Talk:The Black Cauldron (video game)/@comment-30591854-20180721183755

The game never appealed to me. As a Sierra fan, I am quite familiar with the works Sierra did at the time, and I am not fully sure either if Al Lowe was the best person to make this game, since I know him to be a joker, and his quality on humor is really coming out in his famous Leisure Suit Larry games. This game is rather serious, for his standards and I miss the thing that made Sierra games of the time so great. Calling the game entirely bad wouldn't do it justice either. This might well be one of the oldest games in history with a non-linear approach also leading to multiple endings. For example, the Gurgi sacrifice and striking a bargain with the witches (like Fflewdor does in the movie) will lead to the best ending, but (yeah I tried), I did once jump into the cauldron myself. Although I (or rather Taran) died, the game did count as "won" that way. Although I must admit, that I don't have a great love for non-linear approaches, and this game also shows why... It can work pretty confusing (and frustrating) in the longer run.

Let's say, the game doesn't suck, but it's not a gem, either....