Re: BZ Sorely underrated

[joe.mason@tabb.com (Joe Mason)]

"Re: BZ Sorely underrated", declared Meanwhile  from the Vogon ship:

M>: > Never was there a truer word spoken... Beyond Zork was the best of all
M>the Zork
M>: > games, and one of Infocom's very best of all.  It had it all:
M>: > cleverness, humor, good writing, plot, challenge, balance...  All in
M>all, a masterpiece.

M>  After all these years, BZ remains my favorite. Everytime I start
M>  a new I-F game, I always hope it will be another BZ.
M>  *sniff*

Have you tried Spiritwrak yet?  I've only played the opening scene, but in 
flavour it seems a lot like Beyond Zork.  (I don't know about challenge and 
balance yet; I haven't played enough.)

Joe

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