Death Gate (Review)

Ok... well here we go again.. and this time I am doing Death Gate. A Legend Interactive game and a terrific example of how incredibly well designed puzzles and interaction with the game world can overcome age. This is retro gaming in a nutshell. Based on The Death Gate Cycle this game brings a terrific story, has extremely good conversations trees and voice over's, brilliant game design and even some genre first game devices now common place in game. Though this game did it first.

Well this is my last review for the time being (I tend to do them in 2s for some reason) and I hope you like it. The Policenauts review was a little rushed as it was an after though. I was in fact working on The Cornels' Bequest, but thought it would be good to get that review out while the game was in its current resurgence of popularity due to the recent release of the English fansub.

I think I am finally starting to get these reviews working as I wish, as in fitting in most of the commentary I wish to fit in.. I am even under 10 min this time :) I feel this is my best review so far.

Anyway.. I hope you like it
Have fun and Happy Adventuring
A4L

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• adventure
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[AdventureReviews]

hahah... you know I am not sure it is :)

[AdventureReviews]

When I did this play though, I never even opened the options window. Guess that is why I am a amateur reviewer and not a professional. Anyway it turns out you can disable Haplo's voice independent of the rest of the audio options..

Thanks to AFGNCAAP from adventuregamers for pointing this out.

[AdventureReviews]

This is a repost as I made a HUGE mistake and said INFOGRAM instead of INFOCOM.... No idea how I missed this during the editing process.... Thanks go to "mxjgr" for pointing this out...

Oh well not one is perfect....

Have fun and Happy Adventuring

[19summers81]

I wish they'd release a newer version of the game and have it follow the book story more closely. Or even a move series of Harry Potter length.

[yousini]

There is no Alfred at all in this game, beyond crazy. Still a great game.

[ViciousAlienKlown]

I never played this game but I did read all 7 books in the Deathgate Cycle and recommend them highly if you like adventure fantasy novels.

[vanishy0urself]

My only gripe with this game is the final puzzle that wants you to remember a conversation from the middle of the game and even the reference itself is so cryptic. Otherwise, this was one of the greatest games I have ever played. The Sang-Drax voice used to be a mainstay in my nightmares, heh. :) Great game.

The DosBOX Adlib sound is majestic, too bad the real one is not actually all that great...

[wijayapala]

@precioumoment The game is VERY different from the books. Haplo is still cool and likable (possibly with a better sense of humor based on the dialogue choices the game gives you) but not the ultimate ass-kicker of all time that he was in the books. Samah is actually a good guy in the game (sigh, so no epic showdown with this jerk). And, as much as I hate to say it, the dog plays a very minor role in the game (weep). All the same, I didn't even hear about Deathgate until I played the game.

[richardwalker]

Just found out about this game... really want to play it now. Just rereading the books for the nth time

[Pasteldqueijo]

i want to play this so much now..

[vintagevideogamegeek]

I really enjoy your reviews, but with this one I'm left wondering "what is the Death Gate and what is this game really about?" I know you probably want people to play the game, but I know I'll never have the time plus I'm more of a console bloke.

[Maskedhaven]

I had no idea this game existed.