City of Secrets

This is a great example of IF that really focuses on the fiction--worldbuilding, characters, story--within the interactive setting. Well worth the hours I spent playing and exploring it.

My only regrets are minor quibbles: I liked the dialogue system, and the tools to help the player poke around different topics and dig for information, but it felt awkward that there was no way to say goodbye or thank you within such an otherwise polished system. That left me feeling like the PC was being a jerk more often than might have been intended.

The other one is that the endgame seemed rushed, but this is a problem for many of my favorite stories. Just remember to save when it seems like you're getting to the end: there's more than one outcome possible, and it could be frustrating to have to replay a large section of the game.

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