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Average Rating: based on 48 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 6
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- GaryW, June 24, 2024

- joes, January 5, 2024

- Bloxwess (Bellaire, Texas), November 16, 2022

- Brad Buchanan (Seattle, Washington), November 14, 2022

- Edo, July 25, 2021

- kierlani, May 19, 2020 (last edited on May 20, 2020)

- o0pyromancer0o, November 1, 2019

- Cory Roush (Ohio), June 28, 2017 (last edited on June 29, 2017)

- Sobol (Russia), August 13, 2016

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Fast-moving, story-based game in the icy wilderness, March 6, 2016
by verityvirtue (London)

You've been on this quest for so long, you can hardly figure out what's going on. All you know is that if you remain in this snow any longer, you'll die.

I enjoyed playing this game, mainly because it is more than it seems. The writing is descriptive and clear; the sense of pacing faultless. Snowquest is very much a story-based game, rather than character-based or even puzzle-based; establishing a distinctive PC voice isn't an emphasis here.

My playthrough was almost entirely free of mechanical issues, by which I mean problems with guessing verbs, not knowing what to do and so on. The puzzles are largely well-designed, with what you need to solve them usually pretty clear. I found navigation a bit of a chore sometimes, especially in the larger initial world, because the exit lister seemed to disappear without explanation - I suspect this is a technical/interpreter issue, but it disrupted the flow of the game. There is also a guess-the-verb puzzle, through which I bulldozed with the hints.

Overall, Snowquest is a linear, mildly puzzle-y game, making up a little less than an hour's play.

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- E. W. B., February 23, 2016

- branewurms, January 23, 2016

- mousetail (India), November 2, 2015

- hoopla, September 25, 2015 (last edited on September 26, 2015)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Essentially two games in one. Short, mosly linear, fairly easy and fun, September 24, 2015*

As others have noted, this game has essentially two parts (not including short, one-shot scenes).

The first part is very enjoyable, more than any Eric Eve game I have played. In its crispness, focus, and detail, and linearity, it reminded me of Dual Transform by Plotkin. You are an adventurer in the snow, trying to helo your civilization.

The second part fell flat for me, especially the ending. It seemed the author left much unfinished. The puzzles were still good; although I missed an inventory item by not reading descriptions.

Overall, I recommend this gamee.

* This review was last edited on February 3, 2016
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- Lanternpaw, May 16, 2015

- E.K., January 17, 2014

- Cloud-Of-Judgement (Eastern Europe), December 12, 2013 (last edited on December 13, 2013)

- Adam Myers, October 26, 2013

- DJ (Olalla, Washington), May 9, 2013

- Floating Info, April 3, 2013

- Metz77 (Massachusetts, USA), February 20, 2013 (last edited on February 21, 2013)

- amciek (Opole), November 10, 2012

- Mr. Patient (Saint Paul, Minn.), May 14, 2012

- Hannes, November 12, 2011


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