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#47 - FutureQuest by Roger Pender
Reviewed by Bob Davis (NEUC March 1984)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
Difficulty Rating: 7
This
feature will spotlight adventures, old and new, giving a short description
of the adventure along with a rating and a difficulty score, (1 to 10).
Sometimes I'll ramble on and give my own likes and dislikes as critics will.
If you have a particular adventure you would like to see reviewed here or
just have no one else to write to, please drop me a line.
The
first spotlight is on a new adventure called FUTUREQUEST by Roger Pender. As
the name implies, this adventure takes place in the distant future with some
machine-like commands being used to fit your surroundings; SCAN is used in
place of LOOK, REPAIR for HEAL and TRANSMIT for SAY are just some examples.
This adventure isn't for the beginning character or the character that likes
to snoop into every little corner of the unfamiliar environment.
A
lengthy description tells how you came to be in this future society along
with (what is now) some history on the last few hundred years which
strengthen your convictions that the need for adventurers will never
diminish.
You
start out aboard a space ship in a cryogenic sleep knowing that your mission
is to assassinate a futuristic emperor with an enormous and elite fighting
force. Suddenly awakened during an attack, you must find your way off the
ship. Luckily, this is not hard to do. Once off the ship, you land on a
planet in a barren desert. Now, knowing how to get out of the desert isn't
difficult, but actually surviving what should be a short journey isn't easy
with an inexperienced character. (Don't ask me how I know.)
After
crossing the desert, it is very helpful to acquire friends. Let's say almost
necessary. The emperor just doesn't lay around by himself and wait to be
assassinated. Besides, he's on another planet and at the moment you have no
way of getting there. Obviously, there is still a lot to do before you can
accomplish your mission and FUTUREQUEST has several environments that, once
you're home, make you feel you've been on a 3-day tour of a solar system.
And
that is where I'll leave you, with a little uncertainty but an ever pressing
urge to tackle the unknown and face any danger with a smile and a sword (or
in this case a laser rifle.)
The
rating I mentioned earlier is based on a scale 1 to 10 and is purely my own
arbitrary decision based on the already existing ratings of Eamon adventures
and how I believe it compares to them. In other words, not scientific.
Personally, I found FUTUREQUEST to be refreshing in the various environments
and somewhat difficult. My ratings are:
Pleasure rating ------- 8
Difficulty rating ----- 7
Thank
you for reading my article and I hope you found it somewhat enjoyable. And
again all comments are welcome.
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