Ratings and Reviews by oscar-78
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One of the best written adventures in Spanish, December 5, 2023Though it is short, it is still one of the best written adventures in Spanish. It has a great literary level that brings to mind the Kalevala and other Nordic texts, some really suggestive dialogues and a great sense of narrativity. The puzzles are not complicated, although there was a point -right at the end- where it was a bit difficult to find the final key to the ritual, the game mechanics are very satisfactory. I also appreciate the dynamic descriptions, as they bring you the feeling of a living world: the birds, the attitudes the people of the village has toward our character, etc... This eye for detail makes all the difference and makes you dive right into the story. All sorts of things can be examined and there are answers to all kinds of interactions. The version I've played is very well polished.
For me it is a milestone of interactive fiction in Spanish. I still have to replay it to explore other options in dialogues, etc, but it's one of the best I've played.
Impressive interactive gothic story reminiscent of Borges, February 12, 2023And impressive implementation in this short Lovecraftian-Borgian story about the owner of a mansion waking up in the middle of the night due to the strange noises in the ground floor.
The game feels like you are reading a tale, and even if you can type your commands as any other adventure, all its tied so seamlessly that the sensation is totally different from an ordinary parser work, it really feels like reading a story with the interactive depth only a text adventure can provide. This means that the focus is eminently narrative, moving away from the spatial point of view characteristic of adventure games.
The story is very effective, and even if the plot twist can be guessed in advance, it keeps the thrill to the very end thanks to the great atmosphere. Or maybe it adds to the sense of doom it conveys.
It is a clever and atmospheric gothic story reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges´ themes.
I think is one of the most masterfully implemented text games in Spanish. However, there are some sentences that could be grammatically improved. As for the style, maybe there are some redundancies too, but that doesn´t tarnish the general feel of the game.
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