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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.
"Think "House of Leaves" or Aaron Reed's "Subcutanean." "Delightful Wallpaper" doesn't count as, though its map is large and complex, it does make geometric sense."
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 Fredrik Ramsberg - 74 votes for 28 games, last vote on August 12, 2023; created on June 16, 2022"I'd like to compile a list of some of the most enjoyable games available in Z-code format (blorbed or not). Please add games that you thoroughly liked, and vote for games already on the list. Everything from short pieces to epic works..."
by Fredrik - 175 votes for 57 games, last vote on August 11, 2023; created on February 13, 2011"No doubt you have played some great games with great titles, or been disappointed to find games with great titles that did not hold up to expectations. What are the best titles of IF? They can be funny, elegant, evocative, or whatever..."
by Silius - 39 votes for 19 games, last vote on August 9, 2023; created on April 9, 2009"You know like with lots of puzzles you have to solve."
by penguincascadia - 95 votes for 74 games, last vote on August 6, 2023; created on February 19, 2016"This list is for games either about travel or with travel as a major part of the plot or background. Stuff like being able to choose where you go from a relatively wide range of destinations, road trips, exploring a city or region as a..."
by MathBrush - 65 votes for 44 games, last vote on August 3, 2023; created on June 17, 2017"What games have really good cover art?"
by Lance Cirone - 19 votes for 13 games, last vote on August 2, 2023; created on February 13, 2023"These are games that you can come to again and again, even after you beat them. It could be a story-heavy game where you won't connect all the dots until you run through it a second or third time, or an expansive core mechanic that..."
by JasonMel - 82 votes for 42 games, last vote on August 1, 2023; created on March 27, 2012"I would like to be able to recommend to someone many examples of interactive fiction in which the player character is far from a cipher or an everyman or everywoman, but is instead a character with a definite personality within a game..."
by Malasana - 13 votes for 10 games, last vote on July 30, 2023; created on November 26, 2021""The archetypal IF setting will always be Your Crazy Friend/Relative's Crazy House. It's the perfect way to work through all the classic IF tropes - plenty of puzzles to solve for no other reason than to see what's beyond, sealed-off..."
by Sam Kabo Ashwell - 111 votes for 57 games, last vote on July 27, 2023; created on May 19, 2011"I've been thinking about games that provide really brilliant moments. This is not about the overall quality of the game: there are plenty of excellent games that never deliver a clear, standout moment of unalloyed excellence. And surely..."
by Cygnus - 16 votes for 9 games, last vote on July 22, 2023; created on March 31, 2023"so… you know how savior fair is long and awesome, but also, like, complicated? and.. cruel, as the ratings out it? I think the first thing that goot me INTO IF was anchor head. kinda that difficulty. recently played d’arkun and that was..."
by tggdan3 - 56 votes for 29 games, last vote on July 20, 2023; created on November 3, 2010"Games that can be completed in less than 30 mintues. Need not be one room (though that obviously helps). Hopefully, the games are fun as well. "
by diddlescatter - 64 votes for 31 games, last vote on July 13, 2023; created on February 13, 2011"(Sorry, Fredrik, but your poll was such a great idea that I couldn't resist!) So here's the question: Which titles out there do you absolutely hate? Remember, it doesn't have to be a game you've actually played. In fact, maybe it's a..."
by Malasana - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on July 6, 2023; created on June 1, 2023"Sunny, light-hearted games that are ideal to play during the warm summer months."
by Canalboy - 23 votes for 16 games, last vote on July 2, 2023; created on October 7, 2021"By this I mean games that can be made unwinnable near the start or have hellish opening puzzles."
by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 42 votes for 22 games, last vote on June 26, 2023; created on November 17, 2014"Looking for games that really explore verticality, which go up (way up) in their setting. Human-made structures in particular: towers, skyscrapers, radio antennae. Games that figuratively can make you feel dizzy, particularly after a..."
by Rovarsson - 22 votes for 18 games, last vote on June 24, 2023; created on March 23, 2022"I found the BBC Micro archive a little while ago and I'm overwhelmed. (http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?search=Text+Adventure&on_S=on) Any recommendations? I've put two games in myself from both sides of the spectrum: a 1984 old-school..."
by Denk - 44 votes for 35 games, last vote on May 26, 2023; created on November 15, 2020"More than 1000 games were made with the British tools "The Quill", "PAW" and "GAC" through the 80s and early 90s. Some bad, others worth playing today. I would like to know which are the best. Those with the most votes are probably among..."
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..."