Hunter, in Darkness

by Andrew Plotkin profile

1999
Fantasy, Game
Inform 6

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
damp, dark, dank, and dangerous..., November 28, 2010
by The Year Is Yesterday (California)

I died more times than I can count playing Hunter, in Darkness, but I loved every second of it. In a masochistic sort of way, perhaps. This is one of the most claustrophobic, terror-inducing titles I've encountered - an achievement, considering it's based on (Spoiler - click to show)Hunt The Wumpus. The puzzles all come logically, and even better, the various deaths arrive with a brutal, no-nonsense finality that encourages you to try a different tack, rather than frustrating you with that feeling of being so close and so far. This is a serious story, not of adventure, but of survival, unsympathetic and unadulterated.

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