
Language: z-code
Genre: Fantasy
Score: 7
"Fort Aegea" pits you against a big nasty dragon in a setting that
obviously encompasses more than just this game. Even without the prequel
in the ABOUT message (The Jewel of Knowledge), it is obvious just from the
level of detail given to the history of the druids, the world, and the
maps provided. The manner in which the author divides up the game into
four separate quadrants gives a pleasant illusion of choice in what is
otherwise a game of bottleneck after bottleneck as you scramble to escape
the flying reptile. There are two distinct endings, and unfortunately the
obvious one is the least satisfactory of the two. It also involves an
oddly preachy ending that was mystifying in the context of only this
single game. Perhaps if I'd played "The Jewel of Knowledge", I might have
been able to appreciate its message as appropriate, but as it was, I found
it a little bizarre. It was still an enjoyable game overall and I hope to
try the other two games of this trilogy.
(View this game on Baf's Guide to IF or The IF Ratings Site)
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