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>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction
Stranded has lots of pretty pictures, some of which are even worth the effort to see. Its writing, while fairly bad in some places, does have its moments. But at bottom, it's a game from 1988, gussied up and presented as new, but still unable to disguise its decaying roots.
This is a big, old-school game with tons of pictures. Expect quicksand, killer mosquitoes, a big maze, a light puzzle, a hunger puzzle, searching many random objects, etc.
I played with the walkthrough, but this would be a big, big game without it.
Story was pretty good, but navigating the swamp was tedious. The puzzles weren't too bad. Randomly has a troll.