Recent reviews by Bam

I don't usually write reviews, but this game definitely deserves higher rating.
It targets a niche market; namely the (former) fans of the Fighting Fantasy books. Whether you just read them back in the days or still own them, there is so much joy in rereading them. This new digital format is more convenient than the original paper copies, without weakening the strong nostalgia you can experiment.

A lot of the bad reviews come from people discouraged by the arbitrary difficulty. It is true that more often than not, it is impossible to distinguish the path that will give you the key item from the one that will lure you into an unwinnable journey. But this was the well intended design of these stories, and despite the differences with current gaming standards, Tin Man Games made the right choice and kept faithful to the source material. I still find it exciting to start the whole story again, explore different places, make better choices, trying to find the missing items or crucial knowledge that I need... By the way some of the puzzles are still very good and require some thinking (the carved stone door in Bloodbones!). Difficult enough for a grown man who eats his vegetables.

All in all, I strongly encourage you to try this game if you loved the Fighting Fantasy collection. You would certainly not want to deny the younger-you sitting at his desk, writing its progress with pencil on his spiral-bound notebook, rejoicing in solving puzzles, conveniently erasing a wrong paragraph number and backtracking without consequence, surprisingly throwing so much 6 with his dice to determine his initial skill, stamina and luck scores he could have won millions in gambling.