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If you're looking for a specific kind of IF, you can create a poll to ask other people for recommendations.
"I am looking for the games that, in your opinion, you simply must have played in order to really call yourself an IF aficionado. Or if someone wanted to play N number of IF games in order to get as good an overview of the IF classics..."
by murphy_slaw - 22 votes for 10 games, last vote on April 19, 2019; created on March 8, 2009"I'm looking exquisitely bad games. Games with warped aesthetics and worldviews far removed from consensus reality. Games that are, in the words of Michael Martin, "exactly good enough that I had to keep going to see what it did next"...."
by Jeff Sonas - 141 votes for 48 games, last vote on August 13, 2023; created on March 8, 2009"I'm looking for games that evoked strong feelings or strong mental images that stayed with you long after you finished the games."
by madducks - 122 votes for 29 games, last vote on January 10, 2024; created on March 7, 2009"I'm looking for games that are the best representations of horror or terror in IF."
by Pinstripe - 75 votes for 39 games, last vote on May 23, 2023; created on March 2, 2009"Sometimes, when I'm playing a game, I spend more time juggling my save files than I do reading the text. I don't want to have to restart because I picked up the green rod instead of the clay jug (with apologies to Zarf). So I'm looking..."
by murphy_slaw - 30 votes for 12 games, last vote on May 10, 2015; created on February 27, 2009"I'm looking for games where the player character is significantly stupider and/or less observant than the average player - the kind of game where part of the challenge is making sense of the descriptions offered through the simplistic..."
by Ghalev - 86 votes for 48 games, last vote on July 30, 2022; created on February 12, 2009"List here any games that feature a (preferably memorable!) "sidekick" character - an NPC who follows the viewpoint character around for most or all of the game, as per Floyd in Planetfall or Trent/Tiffany in Leather Goddesses of Phobos."
by Molly - 76 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on February 3, 2009"In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm looking for games that deal with romance and relationships."
by Rose - 496 votes for 64 games, last vote on December 5, 2023; created on February 1, 2009"As a historical exercise, I've begun compiling a list of IF games that have either done something ground breaking with the medium or otherwise influenced it; and I've turned it into a poll so everyone can have input on the expansion...."
by Molly - 37 votes for 22 games, last vote on February 13, 2024; created on January 1, 2009"Good treasure hunting games in the vein of Zork and Adventure, although they may not necessarily be set in caves."
by Molly - 30 votes for 17 games, last vote on March 13, 2023; created on December 30, 2008"Games that have great puzzle-design. The puzzles need to be logical and internally consistent."
by Molly - 34 votes for 25 games, last vote on December 4, 2022; created on December 27, 2008"I'm looking for IF that centers around specific real-world holidays, e.g. Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, Passover, the Fourth of July, Guy Fawkes Day, Halloween, etc."
by eyesack - 168 votes for 88 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on December 15, 2008"I couldn't find an easy way to search for this, so I figured I'd ask the hivemind: What games use graphics and/or sound to enhance the gameplay, similar to City of Secrets and Necrotic Drift?"
by tadsPro - 2 votes for 2 games, last vote on May 7, 2015; created on December 5, 2008"Hi TADS lovers!; I am new to TADS and i have played a few games. I want to know if there are any TADS games that emulate a system. I mean is there any game which simulates real world airplanes or space crafts in which the player will..."
by WriterBob - 134 votes for 37 games, last vote on March 26, 2024; created on November 15, 2008"I'm interested in games that take the fiction of IF to new levels. These are not straightforward, plot driven games. Think instead of games that play like poetry, or games that focus on a character's revelation."
by WriterBob - 281 votes for 72 games, last vote on November 12, 2023; created on November 11, 2008"I'm looking for games that are suited for adults who are new to IF. My purpose is to share these games with friends and let them get experience IF without being frustrated by mazes or guess-the-verb issues. Please avoid children's games...."
by Jeff Sonas - 62 votes for 21 games, last vote on September 11, 2022; created on October 29, 2008"My kids (9 and 12) like to play IF games on my phone during car drives so they are looking for something quick and fun that doesn't require much mapping. What single-room adventures are out there?"
by Mike Sousa - 91 votes for 36 games, last vote on November 17, 2022; created on October 11, 2008"My 10 year old twins recently "discovered" IF. They fell in love with Grunk and are asking for more games to play. I've searched BAF and have some ideas, but figured I would give this poll a shot since there are hundreds and hundreds of..."
by David Cornelson - 69 votes for 23 games, last vote on December 18, 2021; created on October 10, 2008"If you've played a game that "feels" like an Infocom game, add it to the list."
by breslin - 30 votes for 17 games, last vote on June 10, 2018; created on October 10, 2008"Doesn't need to be satisfying as a conventional game, but must be interesting as an experiment. The idea being that AI work in IF is something that still needs work. Name the games you think which are contributing to this area of genre..."