Life of a Wizard

Don't go into this expecting any fleshed out characters-plays more like a planned board game. If you like stats management then this game is for you, but it didn't work for me.

Gostei bastante de "Life of a Wizard", porém o final deixou a desejar... Boa história, diversas possibilidades porém falta profundidade em certos aspectos, como nos personagens e acontecimentos. É um bom jogo, apesar dos pesares. Se curte o estilo de gameplay, vale seu tempo.

You start off as a child growing up in a small settlement. You'll define your personality and start building up your skills. Eventually you go to the academy to study magic. After that you'll form a band of adventurers. You go on many adventures, I lost count after 14. The adventures are pretty quick, but can have big impacts on your stats. They let you travel all over the kingdom and immerse you in the lore. Finally you'll use everything you've learned to do some kingdom building. This involves many solo adventures. Pros: -9 types of magic. You can fully master at least 4 of them. -12 types of knowledge. You can fully master at least 8 of them. -8 factions. -Excellent inventory system. Many chances to earn and spend gold. Can acquire and craft unique items. -Can name, choose gender, choose race of most companions and romances. -Set in the same universe as The Lost Heir Trilogy. You play in the Kingdom of Daria. -You will play again, the other paths you can take are worth it. -There's another story unfolding as you build up your character. You'll be brought into it a few times and have big impacts. -Felt a lot longer than 130,000 words. -You're constantly making decisions. There isn't a lot of text in between, but it doesn't skip on lore and story. Cons: -Your companions, romances, and child have no personality. They mainly just serve as stats: you're girlfriends name is Sally, she is an orc. Some also give a boost to faction rep. -Sometimes you're missing that one thing you need to complete an adventure. Final Verdict: -The one negative that really stands out is almost all the characters have no personality. They're just stats on your page. BUT otherwise it's everything you could want in a CYOA: tons of stats, decisions, and consequences. You can truly become a legend and you will want to play again to experience the different paths. It's worth full price.

[h1]Another Great Text-Based Choose Your Path Game![/h1] I can't reccomend these games enough. Choice of Games brings us yet another wonderful text-based "choices matter" game, this time through Hosted Games, their online hosting for user-made stories through their ChoiceScript tool. Even if not done by the usuals for Choice of Games, it offers a short burst of fun storytelling as you tell the life of an 80 year old mage - their story (or yours... the narrarator is practically the player) in your hands. In its own right it boasts a 130,000-word interactive fiction that carries on the tradition set out by Choice of Games. Life of a Wizard is pretty fast paced and you'll find yourself easily getting through it in an hour. The story can play out in some interesting ways. I played it one way then rushed through a second time to see how something else played out. Choices matter, the story is yours.

Объёмная хоть и без нужды усложнённая фентезийная новелла. История неплоха, но и особо выдающейся её не назвать. В наличии пара неочевидных ходов которые улучшают сюжет, но чтобы знать как наткнуться на них нужно не один раз пройти игру.

That was easily one of the best stories I've found on here. This type of narrative is exactly what I want to see out of this style! My only complaint was just how short the game was. Definitely has a great replay value. I give this a 10/10.

Life of a Wizard is pretty short, about 1-2 hours per playthrough, but the world and plotlines are interesting and the game has solid replay value. Gameplay consists of reading short passages about events and choosing how you act and react to them as the game unfolds, taking the form of an interactive choose-your-own-adventure story. You create your own wizard character and live out his or her life from childhood until retirement. Character progression is very D&D-esque and every individual choice, of which there are many, can significantly alter how the rest of your game plays out. It's a simple but creative concept and I think that this game does it well. If you have a few bucks in your Steam wallet and want a light but engaging fantasy rpg experience, consider trying out Life of a Wizard.

Life of a Wizard, You should pick this one up. 3 bucks is cheap and the story within while a little short is a classic RPG adventure. What skills you choose to invest in matter and each playthough will be diffrent depending on what you pick and the choises you make also effect your skills and personality. How will your life as a wizard turn out? The choice is yours.

Not the best of this genre of game. The writing is decent enough but.. I don't know, it never picks up speed. Every thing you reach is basically a situation with little connection to what was before. You get a few choices that are generally just 'what do I have stats to pass this with' more then any kind of RP choice - you'll usually only have 1-2 choices available and all they do is flavor how you pass the encounter. Just.. honestly never managed to care about what was happening or any of the characters. There are a few romance options but they don't actually come up. You just pick them and then they're mentioned once or twice in passing. Just.. yea, meh

Life of a Wizard is my favorite C.Y.O.A. game. You literally design your character and play him or her from birth to retirement at about 80 years old. What I really like is if you choose different facets of magic each time you play, you get a subtly different game . Lots of replay value imo. I really felt like I was playing a fantasy arch-mage. Obviously, whether you will enjoy it depends on whether you like the fantasy genre. But if you do, and you only want one text-based adventure, you can't go wrong choosing this one. Also, it is a complete game in itself, no need to buy multiple parts like some others.