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Full of personality, so-so puzzles, January 12, 2023by Lance Cirone (Backwater, Vermont) Speculative Fiction's voice and narration are full of personality. Everything is written from the perspective of wizard-turned-bird W.D., whether he's reflecting upon his past failed inventions or trying to cheat his way into wealth. The NPCs and characters around the world are interesting, and I had so much fun on my initial run through the world just to see what there was. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Rainbow Fire , August 30, 2020 - William Chet (Michigan), July 20, 2020 - kierlani, May 9, 2020 - <blank>, November 1, 2016 2 of
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A fleshed-out introcomp game with magic system and odd pc, February 4, 2016by MathBrush In this game, you play a wizard commanding a crow familiar. It is one of many long games set in a Zork/Enchanter-like world with light-hearted but increasingly difficult puzzles (such as Frobozz Magic Support, Augmented Fourth and Risorgimento Represso). In these games, I usually start out delighted, and solve some puzzles, then slowly get weary of it and give up, turning to the walkthrough and enjoying the ride. I think that one reason they lack the magic of Zork or Enchanter is that those old games had a real sense of decay and loss around them, and of personal growth. It's like the difference between milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate: a little bitterness goes a long way. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Audiart (Davis, CA), August 16, 2015 - Snave, November 12, 2014 - DJ (Olalla, Washington), May 10, 2013 - OtisTDog, March 4, 2013 15 of
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Fraud for fun and profit, July 14, 2012by Mr. Patient (Saint Paul, Minn.) Speculative Fiction is an extremely sharp, witty game. I'm glad the authors completed it, after placing second in 2011's IntroComp. >x signature Even if you solve none of the puzzles, you should have a pretty good time just reading W.D.'s descriptions (as well as an excellent fake-terrible disambiguation message in the Stock Market). The game is structured so that it's possible to get a decent ending by solving only the easier puzzles. The more puzzles you can solve, the better an ending you can open up. This would seem to make it newbie-friendly, except that the puzzles do become very challenging, verging on underclued, including one I didn't even realize was a puzzle until I read ABOUT HINT (which does not actually dispense hints, but simply lists the primary tasks). The implementation is decent with a few hiccups. The authors have replaced most of the default responses with W.D.-appropriate ones, and they're terrific. However, there are occasional missing line breaks, a repeated word or two, some unimplemented objects, and a couple of bugs (one of which which allowed me to short-circuit the game's cleverest puzzle, albeit in amusing fashion). But frankly, it doesn't matter. W.D. is so ingenious that you should play Speculative Fiction just for the writing. Note: this review is based on older version of the game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
- ifwizz (Berlin, Germany), July 13, 2012
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