Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion (Classic)

[h1]WAR SPACE MARINE OF THE XENOTOP MOUNTAIN![/h1] Disclaimer: I have 0 knowledge of Warhammer 40000. I guess it's space marines who shoots at space orks and dark eldars and stuff? Emperor, space pope and things like that? I do know a little bit of Warhammer fantasy but oh gods, this game throws A LOT of lore stuff towards you. But I survived! And enjoyed it so I guess if you are the same as me, a Gamebook fan then it should be enjoyable! I only bought this as having played other Gamebook adaptations from the Developer and knowing the author of the book (Jonathan Green), I thought it was worth a shot. It's not the hardest ever gamebook but it's quite devious, some parts are full of death traps but it seems that's the life of a Space Marine...It's quite fun to go around discovering new weapons and trying them on the ennemies. The battle is completely different to Fighting Fantasy where you just roll dice and hope for a higher number. It's sort of a slow, turn by turn Street Fighter brawling/shooting. You have some limited actions you can do on your turn such as move, focus (to attack or defend better) and shoot/hit/punch/cut/chainsaw some xenos. The story oozes atmosphere and is well written (as usual if you are used to Jonathan Green), it throws a LOT of lore towards you and complicate words/adjectives/roles/jobs of Warhammer 40000 world but even if you are a total initiate such as myself, well you can just understand it's like being the Colonial Marines in Aliens except there are more than one type of enemies. There are many endings (some where you are worthy and some where you aren't) and it can be quite hard to find it but it's not impossible. A great adaptation, even for a complete new starter in the lore. I recommend this book if you have a few hours and want something different from classic sword and shield fantasy.

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Perfect run ended up with Nabor as a hood ornament and dragged to Commoragh... Still a really fun throwback and worth it for anyone who loves Black Library, Interactive Fiction and 40k. Real old-school stuff

Epic

Its OK.

Really cool little game that's basically not available anymore. I don't know if it's back because of this "Classics Promo" or just back for good but I recommend getting it while you still can as it has a history of disappearing.

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