GA1: An Assassin in Orlandes Reviews

Excellent game

Yu Kanda

This was the first gamebook game I have played. I was really impressed on how nice this game looked. I also love all the choices this game offers. It took me several tries to beat the game. I see this as a good thing. I don't like games that take me only thirty minutes to finish, especially if it's expensive. The combat in the game was easy to learn and a lot of fun. I do wish that I could have chosen a personality for my character. It would have been interesting to see how personality affects the people and scenarios in the game.

Incredibly Difficult to Win

erikeric

This is waaaaaay harder than any other game book I've ever played (and I've tried a few different series). Although I've restarted it at a couple dozen times, the closer I get to the end the more it reveals that I was supposed to have done somethignearlier that was completely on-obvious. You can actually make it to the last "scene" and find out you're missing something in your inventory you would've had to have taken off of a murdered man and worn - heroes don't do that! There is no common logical thread through all of the decisions, just completely random solutions to choices presented. With a game book this big I shouldn't have to play dozens of times to find out all the trial-and-error minutiae. Hopefully these get much better in later volumes. Plus, as others have pointed out, the combat system is pretty weak.

Love this but...

juliettels16

Amazing game with an amazing story! But could you please make an option to play as a female? The whole point is to play as yourself but I find that to be a bit difficult when the game addresses me as a man and I have a girlfriend. Thanks!

Loved it

6Otto7

Loved it, wish the sequels built off the same story line though. Oh well, off to new adventures.

Well Done

NotRobocop

Anyone who was a fan of the Steve Jackson/Ian Livingstone Fighting Fantasy books back in the day will enjoy these. It appears all the subsequent books take place in the same world. Would be nice to revisit this storyline at some point.

Cool game

Awfully PO'd

You have to get this game, totally worth the time! I normally like strategy and action games. Never thought I could get into this type of game, but it is great. Definitely going to get more in this series.

Great experience!

Proanonymous

It reminded me of a well-done "Choose your Adventure" type book crossed with RPG elements. I thoroughly enjoyed it & plan to explore the book more with replays.

Well done

MisterFourier

An extremely well written adventure that will draw you into a world that only the greatest lore can achieve.

Wow! That was awesome!

GameGuy22

I just happen to come across this because a game site had it listed on sale, but I gladly would've paid full price. I've heard of choose your own adventure books, but the interaction brings so much more tension and gratification when you succeed in a good dice roll or decision. If you like a good story and want a compelling causal game you can pick up and put down as needed, don't think about it. Just buy it! I stayed up till 3 in morning to finish the game and right this review so I'm goin to bed now.

Something to consider for the price.

Machine brain

After finishing the current part of zombie exodus, I was looking for another text game to immerse myself. This game doesn't have the same level of immersion. There are a lot of passive writing and so far I haven't ran into a companion. It tries to be engaging by using d&d rolls for attacking creatures, but its still not all that interesting. What was really memorable to me from other game either from other companies that does text games are the illuminating 1st person stories and descriptions that make you feel like you're there. the story kind of just lacks charisma on some level. Everything is matter of fact and people seem really one dimensional. I guess since this is the first story book produced it might have gotten better over time. All I know was I skimmed most of it and couldn't even focus on the story in great detail because the writing was really passive, and described a lot if stuff that i can care less about? it tries very hard to Spend most of the pages describing the environment, but that in itself seems like a chore to read. It's still worth it to try it out.

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