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"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 overall game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..." 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 tekket - 83 votes for 34 games, last vote on May 5, 2021; created on January 6, 2015"What commercial games published between 1980-1993 other than those by Infocom do you think are worth playing? "
by Wendymoon - 82 votes for 51 games, last vote on December 16, 2023; created on November 8, 2009"What games can you think of with birds in them? What's the bird? Is it important to the game?"
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 J'onn Roger - 81 votes for 27 games, last vote on March 16, 2023; created on July 17, 2009"I'm not looking for supernatural/ghost stories or horror stories, just games that do a good job being scary and/or disturbing."
by DustyCypress - 81 votes for 45 games, last vote on December 13, 2023; created on March 28, 2012"Do you still remember when you played your very first IF? How did you get drawn (and perhaps addicted) to IF and have been playing still? What was the title that started it all for you? I started with a collection called "The Adventure..."
by MathBrush - 80 votes for 34 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"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 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by H. W. Wiliams - 80 votes for 45 games, last vote on October 2, 2023; created on July 31, 2017"I'm hoping to find a good comedy IF title. I've been away for a while and want a good laugh before I head back to work. Any suggestions? "
by Ghalev - 76 votes for 35 games, last vote on January 20, 2023; created on July 30, 2010"As of the founding of this poll, the IFDB has only seven games with the "amnesia" tag. I don't buy that for an instant. Please vote for games where the player-protagonist-person is dealing with a bout of forgetfulness (usually about who..."
by dutchmule - 76 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on December 13, 2009"I'm looking for games which, as in a lot of short stories, feature a sudden and unexpected revelation/twist at the very end of the game, that possibly changes your interpretation of what the game was really all about. (but please be..."
by Rhetta_Lynnea - 76 votes for 33 games, last vote on February 1, 2023; created on March 18, 2014"I'm looking for IF narrated by aliens, animals, anything."
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 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 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 MathBrush - 73 votes for 24 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 overall game of 2023. Unlike all other polls in the IFDB Awards, this..." 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 MathBrush - 69 votes for 19 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 best Twine game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..." by MathBrush - 69 votes for 18 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 game with the best worldbuilding of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by Ant-Fan - 68 votes for 36 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on July 8, 2013"I'm looking for games from the sci-fi genre. I would prefer classic-style games, even if they're not classics (such as 'Across The Stars') because one of my all-time favorites is Planetfall, but really, anything goes."