mikelemmer's Avernum: Escape from the Pit (PC) review  Refreshed
Style, Classic Substance  Download Size: 160MB  Time Played: 12
hours  Game Completed: ~25-33%  Estimated Time to Complete:
40-50 hrs.  What I'd Pay: $30  Steam Price (4/15/12): $10  I
first played this game 15 years ago, back when it was originally
released as Exile. In the time of Chrono Trigger and Final
Fantasy 6, back before Baldur's Gate revitalized the western RPG
market, it was a shareware throwback to the early Ultima days: a
6-member party, turn-based combat on a grid, and a giant
underground world to explore. It rarely forced you onto a linear
path, blocked your way, or gave any guarantee that crypt would
be as easy as the nearby bandit fort. Even the 3 endings
branched off along wildly divergent paths, giving you the option
to complete just one, two, or all of them. It was enthralling,
it was intoxicating, it's one of my favorite RPGs of all time
and it was only $30.  Spiderweb Software has become a steadfast
presence in the sharewar