Hunter, in Darkness

by Andrew Plotkin profile

Fantasy, Game
1999

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- shrimpylemons, March 16, 2023

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- Cerfeuil (*Teleports Behind You* Nothing Personnel, Kid), October 11, 2022

- Nightmace, June 11, 2022

>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction

This is a game that clearly took great care with its design, extending the illusion of freedom a long way while maintaining a fairly specific structure. Also, several rooms have initial descriptions which describe the experience of arriving in the room, and the features that are most salient at first. Once this description has been displayed, further looks at the room will stabilize into a more settled description, one which takes details into account and bears reading multiple times. Attention to detail like this just permeates the game, and makes it one of the most engrossing competition entries I've ever had the good fortune to play.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Player, in Discomfort, November 27, 2020
by Gayla (Ann Arbor, MI)

This is a well-crafted game, but I did not like it. It made me feel claustrophic and antsy and miserable. Maybe that's a tribute to Plotkin's ability to set a scene! After all, the protagonist here isn't super-enjoying his/her life when the game begins. But I had to push myself to finish it and I didn't particularly care about getting the "right" ending if only I could escape that awful cave.

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- FishOnHead, September 27, 2019

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Cool Take on Hunt the Wumpus, August 24, 2019

I prefer this one to Shade. The illusion of choice is much stronger. I didn't mind the death mechanic/cycle because it gave gravity to your choices. The puzzles are fun but a little easy. The excellent writing ties the whole experience together.

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