Sycamora Tree

by David Dyte

2000
Joke
Inform 6

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Am I missing something?, July 12, 2009
by gruelove (UK)
Related reviews: bad, humour, random

OK. Having read the only member review for this game, and having a soft spot for humorous IF, I was looking forward to this one, but I think I must be missing something. I just keep getting a 'you are lost in the woods' message, or words to that effect. I did manage on one occasion to get a humorous little description about a dozen words long, but only after wandering seemingly at random around the woods for what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a few minutes. I'm afraid if i'm being a little hasty in giving this one a bad review then i'm more than happy for somebody else to point out what i'm doing wrong and give me a gentle shove in the right direction. But until that happens continuously stating that 'you are lost in the woods' at every turn(literally!) just doesn't cut it for me. I had initially thought that I really was simply missing something obvious, so tried 'help' and 'hints' and even 'about' in a vain attempt to find out where I was going wrong, but no, no luck since they aren't implemented.

I hope somebody tells me what an idiot i'm being in missing the obvious and points me in the right direction, because the single, short description I did get showed signs of promise.

Anyway, i'll give it two stars for the moment, but am hoping to increase that if and when i'm able.

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markm, July 13, 2009 - Reply
You may glean more information from the newsgroup:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/search?q=sycamora+tree
gruelove, July 16, 2009 - Reply
Thanks for the link, but i'm afraid i'm still in the dark. All I can gleen from all this information is that it's some sort of parody. I just can't quite work out why it's such an outstanding parody. I've a horrible feeling you may just have to spell it out for me here... sorry! eek!
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