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"I'd rather be smart than be an actor." -- Pinocchio, May 11, 2019by deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN) I normally am a sucker for anything involving time travel and paradoxes and I tend to prefer linear gameplay. Jon Ingold is also one of my favorite authors. So All Roads should be right up my alley. I judged the 2001 IF competition and remember giving this one a score of "6" and then being surprised it took first place and won a whole slew of XYZZY awards. I decided to play it again recently to see if time would change my mind, but I left once again feeling underwhelmed. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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only for men (straight men), March 6, 2016by supergamer the story is full of cheap gamer clichés, where the person who plays it is in charge of pretty willing women. it is not considered that a woman plays this game. and of course it is for sad poor gamer boys who need storys where pretty pretty women are yours. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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An intricate and beautiful story with its hardest puzzle at the beginning, February 3, 2016by MathBrush I've recently replayed many of Jon Ingold's games, and I am very impressed with his writing. This game is probably his best story. There are some puzzles, but you are generally held by the hand and walked through them (except at the beginning, but the game basically gives up and lets you through if you don't get it). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Good for intro to IF, January 16, 2016by 24Fanatic (Charlotte, NC) I'm new to IF, as I just (re)discovered it this week. I remember my cousins playing the ZORK titles when they first came out when I was a kid. All Roads has wonderful writing and storytelling, and for that I applaud Jon Ingold. The only thing I found slightly disappointing was the lack of organic movement or being allowed to actually decide what happens next. After playing all the way through the story, I thought, "That was pretty cool, and fun! Now I wonder what'll happen when I do this...?" Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Did not like, January 30, 2015by ProfReader In some games, a goal is to figure out what the goal is. This is one of those games (I think), but I found the play more frustrating than fun. There was no hint of explaining why you apparently have no recollection of what you are doing or why/how things happen. I was left with the impression that the gaps in the story were to cover over the lack of an explanation and not to enhance the feel of the story. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Fantastic game!, January 10, 2015by Chai Hai (Kansas City KS) I loved this! I just finished it and I still have no idea what just happened. Fantastic use of magic? Time travel? Paradoxes? Dimension hopping? Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Dark and winding, March 16, 2014by Macaroni-cheese (The Village) I really enjoyed this game. I don't know how often I would play it again. You did kind of jut from one place to the other without a reason why. I would recommend for beginners as it was not too difficult. It was the perfect length with the right amount of puzzles. Jon Ingold really does go the extra mile with his games. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A Jumble of Interesting Ideas, April 3, 2012by Jim Kaplan (Jim Kaplan has a room called the location. The location of Jim Kaplan is variable.) Related reviews: jon ingold Play it if: you love the mindscrew genre, because this more than qualifies, or you prefer largely puzzle-less, narrative-heavy IF. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A big meta-puzzle in an alternate Venice, August 29, 2011by Victor Gijsbers (The Netherlands) By now we have all become familiar with films that give us a narrative that is somehow cut up -- either in space, or in time, or in levels of reality -- and then ask us to sort it all out into a coherent story. Memento is an obvious example, as are Donnie Darko, Inception and eXistenZ. These films are like puzzles, in that we are constantly coming up with theories and testing them against what is happening on the screen. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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14 people found the following review helpful:
Good idea, bad result, November 21, 2010'wow'! What a great idea' I thought, 'an adventure all about switching through time'! Note: this rating is not included in the game's average. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Interesting ... but confused, November 16, 2010by Stumpy (A maze of twisty little passages, all alike (apart from the one I'm currently in)) An interesting experiment in storytelling, this isn't your typical brand of puzzle solving adventure title (there was only really one puzzle in the whole game). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Pissed off, December 26, 2009by Andreas Teufel (Poland) Confused nonsense about a shadowdancer/assassin in some parallel universe Italy (best setting EVAR!!!11), a story that repeats over and over in some utterly senseless way, a protagonist who is uninteresting in the worst way since he has no personality at all and WE KNOW NOT A FUCKING THING ABOUT HIM. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (6) - Add comment
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Exceptionally memorable..., February 27, 2008by OtisTDog There are competing schools of thought in IF. Many in the new school believe the story is paramount, and that puzzles and other game-like qualities are sometimes nothing more than unwanted throwbacks to the primitive days of mere "text adventures". "All Roads" is the first piece I encountered that made me think the new-schoolers might be on to something. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Fun, January 24, 2008by Dominic Delabruere (U.S.A.) This story's setting was beautiful, and the story was riveting, although I must admit I'm still rather confused about some of the details. There were one or two moments scenes in which I became stuck while playing this - it took me forever to notice the existence of a certain location, for example, but I've never been very good at puzzles in interactive fiction. The implementation was generally smooth, and the prose was polished and stylish. Overall, it's very fun to play. I recommend it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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