To Be Or Not To Be -Ryan North Reviews – Page 2
4/5 rating based on 27 reviews. Read all reviews for To Be Or Not To Be -Ryan North for iPhone.
To Be Or Not To Be -Ryan North is paid iOS app published by Tin Man Games Pty Ltd
Funny but repetitive & shallow
jedmmc
I love the humor of this game but it's very short (I played through all branches of the story in a single day) and it's not very interactive (it's more like reading a traditional story than making meaningful choices as a reader). Sometimes the game presents you with a question but only gives you one path or option. Why ask me? As a short story it's pretty good (but expensive). As interactive fiction it lacks.
Fix the art resolution please?
Knipripns
On an ipad all the images and even the fonts look pixelated and scaled. It makes it less pleasant to play and makes me feel like I'm playing a game for and old iphone.
Great CYOA - Better for iPhone than iPad.
-_name_taken_-
I previously wrote a negative review whining about how the original .mobi and .epub formats were better than this app but I changed my mind. Playing it on my iPhone 4s, this is pretty darn cool. The text boxes work well, and overall the game plays nicely with a good overall pace and layout. Unfortunately this layout doesn't work so well on the larger screen of the iPad. Also the graphics are not updated to full-size retina versions so they look a little crummy on my iPad Air 2. Overall, though, playing it on the phone this is really nice, and I'll spend hours on the train reading it. I'm curious if I can find that weird Keanu reeves drawing from the original.. I forget how to get there. Anyway, great app.
Crashes on 4s
Jibbothelakerman
Game is an entertaining CYOA but unfortunately crashes after making certain choices. Fortunately, it saves the decision and will reload after so that I can still progress. Still, the crashes are pretty absurd considering the price tag as well as the game itself. Update: Finally reached a point where it contines to crash and does not reload after that point.
NO
davidreview
I normally don't get “books" like this on my smartphone. With all the reviews I expected more choices before the story ended. It's not that the story ended so fast that's the problem. It's just even with different characters I didn't find any of them all that entertaining. I did it a few times expecting something else to happen but it doesn't. Just a short little story with a couple choices.
Weird. Wonderful.
Doc Brocc
I love these guys and the bizarre and beautiful style they bring to things. Hope to see this taken further!
What a great riff on Hamlet! I know, right?
dmac-ct
A fantastic way to enjoy the Hamlet idea space - experiment with what might have happened if Shakespeare went off in one of billions of other directions. I’ve just started playing with this, but I love it already. How could Shakespeare have written just one play with the possibilities of this material? I’m looking forward to really digging into this! Thanks Ryan North!
I would like to give this ten stars.
notwebsafe
It is utterly hilarious, and yet touchingly true to the story and characters (except where it improves them). A masterpiece of literary humor.
Recommended... for kids
Donnie Zuo
Nice artworks, but the smart tone gets more and more annoying as I read alone. Maybe it's good for kids to develop an interest in classic literature, but I fail to get much out of it in the end.