Athanor 2, Legend of Birdmen for the Commodore Amiga (Physical edition)

[Pyromania]

@Astrofra

This game looks really cool.

[Astrofra]

Originally Posted by Pyromania

@Astrofra
This game looks really cool.

Thanks
We worked hard from 2018 to 2022, almost every week end and some of the vacations (ok, it's my first game on the Amiga), so yeah, we did all we could to make it look great

[vulture]

@Astrofra
Yup, I know. If anything, thanks for porting the game to the amiga m8!

[Silverstreak]

I love it, full of atmosphere. Looks wonderful.

[Astrofra]

Oh, one last detail.
On the Amiga OCS version of Athanor 2, once you completed the adventure and after the credits scrolling reached the end, you can press the F5 key : it will then play the Atari ST version of the end theme.
We had some room left on the disks so we borrowed the protracker module from the Atari version, it's quite different but super nice too! (composer: DMA-SC, famous demoscene musician).

[Predseda]

You didn't tell me

[Astrofra]

Hey folks!
The AGA version of Athanor 2 is coming
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[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by Astrofra

Hey folks!
The AGA version of Athanor 2 is coming
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Thanks Astrofra, i have already reserved my copy to Eric Safar

I appreciate that you finally decided for the A1200 256 colors version. The communauty thanks you a lot for that move !

[PopoCop]

Will the electronic version be available?

[TCD]

Would also like to know if there will be a digital only release?

[Neil79]

Originally Posted by Astrofra

Hey folks!
The AGA version of Athanor 2 is coming

Nice so is it just a colour change? Any other improvements?

[manossg]

I am also eagerly awaiting for the digital version!

[vulture]

Hopefully there's a digital version this time :-)

[Solo Kazuki]

Originally Posted by Astrofra

Hey folks!
The AGA version of Athanor 2 is coming
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Sorry to "not hurrah" like other people here (until now), but in current version AGA graphics are not too different from OCS/ECS version. Graphics are blurry and colors are all washed out. It looks for now, sorry for saying that, as fast and simple reuse of old material, but with some more grey and brown shades.

I hope it would be done better in full version, becasue it looks for now too bland and makeshift.


Maybe consider to do it in Hi-Res?

[Astrofra]

Originally Posted by Solo Kazuki

Graphics are blurry and colors are all washed out. It looks for now, sorry for saying that, as fast and simple reuse of old material, but with some more grey and brown shades.

[Solo Kazuki]

Originally Posted by Astrofra

I see difference only in GUI, graphics in window are almost the same. Please refer e.g. Silmarlis games, where AGA version looks better without any doubt.

[Astrofra]

I worked on ISHAR 3 PC version so I'm kind of familiar with their work.
To be completely honest, your comparison of ISHAR OCS/AGA should mention the Atari ST version.

[Solo Kazuki]

Originally Posted by Astrofra

I worked on ISHAR 3 PC version so I'm kind of familiar with their work.
To be completely honest, your comparison of ISHAR OCS/AGA should mention the Atari ST version.

Why Atari ST version? Comparision was to show difference between ECS/OCS and AGA version.

Is Atari ST version have different graphics than Amiga OCS/ECS?

Edit: Don't get me wrong, Athanor 2 is very good point'n'click adventure game which fits my taste very well. Overally I'm not fan of adventure games, but Athanor 2 is that kind of adventue games which I like. For me Athanor 2 is somehow similar to polish games for C64 "Klatwa" (The Curse) and "Wladcy Ciemnosci" (Lords of the Darkness), and additionally I have big sentiment to these games.

Let's say someone have AGA hardware and OCS/ECS version of Athanor 2. To be honest there too small difference (for now) to buy again, but AGA version.
I'm holding thumbs for more "AGA love" in Athanor 2. I'm first to buy AGA version when game utilise software some more.

[Silverstreak]

The AGA improvements in Athanor 2 look nice and keep the painterly nature, which is very important. Not just more colours with some gaudy reworking, but improved shades, which is great. I think it goes to show how lovely looking the OCS version is.

[Solo Kazuki]

Originally Posted by Silverstreak

I think it goes to show how lovely looking the OCS version is.

I think it should show how better AGA version is. Proving "looks, it's almost same" is not good reason to buy AGA version. Really.