I really enjoyed Bob Bates's newest game Thaumistry, so I went back and am playing his old games, some of which I'd played before and some I hadn't. Some of this was familiar and some wasn't. So, I suppose I played this and never finished it. Sadly, I'm finding it a slog today much as it must have been back then. A big part of the problem is that I...
Eric the Unready1993
Eric the Unready
1993 Legend Entertainment75Good
Playtime
ModerateTypically 15 hours
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- −75%$1.74
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- Launch
- 1993
- Developer
- Legend Entertainment
- Publisher
- Legend Entertainment
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Overview
Eric the Unready is a humorous text adventure with graphics, similar in concept to Legend's own Spellcasting series. Like in those games, the player can select combinations of verbs and objects from a list to interact with the environment, but is encouraged and sometimes required to type commands as well. Some scenes display full-screen character portraits with pre-set dialogue choices. The game often makes verbose humorous comments on the player's actions, including many completely optional and arbitrary ones. It contains many segments that parody various aspects of contemporary pop culture as well as other video games.
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Players89
Great- Steam89from 19 reviews
Eric the Unready is a classic point & click adventure with charm, but it hasn’t aged as gracefully as I’d hoped. I have vivid memories of playing it back in school, even if those sessions were brief, and it definitely holds a special place because of that. For its time, it was clever, funny, and full of personality. Revisiting it now, though, the cracks...
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