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Baf's Guide Scenes from a handful of ordinary lives alternate with chapters of a child's colorful science-fantasy. Sweet and sad, and complex enough that you may need to go through it twice in order to fully understand how all the fragments fit together. Very story-driven, with menu-based conversations and virtually no puzzle content. My only complaint is that it isn't terribly interactive - indeed, you're practically driven through it on tracks, and any actions that you don't take tend to be rendered unnecessary. But the story is intriguing enough, and well-written enough, and moving enough, that this seems a small quibble. This is probably the most successful example I've seen of interactivity at the service of fiction, rather than vice versa. The author intended this game to be played with colored text. Although I normally dislike such things, I agree that it works in this case. A monochrome version is also provided for those who feel differently. (NB: The first release of this game credits Opal O'Donnell as the author. This was a deliberate deception on the part of the real author, carried out with the permission of the real Opal O'Donnell.) -- Carl Muckenhoupt
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Good writing but to what end?, February 20, 2024by witchcock (Gainesville, FL) Great writing. Not sure where it was supposed to have gone, ending felt abrupt and didn't really feel like I'd done much except follow along. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Inspirational, January 29, 2020by menerell This is one of the first adventure games I played, and soon I understood the potential of the genre. How he plays with colour, voices, time... it's inspirational. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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This game is like a Russian doll, May 15, 2019by suchamazingdoge (Austin, Texas) Basically, this game is a bunch of stories that tie into each other, and work to make one single story. A story within a story, like a Russian doll. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Well worth a try!, March 24, 2012by RekoOne The story is catchy and puzzling, you really wants to understand how the different episodes fit together. And in the end the solution is quite clever, even if a bit sad. You might describe it a puzzle-less. But it does have some puzzles and even a maze or two. So puzzle-light might be more correct. Some of the later parts of the game is a bit too illogically and with bad fairytale-feeling. But still a short and easy game well worth a try. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A Colorful Tale, November 5, 2008by WriterBob (Richmond Hill, Ontario) "Photopia," is an intriguing piece that makes great use of color. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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I guess this was groundbreaking?, December 3, 2019by HaleyDreams Photopia is fun to read, but it's not a masterpiece or anything. Apparently in 1998 the idea that we could use a text-based medium to tell a story was a huge deal, and that "wow" moment is what got the game on so many "greatest of all time" lists. Coming into it from my perspective, though, one where IF as ebook with some stray interactive elements is just as common as IF as game or puzzle, this is basically just, yeah, one more IF as ebook. Pretty good. Not amazing. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Photopia review, July 5, 2015by Cder An amazing and touching game. Once you realize what all of the seemingly disconnected events have in common with one another, it will be quite the shock. Most of the events are told in different perspectives, all tying together into one specific event, and you will recognize said event when it reveals itself. 5/5, would play again. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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