'Fairloch - the majestic capital of Aielund, which has stood for over two hundred years, through war and strife. But all is not well in the City of Justice. With the King away and only Princess Criosa to represent the royal family, shadowy conspirators are seeking to kill her and take the throne of Fairloch for themselves. You and your companions must delve into the heart of the city, brave assassination attempts and evil from beyond the grave while you investigate the real reason behind the war in the west, and discover an enemy far more sinister than the petty villains who seek to seize power...' This is the second act in a four-act story, and represents the culmination of over a year's work. I've added a remarkable level of detail, and breathed life into the city. This new version requires the Aielund hakpack v2.0 to work properly.
Very good module, but one annoying downside, it was just impossible to guard against fear, which made some fights extremely tedious!
Posted by Khaos1987 at on05/11/11
*Spoilers* I really enjoyed myself here. It was really nice to have my character get knighted or lorded or whatever you call it at the end. I mean, he just ran around solving problems, uncovering a traitor, and saving the princess' life multiple times. Most modules would have the people in charge give you some gold, a "Thanks a lot", and then a swift boot to the rear end. Here, you get made into a lord and NPCs treat you with respect for your hard work. I love that, and I think other people do too. I'm hoping my character is placed in charge of an army of his own soon, or at least does something like the gate defense in HotU by giving orders to squads of soldiers. The story twist at the end I kinda saw coming, but I had exactly "who" completely wrong and was pleasantly surprised. If I could add anything to this mod so far, it would probably be even more NPC quips. It's nice hearing the halfling chime into conversations, or the barbarian lady making comments about how weak men should be stoned to death. I liked what was there for the quips, but I wanted to hear more to develop the party members even further. But really, that's nitpicking. Solid module, would play again.
Posted by Savant at 04:03:53 Voted10.00
Erm, the Aielund finale is for the end of act 4 part 3. What you want is act 3, which will overwrite the placeholder and allow you to continue.
Posted by burdebc at 2011-02-2300:46:35
I am having the same issue as Tyfecta. I downloaded the aielund_finale hak file to get Act 2 working and then it just goes to the placeholder. Is there an updated finale or something. I have even copied the regular hakpack and renamed aielund_finale, but that didn't work.
Posted by Savant at 03:30:40 Voted10.00
It's hard to please everyone ;) Just putting in an appearance to say that I'm still around, I have a new website up (no forums yet, but it's in the pipeline) and since people are still playing this, I'll probably be bugfixing it soon :)
Posted by greenriceman at on02/08/11
Sorry for the double post, but I thought I was reviewing Part III, anyway, to the review. No offense, Savant, but this is my least-favorite mod of the series. Why? Because I went from fighting an epic battle with mercs to fighting assassins on a smaller scale. But, a minor issue to a great mod.
Posted by greenriceman at on02/08/11
Oh, cool!!! The Ironlord's a Minogon. Wait.... what's that he's holding. !!!!! A light lightsaber greatsword!? AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! First boss battle that made wonder if I'm really going to die. Finally got the girl at the end. It made me so happy!!! ;P
Posted by XippySkippy at 00:04:11 Voted10.00
This is a pretty impressive, fleshed-out module, I must say. Oh, there are shortcomings and annoyances -- the "homing missile" boulders thrown by the Frost Giants, as I mentioned below -- and there are a few areas where it's "kill the critters, kill the bears, kill the wolves, kill the badgers" -- an RPG phenomenon that, in large part, was mercifully curtailed after BG1 and Gothic 1; but as of '''late in the second act''' I must say I am duly impressed with this module so far. Even the storyline/plot isn't too shabby, and we'll forgive the typos and so forth as another critic mentioned, because the story arc ain't bad, not bad at all, and most of the conversations are nice and zippy. Also, kudos to some of the modelers whose work is showcased in modules like this (I imagine much of it is implemented through the CEP) -- there are some new suits of armor and pieces of weaponry that are beautifully done. Thanks for all the work, I sometimes bitch alot but I hope some of it is taken as constructive criticism where something is worth the bother.
Posted by XippySkippy at 15:34:44 Voted10.00
What -- I say WHAT is with the frost giants all throwing "homing boulders" that never miss, in fact curve through space to follow me around and do massive HP damage? They also only throw them at the PC, completely ignoring your companions. I came out into the Frost Giant City area and the first group started hurling three or four at a time, so you got all these boulders coming at the PC like heat-seeking missiles.
Posted by Megins at 2011-01-2616:31:18
The Aielund Saga is one of my favorite modules to play, and I've loved it in the past. I started to replay it this past week, and I keep hitting weird bugs. The one that finally stopped me cold was that the gold dragon in the ethereal plane just wasn't there when the wizard and I went to talk to him to get the Ironlord backstory. The scene couldn't advance because the dragon wasn't present to initiate the conversation, and I couldn't leave the scene because the wizard won't initiate the teleport back to the academy until after the conversation. Arrggghhhh! So I decided to export my character and jump to Act III (when Robert Black shows back up--my favorite part!). But that chapter starts off with a cut scene of Criosa's father talking to the gold dragon and then showing the Ironlord escaping. However, again, the gold dragon was missing from the scene. The King just stood there and nothing advanced. Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?
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