Ratings and Reviews by jakomo
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In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning, April 30, 2024Ebenezabeth decides battle strategy in a war between dino-riders, pteranodons and wellness instructors. Essentially, a single big logic puzzle as you place the most suitable units to repel/attack the enemy's units, then watch the fights play out. Didn't work out? Restart and try again. Ebenezabeth can explore the military encampment and its environs, chatting to NPCs etc to get a feel of the backstory to this conflict and the characters engulfed by it: this also provides useful strategic info. The puzzle itself is multi-dimensional, complex and interesting to solve. And once you've figured out how to not lose, you'll realize you then need to figure out how to (Spoiler - click to show) rout the opponent, and then how to draw a perfect stalemate to get the best ending, and a bonus puzzle. A deftly written and smartly implemented addition to the Little Match Girl canon.
Ms. Lone Wolf, March 1, 2024Well-written prelude to a new official Lone Wolf trilogy, the first ever written by someone other than Joe Dever. You have to keep track of the gamebook elements by yourself (it tells you when to add/remove inventory items, notes, and endurance points on your action chart, and provides a dice rolling button), which initially feels strange for a digital game, but makes sense given the physical gamebook series this Twine is promoting.
Set well before the events of the classic series, you play a female initiate of a holy order sent on a dangerous investigation into the vanishing of a family of merchants. It's filled with branching choices, providing plenty of replayability, and packs in a lot of intriguing worldbuilding in its relatively short play-time. My character limped to the finish with a barely any endurance points left: a sign of a well-balanced gamebook, generating drama and tension through both narrative and mechanics. Some nice background music and simple but evocative images round out an enjoyable package.
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