Avadon: The Black Fortress

This is a thumbs sideways review, but ever slightly more to the positive side.
I really enjoyed the setting, and story of the game. There were some cliché moments here and there, but also some unexpected events that made it worthwhile.
The writing is good, and the gameplay is passable. There are unfortunately a lot of essential features missing from such an RPG. The tracking of quests is not done well, and it was often difficult to remember the locations of NPCs who originally gave me a quest.
The quests also lacked a lot of important information, and only displayed the initial goal. Once the quest was updated, and there was a next step, the quest information didn't reflect that.
The biggest annoyance with the game, is at times, your party members would spontaneously decide to disappear on their personal missions. The big problem with that is they took all the gear you gave them, and you couldn't take it back unless you knew the moment before they would leave.
The store page also claims there are "hundreds of magical items to find". Okay, sure...hundreds of absolute garbage magical items, yes! I struggled to find anything actually useful, as every item or enchantment has something like +5% melee damage, or +10% protection against poison damage. Such useless attributes which didn't make my characters feel any more powerful in the slightest.
You also get scarabs, which are kind of like magical charms that give you abilities. I might as well have glued trash to myself instead, the little good they did. And so few scarabs, as well! Throughout the game, I had found only enough to fully equip 3 characters. I might have had one extra.
Finally, the last two or three quests in the game are insufferable in terms of combat. Every corner you turn, another enemy awaits. I had done quite some internal screaming each time I encountered yet another wizard with charm, knockback, or stun spells.
Perhaps I built my character incorrectly, because the struggle was real. I became a potion addict, chugging multiple bottles at the same time, and still being stun-locked into death at the very end of the game. It soured the experience, which up until the end, was rather positive.
To get the best experience out of this game, I'd suggest looking up some character builds.
Well, that was a lot of negativity, and it's unfortunate. The story was really great, and I enjoyed being a Hand of Avadon. Dispensing justice, and squashing traitors! A very heroic tale, where your work is important, and the rewards are...uh...not so great.

Avadon: The Black Fortress review
This is a good game. I don't know why... but for some reason despite the archaic UI and lack of any kind of music, playing this game just feels like breeze, in a good way. It understands its strengths and weaknesses and does it's best to just present the player a nice and satisfying adventure. These games aren't very pricey either and I think if you like deep RPGs (and even some not so deep) you will get your money's worth. The campaigns in most Spiderweb Software games are very lengthy to be made by such a small team.
This may not be Spiderweb Software's best game but it is a good game nonetheless. I know I did enjoy the writing for the most part so far and I hope I will get to finish this game (currently I'm however stuck in a certain area so it will take a while).

Exactly what I needed - a story-heavy RPG fix with a utilitarian UI geared towards reading well-written dialogues and plot, and reasonably in-depth combat and progression systems. I've only scratched the surface of the tale - hopefully it will live up to the expectations and provide hours of immersive play and reading material. So far, after 3 hours, I'm enjoying it immensely!

Great RPG ! Well worth a play if you like CRPG

A bit janky but fun for the price.

Good game!

I love this game