The Play's the Thing

Ma première aventure textuelle, et je ne le regrette pas. L'histoire met du temps à démarrer, mais c'est vraiment bien. Le texte, en Anglais, est un peu lourd (surchargé en descriptions de détails inutiles) et contient des termes parfois un peu trop élaborés (je comprends bien l'Anglais, mais j'ai parfois dû faire appel à un traducteur). Enfin, il existe quelques erreurs de grammaire dans le texte qui peuvent faire perdre le fil si on n'y fait pas attention, mais cela reste plutôt rare. J'ai beaucoup aimé cette histoire, bien qu'elle manque un peu d'énergie, selon moi. Les choix ont un véritable impact sur la suite des événements et sur le scénario global, c'est vraiment appréciable. Je recommande vivement.

This is ... to short. And this is not necessarly a compliment. The game is well written with a careful constructed plot that touches some great themes, a welldone stat-managment and a fitting thematic. And then it just ends. You are left wondering about all the buildup (wich feels a bit out of place in a game about a playwright, expacially the thing with the queen) and a lot of questions are unanswered and a lot of themes are not very well explored. Its to well done to get a downvote but it left me rather unsatisfied.

Preface: I am recommending this game with the caveat that this is indeed an earlier work from the creator. As such it has quirks; your actions have limited consequences compared to their newer titles. The work itself is a bit quieter and toned down comparatively, but it does lean into the more lighthearted genre and I think that it's meant to be this way. While there is some mystery and intrigue interconnected within the games lore itself its rudamentary, however I'm grading it based on how it would appear as someone playing it back during its release rather than in comparison to their current games (which I have now played VtM: Night City which this pales in comparison by). However, I would still wholeheartedly recommend this as a Text Based RPG. Why? Because it's light, it's fluffy and gentle. It has an air of gentle romance that I think is nice and can be seen more as a means of light reading similar to a "light novel" genre as opposed to an "epic fantasy" that VtM provides in their more recent works. If you're looking for something that leans into that category to dip your toes into Text Based RPGs then I would recommend giving this a try as it won't impede your enjoyment if you make the wrong decision, and it's short enough that you're not parsing through several hundred thousand words to get to where you need to "fix" your story line. That being said what I do like the most about this game is the fact that it IS simple, and allows those new to the genre to learn by giving them simplified stats to work off of. It was a breath of fresh air and that's something that I think is needed when epics exist in the space that can be daunting and hard to handle. There's nothing more that I love than being able to sit down after a stressful day of work, and just romance a silly little buffoon in my dazzling little outfit and play out silly fantasies of theatrical Renaissance while uncovering more lore and mysteries hidden around the game itself.