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From: tel@adimail.UUCP (Terry Monks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Thoughts on Citadel ?
Summary: Citadel thought
Message-ID: <484@adimail.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 90 13:00:54 GMT
References: <1990Jun1.204703.13482@calgary.uucp>
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In article <1990Jun1.204703.13482@calgary.uucp>, sharp@cpsc.UCalgary.CA writes:
>      Has anyone played Citadel ?  If so, how is it ?  How does it
> 
>      and some etcetera stuff

I have attempted to play Citadel many times, but find it hard to get
anywhere. The character creation is very good. There is uniformly nice
Mac interaction everywhere. The copy protection is not too bad (like
Wizardry, you get asked once per session to enter a letter from a key -
in this case a code wheel.

THe backup is confusing at first, when you backup you are now sending all
changes to the new file, so it`s easy to overwrite a 'good' position. Or
maybe I am just dumb at this.
 
As for the playablility, I have found it hard to get money, and you need
money a lot. You can of course create dummy people and rob them, but then
the only way to get rid of them is to take them into to maze and abandon
them. Right now I have been to about 5 floors, have encountered a riddle
I cannot answer, and cannot get enough encounters to get my characters
advanced. I must be missing something.
 
Magic users can do a thing called 'Trance", which puts the character out of
action for a while, but I cannot see what else it does and cannot find any
mention of it in the manual. Anyone know.

A minor complaint: when characters die in the dungeon the rest of the party
cannot pick them up and carry them out (as far as I can see...)

In spite of the negatives above, I *do* like it and will persevere. They
also sell a hint book for around $14...



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