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In Defense of Scaly Monsters, May 12, 2022In olden times, shrouded from memory by the mists of time, darkness had fallen over the Land of IF. There was bitter strife amongst the ranks of Text Adventurers. One powerful faction looked down with disdain upon the ancient traditions of Knightly Quests and Magick Incantations. One archetype above all others was the target of their loathing: the once Noble and Fearsome Dragon. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
[...] YAGWAD is the funniest game I've played this year. From the rousing prologue (and responses to "score" and "fullscore" therein), to the delightful ascii art animation in the title, to the encyclopedia salesman (insert Monty Python clip), to the friendly teeth, the troll, the answering machine, the monks....well, I could go on all day. Suffice to say, YAGWAD kept me grinning ear to ear from beginning to end. The humor is dead on, comparable to Steve Meretzky's and often better.
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| Direct link | Add a comment >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction The writing in YAGWAD is technically excellent, and I didn't find a single bug in the code, either. Like I said, if Infocom were a British company, they might easily have produced this game. I mean that compliment as strongly as it sounds. Anybody who likes Infocom-style IF ought to give this game a try. Even those of you who shudder at the thought of Yet Another Game With A Dragon. (And you know who you are.)
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A campy fantasy game with a colored magic system and a dragon, February 3, 2016by MathBrush This game has a mid-sized map and a good number of items and characters. It is not too hard, but it takes quite a bit of time compared to most IFComp games. You are trying to rescue a princess from a dragon, and you have to explore a forest. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Sobol (Russia), May 30, 2015 - Thrax, March 11, 2015 - Boochuckles (Tampa Bay, Fl), August 22, 2014 - Sam Kabo Ashwell (Seattle), April 16, 2012 - amciek (Opole), December 30, 2011 - Ouroboros, December 5, 2011 - LaFey (Porto, Portugal), July 15, 2011 - Felix Pleșoianu (Bucharest, Romania), March 19, 2011 - Dan Efran, June 15, 2010 - Patrick M. McCormick (United States), May 4, 2010 - Danielle (The Wild West), April 2, 2010 - Mastodon, March 26, 2009 - Ghalev (Northern Appalachia, United States), November 25, 2008 - Stagrovin, November 10, 2008 - Steve Blanding (Redmond, WA), June 30, 2008 Baf's GuideAn entertaining little romp that's sometimes straight fantasy and sometimes more akin to parody of fantasy, as indicated by the name (which adverts to the r*if community's well-aired dislike for games involving dragons). A few of the puzzles are a bit obscure, but most are both challenging and reasonable, and there's substantially more plot than the typical canonical fantasy game offers. Funny and well-written. -- Duncan Stevens
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