Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4036
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I have yet to play any interactive fiction, Walsh, but I do have Future Boy sitting on my shelf. It sounded like a fun game to play, but I have to fire up my old iMac to play it in classic 9. That means cleaning out the spare room, a chore I've put off for months now.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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walshSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 384
Joined: 15 DEC 2010
Status : Offline | Future Boy looks interesting LK, I haven't heard of that one until now. I really like games combining text parser with graphics.
Sadly, I've given up on Enchanter. I really don't like having a time limit - I mean, you have a loaf of bread and a jug of water which needs to last you the whole game and if you use it up there's nothing you can do. Every few turns you get a "you are getting hungry", and that kind of thing really leaves a shadow over your head. I simply must have unlimited time to explore - (within reason, of course - it wouldn't make sense to give me unlimited time to get out of a room with spikes on a descending ceiling).
What I would love right now is another game like Anchorhead. That was a terrific game - suspenseful, with an amazing atmosphere. I don't think there is anything out there comparable, but I'll keep looking.
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MystiBobSpace Cadet
Posts : 172
Joined: 13 DEC 2008
Status : Offline | I've been thinking of trying out the original Zork games. I might have one lying around somewhere, and thought I'd give it a bash in the December holidays. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it working, though..
Last edited by MystiBob : 6 NOV 2011 1:37am
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ThaumaturgeJourneyman
Posts : 999
Joined: 11 MAY 2006
Status : Offline | Heh, funnily enough I have at least one Interactive Fiction game recently: Violet. (I think that I may be forgetting at least one other Interactive Fiction game, but if so, then I do indeed seem to be forgetting it. ^^; )
The player is tasked wth finishing his (or "her" with a special command, I think) dissertation within the afternoon, under threat of the eponymous girlfriend's leaving. This should be simple. There's plenty of time.
Alas, there are also plenty of distractions...
Between the Violet's narration and the curious solutions involved, this is, I feel, and interesting and amusing game. ^_^
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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