The game mechanics and narrative design complement each other well. Even the most mundane of events is important and compelling when it’s happening to you the events of Betrayal at Krondor are hardly mundane, but they do allow for more mundane things like travel and sleep to happen in between the exciting stuff. The same holds true here: by controlling these characters as they travel, make camp, visit towns and cities, do battle, converse with locals, and hunt for treasure or clues, my attachment to them and their plight was significantly strengthened. Recently I’ve been thinking about the ways in which gameplay and narrative are fused I touched on this in my post about To the Moon, and the discussion in the comments section of that post reveals how much the mechanical gameplay aspects enriched my experience of Master of the Wind’s story as well (something I tragically failed to discuss in my post about it). The events, taken on their own, would be far less interesting to read about than they were to play (and indeed, the poorer reception to Feist’s novelization of the game, compared to his earlier works, attests to this). With a few more hints dropped earlier in the game, the events of Chapter 6 may not have seemed so sudden, or so disconnected. The problem, then, lies in the telling, rather than the story itself. It’s very much the kind of thing that might have happened next, after the conclusion of Feist’s Riftwar saga, and it even mirrors Feist’s storytelling admirably. I don’t wish to spoil the events of the game or the books, so I can’t say much more, but by the end these new plot developments are cleverly linked to the earlier parts of the story, and after I’d finished playing I was impressed with the tale overall. I was beginning to worry that these would not play a major role in the game, and was happy to have my fears assuaged. Combined, they are greater than the sum of their parts.Īnd, despite the pacing problems, I appreciated the direction the story took in Chapter 6, because it involves the most interesting aspects of Feist’s world. And while I wouldn’t necessarily recommend Feist’s novels on their own, having read them did enrich my experience of the game considerably, and I’d imagine my enjoyment of the books would have been greater if I’d played first and read the books afterwards. Betrayal at Krondor is more than just a new tale set in a familiar world - it’s essentially a sequel to Feist’s saga, and indeed one he officially accepted through his later novelization of the game. I’ve discussed the close ties between Betrayal at Krondor and Feist’s novels in the first post in this series, but I didn’t realize then how much the storyline would be linked.
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Feist’s Riftwar series could easily have been completely confused by the turn of events. But the pacing definitely faltered, and someone who hadn’t read Raymond E. Later, everything is tied together, and in hindsight the overall story is well thought out. Stranger still, there was little in the way of further explanation until the huge, freely explorable chapter was over. Unfortunately, it began with an abrupt and jarring plot reveal that seemed unrelated to anything that had happened up to that point.
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I was right Chapter 6 is one of the biggest in the game, and full of interesting things to do and places to go. When I wrote my last post I was tackling some shorter, more story-focused chapters, but I predicted that the game would open up again afterwards. First, I should pick up where I left off. I’ve had some time to reflect on the experience, and I’ll offer my thoughts about the game as a whole a little later. Other History Lessons posts can be found here.Īt long last, I have finished playing Betrayal at Krondor. Also be sure to read part 1, part 2 and part 3 before continuing. New readers may wish to read my History Lessons Introduction first.
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