Thieves' Gambit: The Curse of the Black Cat

The Curse of the Black Cat is similar to other 'Choice of Games' content. I rate it a 3 of 5. Not nearly as good as other stories, and yet it was still interesting enough for me to be involved at least a little bit emotionally (as all games of this type require, without which emotional connection there is no interest). If you enjoy these types of games I suggest this to you. If you have not played games by 'Choice of Games' yet, I suggest you start with 'Choice of Robots' or 'the Hero' trilogy.

It's rather short, not very interesting, and written boringly. No jokes or whatever. It seems like some kind of Ocean's 11, just as a story. And it's less compelling than Ocean, which is saying rather a lot, because I personally feel the movies weren't very good. It's not a complete waste of time, though. I suppose if it's on sale, it won't kill to buy (that's what I did).

Really fun game! If you enjoy "choose your own adventure" type games or are really into heavily choice-based rpgs, I'd definitely recommend this!

Thieves' Gambit is an interesting if somewhat disappointing CYOA. As told by the description, you're the world's second best jewel thief, and you're out to steal a very nice but supposedly cursed diamond. If you've gone through any of the CYOAs released by Choice of Games before, you'd be surprised to know this one is actually pretty short; I completely my first run through in about thirty minutes.That was a nice thirty minutes nonetheless, and for the most kept me interested. It's pretty well written, but subsequent playthroughs are the most likely thing to disappoint. Probably owing to how short it is, you really won't be making any big plot changes aside from a couple possibilities that seem to have no later consequence. Across a few playthroughs with different styles of approach, all that really seemed to change for me was who had to do what and how everyone felt about me, as well as a minor plot twist at the end that didn't have a huge impact. It's still pretty good, and I like the story despite the fact I don't seem to be affecting it too much. I'd say $2 would be a better price, but I still got $3 out of entertainment out of it.

All in all?... Very underwhelimg. I think I was spoiled by Choice of Robots. I keep expecting these games to be of the same caliber. But this.. this is absolutely just a waste of time in comparison. I don't obtain money often so getting the games high up in my wishlist should be a treat. Even if it is only 2-3$ but this was just...I can't reccomend buying this. I'd reccommend just replaying Choice of Robots and pretending you never seen this store page, or any other Choice of Games product bar that one and I am incredibly sorry to say that, because this genre of 'game' is so overlooked and yet magnificent. But they rose the bar and haven't hit it since. It's like if Usain Bolt finished the 100m sprint in 5 seconds in the 2012 olympics and then took a minute every other time running.

Short and sweet. My playthrough lasted an hour, and there's definitely room for at least one more replay. It's a focused caper story. Through your choices, you shape what kind of thief you are (I went for persuasive with a side of techie), then use your talents and those of your crew (assuming you were able to recruit anyone) to take down a series of elaborate measures safeguarding a McGuffin. It's more of a puzzle game than the other Choice Of games on Steam, which have mostly had much deeper characterization and elaborate story. If you keep in mind what it is - you're basically playing a TV episode of an amoral Mission: Impossible - then it's quite good and definitely worth full price. The prose was well written, and the characters - while being stereotypes - were competently handled. The romance I chose turned out to have some very sweet moments, which was a nice bonus. Minor issues include a few plot threads left dangling in my playthrough, but possibly completed in others. Nothing deal-breaking.

情节反转出人意料，虽然是短篇线性叙事但选择在故事里真的有用。[spoiler] 有一说一Nick真的太不厚道了，明明是romance关系也答应保守秘密但说了不会背叛队友最后还来终极大boss出场强迫我在队友和他之间做这种两难选择所以只打断腿已经够意思了吧（笑 [/spoiler]

dang my gpu can't handle the graphics. 1/10

One of shorter games from Choice of Games, but really interesting nevertheless. I really enjoyed romance options in this one, the plot is very climactic, I wish it was a bit longer. The main con is the number of stats. Most of them doesn’t really seems useful, especially in the game that short.

Well written and suspenseful. A little short, but the price is reasonable enough. A nice little evening entertainment.