AD&D: Hillsfar "Cleric" in 58m 50s | Speedrun [C64]
4Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar (1989) by Westwood C64 Speedrun
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About the game:
The game takes place in the fictional town of Hillsfar. There are guilds for each class; Fighter, Cleric, Mage, and Thief. Depending on the class chosen by the player during their character's creation, the player must go to the appropriate guildmaster, who assigns them several missions. Upon completing all missions issued by the guildmaster, they will increase the player's gold and experience points, and the character then retires.
There are two aspects to the game: arcade action, where the player performs tasks (expressed as mini-games) such as searching for treasure and traveling between locations, and adventure, where the player completes quests. The choice of character class affects the available quests, with three for each class. While the quests need to be completed in a set order, "what you do in your time off is up to you", and thus the player is free to explore other aspects of the game.
The game is presented in three modes. When traveling, the scene is presented using a side-on view; once in the town of Hillsfar, the game converts to a "bird's-eye view" of the map; a first-person perspective is employed within the caves. Interaction is handled through what Leslie Eiser of Compute! magazine described as a "bump interface", which allows the player to trigger interaction with objects by bumping into them.
Abot the run:
Fun and annyoing at the same time. There is so much RNG in this game, it drove me nearly insane.
In the run I got many very fast dungeons, but for some reason I did a major mistake right at the end by riding into the wrong direction. For safety reasons I bought two knock rings right at the start, this is not really necessary, most of the time you find some of them or you just open the doors by force (which can fail and kill you, what of course happens more then once, so I decided to buy the items)
Horse Riding is not that difficult (depending on your horse of course, always pick Faith), but the obstacles are RNG and after crashing the horse does not instantly jump, so it happens that you fall again at the next obstacle.
Still this is a very interssting game with very good graphics and a huge amount of content for a C64 game. I really dig it after getting into it more and more. I think its underrated.
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