Eric the Unready hints

[mathbrush (Brian Rushton)]

I’ve only found one post about Eric the Unready and it is this nice review from Rovarsson:

Review: Eric the Unready

(I can’t bring myself to agreeing with the raving 5-star reviews. I had a lot of fun playing this game, but it’s hardly that good. Eric the Unready - Details (ifdb.org)) Eric the ultimately unsatisfactory The Legend game Eric the Unready takes the damsel-in-distress trope and uses it as a framework for a grand tour of wacky silliness and over-the-top parody. The “chapters” of the story are implemented as stand-alone mini-adventures. Each of these is completely self-contained. The biggest of …

I had a question not directly related to his review, so I thought I’d start a new thread. I’m on the second day of the game ‘Sunday’ and just got a gold coin. Is this a game that can enter an unwinnable state, or should I be saving a lot?

[DeusIrae (Mike Russo)]

I played it a couple years ago, and I’m pretty sure it can’t be made unwinnable (though I didn’t try very hard to test that!)

[rovarsson]

I can’t be sure if it can be made unwinnable. All I can say is that I never felt anxious about it while I was playing. I just happily kept going and only saved when I ended a session.