[UA] Clive Barker's Undying

[Edward Perkins]

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From: James O'Rance <jorance at hotmail.com>

> Has anyone played Clive Barker's recent game? Is it any good/UAable?

It's pretty good. Spoilers follow.





>Spoiler space. The final frontier.<






Pros :
Scared the crap out of me in, places. Funky "aura sight" spell, which
reveals all sorts of intruiging things just beyond the normal perceptions,
like scenes with monks in a ruined monastery.

Cons :
Enormous loading times. Wanders a bit in the later levels, becoming somewhat
repetitive. End boss is a ludicrous big monster.

Essentially, the bits Mr. Barker got to appear to be good, but he joined the
project relatively late in the day, and you get the impression that he
didn't have the time to get to some of the dodgier bits. Worth sale prices.

UAability...

Referencing the recent "pocket dimension" thread, there are a couple in
Undying, Onerios (or something), a wierd place full of bit of buildings,
hanging through space. Some kind of architectural IC? :-)

The other one is the Realm of Eternal Autumn, which is full of Neanderthals.
Maybe this is a kind of retirement option, for people displaced from the
Clergy; instead of being Renunciated, they get there own "holiday home"
pocket dimension. The RoEA strikes me as appropriate for the Savage,
although by canon he's still kicking around. Of course, this leaves the
problem of how you get the pc's in there, but all you need is a Bill
Toge-esque copying error...

Undying is very much based around a family which turns in on itself as its
members aqquire magickal power... either out of spite, greed or revenge.

The aura sight ability is pretty cool, and I believe somebody (one of the
Weather Channelers?) has something similar. Could be quite UAable.

And yes, you could include 100-foot tall googly monsters that attempt to
inhale you. Hmm.

-Ed.


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