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McT's Interactive Fiction Reviews Beautifully, professionally done – superbly implemented. Funny, clever and delicious. I doubt it can be completed in 2 hours, but this is currently the standard bearer in the competition for me. 10/10.
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| Direct link | Add a comment IF Comprehensive My introduction to interactive fiction was playing the Infocom games as a kid. They were fun then but a bit dated now, with an emphasis on contrived inventory and set-piece puzzles and less NPC interaction than modern works. “Alias ‘The Magpie'” plays like one of the best games from that era, but with a rich setting, motivated puzzles, and memorable characters. Score: 10
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| Direct link | Add a comment This was a fun treasure hunt. The multiple levels of deception involved in pretending to be multiple people to various NPCs was also a fun mechanic. The multiple disguises were great, too, and most of the interlocking puzzles were wonderful. The map was elegantly designed and access control handled gracefully. In all of these ways, it feels a lot like The Wizard Sniffer last year, though with a smaller, more restricted field of action and with a larger verb set. But all in all, it's wonderful in some of the same ways. Rating 9/10
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 Delightfully SIlly, November 10, 2020by Zack Kline (Near Seattle, Washington) This game was a remarkably fun and polished piece of slapstick humor. It clearly takes inspiration from the Pink Panther movies, among other places, but stands up quite well on its own. The puzzles are generally fair, and a hint system is provided which should benefit people who don't care for such things. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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