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"I remember playing the Frenetic Five games a few years ago. They date back a few decades, and were a funny take on superheroes with..." - See full review "It's mostly pretty linear, but your choices do change the tone of the main conversation." "The second game in Bitter Karella's Guttersnipe series:St. Hesper's Asylum for the Criminally Mischievous is unpolished, doesn't..." - See full review "What a conversation. I recommend playing this a few times, with and without hints, to discover some of the different endings. A single..." - See full review "According to the version notes, this quirk was fixed in version 10, but I played online and discovered that it was very much not fixed. I..." - See full reviewHelp other IFDB members find the games they're looking for by voting in their polls. Here are a few recent ones:
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| 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth 1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are... |
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