Some thoughts about all 3 mods.

This is my opinion on mod based on solo, 1 character playthrough of them (after party run).


Lost City: Weakest of all 3 mods which is surprsing since Forgotten Halls for LoG1 is very solid, some maps do not feel connected with each other, "survival" element is really missing, fights are very uneven, most are easy-average, but game sometimes traps with hard hitting monsters. World feels a bit barren. Visuals are average, few atmospheric places.
Secrets are simplest, most is just about pressing hidden button. Later games often do not even count find button as secret. No cooking, mining etc. what makes next mods better.
But make no mistake, this mod is still one of best compared to other author mods and is on par with such masterpieces as Eye of Altantis. Only reason i do not rate this mode very high is because next 2 mods set standarts and quality very high.


Guardians: For story is best of all 3 mods. You appear in strange world without memory of anything and try to find out what happened and led to disaster. Survival is very good. Base building is perfect, a lot of hard choices what to build first and resources are scarce.
i finished with solo Mino barbarian with 45 protection and 50 evasion. This means situations when you are locked in combat and cant move around are very rare. Combat is harder than Lost City, but still easy, what makes game great is survival aspect, base building and story, all 3 are perfect.


Final Adventure:
Bigger world than Guardians, more complex system (different schools of magic, new currency etc.) Combat got harder, but characters got stronger too, so it evens out.
Survival element got easier (you can buy food and herbs, which refreshes each week - there is respawning food in home base - you can buy gems and trade for food and herbs).
Resources are not scarce, also too many powerful spells and consumables addes like force traps, agility potions, +25 party evasion spell, etc.
4 different endings, Guardians only had 1 true ending, though.

Story is Ok, but there is no mystery. Also no sence of urgency or danger/challenge due to scarcity of resources and since resources are limited and cant respawn time being your enemy not just monsters. So your every decision do matter in the long run.

Do i use frost bomb now or better try tank damage and use 2 healing pots in battle to win? Or maybe just come back later and do not use resources at all? This decisions are constant in Guardians, which is best mod for me.

With 4 modifiers ON (-50% xp, +300% hunger, nightmare, resists decreasing) though combat difficulty is highest amoung other 3. Not much though, since you have much more resources and more powerful skills/spells/weapons and new items.


I recommend playing Guardians first, then Final Adventure, and then Lost City. In that order.