Re: Re: Legend-the GAME!


19 Mar 1995 12:13:22 GMT

Bob Newell wrote:

>So, then, what does everyone think about Legend the GAME as
>opposed to Legend the Item for Technical Carping?

I've not completed Legend yet (stuck at about 85), so I sure
miss a lot of the game. But for the things I have already seen,
this work is ambitious and - in my view - important for the
future of IF.
The most striking aspect of the game sure is its magnificent
prose. Remember the introduction screens, delivering lots of
background information, the room description and an uncertain
feeling of danger in one single turn. Some other texts, as the
descriptions of the puddle or the old man on Foon, even managed
to touch me in a deep, non-intellectual way. That's what good
prose is all about.
In this aspect Legend goes beyond todays common puzzle-oriented
or simulation-like approaches to IF. It is (to take a quotation
from Graham Nelson) a narrative that has beaten the crossword.
Breaking this ground is, IMHO, the real merit of Legend as a
game. It adds diversity to the genre, so IF as a whole becomes
more attractive. - Martin

- Martin
more attractive. - Martin