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1-13 of 13 >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction The Frenetic Five has an excellent premise and, on the level of prose, an excellent execution. However, interface design and implementation are too important to be treated the way this game treats them, and it suffers for it. I'm still waiting for the game that does superheroes just right.
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A goofy, mid-length superhero game with clever writing and odd puzzles, February 3, 2016by MathBrush This is one of the most well-known examples of a superhero game, due to the fact that there were 3 of these games in a series (the same is true of the slightly-better-known Earth and Sky series). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Great Premise, Terrific Writing, Poor Execution, March 16, 2009by OtisTDog I was a big fan of "The Tick" back when the animated series was on. One of my favorite jokes from the series was the hapless group of pseudo-superheroes known as the Civic-Minded Five, whose absurdly ineffective "powers" consisted of things like having four legs or being able to deliver static electricity shocks. Neil deMause may or may not have been familiar with the Civic-Minded Five, but it seems likely that he was, as the characters in this game are clearly cast from the same mold. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
- Karl Ove Hufthammer (Bergen, Norway), January 13, 2009 - Rob Maule (Florida, USA), October 1, 2008 Baf's GuideA humorous superhero story, patterned after the likes of The Tick. Your intrepid team and their unlikely powers are up against a German film-director-turned-supervillain. But before they even can begin, they face challenges like finding the keys to their house and figuring out which bus to take. Very funny, but poorly designed; puzzles late in the game depend on having collected random detritus in the beginning, with the result that you'll probably have to page through some longwinded oratory multiple times. -- Carl Muckenhoupt
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