Nomad

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Five stars is not a terribly generous choice to chose from. With two decades of interactive fiction under my belt I decided to give -
* for a "game" that's a waste of time - not entertaining, not interactive
** for a bad game
*** for a game that doesn't qualify as "bad" but neither qualifies as "good"
**** for a good game
***** for a game that qualifies for an IF canon, that I'd recommend to IF n00bs, that should be on Wikipedia
I like good stories, good puzzles and good parsers. To be more precise: Puzzles that blend into the story and that are not hampered by a subprime parser. Think Anchorhead. Anchorhead's parser could be improved, but otherwise it was fine.

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"Warning: This is not a game, but rather a short story. Nothing to accomplish. I'd give it one star only usually, but... It's amusing. You..." - See the full review

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"EXODUS: Climate Activist is a CYOA game about a teenager finding his meaning in life by trying to join a militant environmental group. It..." - See the full review

Bad Beer, by Vivienne Dunstan   February 12, 2025
"Bad Beer is a mixed bag - I enjoyed it a lot for reasons depicted below, and I found it to be inferior due to reasons depicted below. In..." - See the full review

Gaming After A Long Day At Work, by Tyler Magruder   February 7, 2025
"So unless I oversaw something - Page 1: Text with X=6 choices. Whatever you chose, it's Page 1 with X-1 choices. When you're down to 0..." - See the full review

the last flower shop in town, by vaenaton   January 18, 2025
"I'm not a big fan of CYOA games but I do have a sweet tooth for fresh settings and good stories, so I gave it a try. The setting IS..." - See the full review

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