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4 people found the following review helpful:
A masterclass in short-form puzzle IF, August 16, 2023by rmartins This game does one and only one thing, but excels at it marvellously. Even with the heavy constraints in time and space, the game feels like a fully-formed, complex work, due to the author’s (well-known) writing skills and creativity. Guaranteed fun time and a smile at the end! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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2 people found the following review helpful:
Very fun with one or two clueless puzzles, June 1, 2018by scotttalent You have nine turns to win the game. It amounts to the player using the nine turns to find a spell, restarting and then using that spell (within nine tuns) to find another spell, and so on and so on until the game is won. It is an inventive and humorous game, but by the thirtieth playthrough, I had stopped looking at the screen and was only looking at my map and my notes. Two of the spells in the game are very hard to find as they require a "try everything in every room" approach. The fact that you only have nine turns makes this aspect annoying. Otherwise, it really is a fun game; just grab a walkthrough if you are easily frustrated. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Sobol (Russia), April 18, 2018 4 of
4 people found the following review helpful:
Fun and puzzly, April 17, 2018by Ivanr I'm normally not a fan of toughie puzzle games at all, but "The Lurkening" managed to draw me in, and had me keeping a notes file and drawing increasingly elaborate maps on notebook paper as I struggled to map out the final steps of the solution. What fun! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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5 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent game!, February 25, 2018Though I have never played The Lurking Horror, playing this unofficial sequel was really really fun. To my knowledge the concept is quite original: You have 9 moves to finish the game, before something bad happens. However, you need to play the game over and over to obtain the necessary knowledge needed to succeed. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Doug Orleans (Somerville, MA, USA), January 27, 2018 6 of
6 people found the following review helpful:
A try-die-repeat game with oddball knowledge-based puzzles, January 26, 2018The original Lurking Horror was one of my favorite Infocom games, so I was interested in seeing Veeder's take on it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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