Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business

What a unique and fascinating world! It's not perfect, and at times it's just downright weird and hard to follow, but I honestly think that's part of its charm. This is a story about the Fae; you have to leave the logic of the waking world at the door and instead wrap yourself in the logic of dreams. And even then, sometimes you're going to be wrong, and that's ok.

Faerie's Bargain, quite the Bargain it is indeed. Was a little surprised when i opened this particular tome, but i ENJOYED, EVERY, SINGLE, PAGE. A story full of much intrigue to say the least. Who do you side with? What aspect of reality do you align with? Are you a man or Fay? Do you put profit above all else, or do you have a moral fiber? The choice is yours.

I've always been invested in stories about the Fae, especially when it comes to court politics and deals and the like. This game is exactly that kind of thing, and hit a sweet spot i've been craving for a while. I did wish it was longer, but I thought it was quite fun! The ending was a little ubrupt, but ultimately, I'd highly reccomend this game, especially if you enjoy Faeries!

(Hours played include me leaving this up accidentally many times, as tends to happen with choice of games) Tentative recommendation, Very interesting world building, atmospheric and well written. Sadly also convoluted and can lead to accidental choices. Still deserves better than "mixed" as a score

The story is not sure what it wants to be. Also is the MC a merchant or a political agent and spy, cause they do not do many mercantile things in this story.

I do like the length of the story, especially for the price, however the prose at the beginning feels like it's trying too hard to be complicated and poetic. I am all for poetry, mind you, but only when it's something that I can follow. This, unfortunately, was not one of those pieces of work. I skimmed a bit and saw that the prose gets a bit more clear and less 'her eyes were like the luminous pearls you'd find in the ocean' but unfortunately I could not get myself past that first bit to reach the second.

A fun little CYOA, well written.

Fantastic game for fans of the fae and those who like to think a little bit in the abstract. Does a great job of capturing the feeling of magic and whimsy, both in descriptions and game-play, while still generally giving you a good idea of what each of your choices does (or relates to). I'm actually tempted to replay it a few times to feel out the different paths! One interesting aspect of the game, and I don't know if it is good or bad, is that you regularly feel like you're coming up to 'finales' where stuff is getting wrapped up.. only to then realize that 'oh no, there's still stuff unwrapped'. Which is fun because you're getting these steady shots of success, but when the actual final scene happens you kinda feel like you're supposed to be waiting for the next scene. One downside to the game, and I suppose its subjective.. so in the game you get a choice to back certain characters for the big ending. (Not really a spoiler, pretty common in these games). And over the course of the game they do get developed.. But they're not developed when the choice first comes up (so you kinda just look at the names and go 'er.. I mean I saw that dude at a party.. I guess.. don't know if I want to give it my all to support him 'cause all he did was yell at someone..'. And to actually see their development you kinda gotta really go down the path of picking them for all possible interactions, otherwise they and their factions kinda just remain a mystery. Good for replay (did in fact leave me wanting to play again to feel them out) but just feels weird on the initial playthroughs / leaves a space of 'why would my character ever back them before knowing all this other stuff'. Another maybe-positive maybe-negative is that it really does kinda leaving you wanting for a sequel. It ties things up in a bow but it feels like a messy bow - like you really need a bit more for proper closure.