Lost Pig

by Admiral Jota profile

Fantasy, Humor
2007

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- SarahTheEntwife (USA), July 15, 2010

- Mark Jones (Los Angeles, California), July 6, 2010

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Lost Pig is a crack up., June 28, 2010
by Shoki (Los Angeles)

Fun game. I thought the writing was great. I need to retrain my mind to figure out these puzzles. I got stuck a few times. I did try mapping the game with IFM and that was also very cool.

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- lagran-G-an (Tel-Aviv, Israel), June 26, 2010

- smurfas666 (Klaipeda, Lithuania), June 17, 2010

- tekket (Česká Lípa, Czech Republic), June 13, 2010

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Greatness, June 10, 2010
by 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.

The game is puzzle based, where you need to find a lost pig (not too hard), and catch it (a bit harder). Everything seems fairly well implemented, and the character you can interact with seems to respond to the appropriate topics.

There isn't much to say about this game without giving away puzzles or solutions, but I would definately reccommed this game to anyone in favor of the wandering around solving puzzles genre of IF, like Zork or similar. If you want Galtea conversation or Cadre's IF experiments, this isn't for you.

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- Masada, May 29, 2010

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Very accessible and truly hilarious, May 20, 2010

The main story is very good and puzzles are challenging.
But the best caracteristic of this game is the choice of the main character. His poor language allows hilarious descriptions of rooms and items, getting closer to Interactive Fiction syntax (improving immersion), but also allows non-english people (like me) to fully enjoy the great humor of the author.
Secondary characters are also great and highly responsive.

Honestly it's the best IF I ever played!

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- Patrick M. McCormick (United States), May 4, 2010

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Re-ignited my IF obsession, April 11, 2010

I'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."

Well, Grunk stole my heart. I played the game all the way to the end on my iPhone, which, given the difficulty of entering commands on the tiny keyboard, says a lot. I simply couldn't stop until I'd found the end and picked out as many of the narrative gems as I could find. The clever use of language and the bewildering varieties of orc-like behaviors that Admiral Jota rewards with amusing results makes this game a winner, and the inability to make the game unwinnable makes it possible to try many actions just to find out what the response will be, without having to worry that you'll do something wrong.

The puzzles were neither overly simple nor brain-achingly difficult. I did resort to a walkthrough for one puzzle, but felt a bit dense afterward since the solution was rather obvious in hindsight. The NPC interaction can feel a little "consult the encyclopedia" if one hammers away at it long enough, but the conversation mechanism is thoroughly implemented and the writing is immersive enough to minimize the "ask a question, ask another question, ask yet another question" feeling.

The game is also ideal for people who prefer their environments small and manageable; the setting is confined to a handful of rooms that are easy to navigate and difficult to get lost in. At the same time, it's implemented fully enough that it never feels too limiting or claustrophobic.

All in all, this game has re-ignited my fascination with interactive fiction, and has even inspired me to pull my own unfinished title out of mothballs. I'm glad I went looking for that pig: me found a lot more than me expected.

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- Danielle (The Wild West), March 16, 2010

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- omenofdoom, March 6, 2010

- Martinellis (California), March 1, 2010

- Sam Kabo Ashwell (Seattle), February 15, 2010

- Ken Hubbard (Ohio), January 24, 2010

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