Heart of the House Reviews

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Jewels2244

So far so good. The story is pretty interesting so far, but I have noticed a few technical errors. For instance, sometimes, when I try to scroll down, I am met with a blank page. I can easily get out of it by pressing the home button, but this happens quite often and is getting a tad annoying. Also, I noticed a small problem with the coding, as it says "Page Break:Right" or something like that; I don't remember exactly what it said, but it said something along those lines. Anyway, back on topic. This is a pretty detailed story that has so far kept my attention and is just in time for Halloween.

Amazing amazing amazing

serban1703

I don’t even know where to start. It’s a long, powerful, gripping journey where moral questions I never considered gripped me. I haven’t felt so attached to characters in a long time and the length of the story let the grow so well and become powerful and striking people. The story is nothing short of astounding. A tale and a concept I have never seen done and it was done so well that it was made to feel familiar in its approach. The ideas and the universe are so novel and new and exciting that it can seem overwhelming considering them but the story explains and paces it so well that it feels organic, smooth and almost caring. It doesn’t hold your hand but it doesn’t leave you high and dry in jargon or theory. What I found the most important and for me powerful element is that the story, centered around one relatively inconsequential question creates the entire plot, an entire discourse on ethics, morality, power and even life and asks some powerful question in the story and then answers them. Or better yet let’s you answer it yourself. It is truly hard to describe the elation I had at this story and just how much it moves me without spoiling it so I will wrap up here with this. I laughed and cried with the characters. I walked and ran with them and I danced and wondered with them. I was there and that is not something I can say about a lot of stories.

A Must read. One of the best COG

Kimmie-Cub

Amazing writing to complement an amazing story. Easily one of the best writers and choice of games I’ve ever read. The romance is perfectly done and the story telling is captivating. Choices don’t necessarily change the outcomes but each choice provides more information into the story so multiple reads is still enjoyable. I’m looking forward to reading more content from this creator.

Wow!

Farah Arantes

This is seriously one of the best of these games I have ever played. Decisions matter, both for story flavor and plot, and there is a really high replayability factor. It’s quite long, in the most wonderful and fleshed out way. I could really feel like my character was shaped by choices as well. Stop reading this and get it already!

Wow, just wow!

SB8907

This has to be the BEST Choice of Game story. Wonderful and memorable characters. An awesome story...keep me on my toes and made seriously consider my choices. Wonderful, wonderful story.

Better than I expected, but I already expected it to be great???

Drop on ya

Oh this is such a fun game! And I loved every character they were all sweet and 3 dimensional. They really do make you want to save everyone, especially Loren, such a sweetheart. The story was great as well, by the end, I felt like I’d just starred in my own gothic romantic adventure. I got the friendship ending where I saved everyone but didn’t date and I feel like my heart grew three sizes, it was so heartwarming. If I did have any feedback though, I would love the option to be of another race. Being non-white, it felt a little odd to be compared to Dev and Bastian as if I were white(such as the scene where you have to chose whether to go to town or send Dev, and it says something like “they might not take to well to him bc of his skin”. I remember bc I thought “? well they’d hate me then” lol). Speaking of, I really appreciated the attention put into identities in this game, in race, sexuality, and gender identity (there was even a poly option???). It was put in seamlessly, but it still felt like they weren’t just cosmetic identities. I loved it. Games should really follow this game’s example when it comes to diversity.

10/10 would bang orianna again

Yunfizzle

Brilliant writing, though a bit forceful with the whole LGBT promotion. Great story, reminds me of Darkest Dungeon crossed with Supernatural. I would recommend a few changes for future releases. I would have liked a Telltale style graph showing what percentage of people chose which path in the story. The end of the story (at least the ending I received, SPOILERS) came rather abruptly, with finding a demon in Kent, exorcising it, then meeting back up with Sophia all happening in a few brief pages.

Excellent story

LoganMcG7

I would have liked to see a bit stronger of a romance with Oriana at the end of the story, but it was terrific nonetheless. I would love to see a sequel!

Gothic CYOA--how fun!

MissGlyph

Funny, decorous, romantic, and just plain eerie--in short, a strange delightful mix! The writing feels like it's coming into its own and is already quite strong. The author presents unique choices, including influencing strings of dream sequences which were quite fun. Choices matter everywhere from relationships to world-building flavor to life and death situations. Characterization gets better with every game this company releases and I hope they will continue to encourage this in their writers. :-)

A supernatural spectacle.

Mr. Jack Driscoll

I'll be honest. I did not expect this to last more than an hour and a half and thought of it little more than a ghost story in the CoG lineup. I was pleasantly surprised to find it a well written Lovecraft-inspired (albeit with some minor typos or coding errors, mostly to do with Bastion/Sophia and their pronouns) work, worth the asking price. The chapters are of a decent length and have a good pace to them, even the labyrinth surprising me on my consecutive playthroughs with having more than one set of rooms. This is the first entry into the CoG catalogue that I wholeheartedly endorse and await dutifully for a sequel or successor.

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