<s>
Hillsfar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hillsfar	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
provides	O
three	O
choices	O
:	O
players	O
may	O
select	O
a	O
pre-made	O
character	O
,	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
or	O
import	O
characters	O
from	O
previous	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
and	O
Curse	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Azure	I-Application
Bonds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
aspects	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
arcade	B-Application
action	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
performs	O
tasks	O
(	O
expressed	O
as	O
mini-games	O
)	O
such	O
as	O
searching	O
for	O
treasure	O
and	O
traveling	O
between	O
locations	O
,	O
and	O
adventure	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
completes	O
quests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
traveling	O
,	O
the	O
scene	O
is	O
presented	O
using	O
a	O
side-on	O
view	O
;	O
once	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
converts	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
bird's-eye	B-Application
view	I-Application
"	O
of	O
the	O
map	O
;	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
is	O
employed	O
within	O
the	O
caves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
town	O
of	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hillsfar	B-Application
was	O
successful	O
for	O
SSI	O
,	O
selling	O
78,418	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
positive	O
side	O
,	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
arcade	B-Application
action	O
and	O
adventure	O
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Smith	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
,	O
in	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
72%	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
SSI	O
succeeded	O
in	O
producing	O
"	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
distinct	O
mix	O
of	O
two	O
very	O
different	O
styles	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Bob	O
Guerra	O
of	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
arcade-style	O
sequences	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
"	O
does	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
job	O
of	O
integrating	O
these	O
high-quality	O
sequences	O
into	O
the	O
story	O
than	O
many	O
others	O
do	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucinda	O
Orr	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
criticized	O
the	O
overall	O
gameplay	O
,	O
while	O
she	O
was	O
impressed	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
mini	O
–	O
games	O
,	O
describing	O
them	O
as	O
"	O
quite	O
entertaining	O
and	O
graphically	O
effective	O
"	O
,	O
she	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
generally	O
boring	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
too	O
much	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
interest	O
above	O
critical	O
boredom	O
level	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
compared	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
to	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
adventure	O
of	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
lacked	O
depth	O
and	O
was	O
less	O
absorbing	O
than	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
,	O
but	O
they	O
considered	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
nice	O
adventure	O
to	O
while	O
away	O
the	O
hours	O
while	O
waiting	O
for	O
SSI	O
to	O
release	O
[	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
nicknamed ]	O
Azure	B-Application
Bonds	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
also	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
enjoyed	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
,	O
you	O
'll	O
like	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
Hillsfar	B-Application
was	O
considered	O
"	O
a	O
failed	O
experiment	O
"	O
by	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
