AD&D: Heroes of the Lance Review

Oh lord, I've seen better schlock for games on Kongregate. I especially cracked up when you were in the hoodie behind the game board. It looked to me like some kind of cray hobo of something.

I still can't help but chuckle at the price tag on"Ye Olde Cardboard Scroll" Spoony is holding at the start of this. It really says something about Spoony's talent at snarking in general when you consider a person like me, who has barely any knowledge of the D&D universe (besides knowing that the franchise exists, and Spoony's explanation via his V logs) can still be entertained by these reviews after seeing them atleast 9-10 times.

I feel sorry for you Spoony. I got to play Tunnels of Doom on Ye Olde Texas Instruments when I was a kid. For its time (1982), it was awesome. You should look up the game and try it-they have emulators for it.

Sorry for the double post. You may eliminate if you want.

This review reminded me of the lamest D&D death ever. A character was down to only 2 hit points when a Brownie ran up and stabbed him in the leg. That was .. 2 hit points worth of damage. Yeah, its a shame to die by Brownie.

i think this was probably the worst game you've reviewed because the game wasn't even playable!

This was the first time I'd ever seen The Spoony One as far as I know...I've been a fan ever since

I couldn't stop giggling all through this review. It was fantastic.
Incidentally, have you considered doing a review of that animated Dragon Lance film that came out a while back? I'm sure it's an obvious thing to mention and others probably already have, but on the off chance...

dwarf enemy= mini naked zombie sean connery

I had the Amiga version of this game, and played it to completion once. It's much, much better than this worthless PC conversion. On the other hand, I tried it again on an emulator not long ago and I couldn't get anywhere in it.

OMG mini naked zombie Sean Connery

Oh, Spoony <3 This remains one of my favorite videos of yours of all time.

Oh, to pick up stuff on the ground, you need to pause the game, and use the "Take" command.

I dont really know why, but of all your reviews this is the one I keep comming back to. I guess its because I love that its just pure unadultered nerdrage. Well maybe I just like hearing you say "stabbin'im in the nuuts" with the horrible 8-bit beat in the background.

This is such an atrocious game. But everything dealing with Dragonlance (outside of the books) tends to be atrocious.

They made a crappy movie too:

http://crapculture.ca/?r=article&i=78

I'm sure there's an awful radio drama about it that no one knows about.

That may be an odd comparison, but the music from this game sounds like "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" at some point. Or maybe that's because I saw "Manhunter" yesterday.

When you arrived at the first naked dwarf, I starting yelling at you (yeah, like you could hear me) to use Tas or Flint to kill the dwarf, only to realize that it was pointless all around because you still have to hit downwards... ugh. Why was this game made?! I'm so glad I never played it! I think I'll stick to the books and the crappy movie they made.

reminds me of AVGN's Terminator review for the NES.

Damn technical problems! I love this review, but it got 3/4 of the way through and then just ended. D:
WHY OH WHY

Lol that game really looked like it sucked. A good AD&D console game is AD&D: Pool of Radiance for the NES. It basically takes the actual paper and pencil game and converts it to the console control. You roll up characters, purchase your gear, and go kick monster ass. The best part is you can play with up to four friends if you don't mind controller passing.

I also noticed that I have the Heroes of the Lance miniatures set XD

That's freaking hilarious...thanks for bringing back my childhood :)

haha... this brings back bad, bad memories of when i was maybe 7 or 8, and my older brother was into these books, so we rented this game... i remember standing on top of the random swords or bags of gold for close to an hour, freaking the hell out trying to pick the damn thing up. this was the only game i remember actually trying to return early that we had rented

Yeah.....Good story- not so much a good game.
Hell, that looks downright infuriating to play.

Why is the cover art from the Legend of Huma book instead of the one from Dragons of Autum Twilight?

*coughcoughusemagiccoughcough* Mages usually have glass chins :p

But anyway... yeah. Looks bad. Too complicated... it scares me. Me no likey complicated things, it hurts my brain.

I remember actually TRYING to get this game when I was younger, because I loved the book series... All I can say is thank god I never found it.

What's the intro music called? Thanks.

If you'll DM sometime, I'll get the men. We'll bring our dice too.

I have to say I absolutely love your frustration for the game. I want to smash my monitor, that's how frustrated I get watching you play.

"ive seen 5 year olds playing cowboys and indians with better hit detection" Made my day, you rule!!!!

haha I was sitting at my computer at work doing quality control...for software nonetheless...while listening to this....no one knew I was listening to this till I got to 7:10 and let out a rampid snort out of no where...I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe....."and the music never changes....nu nu nu nu NU NU NU NU NU...."

This was my second favorite review besides the ultimate review on phantasmagoria II! Hey I think i can even get away w/ listening to this at work....since I'm involved w/ the "what not to do before this software gets published" crew.