The Forest of Doom (Standalone)

Vraiment sympas, petit jeu de rôle avec pas mal de bonnes idée. A faire absolument si vous aimez bien le genre.

8.5/10

A classic Fighting Fantasy game... book... gamebook. The achievements are a nice addition that makes you wanna go back and check out all the possibilities.

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so i got nto my first fight..... i had double the hp of this guy and only one less skll (9 vs 10) and i died because the enemy just kept rolling higher than me... on my first encounter.... i only managed to hit him like twice and the rest of the time he just kept me because of rng and killed me. what i thought would have been a fun game and adventure with skillful fights turned out to be nothing more than a dice-rolling simulator that you have literally no way to prepare for because you can't even really control your own stats or distribution aside from literally starting the game over and rerolling your 3 stats. FYI you want really high skill because this determines who wins the "roll the dice to see who gets hit" aspect of the game.

J'ai horreur des lancés de dés totalement pipés.... Rien que contre la vouivre ont voit directement qu'il y a eu un paramétrage dans les dés. C'est franchement insupportable ce genre de chose.

Honestly, this is 100% a nostalgia play. It's aged quite a bit, it's wayy simpler (and shorter) than most of the other available gamebook stories today. But, it reminds me better of the experience playing these on paper books as a child, perhaps because of that simplicity, and for that alone I do recommend it. Bite into the madeleine! :D

[b]TL;DR[/b] – Faithful adaptation of the Fighting Fantasy classic. Nostalgic, short, and one-shot by design. For fans of the books only. [i]Playtime:[/i] 2+ h • [i]Progress:[/i] 38% Achievements • [i]Platform:[/i] PC (Mouse & Keyboard) • [i]Price:[/i] €5 (Full) [b]What’s good[/b] [list] [*]Authentic recreation of the original gamebook experience [*]Great colorized artwork, fitting ambient music [*]Nostalgic return to early adventure design [*]Straightforward interface – no gimmicks [/list] [b]What’s not[/b] [list] [*]Once finished, replay value drops to near zero [*]Essentially a linear “choose your paragraph” system [*]Lacks surprise if you know the book [*]Very limited interactivity beyond text choices [/list] [b]Value[/b] [list] [*]Full: 6/10 – for collectors and book veterans only [*]Sale: 7/10 – solid nostalgia trip for a low price [/list] [b]Ratings (10 = best)[/b] [list] [*]Core Loop: 6 [*]Presentation/Audio: 7 [*]Variety/Depth: 5 [*]Value: 6 [*]Overall: 6/10 — [b]Conditionally Recommended[/b] [/list] [b]Verdict[/b] A respectful digital echo of one of Fighting Fantasy’s stronger entries. It looks nice, sounds right, and does exactly what it promises – nothing more, nothing less. For those who grew up turning numbered pages, it’s a short nostalgic walk. For everyone else, it’s a curiosity that ends once you’ve survived the forest. [b]How to play it[/b] 1. Don’t rush – read it like the original book, enjoy the pacing. 2. Accept death as part of the design; that’s half the fun.

I wish I would have found CYOA games sooner, this is a lot of fun especially if you're a reader.

i know this is an old game, so it makes sense that accessibility was not at the forefront of development, but still, given this game is text based, it should be one of the most accessible games. even removing the page background graphic and adding font size sliders would go a long way to creating a more accessible game. and assuming all of the books use the same engine, this would be a single change.