Ill Wind

Perhaps it's because I haven't read detective stories outside of old "Detective Comics" and a few Sherlock Holmes stories, but the actual plot and what I was investigating was rather boring to me most of the time.

The only thing I was honestly curious about was if someone was lying to me and what caused the (Spoiler - click to show)"mutilations". More insight into that (Spoiler - click to show)didn't come until later (which from what I understand is a common element of this type of game). When that happened, I was into the story again.

Then, I got stuck. Without a walk-through to follow, I asked the author for hints a few times. The author was happy to give me hints, but after revisiting the game 3 or 4 times a few weekends, I gave up.

The remarks from the cab driver were not funny to me, (in comparison to something like the GPS in Hangar 22) but the scene involving the (Spoiler - click to show)"gruff man by the fire escape" was very funny to me.

As far as actual game interpretation quality, there are various nuances that probably assisted in my final outcome with playing this. That is the main reason for the 2 stars. While the story wasn't for me, I did in fact read it and had some interest.