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From: d88-cbr@dront.nada.kth.se (Christian Beijner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Citadel
Keywords: Citadel
Message-ID: <1990Oct26.151741.3732@nada.kth.se>
Date: 26 Oct 90 15:17:41 GMT
References: <9503@helios.TAMU.EDU> <43654@andante.att.com>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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In article <43654@andante.att.com> chan@andante.UUCP writes:
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>For all you citadel players out there, are there any hints you can give a beginner? More specifically:
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>1. Does anyone know what the "trance" does?

It is useful if you should meet a "monster" that picks up unmoving things.
Dont know any other use. Anybody else.

>2. what is the answer to the question "how long does it take to fall 2 feet?

Start counting. One..two..three.. Arrgh.
There probably is no answer. Just fall.

>3. How do you come back up if you fall into one of those holes?

Find some stairs.
Dont fall down by a) jumping over b) Levitas spell.


Some of my own reflections.
Citadel is beautiful but sometimes in such a pain using.
It is triply copy-protected, albeit in "nice" ways. (No hardware stuff)
a) You really need the manual to manage some of the puzzles,
   and to memorize spells.
b) there is a stupid codewheel, which gives you a letter to type
   on entrance.
c) When starting the first time you type in your name, which then
   gets displayed in following startups and in the about box.
   Personilazed for..

Citadel clearly has the look of a game specifically made for the Mac.
You drag items to change their positions. You click on the screen
to search niches.
The combat is beautiful, its is graphical and fast.
(As opposed to POR which was graphical and slooow)

I have had several problems with saving the game.
Sometimes when I split up parties and saved one party disappears
(completely).
Saving when whole or part of the party is in the elevator is not to recommend.
Citadel forgets that the elevator was, so everybody takes the looong fall
when you open up the file.
Also if you save just after winning a battle in those places were prespecified
monsters appear, (Specifically, like the 3 executioners at the "first"
appearance of Synd) these monsters get resurrected when you open the saved
file. A real pain if you save because the party was weak.
Otherwise I can recommend the game. Real nice.
/Chris