Secrets
                     On SynTax Disk 921

                  Reviewed by Graham Raven

Hey Woo! Not a text adventure game! That immediately earns the
game ten points, even if I don't bother to play it! I started out
liking this game for obvious reasons - it wasn't a text
adventure!

On the down side, the help/Readme files have very little
information in them and that combined with the inevitable 'dying
at the drop of a hat' which always confronts newcomers to such
games could have got tiresome. Sometimes it's a kind of race -
Will I learn how to survive an awful lot better before I get
completely miffed with the game and give up?  Thankfully, I
learned better how to survive! You're going to have to learn
quite a bit about this game by trial and error. However, this
isn't an epic adventure which will keep you at your PC for weeks
or months on end, so don't be put off on that score.

Each time I played the game I quickly found myself surviving
longer and longer.  The standard advice of 'save the game often'
is as true as ever. Also, find a trainer and top up your skills
rapidly for very little financial expense. That makes a big
difference! There's a whole range of equipment you can buy from
the merchants. My advice is get the best sword you can, and that
will satisfy just about all your needs. Good armour and a good
shield come close seconds to your sword. With good equipment and
training behind you, all you have to do then is explore and talk
to people, in a matter of days you should be confronting the
dragon and being hailed as hero etc.

My only remaining criticism is that the game's over now, and all
I've got left is these darned text adventures to play. Perhaps
I'll try headbanging instead!  An enjoyable, if fairly short game,
and judged as such it merits -
Rating: Earl Grey!

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