Parser games with WOW moments. - an IFDB Poll
by Marco Innocenti
RSS FeedVote for parser games (in all of history) that had incredible Wow moments, twists, or whatever made you think for ages or left you seriously amazed. As an example “that moment” in Spider and Web. Please avoid being spoilery as I would like to play them. :)
| The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca 3 votes "Wait, it's over already? No, it's not." [+]"Wait, it's over already? No, it's not.: Super fun, with a limited parser with a cohesive set of commands taken to the extreme. The second "half" of the game will take you right back to the golden years of IF." --rmartins... "the game completely transforms itself" [+]"the game completely transforms itself" ( ) --Pinstripe... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --aluminumoxynitride...  Vote for this game | |
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Fredrik Ramsberg... (No comment) [+](No comment) --OverThinking... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --aluminumoxynitride... Vote for this game | |
| Vespers, by Jason Devlin 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --OverThinking... Vote for this game | |
| Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre 2 votes "Several wow moments" [+]"Several wow moments" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --rec53... Vote for this game | |
| Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Jubal... Vote for this game | |
| A Matter of Heist Urgency, by FLACRabbit 2 votes "origin story flashback" [+]"origin story flashback" ( - Full review) --OtisTDog... "Seconded" [+]"Seconded: Flashback blew me away, I have details in my review" ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 2 votes "1998 version" [+]"1998 version" ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Jade68... Vote for this game | |
| For a Change, by Dan Schmidt 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Taco Fiction, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest 1 vote "Funny wow moment" [+]"Funny wow moment" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Infidel, by Michael Berlyn 1 vote "One of the first anti hero games" [+]"One of the first anti hero games: The ending ran volte face to all pre and contemporary text adventure morality. The virtual anti-hero protagonist was born and died in self inflicted incarceration despite overcoming all problems. Points and victory no longer guaranteed prizes and happiness." --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Castle Ralf, by Doug Clutter and Steve Vance 1 vote "In Castle Ralf No-One Can Hear You Cogitate" [+]"In Castle Ralf No-One Can Hear You Cogitate: Peruse in the hallway and a sequence appearing to format your C drive begins. As this is a DOS only game it appears horrifyingly authentic." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian 1 vote "A game within a game" [+]"A game within a game: Baits you in with clever puzzles then drops you into another, much deeper experience." --rmartins... Vote for this game | |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre 1 vote "Escaping the..." [+]"Escaping the crystal maze. Obviously." ( ) --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| Delusions, by C. E. Forman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| The Castle of Vourtram, by Alexandre Torres 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --MerelBlackbird... Vote for this game | |
| Tethered, by Linus Åkesson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling 1 vote "Getting past the..." [+]"Getting past the extremely locked and guarded door. I'll never forget that." --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "When Floyd......" [+]"When Floyd... when Floyd... you know what happened." --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "Can't say much without spoiling, sadly." [+]"Can't say much without spoiling, sadly." --Peribee... Vote for this game | |