Posted April 21, 2015
Also tempted to buy this bundle since i do believe that these type of games will last for many hours but i do wonder the quality of the writting... uhm....
Cyraxpt
ZzZzZz
Registered: Feb 2011
From Portugal
Grargar
Insert cat to continue
Registered: Aug 2012
From Greece
Posted April 21, 2015
Cyraxpt
ZzZzZz
Registered: Feb 2011
From Portugal
Posted April 21, 2015
ET3D
Always a noob
Registered: Oct 2008
From Clipperton Island
Posted April 21, 2015
I have the To Be Or Not To Be e-book, read some of it and liked it, and I'm sure I'd enjoy it more as a mobile app (assuming that there's easy backtracking, which is what I'm missing). I'm too cheap to spend $9 for that though. Bought the base level just because "hey, it's four games of a genre I generally enjoy for $1".
timppu
Don't worry, be sorry.
Registered: Jun 2011
From Finland
Posted April 21, 2015
So are these games or e-books? I'm a bit confused by the various descriptions.
Anyways, I bought them already, I guess I could try them. I could try a lot of things, like smoking pot while bungee jumping.
Anyways, I bought them already, I guess I could try them. I could try a lot of things, like smoking pot while bungee jumping.
tomimt
Optimum rat
Registered: May 2010
From Finland
Posted April 21, 2015
From the looks of they're kind of "choose your own adventure" kind of things with a bit more added interactivity. I just recently played through Lone Wolf, which is like that. An interactive "choose your own adventure" kind of story with RPG elements and pretty decent combat system for what it is.
Pardinuz
Watch Pignorant!
Registered: May 2014
From Portugal
Posted April 21, 2015
Post edited April 21, 2015 by Pardinuz
Grargar
Insert cat to continue
Registered: Aug 2012
From Greece
katya_stevens
The Keeper
Registered: Apr 2013
From United Kingdom
Posted April 21, 2015
They're choose your own adventure books that run like an interactive story. I had The Forest of Doom from a previous bundle (humble weekly: RPG Book 1) and gave it a try last night on PC. If they all work like that one:
It acts like a CYOA book, turning pages and being asked to go to different sections depending on choices. Some items result in battles or skill checks, with dice rolls to determine win/fail, attack, etc. (depending on stats you rolled at the beginning of the game). I played through the Forest of Doom in about an hour and a half yesterday, somehow managing to pick the right items/directions and not dying in order to finish the story.
I'm debating on this bundle myself: $9 for 10+more games of a design that interested me, but it's not exactly a bundle I jumped on the minute I saw it.
It acts like a CYOA book, turning pages and being asked to go to different sections depending on choices. Some items result in battles or skill checks, with dice rolls to determine win/fail, attack, etc. (depending on stats you rolled at the beginning of the game). I played through the Forest of Doom in about an hour and a half yesterday, somehow managing to pick the right items/directions and not dying in order to finish the story.
I'm debating on this bundle myself: $9 for 10+more games of a design that interested me, but it's not exactly a bundle I jumped on the minute I saw it.
Catshade
resident feline
Registered: Jun 2009
From Indonesia
Posted April 21, 2015
Are the games playable on Android phone, or does the text get too small?
tomimt
Optimum rat
Registered: May 2010
From Finland
Posted April 21, 2015
I've only tried Judge Dredd one, but it has freely scalable font size as well as you can choose more readible font if you like. Given that all the games are made with same engine I'd suspect they all have the same option.
Charles_Conley
New User
Registered: Apr 2015
From United States
Posted April 21, 2015
I wish these games were not Android only.
Brasas
Abrasive Charpit
Registered: Dec 2010
From Poland
Posted April 21, 2015
Any more informed opinions on the quality? I remember this kind of books from when I was a kid, and the ... ahem... bookeeping was horrible. The bundle appeals to me, as a shot in the dark, especially considering there's books to be revealed and so it'll be under a buck per book even for the highest tier. Anyone to push me ver the edge?
undeadcow
Bovine Aftermath
Registered: Jun 2013
From United States
Posted April 22, 2015
Personally I've enjoyed Tinman gamebooks on my smart phone in the past; the font is designed for phone application and didn't seems limited (text is book size or larger plus back lit screen). The quality of the writing is not bad, the book are event based and text is serviceable - certainly not cringeworthy or lackluster.
These play like old text based adventure games with fixed choices; sometimes you can determine character stats that help impact choices (i.e. one game not featured here has a fear system that determined if you can face horrors or succumb to them).
It's also worth noting that 3 of the books in the second, BTA, tier are sequels or follow-ups to those settings in the $1 tier - which is a nice touch.
These play like old text based adventure games with fixed choices; sometimes you can determine character stats that help impact choices (i.e. one game not featured here has a fear system that determined if you can face horrors or succumb to them).
It's also worth noting that 3 of the books in the second, BTA, tier are sequels or follow-ups to those settings in the $1 tier - which is a nice touch.
Post edited April 22, 2015 by undeadcow
Cyraxpt
ZzZzZz
Registered: Feb 2011
From Portugal
Posted April 22, 2015
That Judge Dredd game was released on Steam, does this bundle gives a Steam key? Since i don't see anything mentioning that on the bundle page i'm guessing that the answer is no.