A few days ago, I came across this GREAT, EXCELLENT and AWESOME mod. Everything about it is great, except that I think learning how to cook and mining is unnecessary. It punishes and scares novice players (it scared me), It would have been enough to be able to cook without further ado and to be able to use pickaxes with a maximum number of uses without further ado, I also found the extremely high food penalty for digging, using the pickaxe, or sleeping annoying (this is just my opinion, of course).
Out of fear of food, I played with only two characters at the normal mode, but after playing for about 5 hours I realized it was a mistake, once you master cooking and also have access to buying food with gems, food is really abundant (added to the cooked food you find in levels and secrets), If I had known this, I would have played on Hard mode with four characters.
The 25-torch puzzle is also exaggerated (due to the number of torches), although the idea (to light up the city) is good.
My characters at the end of the game:
Amnesia potions are great. Troll blood potions are wonderful. The pink cake that not only nourishes you but also heals you was my favorite food.
All the secrets and treasures discovered, some with online guide, because some secrets are really difficult to find:
For example, leaving objects on the floor in "Undertown" – "Thieves Guild" placed in a specific order based on a note from the upper level to open a wall. or placing the four protective spell scrolls in the pyramids, where do you get four scrolls of that type in that part of the game? And where is the clue for that? The mechanics of sometimes being able to use the pickaxe on a normal wall to break it down and access a secret is also quite confusing, as is removing some collapses with a fire bomb, should these types of obstacles have some visible clue on them?
There are also a ton of “missable” secrets, I am not a “fan” of this type of secrets, but that doesn't stop the mod from being a work of art.
There's a note that intrigues me; it must be an Easter egg. Does anyone know what this note means?
Based on the secret puzzle in Undertown - Thieves Guild, X would mean placing an item in a space and O would mean leaving it empty, but what about the rest? And where? Will we have to find a room with that number of tiles? It could also be something related to “Goldheaven” - “Mage's Guild” I'll start investigating later.
In terms of technicalities, the mod works perfectly, with no stability issues, slowdowns, or crashes.
I found something that could be called a “bug”, In the "Pyramid", to the northeast, there is a puzzle with four plates, where you have to throw a stone (or any item), etc. to access a secret. The problem is that you can throw the stone and it goes through the door to hit the plate, but if, just as you do so, the teleporter is disappearing, so the stone doesn't move and stays at the bottom of the plate without being able to remove it (this happened to me twice in several of my attempts). If this happens, the secret becomes inaccessible. It would be enough to add a reset button or something like that.
I also think that magic bags should be updated to the type of bags found in other mods that weigh only 100 grams and whatever you put in them doesn't weigh anything in your inventory (this is very useful when playing a game in SOLO mode), and perhaps make them less abundant and more expensive to create.
I found the treasure in “Misty Swamps” without ever finding the clue, simply by digging in suspicious places. Where is the clue?
Best regards!