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 Posted: Tue, 7th Aug 2007 11:24 Post subject: Avencast: Rise of the Mage |
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Avencast: Rise of the Mage
- Official web page: LINK
- Publisher: Lighthouse Interactive
- Developer: Clockstone Software
- Genre: RPG
- Release date: US: August 21, 2007 // Europe: August 2007
- Story/Description:
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Begin your journey as an adept attending the renowned magic academy Avencast, a place of learning in a world of wizardry, wonder and untold mystery. You are expected to complete a number of diverse quests to hone their skills in potions, spell casting, weaponry, and melee combat. As the story unravels, your character's purpose becomes clear -- things at the academy are not as they appear and when Avencast is descended upon by demonic hordes the very survival of his world is at stake. Armed with over 60 different combat moves and spells, and over one hundred different equipment items plus variations, the player must fight various nightmarish creatures and transcend dimensions into the past. The intriguing plot thickens revealing treachery, deceit, the tragic destiny of a forgotten people, and an astonishing truth that will forever change the battle scarred Wizard.
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- Multiplayer: NO
- System requirements:
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Minimum System Requirements For Avencast
- Microsoft Windows XP®
- 2 Ghz Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon™ processor
- 512 MB RAM
- 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
- Approx. 4.4 GB free hard disk space
- 64 MB Direct X9 video card (nVidia GeForce 5600+ or ATI 9700)
- Dirext X 9.0c
Recommended System Requirements For Avencast
- Microsoft Windows XP®
- 3 GHz Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon™ processor
- 1 GB RAM
- 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
- Approx. 4.4GB free hard disk space
- 256 MB Direct X9 video card (nVidia GeForce 7600GS+ or ATI X1600)
- Dirext X 9.0c
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- Preview: RPG Vault: Avencast: Rise of the Mage Peek #1, RPG Vault: Avencast: Rise of the Mage Interview - Part 2, RPG Vault: Avencast: Rise of the Mage Interview - Part 1
- Screenshots: IGN, Absolute Games.RU
- Trailer: IGN, GameTrailers
-=NEWS=-
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none yet
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slak
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Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Aug 2007 18:34 Post subject: |
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Looks like it could be fun.
"Why not just shut up and have people only think you are a moron instead of opening your mouth and removing all doubt." -Mark Twain
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Aug 2007 21:10 Post subject: |
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Right,now were did i leave my fake beard and magic hat
Ah right in my moms basement next to my Star Trek collection, go magic missile go
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Phluxed
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Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Aug 2007 21:30 Post subject: |
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I think it has potential like Dungeon Siege did. Such a great game and so much replayability, but the lack of online may hurt it.
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Oct 2007 16:14 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Oct 2007 18:35 Post subject: |
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-=[ ProtectionID v5.2c ]=- (c) CdKiller & [x/xxx]
Build 12-02-2007....
> Ready
Scanning -> C:\Program Files\Lighthouse Interactive\Avencast Demo\Avencast.exe
File Type : Exe, Size : 7684096 (0754000h) Bytes
-> Suspicious MZ Header..
[!] SecuROM Detected - Version 7.xx
- Scan Took : 0.641 Seconds
jeeez why now everyone load shit also to demo's
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Oct 2007 19:59 Post subject: |
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Noot very good imo.. The controls are a bit iffy and the game doesnt seem that deep. The artistic style of the cut scene and the menus are very nice but the game feels "meh".
There is only one class and you spec either blood (melee), soul (caster), whatever(summuning). The spells in the different trees are few and they seem alot alike. Also it seems to be "Ice Bolt" -> "Improved Icebolt" -> "Improved improved icebolt (now with doom)" and so on. One thing thats a bit cool is that you can cast spells using keyboard combos.
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| Posted: Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 08:31 Post subject: |
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As stated on their page UK release date is 2.11. Anyone playing already ?
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| Posted: Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 18:25 Post subject: |
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Avencast.Rise.Of.The.Mage-RELOADED
CPU : Intel i7 6900K | GC : Inno3D GTX 1080 FE | RAM : 128 GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 | Case : Cooler Master COSMOS II | Mobo : Asus X99-DELUXE II | Cooler : Corsair H115i | PSU : Corsair HX1000i | Optical Drive : Asus BW-16D1HT | System Drive : Samsung 950 PRO M.2 PCIe 512Gb | HDD's : 7x ~ 28 Tb | OS : Win 10 Pro x64 | Monitor : Dell U2713HM
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| Posted: Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 19:13 Post subject: |
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only one character? no custimization??
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Nakitu
Posts: 1144
Location: Croatia
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| Posted: Sat, 3rd Nov 2007 20:57 Post subject: |
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Meh game is average at best. Only 2 schools of magic with limited amount of spells.
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| Posted: Sun, 4th Nov 2007 00:53 Post subject: |
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Very average and 5 years to late. Saw better freeware games than this. British accent of voice actors takes getting used to if you do not like to read a lot of blahblah. 65/100 (but only 1h of playing)
Skipping to next one...
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Nov 2007 09:01 Post subject: |
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omg ... tried this yesterday evening for a couple an hour ... that's one of the worst control system ever seen in an action-rpg, i mean:
"primary configuration"
- you use wasd keys to move around
- you use the mouse to target enemies
- you input combos with the movement keys (!!!) while you move with the same ones (!!!) to activate abilities
Result: horrible, not even to be taken in consideration.
"secondary configuration"
- like the above but using up to three abilities with the three mouse buttons
Result: nearly acceptable, but it's still very problematic the change of abilities. I mean, i used lmouse for melee staff attack, rmouse for ranged staff attack, middle mouse for a spell. In the middle of combat i wanted to use another ability ... argh ... option one is re-setup every time one of the mouse buttons, option two is pressing an Fx (1- key to fire the spell ... unfortunately all of this while using your fingers to move around with the wasd keys ...
Ok you could just stay with a standard basic attack (the melee when mana goes low) and two spells to be activated with two mouse buttons ... umpf i suppose developers never saw and played games like diablo 2 or titan quest ...
Near final rating: 5/10
I'll give it a second try this evening, eventually i'll post an updated opinion later.
One last info ... another game of a nearly infinite serie of "xp-(vista)" only that work flawlessly on windows 2000 too.
There are only 10 kinds of people : those that understand binaries and those that don't.
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Nov 2007 14:12 Post subject: |
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the witcher, the witcher, the witcher
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack newbies on fire off the shoulder of NFOrce. I watched VIP members glitter in the dark near the PC Gamers forum. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain..."
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Nov 2007 22:42 Post subject: |
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Have been playing a bit more ... i have to admit that throwing completely away the combo thing, customizing some keys, getting a bit used to the camera and accepting to have only 2-3 spells available at once in combat (they could have added the possibility to use the mouse central button wheel to change spells instead of zooming in and out) ... well this little game becomes pretty enjoyable, not a diablo 2 heir but worth trying out !
I think it deserves a more than sufficient rating.
@ joe potato: personally i don't like the witcher, it's just my personal opinion eh, it's just that the combat system irritates me too much and i hate melee only chars (and even 90% ones), but as i told, it's only a personal taste
There are only 10 kinds of people : those that understand binaries and those that don't.
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Jul 2008 17:49 Post subject: |
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Avencast.Rise.of.the.Mage.v1.03.Update-SKIDROW
patch info :
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v1.03
- monster health bar instead of "wounded text"
- low mana / health feedback improved
- bugfix: unexpected monster health refill
- bugfix: monster disappear bug
- bugfix: planetarium laser bug
- balancing: Kalios firedwarf quest easier
- balancing: Tertius bossmonster in vault level easier
- workaround: 'disable videos' option for users with codec / driver problems
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