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"In some games, you play a brave hero, or a cynical crime-fighter, or a cunning robber. In others, you play an artificial mind, an alien, or an animal. In many, you play nobody in particular, just an average person of some kind, doing a..."
by Stickz - 28 votes for 20 games, last vote on May 5, 2023; created on June 23, 2010"I'm looking for games where the PC is faced with needs like eating, sleeping, and thirst. Unusual inventory limitations. Things that make them appear a little more human."
by MathBrush - 28 votes for 25 games, last vote on June 16, 2017; created on May 16, 2017"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here..."
by jlvp1234 - 28 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 30, 2023; created on February 13, 2021"I'm looking for games with cooking. ever since I have played gourmet and, gourmet version1, wich is the same, I have also played you got a stew going. does anyone have any recommendations other than these on wich I have just mentioned?"
by Greg Frost - 28 votes for 17 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on March 22, 2021"I am looking for games which use the literary technique of ekphrasis: "a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined" (Wikipedia)."
by morganthegirl - 28 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on September 2, 2020"I'm somewhat new to IF and was wondering if Easter Eggs are ever hidden in these games as they are in others? If so, which games have them? If there a lot of them, then which ones are the "best"?"
by MathBrush - 28 votes for 11 games, last vote on February 17, 2023; created on January 30, 2023"This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best science fiction game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to..." by MathBrush - 28 votes for 17 games, last vote on February 18, 2023; created on January 30, 2023"This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most underappreciated game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to..." by Dawn Sueoka - 27 votes for 17 games, last vote on February 27, 2024; created on March 19, 2023"I’m reading and really enjoying The Weird and the Eerie, by critic Mark Fisher. In this book, Fisher explores the sense of something’s being simultaneously unsettling and fascinating. “Weird” and “eerie,” according to Fisher, are the..." by Karl Ove Hufthammer - 27 votes for 18 games, last vote on February 12, 2021; created on November 17, 2013"Most IF works are only available in ‘version 1’, but some are released in updated versions. And a few see a large amount of bug fixing, rewriting and polish. This is a poll for highlighting these games, games that the authors have taken..."
by Jeremy Freese - 27 votes for 16 games, last vote on January 20, 2024; created on October 25, 2009"The chase scene, a staple of Scooby Doo and action movies, but how often has it been done in IF?"
by Cendare - 27 votes for 17 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on July 17, 2011"I was thinking about "Nothing But Mazes" and how it, in fact, contains things that aren't mazes. What other games have titles that don't quite reflect what's inside?"
by MathBrush - 27 votes for 6 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best retro game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..." by MathBrush - 27 votes for 20 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on October 25, 2015"Homebrew games don't get a lot of love here, but some of them are pretty good. What is your favorite homebrew game?"
by thecanvasrose - 27 votes for 15 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on November 3, 2019"1. Please leave a description with your vote and tell me what the game is/why you like it/etc. 2. Free to play games preferred. 3. I'm interested to see what's new or less well known."
by Molly - 26 votes for 26 games, last vote on March 8, 2014; created on February 18, 2014"There were a lot of great games released in 2013, and now that the XYZZYs are coming up, it seems like a very good idea to take a poll of all the games from last year people would like to see nominated. The management has asked that we..."
by beetlesack99 - 26 votes for 22 games, last vote on August 19, 2022; created on October 22, 2016"are there any"
by Karl Ove Hufthammer - 26 votes for 19 games, last vote on May 16, 2017; created on July 29, 2012"I have always thought that music has a huge potential for enhancing IF, more so than graphics has. So what are the best examples of IF games that use music? Note that this poll does not include games with only sound effects; they have to..."
by Paxton - 26 votes for 14 games, last vote on July 18, 2022; created on March 29, 2021"Ideally these are games whose puzzles/challenges involve the map in some way (hidden connections, layout analysis, &c.) and aren't just games which could be mapped. I'm especially interested in games which use the action of drawing the..."
by Athe - 26 votes for 14 games, last vote on August 28, 2020; created on June 27, 2011"While searching for games that were difficult, I found many games that had a very unforgiving forgiveness rating, which I don't find very appealing. I do like puzzles, however, so I would be interested in finding games with challenging..."