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6 people found the following review helpful:
Greatness, June 10, 2010by tggdan3 (Michigan) The writing of this game is enough to draw you in by itself. Your character is stupid- an orc, and the descriptions of everything keeps that in mind, continually reminding you that you are seeing things simply and not thinking too much. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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4 people found the following review helpful:
Very accessible and truly hilarious, May 20, 2010The main story is very good and puzzles are challenging. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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9 people found the following review helpful:
Re-ignited my IF obsession, April 11, 2010I've loved IF since I was a kid with a copy of Zork, and every once in a while I'll jump back in, but I hadn't played any titles in a few years. I downloaded Frotz for my iPhone, though, and one day while I was bored I started it up and thought "Lost Pig, huh? Well, let's see what this is about." Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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26 people found the following review helpful:
Practically perfect, September 21, 2009by JonathanCR I can't really add much to what has been said about this game already, except to say that I simply found it virtually perfect. The writing is absolutely beautiful, consistently funny, and often surprisingly moving. That is partly because Grunk, as a character, has such integrity and believability. Although presented as incredibly dense, the way he describes locations and objects, often incorporating quite shrewd observations along the way, suggests that he's not all that stupid at all. That gives him depth and emotional resonance. It must be said also that by having Grunk narrate the game in its entirety offers a neat approach to the problem of who the parser is supposed to be, and whether the narrator of the game is a different person from the PC. This game solves that problem by identifying the PC with the narrator, although at the cost of distancing the player from the PC (if Grunk is telling me what's going on, I'm clearly not Grunk, just in case I'd had any uncertainty on that score). There's no emotional distancing though, because Grunk is so engaging a personality. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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7 people found the following review helpful:
A runaway success, July 27, 2009by Dark-Star (Nebraska) When I first spied this title listed on a favorite IF site, I was somewhat skeptical of the premise. An IF game where the protagonist is an oafish orc? And the objective is to recover a loose pig?! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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12 people found the following review helpful:
Casual IF should be a myth, but..., April 27, 2009by Michael R. Bacon (New Mexico) I asked some friends who are not even very computer-savvy to try "Lost Pig" and they became engrossed after a few minutes of user-interface confusion. I had always thought the confusion would be enough to put off the average user (and still do not believe in IF as a profitable venture), but each of them greatly enjoyed the game and wanted to continue playing longer than my laptop was available to them. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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7 people found the following review helpful:
Making fun of orcs never gets old., November 25, 2008A short but fun game that relies on the inherent humor of its orc protagonist. Fortunately, the game is easily solved before the joke of doing things to your pants wears thin. This would be a great introductory game for anyone new to IF. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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48 people found the following review helpful:
10 year olds review Lost Pig, October 14, 2008by Mike Sousa (Massachusetts) It was very fun and exciting and I liked the characters, especially Grunk. I liked the part with the bread machine. I also liked that whatever you ordered Grunk to do he did, including burping. I also liked that one thing led to another and you had to do things in order to solve the game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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11 people found the following review helpful:
Loved it, July 24, 2008by Cesia (Colorado) I loved this IF more than any other I've played. I couldn't help but laughing out loud! It was fun to play. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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10 people found the following review helpful:
Suitable for kids, December 9, 2007I just finished playing through this game with my two children (ages 8 and 9). They both enjoyed the game. It's not always easy to determine whether a game is fully suitable for young kids, so I thought I'd mention that, as far as I can tell, Lost Pig has no objectionable content. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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