The Dragon and the Djinn

之前玩的，故事情节忘了很多，依稀记得是种族元素很强烈丰富的一部，出现了很多生僻专有名词，不确定文化背景且懒得查询验证，猜测应该是中东地区沙漠地区那边的，故事涉及灯神、龙和魔法等元素。说来惭愧其实玩到结尾我也没太看懂故事到底发生了什么，简单来说可以称之为因为一把屠龙宝刀引发的血案。主角的妹妹偷了屠龙宝刀，主角和屠龙猎手一起寻找宝刀下落，从而开始后续的旅程。前面故事路线还算清晰，等主角混入贵族家中搜索情报那段后越看越糊涂了，不确定是不是作者叙述水平有问题，但可以确定的是我英语阅读水平有问题。 虽然没玩明白游戏大部分是我的锅，但作为文盲还是大胆点个不推荐，我是manchild你就让让我吧（如果哪天重玩一次玩明白了可能会来修改评论）。如果你和我一样英语阅读功底一般且没有耐心的话，玩到后面可能会两眼无神一言不发，只是把文章复制粘贴丢给翻译软件机械地看完。

Lots of content AND well written, highly recommend this.

Very well written story, i loved everything about the setting. I especially love the way magic works in this universe. So many stories tend to just go "it's magic, it just works! Don't think about it." but here they actually try to apply some logic to it and they were able to do so in a way that works and has things make sense but also without ruining the fun that magic is supposed to be. I also absolutely loved the characters, they all had interesting personalities and I especially loved Khalid (Or Kholoud) I am not good with words but i thought they were a very fun and fascinating character and i really enjoyed getting to know them. If i were to add or alter anything, i'd simply want there to be more of an epilogue. Overall, i'm actually quite happy with what's already there, i don't think anything should be changed... buuuuuuut also i absolutely love this world and characters and i'd just want the story to never end :'D

故事特别有趣！阿拉丁神灯的故事大逆转，文风非常好玩hh Might just be the best cog game i have played, definitely one of my favorites. 一开始不太熟悉阿拉伯背景的世界观，翻看glossary之后就容易理解了，人物和故事设计得很巧妙，乍看没有一个明确的主线但最后会发现是一盘超级大棋！ 一点提醒：攻略对象和走的线路之间的联系还是挺紧密的，[spoiler] 比如攻略Iskander一定要跟Parveen混[/spoiler]，没选好路径很容易像我一样一周目最后还是单身狗哈哈哈

Amazing setting, well written, replayable.

This could have been a really, really, great game with its magic sword, an exotic setting in a country where magic is normal, anyone who is anybody owns a djinn, and you've met a bunch of powerful people who you can befriend, romance or betray. But somehow it doesn't quite make it. I've given it a thumbs up because its simply not that bad, but its somewhat mediocre at best. Perhaps the CoG formula forces the game-maker to pack too much into it so that there is not enough of anything to give the story line any definition beyond the MC dashing around like a headless chook, as if they are always two minutes late for the main event, while the player feels railroaded into situations they have little or no agency over. The limitations of the CoG format seems to give many imaginative storytellers problems as they try to fit in everything they want to tell into too few chapters and words, and I suspect this is exactly what has happened here. There is not time nor space enough to fully flesh out the characters or fully explain what is going on, though that does help place the player in the shoes of an MC who seems to be trying very hard to catch up on what is happening in the world around them. If you think this sounds like your thing, give it a try, because this thumbs up is a maybe.

Weird, but good