Life of a Wizard

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

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.

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.

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.

A fun text based adventure :)

Great story, but not that replayable.

I've been a fan of Choice of Games and Hosted Games for sometime now, having played them on both phone and PC. Life of a Wizard is one I enjoyed particularly much. While it's quite a standard story, i feel it's a nice mixture of drama and comedy. I can't recommend it enough. Buy it now...