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Awards
23rd Place (tie) - 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2008)
Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating:   Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2 |
This game has numerous issues, and is best played with a walkthrough.
With a walkthrough, it can be pretty fun. It does include steps like waiting 19 times in a row, with each Z producing a text dump.
The reason it can be fun is that its story, which has early hints about employees not being all the way there and oddly intelligent robotic devices, is compelling in the large scale.
Worth trying if you like to skim read and don't mind walkthroughs.
A meaty effort... lots to read, lots to do. Some evocative writing, a compelling story filled with intrigue, interesting characters and lots of twists and turns. In the world of pulp novels and trashy sci-fi, it would be described as a "page turner". Overcomes some very poor vocabulary, buggy disambiguation, and the "mother of all cut scenes" (one character's dialogue runs for at least twelve turns!) to deliver a nice, solid game that neatly balances puzzles and story. Well worth a play.
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First Publication Date: October 1, 2008
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 6
IFID: ZCODE-1-080927-F37F
TUID: i45k6mzsi2wpw1ec
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