Anchorhead

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- Maureen (California), November 2, 2007

- John Murphy (Lebanon, NH, USA), October 27, 2007

- Stephen Bond (Leuven, Belgium), October 26, 2007

- Shade (North Carolina), October 25, 2007

- zer, October 22, 2007

- Sam Kabo Ashwell (Seattle), October 21, 2007

- Michael R. Bacon (New Mexico), October 21, 2007

- Emily Short, October 19, 2007

Baf's Guide

Lovecraft-inspired gothic horror at its best: a small town full of secrets, a gruesomely deformed monstrosity, a vast uncaring force awaiting its day. Despite the overblown style typical of the genre, this game generally works, and can get quite unnerving at times (especially in some of the NPC interactions). Highly open and explorable environment (aside from an abundance of locked doors), puzzles well-integrated into the storyline (including many optional puzzles and alternate solutions), lots of backstory revealed in an impressive variety of ways. Gets a bit sticky towards the end, with many tight time limits. Has a Sierra-style time system: the day ends when a certain point in the plot is reached. Features a female protagonist, two small mazes (one optional), references to incest, and a certain amount of strong language, gore, and really bad things happening to people.

-- Carl Muckenhoupt