I can't physically move a post, but my comments would seem to fit here better than in the thread I posted them in, so I copied and pasted
I own a ton of Spiderweb games, but I'm not Jeff's ideal player. I find most of his games rehash WAY too much story to be enjoyable. The fact that the graphics are over 20 years old is very annoying. Honestly, he has some of the worst graphics of all time. I've got Jeremy Soule playing in the background because Jeff isn't a big music guy.
That said, Avadon has been moderately enjoyable for me.
I like the fact that instead of having one huge sprawling world, that you're constantly moving across, instead there are several small regions that you'll visit multiple times.
I think I like the new skill system a little better too. Though there are less skills, you have to think about where to put your points because you won't come close to maxing out everything.
Companions actually have prejudices against certain countries within the Pact and taking certain companions on a particular mission can change your options. Sometimes a fight gets avoided or sometimes a peaceful situation can become a battle if you have the wrong party member.
I like the added enchant options, but so far the enchantments have been so weak as to not really make any difference. I'm hopeful latter stones will be more powerful.
I'm only through to where you resolve the Beast issue. I found the end of that quest to be quite disappointing. I wanted an option to choose sides there, and wasn't given one. My guess is that the enemy would have wiped me in one round, but I wanted the choice I'm not sure how big the demo was because if I invest more than an hour or two in the game, I just buy it. I was enjoying it enough to spend $25.
There is enough differences here for me to purchase Avadon. I just hope Jeff doesn't screw up the sequels. My hope is that he won't keep rehashing the same NPC's in the next incarnation. It WOULD be cool to do work for some of your companions in the next game, but I wouldn't reuse anyone else. Same with the cities. Rehash Avadon fortress but every other location should be totally new. I'd bump the party back up to four too. Three seems a little light.