Ratings and Reviews by SpecialAgent
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A solid game, March 27, 2020Divis Mortis has an atmospheric setting, nice prose interspersed with gruesome descriptions, and some classic puzzles. I enjoyed playing this game in the evenings over two days. The author's description of the world is darkly colorful, and there are some unique twists to the zombie lore which was a nice touch.
There were a couple of problems however - Some grammatical and spelling mistakes, and a parser problem that made it difficult to use one of the weapons: (Spoiler - click to show)It allows you to FIRE THE GUN (which shoots into space and wastes a bullet), but does not allow you to FIRE THE GUN AT THE ZOMBIE, or even ATTACK ZOMBIE WITH THE GUN. In the end, you have to SHOOT THE ZOMBIE. There was also one puzzle that seemingly required real-world knowledge that I did not possess, and the author did not hint (that I saw) how to solve it: (Spoiler - click to show)Mixing ammonia and bleach creates toxic sulfur vapors.
A solid game for the author's first IF story. Recommended.
A good detective mystery unfolds, July 1, 2017Color the Truth is well written and story driven, it does not feature any traditional lock-and-key puzzles (that I encountered), and focuses on narrative and conversation based puzzles instead. In some cases it was necessary to repeat conversations - a bit tedious at the time but in retrospect, a clever tactic to highlight the main premise. This offers a nice change of pace, and if you feel like something different, I can recommend Color the Truth.
A fun and challenging adventure, June 27, 2017This is a collaborative work by ten authors, each of them was only allowed to see the preceding author's work. The result is a surreal adventure with varied scenery and strange but endearing characters.
The prose flows pretty well between the authors, despite the imposed restriction, and the transition between each section brings contrasting scenery with new puzzles.
Memorable characters, fun puzzles and some well placed tense moments delivers an enjoyable work of IF.
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