Eye of the Beholder question

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Simon
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Eye of the Beholder question

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Was it ever possible to go above ground in the original Eye of the Beholder game? I seem to remember it was hinted at a few times in the manual and I have a vague recollection of perhaps seeing a screenshot.

I remember it said in the book that giant leeches could be found above ground too. I never found a way to get up there though.
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Post by Broken_Paladin »

Eye of the beholder 1 was completely underground. I know of no way of going above ground. Maybe they wanted to implement above ground and didnt?
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Post by Gambit37 »

There are no overground maps in the data files, so I guess that's means "no".
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Post by zoom »

when you finish the game you go above underground, dunno whether that counts, though!
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Post by Gambit37 »

Not really, that's just a cutscene. :P
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Post by Trantor »

Yeah, and before the game starts, you are also above ground... But no, the game itself never had any playable area that wasn't underground.
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Post by Lunever »

EOB2 says it would feature above ground environment. But actually, those maps are just a tiny bit of surrounding of the dungeon entrance, and most of the game takes place underground once more.
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Yeah, I vividly remember about the criticism EOB2 got for that tiny forest in the PowerPlay review. :wink: But I don't think it's that bad that there is little moving above ground. The original was called "Dungeon" Master for a reason.
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Post by Zed5Duke »

This monster description dont need to have exacly work in game, probably just some background story.
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Post by mikko »

Actually a great part of EOB2 is not underground but in the three towers of Darkmoon.. So in fact it's above ground! ;)
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