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[Romano]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

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[Elwing]

I almost forgot the existence of this game. Even though I never finnished it (if I remember correctly I got also bored right at the beginning because of the maze).
Nevertheless it's a nice addition to Abandonia.

Oh and Congratz Sebas!

Help I played this game many years back and want to play again, only trouble is the mouse is not working in the game. I am useing DOSBOX, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
Thanks

[rabadi]

I remember reading a review somewhere saying that this game is considered as "Bloodwych with better graphics." Graphics are certainly not bad, especially compared to Bloodwych (DOS version, that is).

I actually downloaded this game from the Canine Sister (HOTU ) many months ago, but did not really play it as I recall it gave me motion sickness, just like Menzoberranzan did (well, technically Menzo does give a choice between free/fluid movement and tile-based/step-by-step movement, but still...). I also could not find a walkthrough on this game with google (nowadays as I have less gaming time and more of real life to face, I don't usually play a game without walkthrough).

[catchaserguns]

Another Eye of the Beholder clone. This type of game is always good. Dungeon crawls are always fun and you might say a FPS without the FPS Engine. Every good game has its wanna- bes and remember thatmimicry is the highest form of flattery.

to me it looks like its using the ultima underworld engine...

This game was also released by someone other than Psygnosis. I remember having a version that was branded by another company but I do not remember who.

[thebes]

HOTU has the manual but I too would like to know if anyone has seen a cluebook or walkthrough. Have't played it yet, just collecting right now.

The only thing I was able to find about this game is a review in one of the old Gamebyte Magazines for Dos that I have a collection of, Issue 21, together with the review supplied screenshots of Hexx that show a completely different context / control panel with the four party members than shown on the screenshots of the game here on Abandonia. The review is still of the version of Hexx made by Psygnosis though, must be an earlier version of the game...

Originally posted by Morgoth @ Sep 21 2006, 08:55 PM

The only thing I was able to find about this game is a review in one of the old Gamebyte Magazines for Dos that I have a collection of, Issue 21, together with the review supplied screenshots of Hexx that show a completely different context / control panel with the four party members than shown on the screenshots of the game here on Abandonia. The review is still of the version of Hexx made by Psygnosis though, must be an earlier version of the game...

If you press the F10 key, you will get that same control panel.

I encountered a bug in the game that made it impossible for me to finish.

Everytime I went up and down a level, the common keys on my keyrings would reset to 1. So I would have ten common keys in one inventory slot, and then when I went down a level, suddenly there would be only one key. Worst of all, the common keys disappeared from the shop, so I had nowhere to buy more.

I eventually ran out of common keys due to this bug, and I got stranded in the Tower of Grisslem, because there you need at least two common keys on you to progress. You can't go back to the Keep's shop until you finish the Tower, not that it would help because as I said, the shop stops stocking keys.

What an incredibly horrible bug to have in a commercially released game. Anyone know a way to fix it or a way around it? I suppose in the beginning of the game one should buy fifty keys and then just throw them on the floor for later, or else simply carry lots and lots of single keys with you. I'm too frustrated with this game to try. A pity, I was getting into this game and enjoying it. One should definitely turn the music off, though, and put on the radio or a cd instead.