Gamebook Adventures 7: Temple of the Spider God
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $5.99 | Tin Man Games Pty Ltd | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The critically acclaimed gamebook series returns with gamebook legend, Jonathan Green at the helm! Jonathan Green is best known for his work on the Fighting Fantasy series, but has also been involved with gamebooks and novels based on SW Clone Wars, Doctor Who and Warhammer 40k!
•Pocket Gamer 2012 Awards Best Adventure/RPG Game nominee!
•Best App Ever Awards 2011 2nd place!
•#1 ranked iPad Dice Game in 10 countries and top #10 ranked iPad RPG Game in 15 countries.
•Top #5 ranked iPhone Dice Game in 16 countries and top #10 RPG Game in 7 countries including US, UK, Canada and Australia!
"Cesaro Cortez, a famed explorer-conquistador, set out three years ago on his last great expedition. His ships never returned to an Orlandrian port and he was feared lost until a mysterious cargo appeared recently in Miramar. The nature of this cargo will put Orlandes in jeopardy, sending you on an epic journey to find Cortez, save the country and face your darkest fear!"
"For those of us who grew up with the Fighting Fantasy books, this is almost like a homecoming. It’s a great modern equivalent to the books many of us loved as youngsters, with the same kind of attention to detail and thrilling fantastical touches that made these adventures so enjoyable. A splendidly written interactive fantasy story that will keep you hooked until the very end." - POCKETGAMER (8 out of 10 review)
"...a series of lovingly crafted and extremely well-written interactive fantasy novels. It's surprisingly engrossing stuff, the economically written narrative packing in masses of detail, while rattling out a pacey, involving story." - THE GUARDIAN
"Gamebook Adventures are fun to read – not just because the RPG mechanic draws you in and engages you in the story, but also because the stories are good fantasy fiction. The artwork is great and there is a great deal of replayability in the application, especially when you consider the hundreds of choices that can be made and the various difficulties." - WIRED.COM
"After finally making my way through the series’ newest release, I’m somewhat ashamed that I’ve waited so long to take the plunge..." - 148APPS
"I've had an absolutely fabulous time playing through them, and highly encourage anyone interested in fantasy novels to check 'em out." - TOUCH ARCADE
•Includes all the interactive reading and gameplay features found in the previous Gamebook Adventures titles.
•Read the story and dictate the direction of the story! Options based on who you have met, where you have visited and what you have found.
•Battle an array of creatures from sea monsters to an army of venomous spiders. Lead a group of bandits or become a captain of a ship.
•Unique battle system using realistic 3D dice which can be rolled by shaking your iDevice.
•Lots of achievements to collect and artwork to find throughout the book. These are placed on your achievement wall.
•New Phobia skill rolls.
•Companions you meet on the adventure will now fight with you!
•Updated Orlandes Uncovered and World Map.
•Awesome artwork and music to accompany the interactive story.
Gamebook Adventures is brought together through the efforts of passionate and avid gamebook enthusiasts. If you are familiar with the Fighting Fantasy, Sorcery, Lone Wolf or Grail Quest series then Gamebook Adventures will really appeal to you. Our aim is to give those nostalgic readers of old something new and fresh, and bring a new exciting experience to those unfamiliar with gamebooks. If you enjoy fantasy RPGs or adventure games then this is for you!
Reviews
great series!
bimbosoup
All the volumes are wonderful. Takes me back to 'my choose your own adventure' books.
Wow, another great adventure!
Clever21nj
Wish there were more like this out there on OS. These games take me back to my childhood and bring me an epic sense of living an adventure. Don't pass this one up!
Challenging, but fair!
Dahak66
The best of the GA series so far, Spider God introduces a new phobia element to the series. As a phobia roll is alway against a target of 7, it remains a challenge even on novice difficulty. There are far fewer instant death passages, making it quite a bit fairer than earlier books. The writing is evocative and immersive. It only suffers in the vagueness of several "Or do you do something else?" entries. Full colour art is a nice addition to the already high production values of the series. Highly recommended!
A step up from an already high-level gamebook series!
Juuicetin
Having owned all the previous installments of Tin Man Games previous gamebooks, this one is a great improvement on the pre-existing system. With the addition of phobia checks and partners to help you in battle, it really helps to add more diversity to the gameplay. The illustrations in the book are very high quality and the best by far and the story is on par with the better gamebooks in the series from judging after my first playthrough. Overall, I am enjoying the new game mechanics and I would recommend to anyone already a fan of the series or even a newcomer who has read the description and seems mildly interested.
Woah!
kento bean
I'm surprised that these things aren't more popular! I never played one before but I saw this on sale and gave it a try. I'm glad I did it's flippin addicting! I wanna get the other ones now.
Fix
Plymab
Fix the combat system...you keep having to re-fight fights you just won on the next roll check. Also, while youre at it, spice up the combat with more depth , variables etc....rolling a 6 sided dice over and over gets tedious.
Please fix!!!!
Krell717
Would enjoy game better if they would fix the re-rolling of checks and combat. Very annoying to have to re-roll results and fail them after you passed them the first time. Giving one star until the problem is fixed.
Needs to be fixed
Methehand
I agree with earlier reviewers that this game is not worth playing until they fix the repeating roll/combat bug. Once that's done, it should be fun and will deserve a new review.
Buggy on iPad2 as well
Dave in San Francisco
This is a fun take on the old Choose Your Own Adventure books, with a simple combat system added in. I'd give it 4 or 5 stars, except for a few bugs. I experienced a few random crashes on my iPad2. Not necessarily a big deal - restarting the app took me right to where I'd left off. A few times, I did a fitness or a phobia roll and then wound up back on the page without any possible action. I had no choice but to restart the game from scratch. A couple of other times, I undefeated a monster, and then in the next battle. I'd wind up facing that same monster rather than the one I was supposed to be facing. If I won, I'd wind When up on a page once again with no valid option to move forward. As above, my only choice was to restart the game from scratch. I did manage to play the game all the way through once to the end, which is why I give it 2 stars rather than one, But bugs that make you restart from the beginning are pretty much a deal breaker for me. When these issues get fixed, I'll happily change this to a four or five star rating.
