brave yoga plays Swords of Xeen
 

Hi, mates,

Being appropriated by New World Computing i started their next game - Swords of Xeen.

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Might and Magic Trilogy box cover Developer(s) Catware Publisher(s) New World Computing Series Might and Magic Platform(s) MS-DOS Release date(s) 1995 Genre(s) Role-playing video game Mode(s) Single-player Swords of Xeen is a role-playing video game developed by Catware and published by New World Computing. It was initially released in 1995 as a "bonus scenario" in the Might and Magic Trilogy compilation (the "trilogy" refers to Might and Magic III, IV, and V).[1] Subsequently, it was also included in several series anthologies. The game was never published in standalone form.
:hihihi:
:3:
Now we will have 3 M&M games here:
Geordy with Clouds of Xeen.
Your slave with Isles of Terra and
Swords of Xeen.

As our good friend Paco the Great said:
Legends never die...

Hit the road Jack.
:smugulon:
:hello:

This is the perfect opportunity for a blind video let's play by Yoga and his cat. :3:

As eloquent and fast player you're perfect for this. :hello:

No,no, i am humble, shy man.
I have no talent for public person,
till Geordy is perfect for this case.
He is ready for TV work.

After You, Sir.

Moreover i am impatent person and if have beard,
it will reach the floor with 60 minutes gaming per week.
With all my respect to nice Geordy, till he reach and kill the Lord i plan to pass MM3, SoX and more.

OFF
Ax, bad news for my big friend cat.
Female cat, named Conan (strange name - Conan is Barbarian hero), white, with long hairs, Persian cat, with 2 different colors of the eyes.
She died because of enlarged heart.
Even their attempts to save the poor animal. They hirе caregiver for 30 days,
they were serviced by the best animal clinic in Sofia town, they paid a lot of money, in vain.:no:
Her ills were so terrible that they decided to ...put to sleep.
RIP, dear Conan.
After we asked the doctors - Why? They explained: This breed is hybrid. Her gens are defected. These different colored eyes are result of some defect.
She was deaf also.
Please, to be excused in one game forum i speak about lovely cat but i love these animals very much. They are present of God to humans.


FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS
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When i want to have more smiles and press MORE i have problem and receive the next error message:
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Error code: 500

It's a known issue, that page is broken. As a workaround you have all the smiley text codes (under the first column headed as "What to Type") on this page, but you have to copy and paste the codes, or learn them and type them manually:

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I have no idea when Abovo will fix it, but I can suppose that if it were likely to be fixed soon it would be fixed already.

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O, pls, do not worry at all, Dear Japo.
I just tell Staff in case You do not know about this issue.
These 15 smiles are abs. enough for me and my temper.
Moreover using Copy/Paste i am able to have more smiles from other members posts.

Mates, i failed.
Yes.
The game started not in town with all required facilities namely: Smithy, Temple, Training center, Food.
No. I am in the field.
OK. I reached the nearest town and entered. The Mayor asked me to free the town from monsters. I tried but he said and said: Left some monsters!!
I think No monsters left...:(

Then i was hit and received Poison. I have no healing potion, nor Temple to heal it. Attempting to rest i received message.
""Some members will die".
Rats!!
All the day i fall down and bitterly cry.

But brave is on the road again.
I did progress and now i prepare to pass the Tower of Hart town.
Maybe i am the only gamer with SoX.
:hihihi:

I did not have too much time to play, and I'm still stuck behind some mighty arch-ogre trying to kill his(?) ogre-spawn.

But I'll join back to you adventuring as soon as possible! Just because I'm facing some demigod-quality opponents at lvl 1, I won't give up to enter the Halls of Legends, like You, yoga!

:D
Welcome, dear twillight,
The pleasure to be brothers in arms is great.
You are one of the best player in AB and very good game analyst.

...
I am around Hart town, clearing the area.
My team members are 10 lvl. all.
3 spell casters and 3 fighters. No ladies.

I would like to share some simple trick, which is valid for all MM series.

Let suppose we are wounded, no more Spell points, etc.
Suddenly we meet very strong, opp(s) before, at near distance.
What to do?
Yes, running to safe place is the best way.
Many will smile:
ha ha ha
wizard yoga said very clever words.
Mates, i wanna point Yr attention to the fact that when You run away with chasing opps You will reach point when opps will no more after You.
This point is the beginning of new area - for example from A1 to A2.
I am clear?
:D

There's no shame to run away and live to fight another day.

Yep. We all did it.

One more word:
-No,no, no.
This is general practice.

I want to say that the opps stop to follow me in the next, new square, quadrat, which i entered. They are limited to act only in "their" square.
Clear?
:hihihi:

One more trick, which worked in Dark Sides of Xeen also but no in Isles of Terra.
We meet very strong opp.
We are wounded and weak.
Run in another quadrat?
Yes, possible, but we want to win this hopeless battle.
--What to do, brave?
- Easy, relax..
Step back to nearest river (We are swimmers already)..enter it, face the opp and without fear kill it.
It is not swimmer of course.
Ha ha ha..

Some more info about my command.
Sadly, i entered diamond mine to receive message:
Your tools are not upgraded for digging diamond..
Rats!!

I have 3 spell casters (N 1,5,6) and 3 fighters (N 2,3,4).
I am using the main spells _- Jump, Light, First aid, Cure wounds, Sharpmetal, Pain, and like.
I have some money and gem deposits in near bank for bad days.
I am exploring the area adding HP.
Feel free to ask me any Q bout game.
Problems?
Whats? No, no, Sir or Cur.
:hihihi:

Riddle: What ar(t)e these men- Christians In Action?
Note: This riddle is not allowed for Americans. Ty.
:bleh1:
:whistling:
:doh:
:max:

My first problem.
I meet 2 Giants, who attack town of Hart from North and the Mayor ask me to save the town.
Unfortunately, even level 13, Giants killed me.
Rats!
Then i was killed by some strong FireWizard.
I used spell Prorection from Fire but not helps.
I do not understand why my 3 Fighters are passive during the battles and in fact i use only 3 Spell casters which reduces my power?
I checked their armors and weapons in the battles, no damaged or broken ones?
Very strange and i do not find the answer.
Maybe You, kind twillight know something about this case?
Guten Tag, dear a(u)nd Gnadige Kmonster,
Wie geht es Innen heute?
(How Y doing?)
I think You did not played SoX?
:hihihi:
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Now i am moving up-down as an idiot, trying to up my levels and smash above opps.
Princes Mimi(behind the scene):
-Master, whats going on?
You are out of order, so weak?
brave: sob..sob.. y..e..a
:picard:

I guess the reason why your fighters can't hurt the giants with physical attacks is that they are low level and don't get many physical attacks per rounds (buffing might help but maybe not enough). Remember how high level your characters where when fighting giants in Darkside of Xeen.

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Also??
Sie sind ein Genie, dear Kmonster,
Ja, ja.
Yes, with miserable 12-13 levels i definitely will meet problems with these stronger Giants (they are pair) and Morph V in Impery town.
Danke sehr!

last minute breaking news from battle field
-brave and his army is in Impery town and very, very carefully inspect all rooms, trying to avoid nasty Morph V.
:OK:

Commandor brave

Hard time for brave.

Good times for brave
 

Yes, at last i smash these 4 Giants.
Now the town of Hart is open and i buy some good spells which increased my power.
Time to free Impery town.
Great!!
:D
Hmmm.. now brave feel he is on the road of victory.
Yes, this road is very long and hard but brave is brave.

Dear Steph,
will You greet great Yagroo?
Thanks in advance!

Liberator

Poking! You've passed it!
I don't even know what it is, but if It's a video game, and it's hard, good enough for me!

Back again.
 

Well,
after my battle with flu i cont. to play Swords of Xeen.
And, and i did big step ahead..
Yes.
About 98% of living monsters in the game are dead.
Maybe few Minotaurs are still alive, but soon..
I am in the Metal tower (located in the left upper map) with these strange guards = the same in Clouds..
My commands Are 28-32 levels.
I found very easy way to up the levels.
Hmmm... You will meet one very interesting sphinx.
It will ask You 5 riddles.
They are very easy riddles. But...the 4-th riddle...
The correct answer is Secret. But the sphinx is not concordant with this word, but asks for Riddle. DO NOT tell him the correct answer!
As a result a red dragon appeared. Penalty for wrong answer. Ha ha ha.
It is very easy to kill this poor monster. It costs 13.5 K HP.
This way one may up very fast his HP.
Remember: You have to beat monster with special ELDER weapon only.
You have to cast spell Day of Protection (75/10).
I will tell You one word for this cheat: WAR
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Good luck, amigos!
Sadly, prob. brave is the only gamer of SoX in the Universe.
Even dear Kmonster did not played that game..
:smile2:

Tremble final boss, brave is appr..
 

Еven the only player of SoX in the Universe i will play the game till the end.
Hmmm..in the Space ship i met definitely very strong resistance, namely
- in the first level i met 12 GuardBots V.1 - Easy
then i met 12 GuardBots V.2 - Not so easy but no problem.
Nice.
But in the second level ( i know the levels are 4) i met the same opps and...GuardBots V.3. This version make me very uptight and make me cry.
The last one is very strong or the game creator does not allow me to strike every round but at every 5-th round which is very unfair...
Listen, man: It hits me and i answer after 4 rounds..
No such game or boxing match.
Anyway i knew this is the last crusade here and creators do their best to slow brave..
Well, if one bot of version 3 attacks me, i feel some pressure but at last i am winner.
But they appear to attack me in waves of 3 Bots which is very bad for me because even 33 level i answer very seldom (repeat - this is stupid creator caprice) and loose the battle.
Now i have to use my secret weapon -
V-2, оr Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Secondary weapon for retribution - correct translation from German - True, Master or KMonster?)Glaube - Ja).
If the test is OK, i, being so kind specialist of New World Computing will direct the new players as our good Friend from TX - Usa.
:whistling:

It's long ago since I finished SoX so I don't remember much.

Proper buffing is most important. Find a location where you can gain levels temporarily and cast day of sorcery and day of protection afterwards. Visit other locations which raise your hitpoints, spell points, important physical stats like might, ..., resistance to the kind of damage the monsters are attacking with, ...
Start your buffing tour at 5 am so you have plenty of time before the buffs wear off.

Вперед, ребята!!!
 

Also?
Bitte, entschuldigen Sie mich, dear Kmonster.
Ja, this Autobot makes me cry.
Yes, Proper buffing is most important.
Again i will follow Your advise.
I know these places which will up many characteristics.
:whistling:
It is very interesting, who, what is the final boss?
No Q at all but just discussion..
Never mind, brave is now well, flu is over and my AK 47 is reloaded and ready.
Anyway as every soldier i need good luck and moral support, friends.
:hihihi:
PS: I dig at last needed Diamond..
Pls. excuse my mistake in the picture - BELIEVE not belive.
I was very hungry and eat this sweet E, Y''now.

Done. Autobot kaput!
 

Hurray!
After very long battle (about 2 hours), dully buffed i smashed down the Autobot.
After 10 hits it becomes yellow.
After 6 hits it was killed.
Total: 16 hits by Elder Dagger.
Hope no more Autobot.
:smile2:
Hmmm..i think that this game is harder than Isles of Terra.
World of Xeen is piece of cake.
Your opinion, dear Kmonster, bitte sehr?

proud brave
:OK:

Congratulations Yoga !

I remember SoX being a little unbalanced (it's a fan-made game) but not too hard. It's definitely shorter than the other games.


MM3 has one big difference, you haven't managed to finish it yet. :whistling:

Danke!

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You do not forget nothing.
You even remember Your words concerning that funny Lava problem in World of Xeen, which we discussed many times!:hihihi:
Remarkable memory..
I forget what was my breakfast..

But i will manage to finish MM3..
Vertrauen Sie mir.
:smugulon:
:hihihi:
I like humor and kidding..

What you will play now yoga ?

Grazie for this question, Caro Capo.:smile2:
Hmmm.. i have to finish MM3 - Isles of Terra.
Then, maybe, System Shock 1.
Then...maybe MM6?
Si, i will accept Your suggestions also.
Do not worry, i have to do giant work to reach YOU,
the really best gamer in AB and Universe.
Every night i dream that i do 205 games...Dream only..:cry:
poor yoga - 84 games
GREAT warrior - CAPO..- 204 games..
Mamma mia.....!!
sob..sob..

85 games.Final note,pls.
 

Finishing this nice game, i would like to do some remarks or like:
1. The game is stable. One bug found:
The energy barrier at Level 5 (4,9) is bugged but you can also
bypass it by simply walking sideways or backwards.
I used backwards.

2. Speed - The game is not fast as has to be even i canceled Efx and Music.
3000 cycles.

3. Mistake - I found one mistake in the map of Herrn A.Schultz but every player
may notice it and play without problem.

4. Duration - I will politely said, Dear KMonster, that this is not the shortest
game.

5. Secret weapon V2, as i promised:
Well, You are in very bad situation. Badly wounded, no more SP, HP is going
to zero and so.
..What to do?
Use Help of Mr. Wizard at Menu.
Yes, yes, You have to Deposit Yr gems in the Bank
or You will lose them.

6. Difficulty - Hard game.Hardest for me from Might and Magic3, MM4&5.

OK,OK, brave, do y recommend the game or not?
- will ask me the new lover of RPG our good friend from USA, Mr. StaaViinsZ.
Absolutely. This is pearl in the crown of NWC.

...
Hmmm..dear Capo i am reaching 85 games now.
Weak, but steady progress.
You appreciate this fact or think .. This bloody yoga..????
:smile2:

Back to Isles of Terra..

Danke sehr for Your support, mates.
Hope Yr gaming is also nice.
TY, AB!