Open Sorcery

by Abigail Corfman profile

Episode 1 of Open Sorcery
Science Fiction
2016

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- gugushic, August 25, 2016

- Jenie, August 18, 2016

- dastridly, August 9, 2016

- Herman van Wietmarschen (Driebergen, the Netherlands), August 5, 2016

- TheAncientOne, July 28, 2016

- revereche, July 17, 2016

- Dhary, May 20, 2016

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Outstanding fantasy/sci fi blend. Lengthy illustrated twine game., May 16, 2016
by MathBrush
Related reviews: about 1 hour

This game plays out over the course of several days in-game, perhaps a week. It is quite large, on the order of size of Twine games like Birdland, but feels a bit smaller than Spy Intrigue. I have played it once, but it seems to have high replay value.

The visuals on this game are gorgeous, especially when sleeping. The font, letter spacing, and color choices give a DOS type feel. The game is sprinkled with occasional images and animation.

You play a living firewall, an elemental charged with protecting a magic/tech network with 4 locations.

You are presented with a sequence of mysteries, one a day, which you use clues to solve. You can then deal with the mystery in many ways, raising and lowering various stats a la choice of games.

The game includes several times sequences, some violence and some sexual activity.

My only quibble is about one image, and it's a tiny issue: (Spoiler - click to show)I didn't like the illustration of the main antagonist, I thought it was cheesy.<\spoiler>

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- Aselia, May 12, 2016

- E.K., May 12, 2016

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Good, May 11, 2016

This is very good interactive fiction. There is much more decision-making than there is in the average IF game, with multiple locations and days.

You play to find and eliminate spiritual threats in locations of importance to your creators, and the way you eliminate them is up to you - this aspect of the game is quite tactical, allowing you to use assets and your own wits to gain more of those assets to employ in dangerous situations later.

The only complaint I can think of is the expanded version. I am not sure what "Expanded" means in this case, but if it means it is a more immersive experience then I find it irritating that I don't have an iPhone or android to download and play this "Expanded version".

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