Elizabeth Hawke's Forever Always

Baf's Guide

A brief game that entertainingly spoofs the conventions of the scottish/historical romance genre. It features a unique conversation system in which your statements can be modified with adverbs (it is the only game I know of in which WHISPER HUSKILY is actually a meaningful action), and the first scene features an amusing puzzle with a number of solutions. The game also turns the multimedia abilities of TADS 3 to excellent if limited effect with the inventively decorated status line. Unfortunately, the second scene is more finicky than the first and plays less smoothly -- but the overall effect is still excellent.

-- Emily Short