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Intelligent, elegant, and thoughtful, December 31, 2022by Lance Cirone (Backwater, Vermont) This is flat-out one of my favorite games of all time. Everything it does just struck all the right chords for me. The dry, sarcastic humor, the gloomy atmosphere, the way Helen and Grant interact with each other. You get a sense of what each of these characters have been through, and you genuinely do want to see what each of them have to say. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction [G]litches aside, the conversation felt real more often than it felt artificial, and that is a significant achievement. The writing is superior throughout, and achieves pure brilliance on occasion. I may have had some issues with the storyline, and I may have encountered some bugs, but I enjoyed Best of Three very much nonetheless.
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Interesting Concept, March 18, 2017by RottenSnail Related reviews: easy, multiple choice, beginner, conversation, NPC, experimental, narrative, back-story, romance, dialogue The "game" plays out as a conversation. Most of it takes place in a coffee shop and the interactions with the surroundings are limited. I'd consider this game to be more experimental; gently testing the boundaries of the medium, letting the player uncover the back-story of the main character and the NPC, letting the player (to a point) decide how the conversation will go (through multiple-choice dialogue). It's an interesting concept and definitely worth playing. It felt more like reading a book than playing a game, which I think is the point, and I like the result. I gave this game only four stars because I didn't "love" it, though I would definitely recommend this relatively short game to others (especially beginners), and I'd play more games by this author (because I did "love" Bronze). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A two-person conversation game about old dreams, loss, and life, February 3, 2016by MathBrush Best of Three is a menu-driven conversation game by Emily Short set entirely in the real world. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Dreadful realism, July 28, 2008by Beekeeper I wanted to like this technically outstanding and "romantic" character study, but I couldn't. I know Grant Stern, and I don't like him. The game is a pretty convincing simulation of a coffee date, but I hate coffee dates. I simply don't want to be in this dismal café having a dismal coffee date with this dismal person. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Engaging and refreshing, despite realistically irritating NPC, June 17, 2008by Clare Parker (Portland, OR) Grant Stern, the main NPC in Best of Three, is more than a little irritating. His academic pretensions make me grit my teeth and if someone I was dining with ever ordered a cup of tea the way he does, I would probably die of embarrassment. I know men like this. Smart men who have only recently broken out of high school into the world of academia are prone to becoming self-centered and obnoxious. However, because I know men like this, I understand the PC's infatuation with him. It is easy to fall for smart guys, particularly if they are good-looking, and most especially if an underlying current of sweetness can be detected. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Love lost and found, June 10, 2008by Ian Davis I loved this little gem of IF. It was short and sweet, never difficult. I felt like an actor in a drama. Instead of simply watching a conversation unfold, I felt far more connected to the events by participating. The characterizations where fabulous and fleshed out. This was assisted by explorations of their past lives. Highly recommended! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Romance in a Northwest Café, May 9, 2008by Pavel Soukenik (Kirkland, WA) A conversation masterpiece, and not just because it is a "conversation only" thing, Best of Three does everything important right: It sets and keeps the atmosphere, provides a superbly characterized and likable protagonist and a life-like NPC as a past romantic interest who is (perhaps intentionally as a clever decision) less likable. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Tom Hudson (Durham, North Carolina), April 15, 2008 - jfpbookworm (Hamburg, New York), February 25, 2008 - Michel Nizette (Brussels, Belgium), January 18, 2008 - anj tuesday, November 18, 2007 - Brian Slesinsky (California), October 27, 2007 - Eriorg (Switzerland), October 22, 2007 Baf's GuideConsists entirely of one conversation, as with the author's Galatea, but it's an extremely immersive and wide-ranging conversation; you meet up with an old flame of sorts, and the exchange that results is in various measures adversarial and revelatory. The conversation system is a further development of the one used in Pytho's Mask, which combines ASK/TELL and conversation menus to obtain the freedom of the former and the natural speech of the latter. Both your character and the lone NPC of significance are well developed; many have found the NPC irritating, but I thought he was interesting, at least, even if not always endearing. In short: not much as a game, but terrific as NPC interaction, PC characterization, and general storytelling. -- Duncan Stevens
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