T.SSI REVIEW
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CHA| 000005A0: 52 41 43 54 45 52 0D 43 52 45 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 |RACTER.CREATION | 000005B0: 49 53 20 42 52 4F 55 47 48 54 20 54 4F 20 41 20 |IS BROUGHT TO A | 000005C0: 4E 45 57 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 4F 46 0D 50 4C 41 |NEW LEVEL OF.PLA| 000005D0: 59 45 52 20 49 4E 54 45 52 41 43 54 49 4F 4E 2E |YER INTERACTION.| 000005E0: 20 20 D4 48 45 20 52 41 43 45 2C 20 53 54 41 54 | .HE RACE, STAT| 000005F0: 53 2C 0D 46 41 43 45 2C 20 42 4F 44 59 20 41 4E |S,.FACE, BODY AN| 00000600: 44 20 45 56 45 4E 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 |D EVEN THE COLOR| 00000610: 20 4F 46 0D 43 4C 4F 54 48 49 4E 47 20 41 52 45 | OF.CLOTHING ARE| 00000620: 20 4C 45 46 54 20 55 50 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 | LEFT UP TO THE | 00000630: 50 4C 41 59 45 52 2E 0D D4 48 49 53 20 57 41 53 |PLAYER...HIS WAS| 00000640: 20 41 20 4E 49 43 45 20 45 46 46 4F 52 54 20 54 | A NICE EFFORT T| 00000650: 4F 20 42 52 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 0D 43 48 41 52 |O BRING THE.CHAR| 00000660: 41 43 54 45 52 20 41 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 20 43 |ACTER A LITTLE C| 00000670: 4C 4F 53 45 52 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 0D 50 4C 41 |LOSER TO THE.PLA| 00000680: 59 45 52 2E 20 20 C6 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 52 45 |YER. .ROM THERE| 00000690: 2C 20 49 4E 54 45 52 41 43 54 49 4F 4E 20 57 49 |, INTERACTION WI| 000006A0: 54 48 0D 4F 54 48 45 52 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 |TH.OTHER CHARACT| 000006B0: 45 52 53 20 49 53 20 45 51 55 41 4C 4C 59 20 57 |ERS IS EQUALLY W| 000006C0: 45 4C 4C 0D 54 48 4F 55 47 48 54 20 4F 55 54 2E |ELL.THOUGHT OUT.| 000006D0: 20 20 CE 4F 4E 50 4C 41 59 45 52 20 43 48 41 52 | .ONPLAYER CHAR| 000006E0: 41 43 54 45 52 53 0D 28 CE D0 C3 29 20 4D 41 59 |ACTERS.(...) MAY| 000006F0: 20 4A 4F 49 4E 20 59 4F 55 52 20 50 41 52 54 59 | JOIN YOUR PARTY| 00000700: 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 0D 4C 49 4D 49 |. .OU HAVE.LIMI| 00000710: 54 45 44 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 20 4F 56 45 52 |TED CONTROL OVER| 00000720: 20 54 48 45 4D 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 C1 54 20 | THEM... .T | 00000730: 41 4E 59 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 2C 20 45 56 45 4E 20 |ANY POINT, EVEN | 00000740: 49 4E 20 43 4F 4D 42 41 54 2C 20 41 4E 0D CE D0 |IN COMBAT, AN...| 00000750: C3 20 4D 41 59 20 43 48 4F 4F 53 45 20 54 4F 20 |. MAY CHOOSE TO | 00000760: 41 42 41 4E 44 4F 4E 20 59 4F 55 2C 20 4F 52 20 |ABANDON YOU, OR | 00000770: 45 56 45 4E 0D 54 55 52 4E 20 41 47 41 49 4E 53 |EVEN.TURN AGAINS| 00000780: 54 20 59 4F 55 2E 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 4F 43 43 |T YOU. .HIS OCC| 00000790: 55 52 52 45 4E 43 45 0D 4D 41 59 20 42 52 49 4E |URRENCE.MAY BRIN| 000007A0: 47 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 54 45 41 52 53 2C 20 |G YOU TO TEARS, | 000007B0: 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 20 49 46 0D 59 4F |ESPECIALLY IF.YO| 000007C0: 55 27 56 45 20 47 52 4F 57 4E 20 41 54 54 41 43 |U'VE GROWN ATTAC| 000007D0: 48 45 44 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 4C 49 54 54 4C |HED TO THE LITTL| 000007E0: 45 0D 43 52 45 45 50 2E 20 20 C2 55 54 20 49 54 |E.CREEP. .UT IT| 000007F0: 20 44 45 46 49 4E 49 54 45 4C 59 20 49 4E 43 52 | DEFINITELY INCR| 00000800: 45 41 53 45 53 0D 54 48 45 20 52 45 41 4C 49 54 |EASES.THE REALIT| 00000810: 59 20 4C 45 56 45 4C 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 41 |Y LEVEL OF THE A| 00000820: 44 56 45 4E 54 55 52 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 |DVENTURE... .| 00000830: 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 56 45 52 59 20 46 45 |HERE ARE VERY FE| 00000840: 57 20 42 41 44 20 54 48 49 4E 47 53 20 54 4F 0D |W BAD THINGS TO.| 00000850: 42 45 20 53 41 49 44 20 41 42 4F 55 54 20 54 48 |BE SAID ABOUT TH| 00000860: 49 53 20 47 41 4D 45 2E 20 20 C9 54 20 49 53 20 |IS GAME. .T IS | 00000870: 42 55 49 4C 54 0D 55 50 4F 4E 20 C1 C4 26 C4 2C |BUILT.UPON ..&.,| 00000880: 20 42 55 54 20 49 54 20 43 45 52 54 41 49 4E 4C | BUT IT CERTAINL| 00000890: 59 20 49 53 20 4E 4F 0D 52 45 50 4C 41 43 45 4D |Y IS NO.REPLACEM| 000008A0: 45 4E 54 20 46 4F 52 20 41 20 47 4F 4F 44 20 47 |ENT FOR A GOOD G| 000008B0: 41 4D 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 0D 42 55 44 |AME WITH THE.BUD| 000008C0: 44 49 45 53 2E 20 20 D0 CF CF CC 20 CF C6 20 D2 |DIES. .... .. .| 000008D0: C1 C4 C9 C1 CE C3 C5 20 4C 41 43 4B 53 20 54 48 |....... 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THE.GAME| 00000C00: 20 53 54 41 52 54 53 20 49 53 20 46 41 52 20 4D | STARTS IS FAR M| 00000C10: 4F 52 45 20 49 4D 50 4F 52 54 41 4E 54 0D 54 48 |ORE IMPORTANT.TH| 00000C20: 41 4E 20 57 48 41 54 20 48 45 20 4C 4F 4F 4B 53 |AN WHAT HE LOOKS| 00000C30: 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 42 45 46 4F 52 45 20 49 54 0D | LIKE BEFORE IT.| 00000C40: 53 54 41 52 54 53 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 |STARTS... .HE| 00000C50: 20 47 41 4D 45 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 53 20 46 | GAME PROVIDES F| 00000C60: 4F 52 20 41 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 44 45 41 4C 0D |OR A GREAT DEAL.| 00000C70: 4F 46 20 46 52 45 45 44 4F 4D 20 4F 46 20 4D 4F |OF FREEDOM OF MO| 00000C80: 56 45 4D 45 4E 54 2C 20 42 55 54 20 53 54 49 4C |VEMENT, BUT STIL| 00000C90: 4C 0D 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 59 4F 55 20 49 4E 54 4F |L.LOCKS YOU INTO| 00000CA0: 20 41 20 50 41 54 48 20 54 48 41 54 20 49 53 20 | A PATH THAT IS | 00000CB0: 53 45 54 20 54 4F 4F 0D 43 4C 45 41 52 4C 59 2E |SET TOO.CLEARLY.| 00000CC0: 20 20 C9 20 45 4E 4A 4F 59 20 57 48 45 4E 20 41 | . ENJOY WHEN A| 00000CD0: 20 50 4C 4F 54 0D 44 45 56 45 4C 4F 50 53 20 42 | PLOT.DEVELOPS B| 00000CE0: 45 46 4F 52 45 20 4D 59 20 45 59 45 53 2C 20 4E |EFORE MY EYES, N| 00000CF0: 4F 54 20 57 48 45 4E 0D 4D 49 4E 49 2D 41 44 56 |OT WHEN.MINI-ADV| 00000D00: 45 4E 54 55 52 45 53 20 41 52 45 20 48 41 4E 44 |ENTURES ARE HAND| 00000D10: 45 44 20 54 4F 20 4D 45 20 50 49 45 43 45 0D 42 |ED TO ME PIECE.B| 00000D20: 59 20 50 49 45 43 45 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 |Y PIECE FROM THE| 00000D30: 20 22 C3 49 54 59 20 48 41 4C 4C 22 2E 0D 0D 20 | ".ITY HALL"... | 00000D40: 20 20 20 C1 47 41 49 4E 20 54 48 49 53 20 49 53 | .GAIN THIS IS| 00000D50: 20 41 20 4D 41 54 54 45 52 20 4F 46 0D 50 45 52 | A MATTER OF.PER| 00000D60: 53 4F 4E 41 4C 20 50 52 45 46 45 52 45 4E 43 45 |SONAL PREFERENCE| 00000D70: 2E 20 20 C1 4E 44 20 49 4E 20 41 20 47 41 4D 45 |. .ND IN A GAME| 00000D80: 20 53 4F 0D 4C 41 52 47 45 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 | SO.LARGE, EACH | 00000D90: 49 4E 44 49 56 49 44 55 41 4C 20 54 41 53 4B 20 |INDIVIDUAL TASK | 00000DA0: 42 55 49 4C 44 53 0D 49 4E 54 4F 20 41 4E 20 49 |BUILDS.INTO AN I| 00000DB0: 4E 54 45 52 45 53 54 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 44 20 4F |NTERESTING AND O| 00000DC0: 46 54 45 4E 0D 45 4E 54 48 52 41 4C 4C 49 4E 47 |FTEN.ENTHRALLING| 00000DD0: 20 51 55 45 53 54 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 4C 4C 20 | QUEST.. .LL | 00000DE0: 49 4E 20 41 4C 4C 2C 20 C9 20 4C 49 4B 45 44 20 |IN ALL, . LIKED | 00000DF0: 49 54 2E 20 20 C9 54 27 53 20 4E 4F 54 0D 47 4F |IT. .T'S NOT.GO| 00000E00: 49 4E 47 20 54 4F 20 53 48 4F 43 4B 20 59 4F 55 |ING TO SHOCK YOU| 00000E10: 20 57 49 54 48 20 49 4E 4E 4F 56 41 54 49 4F 4E | WITH INNOVATION| 00000E20: 2C 0D 42 55 54 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E |,.BUT THE PRESEN| 00000E30: 54 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 49 54 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 |TATION IT PROVID| 00000E40: 45 53 20 49 53 0D 42 45 54 54 45 52 20 54 48 41 |ES IS.BETTER THA| 00000E50: 4E 20 41 4E 59 20 50 52 45 56 49 4F 55 53 20 41 |N ANY PREVIOUS A| 00000E60: 44 56 45 4E 54 55 52 45 0D 59 4F 55 20 4D 41 59 |DVENTURE.YOU MAY| 00000E70: 20 48 41 56 45 20 53 45 45 4E 2E 20 20 C3 4F 4E | HAVE SEEN. .ON| 00000E80: 54 41 49 4E 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 46 4F 55 52 0D 44 |TAINED ON FOUR.D| 00000E90: 4F 55 42 4C 45 2D 53 49 44 45 44 20 44 49 53 4B |OUBLE-SIDED DISK| 00000EA0: 53 2C 20 D0 CF CF CC 20 CF C6 20 D2 C1 C4 C9 C1 |S, .... .. .....| 00000EB0: CE C3 C5 0D 49 53 20 41 20 4D 41 53 53 49 56 45 |....IS A MASSIVE| 00000EC0: 20 41 4E 44 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C 49 43 41 54 45 44 | AND COMPLICATED| 00000ED0: 0D 41 44 56 45 4E 54 55 52 45 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 |.ADVENTURE. .OR| 00000EE0: 20 49 54 53 20 41 4C 4C 2D 41 52 4F 55 4E 44 0D | ITS ALL-AROUND.| 00000EF0: 51 55 41 4C 49 54 59 2C 20 49 54 20 49 53 20 50 |QUALITY, IT IS P| 00000F00: 52 4F 42 41 42 4C 59 20 54 48 45 20 42 45 53 54 |ROBABLY THE BEST| 00000F10: 20 47 41 4D 45 0D 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 4D 4F | GAME.FOR THE MO| 00000F20: 4E 45 59 20 54 48 41 54 20 48 41 53 20 42 45 45 |NEY THAT HAS BEE| 00000F30: 4E 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 53 48 45 4C 46 20 53 |N ON THE.SHELF S| 00000F40: 4F 20 46 41 52 2E 20 20 C9 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 |O FAR. . FOUND | 00000F50: 49 54 20 4C 41 43 4B 49 4E 47 20 49 4E 0D 43 52 |IT LACKING IN.CR| 00000F60: 45 41 54 49 56 49 54 59 2C 20 42 55 54 20 57 41 |EATIVITY, BUT WA| 00000F70: 53 20 56 45 52 59 20 53 55 43 43 45 53 53 46 55 |S VERY SUCCESSFU| 00000F80: 4C 0D 41 4E 44 20 54 41 4B 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 |L.AND TAKING THE| 00000F90: 20 42 45 53 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 45 58 49 | BEST OF THE EXI| 00000FA0: 53 54 49 4E 47 0D 47 41 4D 45 53 20 41 4E 44 20 |STING.GAMES AND | 00000FB0: 43 4F 4D 42 49 4E 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 4D 20 54 |COMBINING THEM T| 00000FC0: 4F 20 50 52 4F 56 49 44 45 20 41 0D 53 4F 4C 49 |O PROVIDE A.SOLI| 00000FD0: 44 20 41 4E 44 20 45 58 43 49 54 49 4E 47 20 41 |D AND EXCITING A| 00000FE0: 44 56 45 4E 54 55 52 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 59 4F |DVENTURE THAT YO| 00000FF0: 55 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 4E 4F 54 20 42 45 20 41 42 |U.WILL NOT BE AB| 00001000: 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 50 55 54 20 44 4F 57 4E 20 4F |LE TO PUT DOWN O| 00001010: 4E 43 45 20 59 4F 55 0D 47 45 54 20 53 54 41 52 |NCE YOU.GET STAR| 00001020: 54 45 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A |TED... **| 00001030: 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A |** .ND .F .EXT *| 00001040: 2A 2A 2A 0D |***. |
..^U:REVIEWS. P O O L O F R A D I A N C E.. REVIEWED BY KEVIN CLOU D.. THE POOL OF RADIANCE SENDS YOU ON .AN EXCITING ADVENTURE WITHIN THE TOWN.O F PHLAN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS..ON YO UR QUEST YOU WILL TRAVERSE THE.WILDERNES S, ENTER CASTLES, TRADE WITH.MERCHANTS, VENTURE INTO DARKENED.CAVERNS, AND FREE A CITY FROM EVIL'S.GRIP. THE GAME COMBI NES 3D MOVEMENT.(SIMILAR TO BARD'S TALE) AND.INDIVIDUAL AND ANIMATED COMBAT.(SIM ILAR TO ULTIMA). IT STICKS WITH.ITS PRO MISE OF BEING BUILT UPON.ADVANCED DUNGEO NS AND DRAGONS' RULES..FOR AD&D PLAYERS, CATCHING ON TO THE.FORMAT OF THIS GAME WILL BE A SNAP.. YOUR PERSONA MAY BE IN THE FORM.OF AN ELF, DWARF, GNOME, HAL F-ELF,.HARLFLING, OR HUMAN. YOUR SUCCES S CAN.BE JUDGED BY THE NUMBER OF TASKS Y OU.ACCOMPLISH AND THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENC E.YOU ACHIEVE. YOUR CHARACTERS HAVE.MAN Y STRENGTHS BUT ARE ALSO LIMITED BY.VARI OUS WEAKNESSES. THE RULE OF THUMB.IN TH IS ADVENTURE IS: FIGHT HARD,.FIGHT SMART , AND KNOW WHEN TO RETREAT... IN COMB AT, EACH CHARACTER CAN BE.CONTROLLED MAN UALLY OR BY THE.COMPUTER. THE SYSTEM OF COMBAT IS.VERY COMPLICATED ALLOWING FOR A GREAT.DEAL OF FREEDOM FOR THE PLAYER. THE.MONSTERS YOU MUST FACE ARE DEVIOUS .AND YOU MUST USE YOUR WITS TO SURVIVE.T HEM.. ON MANY OCCASIONS YOU MUST KNOW .WHEN TO ASK FOR PARDON OR EVEN MAKE A.D EAL BEFORE DRAWING THE SWORD. BE.CAUTIOU S AND USE YOUR HEAD, BUT DON'T.WASTE YOU R TIME... IN THE POOL OF RADIANCE CHA RACTER.CREATION IS BROUGHT TO A NEW LEVE L OF.PLAYER INTERACTION. THE RACE, STAT S,.FACE, BODY AND EVEN THE COLOR OF.CLOT HING ARE LEFT UP TO THE PLAYER..THIS WAS A NICE EFFORT TO BRING THE.CHARACTER A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE.PLAYER. FROM THERE , INTERACTION WITH.OTHER CHARACTERS IS E QUALLY WELL.THOUGHT OUT. NONPLAYER CHAR ACTERS.(NPC) MAY JOIN YOUR PARTY. YOU H AVE.LIMITED CONTROL OVER THEM... AT ANY POINT, EVEN IN COMBAT, AN.NPC MAY CH OOSE TO ABANDON YOU, OR EVEN.TURN AGAINS T YOU. THIS OCCURRENCE.MAY BRING YOU TO TEARS, ESPECIALLY IF.YOU'VE GROWN ATTAC HED TO THE LITTLE.CREEP. BUT IT DEFINIT ELY INCREASES.THE REALITY LEVEL OF THE A DVENTURE... THERE ARE VERY FEW BAD TH INGS TO.BE SAID ABOUT THIS GAME. IT IS BUILT.UPON AD&D, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NO. REPLACEMENT FOR A GOOD GAME WITH THE.BUD DIES. POOL OF RADIANCE LACKS THE.EXCITE MENT AND FREEDOM OF A REAL AD&D.ADVENTUR E, BUT DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST.IT. IF T HE C64 WERE AS FUN AS FRIENDS.I WOULD PR OBABLY HAVE TO FEED IT COKE.AND PIZZA AN D EVEN KICK IT OUT OF THE.HOUSE OCCASION ALLY... THE GRAPHICS ARE GOOD, BUT DO NOT.NOT PUSH THE LIMITS OF THE C64. WE .ALL KNOW WE LIKE OUR ADVENTURES TO.BE P RETTY, BUT THE POOL OF RADIANCE.ISN'T AS PRETTY AS IT COULD BE. THE.PRESENTATIO N OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS.VERY GOOD, BUT I T DOES LITTLE TO.PROVIDE YOU THE IMAGE O F A CITY IN.RUINS... THE IDEA OF PUTT ING FACES AND.BODIES TOGETHER WHEN CREAT ING A.CHARACTER HAS SOME MERIT, BUT DOES .LITTLE TO IMPROVE THE PLAY OF THE.GAME. THE ENTIRE CHARACTER.DEVELOPMENT SECTI ON IS TOO TIME-.CONSUMING FOR MY TASTES. .. FOR ME, HOW THE CHARACTER.DEVELOPS AS AN INDIVIDUAL AFTER THE.GAME STARTS IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT.THAN WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE BEFORE IT.STARTS... THE GAME PR OVIDES FOR A GREAT DEAL.OF FREEDOM OF MO VEMENT, BUT STILL.LOCKS YOU INTO A PATH THAT IS SET TOO.CLEARLY. I ENJOY WHEN A PLOT.DEVELOPS BEFORE MY EYES, NOT WHEN. MINI-ADVENTURES ARE HANDED TO ME PIECE.B Y PIECE FROM THE "CITY HALL"... AGAIN THIS IS A MATTER OF.PERSONAL PREFERENCE . AND IN A GAME SO.LARGE, EACH INDIVIDU AL TASK BUILDS.INTO AN INTERESTING AND O FTEN.ENTHRALLING QUEST.. ALL IN ALL, I LIKED IT. IT'S NOT.GOING TO SHOCK YOU WITH INNOVATION,.BUT THE PRESENTATION I T PROVIDES IS.BETTER THAN ANY PREVIOUS A DVENTURE.YOU MAY HAVE SEEN. CONTAINED O N FOUR.DOUBLE-SIDED DISKS, POOL OF RADIA NCE.IS A MASSIVE AND COMPLICATED.ADVENTU RE. FOR ITS ALL-AROUND.QUALITY, IT IS P ROBABLY THE BEST GAME.FOR THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN ON THE.SHELF SO FAR. I FOUND IT LACKING IN.CREATIVITY, BUT WAS VERY S UCCESSFUL.AND TAKING THE BEST OF THE EXI STING.GAMES AND COMBINING THEM TO PROVID E A.SOLID AND EXCITING ADVENTURE THAT YO U.WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN ONCE YOU. GET STARTED... **** END OF TEXT * ***.
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