The Hero Unmasked!

Pros: -customizing your hero's morals and abilities -really appreciated that most abilities will improve over time, too many CYOA stories shift your abilities wildly after each choice. -unravelling the mystery -choosing between what you want to do and what you need to do to keep your identity a secret. -good romance options -interesting achievements Cons: -I found some of the dialogue, especially near the end, pretty cheesy and forced. -There are moments were you get out of a situation, because of your high ability score. BUT the explainations are kinda lazy and not entertaining. Overall: -It had some good ideas and was fun at times, but there was never any gut punches that really drew me into the story. Some choices I expected the writing to be better. You keep waiting for these moments to pop up, but they really let you down. I'd only recommend getting it if you're really into superheros and it's on sale.

I wouldn't necessarily not recommend this title its a perfectly fine COG product, but something just didn't click for me with this story. It's a pretty good length and its a nice spin to the typical superhero storyline that gets churned out where you're forced to become a hero rather than training your whole life to be one. However, I just couldn't connect to the characters at all. I know it's vital for the plot that you're set to marry the mayor in two weeks, but I don't like being forced into having Fallout 4 type beginning where I have to be close to a character I know nothing about and expect to feel something for them when they're in trouble. Sure, you get to develop that relationship further down the road if you really want to, but it doesn't seem as organic to me as having a clean slate approach to romance would feel. Also some characters just don't seem that interesting I don't feel a strong urge to get to know many of them. I didn't really like the lack of [spoiler]chilldhood flashbacks to your life with your twin either. I know they're family so you're supposed to feel some sort of connection to them automatically, but I found it hard to even care about my twin because all you get is one flashback that barely shares anything besides that your parents split you up and that you're both talented and introduces a later character.[/spoiler] The ending felt a bit rushed and I was able to predict who the big bad was going to be way before the story neared it's end. For 7 dollars I just expected it to be better compared to some cheaper titles I've played from the series that are not only longer, but more attention-grabbing and more interesting.

The Hero Unmasked is a classic CYOA game for me, one of the first I've ever played. It holds a special place in my heart and is relatively well-written. Part of me feels like this should be at least two books to better flesh things out as the last two chapters feel rushed but I can also understand not wanting to risk the pacing of the earlier parts of the story. Overall a good read and a decent game, give it a go. + I like the characters. They feel unique, each with their own goals, personalities and relationships to others. They're not as explored in-depth as other CYOAs (especially those that span multiple books) but what's there was enough for me to enjoy who they were. + It does genuinely feel like your choices have an impact on the goings on of the story. From [spoiler]who allies with you, who gets jailed, how you tackle situations, the outcomes of you winning or losing an encounter, etc.[/spoiler] It doesn't feel too railroady and makes replaying it quite satisfying. + I do appreciate the stylistic choices made throughout the game from commenting on your hero's name depending on what it is in relation to the twin or other characters to the comic book style preview for people playing the demo. It sells the experience pretty well. = As seems typical of CYOA games, the hero's options can be a bit too thirsty. It always offers the option to plant a big one on each of the love interests. Not necessarily a bad thing but one that's made me pause and chuckle every now and then. = I like the concept of the twins but I wish we had more flashback scenarios to make up for the fact that [spoiler]we only get to interact with the twin at the end.[/spoiler] - As with my first reading of this way back when, [spoiler]the reveal of the Matriarch/Archvillain felt so lacklustre. They weren't sufficiently foreshadowed in the earlier chapters which focused on the three main suspects. This may be due to the nature of who the Archvillain can be, which turns out to be a double-edged sword in my opinion. The worst offender for me is that the logic behind the Mayor or the Reporter becoming the bad guy always felt stupid. 'Oh I'm the Mayor and I actually wanted to be more powerful so I'll become a villain'. 'Oh I'm a reporter tired of being the damsel in distress so now I'll become the villain.' It was just a bit disappointing.[/spoiler] - A good chunk of the choices felt inaccurate in a way. I would select a choice that I felt played to my hero's strengths because of the choice's description only for it to actually require a different stat than what you would expect. For example, a choice saying that the hero will charm others ended up asking for Tech as the primary stat rather than Charisma.

该怎么说呢……虽然给了好评，但实际上个人感觉中规中矩。 整体设定和开头发挥得还不错，主角作为普通人（？）因机缘巧合需要暂时替代一位义警进行活动，这样的展开还挺有悬念的。自带未婚妻/夫的设定也挺特别（？）但作为玩家完全没有感情基础，开局见面的时候真的很难不说一句你谁啊.jpg 中间部分结构有点过于清晰和平稳了，特别是检定都过了的话就更是一路顺风过来了（挠头）这样处理好不好不清楚，但我喜欢曲折一点的。[strike] 扭一点的。 [/strike][strike] 说真的这个设定明明能整很多好活啊。 [/strike] 结尾很赶，这个算是个人最不满意的地方。感觉是铺垫了很久的重头戏但实际上收尾得有些草率。 总的来说，是个完整的故事，但适合实在没得玩的时候图一乐。还有建议打折再购入。

Another awesome story! Right off the bat, the negative thing I have to say about this title is that it was shorter than I would've liked. But I really felt like I got a good connection to the characters, and nothing was overly complicated. It was an overall fun story that was interesting to read through. I would strongly suggest giving this a readthrough. I give this a 9/10.

можно пройти за два часа и сделать рефанд, но студия сделавшие такую интересную новеллу заслуживают своих денег

It was a lot of fun, laughed a lot, I enjoyed. For the first time, I didn't mind failing some stat checks, I usually restart until I get the desired outcome but I was OK with the outcome here, didn't feel punishing. Other characters' personalities change a bit depending on your choices (for example, if you cheat on your future spouse, they're a cheater too, but if you're faithful - so are they). I've only played it twice so far, I still have a lot of routes to try and achievements to do.

对于一个标题里带着hero字样的作品，这本有点太无聊了，不推荐玩。

I have no idea why my playtime count for this is so inflated, but my playthrough was only about two ish hours long. It's.. okay. It's well written and pretty interesting, but a little short. I've definitely played a lot better. Don't pick this up unless it's on sale, even at it's current price I think it's a tad too expensive.

Если бы можно было оставить нейтральный комментарий, я бы сделал это, потому что у меня остались довольно смазанные впечатления от данной новеллы. По моему мнению, у данной новеллы есть три проблемы: весьма предсказуемый и не цепляющий сюжет, - злодея можно определить на первых 5 минутах чтения, отсутствие всяческих последствий неправильных действий, особенно в схватах со злодеями и (для меня, опять же) общая глупость происходящего. В чем заключается последний пункт? - Дело в том, что в новелле есть троп об искупление для условных злодеев, что все они просто люди сложной судьбы требующие шанса на исправление, по факту же, такой шанс с большим натягом имеет исключительно Файербренд, чья аргументация того он делает весьма плавающая и непонятная и это я молчу про Бладмист или Бубнового Короля....Я так и не понял, можно ли их полноценно победить или нет, потому что я проходил два раза и оба раза наши встречи с этими двумя заканчивались довольно странными разговорами и....ничем. Возможно, я чего-то не понял. Что хорошего есть? - Как ни странно, концепт. Есть в новелле одна механика интересная, которая вносит в сюжет довольно забавные развилки и за этим достаточно увлекательно наблюдать, а так же довольно интересный(для меня) ГГ, из которого в принципе можно вылепить все что угодно и привести его/её к довольно....интересным исходам.