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Funny, Hard, Canonical, July 26, 2023by Drew Cook (Acadiana, USA) Just this morning, I witnessed two online conversants discuss the "overrated" nature of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Typically, I interpret the term "overrated" as an oblique yet economical way of saying "most people like this more than I do." Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
The game is richly described, backed by an excellent forgiving parser, and more fun to play than you can shake a stick at. The only dark spot in an otherwise sterling effort is Adams' convoluted sense of logic, compounded by an unsatisfying ending. Other frustrations of the game owe more to the paradigm of game design from the early era of interactive fiction than anything Adams has done himself.
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Engaging Balance of the 'Interactive' and the 'Fiction', September 7, 2021by ccpost (Greensboro, North Carolina) I'm not a huge Hitchhiker's fan, but I still thoroughly enjoyed Douglas Adams' characteristically witty, sardonic prose. Though the game has a (deserved) reputation for being difficult and at-times cruel in its design, the world-class satirical writing and absurdly fun sci-fi narrative are more than enough to motivate the player to meet these challenges. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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As per the 20th Anniversary Edition, March 26, 2016by Teaspoon Confession: I never played any of the original versions, instead coming on board with the BBC Radio 4 20th Anniversary Edition, which is in many ways kinder to the player; it came complete with the game itself, but also some simple but pleasing graphics, interesting game design notes, and all the Douglas Adams hints. That page is still here, although the game is currently hosted here. (Apparently this is the 30th Anniversary Edition, which is like the old one but with a shinier interface and, erm, the ability to tweet from in-game. Perhaps just as well, if the brush-up allows the game to be around for another ten years.) Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- BeerIF (MA), March 3, 2016 7 of
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Frankly, I just used a walkthrough and enjoyed the show, February 3, 2016Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy is co-written by Douglas Adams, and the strong prose shows this. The game is very imaginative and vibrant. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
- Aryore, December 13, 2015 3 of
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Read Doulgas Adams' books instead, November 29, 2015by chairbender The puzzles are absolutely stupid. There are plenty of more enjoyable games you could play instead of this. People say you should play this for the writing, but I would say you're not really missing much, and you're certainly not spending your free time effectively by trying to figure out these stupid puzzles. If you want to enjoy Douglas Adams' writing, read his books. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Great classic text adventure!, October 30, 2012This game brings back so many memories of college and friends trying to figure out how to beat it. For anyone who is now trying to play it on your smartphone, this site helped me tremendously with the commands that you can use in the game: Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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Fun!, April 14, 2010by Moses66737 (Ohio) Still as much fun as the first time I played it years and years ago. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Evil, But Enjoyable, July 8, 2008by Nathaniel Kirby (Pennsylvania) Hitchhikers is one of those games at times so dastardly, so unfair, so evil, that it shouldn't be enjoyable to play. But thanks to the wonderfully enjoyable writing of Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, HHGTG is an enjoyable puzzle-fest. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Convoluted, but fun, November 15, 2007by Michael R. Bacon (New Mexico) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was my first experience with IF, and it was very frustrating, but in a way that entertained me greatly. The game unforgivingly kills the player again and again for oversights so ridiculous that the player was obviously not expected to even guess at them until after dying. If that's not something you enjoy, the deliciously witty prose is worth the effort, even if you resort to using a walkthrough, step by step. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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