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Previous | << 1 >> | Next I found the experience, though all too brief, to be thoroughly charming. Puzzlewise, the pieces all fit together with a satisfying little snap. Storywise, there are many insinuations and ambiguities and loose ends--enough that I plan on a second play-through to get a clearer picture of the whole. The author doesn't go out of his way to explain what any of this means and why it's happening. This is obscurity done right--unlike some other entries this year which shall remain nameless.
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| Direct link | Add a comment >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction For a game that isn't a product of a mainstream company, Six Stories' graphics and sound maintain a remarkably high level of quality. In particular, some of the photos accompanying the game's eponymous "stories" were just gorgeous. Multimedia represents a daunting challenge to the prospective IF developer, because it adds whole new layers of artistic forms, each of which could sink the game if it's not up to snuff. IF writers already face the difficult demands of combining quality writing and design with good programming; as difficult as it is to both write well and program well, how much more difficult then to be also a good photographer, a good actor, a good sound technician, and to be skilled with all the software necessary to get these things in digital forms? I can't imagine we'll see too many multimedia text games that approach the level of Six Stories, simply because not only must it have been a hell of a lot of work to take all the pictures, record all the sounds, do the appropriate tweaking with Photoshop, SoundEdit, etc., and write the code that gets all these things going together, but I can't see many developers doing all these things as well as Guy manages to do them.
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 A treasure trove of non-interactive short stories with one puzzle, February 3, 2016by MathBrush Six Stories is an interesting game. I came across it because it did will in 1999 IFComp. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Should be played with multimedia, June 6, 2013by Andromache (Hawaii) Sadly, I couldn't get the full experience of this game. As a blind player using a Mac, I'm severely limited in the interpreters I can use. As a result, I had to play this with no sound. Maybe the game would have been more immersive with it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Good Example of HTML TADS, December 5, 2008by tadsPro (Oklahoma) When i read the story line i said "it was ok" but when i started playing the game i was "amused" the way the author used multimedia features. The game play is not as good as Ditch Day Drifter(my favourite) but it will keep you busy and enjoy the graphics as you play. I personally recommend this game to any one who wants to know about HTML TADS because this game shows a real good example of the features of HTML TADS. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
Baf's GuideNot the first HTML-TADS game, but possibly the first to use the graphics and sound options available in HTML-TADS to add significantly to a game experience. The game itself is quite simple--you get stuck in a snowstorm, you go exploring, and you meet some strange characters--and the one puzzle isn't all that novel, but the graphics and sound are elaborate and enhance the mood considerably. The game is quite short, unfortunately, but as a multimedia experience, it's very polished. -- Duncan Stevens
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