Games with NPC dialogue that gives strong yet mimesis-keeping hints - an IFDB Poll
by Andrew Schultz
RSS FeedIn IFComp 2022, it struck me how your partner Alex, in A Walk Around the Neighborhood and your father in The Last Christmas Present did a really good job of providing an NPC that gave hints without outright spoilers. This was to help you find something you misplaced, and another thing that was deliberately hidden.
But are there any other works that do this well? It seems like there's a lot of latitude for this.
I realize this is potentially subjective, but I'm in particular looking for stuff that might be sort of detailed and not just "go to room X."
| Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne 2 votes "Sweet little Crystal. Besides hints, she's great blabbermout about her fairy friends too. " [+]"Sweet little Crystal. Besides hints, she's great blabbermout about her fairy friends too. " ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Zape...  Vote for this game | |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson 2 votes "The two fleas,..." [+]"The two fleas, one of which always tells the truth, the other of which always lies." --OverThinking... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| A Walk Around the Neighborhood, by Leo Weinreb 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Andrew Schultz... Vote for this game | |
| Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --EJ... Vote for this game | |
| Curses, by Graham Nelson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| The Only Possible Prom Dress, by Jim Aikin 1 vote "The player's..." [+]"The player's daughter sends mysterious hints coming off her Ouija board." ( - Full review) --Jim Nelson... Vote for this game | |
| Once and Future, by G. Kevin Wilson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title, by John Ziegler 1 vote "NUDGE command makes the prince give non-spoilery suggestions" [+]"NUDGE command makes the prince give non-spoilery suggestions" --Johnnywz00... Vote for this game | |
| Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |