Hiya,
Off and on over the past year or so, I've been working at playing through
an old DOS game which Michael reviewed in Issue 1 of Audyssey. I've not come
anywhere close to beating it, and don't want to really. I've yet to really
make it much of anywhere--true, I've gotten fairly rich and found a few rather
amazing places, but haven't yet found any real direction. I don't mind this in
the least.
One thing I love about this game, which I haven't found anywhere else, is a
sense of a world with unlimited places to explore. There is this odd sense
that if I just keep going in a direction somewhere I'll find something
interesting, or run into a new town, or a new inn, or a new place where I can
appreciate the depth of detail that's offered here. I've never before
encountered a sense like the following:
When the character in Fallthru travels from town to town over roads, it
seems like he's really traveling somewhere. I get this odd sense that, wow,
that really did take three days! (That's game time, of course.) Since I
haven't really scratched the surface of this game yet, I have to wonder what
it'll be like if I keep going.
I know this game isn't for everyone. It's tedious and hard to get anywhere
sometimes because you're constantly trying to stay alive. There are so many
places to go that it is hard to choose. I find myself setting out long term
goals for spots I want to see and realizing, a few days and some food later,
that I really should've reconsidered. No other game has quite given me this
feeling.
I'm just curious, therefore, if anybody on this list still plays the game?
If so, does it stay this engrossing all the way through? No, don't answer
that. I want to find out for myself.
All the best,
Zack.
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