Avernum 4 is a three-quarters-view, top-down RPG with a camera angle similar to games like Diablo, or the aforementioned Icewind Dale. You select a party of four characters from races like Humans or Slithzerikai (a lizard-like race similar to the Argonians in Morrowind), each with its own strengths and weaknesses like missile bonuses for the Nephil (a cat-like race) but a –10% XP earning. You then select a class for each one, like a sorcerer, priest, rogue, or soldier (or make your own), apply points to various skills that you want each one to have (arcane lore, missile weapons, etc.), and you can even select various birth backgrounds, etc., which will also add something additional but take something away somewhere else. Once you get this done, it’s off to the caverns with ya.
Controls to Avernum 4 are simple to figure out and run with quickly right from the get go. Left clicking with the mouse moves your characters in a line formation wherever you want them to go, and clicking on an enemy will change your cursor to a fist to represent that you can attack. Now, for those of you who are worried about changing up formations and are worrying about keeping your mage in the back, etc … fret not. When combat occurs, everything moves in a turn-based sequence (based on action points to move, attack, cast spells, etc.) which allows you to move your party members wherever and however you’d like them based on your own personal strategy. The developers also made sure to include tabs to cover just about everything you’ll need, like a map, journal, inventories, spell tab, and a default button to help characters switch quickly between melee and missile weapons on the fly.
MINIMUM
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800MHz Processor
256MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk Space
Nvidia TNT2, GeForce 1, 2 or 3, ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500 or 8500, or Matrox G450 Video Card
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
DirectX 9
MAXIMUM
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM (High)
30 GB Hard dDisk Space
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD4850 Video Card
Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live
DirectX 9.0 - DirectX 11
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