Polls with votes for Varicella

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CCTV cameras at the heart of it - 10 votes for 7 games; created September 6, 2023
A poll by Max Fog

I'm looking for a game that uses CCTV cameras (or surveillance of some kind) as an important part of the game.

Games with PCs that have mental disabilities aside from depression or anxiety - PTSD, OCD, ADHD, Bipolar, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia,...

The most enjoyable Z-code games - 74 votes for 28 games; created June 16, 2022
A poll by Fredrik Ramsberg

I'd like to compile a list of some of the most enjoyable games available in Z-code format (blorbed or not). Please add games that you...

Games Where the Title Is You - 57 votes for 46 games; created September 11, 2020
A poll by AKheon

Games with a title that is the same as the main character.

I'm looking for Easter Eggs.. - 28 votes for 21 games; created September 2, 2020
A poll by morganthegirl

I'm somewhat new to IF and was wondering if Easter Eggs are ever hidden in these games as they are in others? If so, which games have...

The great puzzlefests - 124 votes for 50 games; created August 9, 2018
A poll by Victor Gijsbers

Playing Curses!, I started wondering which games belong to the canon of great puzzlefests. With this term I mean puzzle based games that...

IF about human beings - 43 votes for 28 games; created September 13, 2017
A poll by namekuseijin

I'm looking for IF about human beings and human struggles in a more or less common setting. No zombies, vampires, orcs, demons, robots,...

Best cover art - 65 votes for 44 games; created June 17, 2017
A poll by MathBrush

What games have really good cover art?

Great Openings - 17 votes for 11 games; created July 27, 2015
A poll by Floating Info

What games have your favorite openings? By opening I mean everything before the first room description in a parser game or the first...

I'm looking for a very specific level of difficulty: a game where you theoretically could beat it on your first attempt, but you won't....

Games You Return To - 34 votes for 20 games; created July 27, 2014
A poll by Ghalev

What games do you find yourself revisiting from time to time, games that have proven to be a kind of comfort-food of text adventuring,...

Long-Form Games That Don't Require Mapping - 37 votes for 19 games; created August 30, 2013
A poll by Sdn

Playing Losing Your Grip has reminded me of just how tedious I find manual mapping in lengthy games, no matter how much I enjoy...

"Camp" Games - 20 votes for 12 games; created April 15, 2012
A poll by Pinstripe

Games which have, or might be considered to have, a camp aesthetic or sense of humor. "Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one...

PC's personality integrated with the story - 83 votes for 42 games; created March 27, 2012
A poll by JasonMel

I would like to be able to recommend to someone many examples of interactive fiction in which the player character is far from a cipher...

Villains - 35 votes for 19 games; created September 1, 2010
A poll by Victor Gijsbers

"[T]he thief [in Zork] is important to the development of interactive fiction because he functions as a true villain, not simply an...

Solved without Hints - 212 votes for 114 games; created July 16, 2010
A poll by joncgoodwin

I'm very interested in hearing truthful accounts of at least somewhat difficult games (or games that don't solve themselves at least)...

Emotional IF - 65 votes for 27 games; created April 8, 2010
A poll by Sorrel

I'm looking for IF that inspires one or more strong emotions in the player – an IF that pulls on your heartstrings a little.

Game mechanics as story - 7 votes for 7 games; created April 7, 2010
A poll by aaronius

In the best story-centered board games, the rules and system mechanics create or encourage the sorts of stories the game is supposed to...

very hard games - 52 votes for 29 games; created January 16, 2010
A poll by aw1231

I am look for the hardest IF games ever.

Games where the PC is an antihero - 50 votes for 21 games; created December 23, 2009
A poll by Sorrel

I'm looking for games where the PC is the villain/antihero of the story and the traditional plotlines of "good beats evil" aren't...

Games with an abrupt and unexpected ending twist - 75 votes for 27 games; created December 13, 2009
A poll by dutchmule

I'm looking for games which, as in a lot of short stories, feature a sudden and unexpected revelation/twist at the very end of the game,...

Games with Impossible-to-film moments - 26 votes for 15 games; created November 5, 2009
A poll by aaronius

I'm looking for games that demonstrate the power of text-based games. Games with sentences that would make developers of 3D games weep,...

Influential Games - 487 votes for 65 games; created February 1, 2009
A poll by Rose

As a historical exercise, I've begun compiling a list of IF games that have either done something ground breaking with the medium or...

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