Unsupervised

I liked it.

A very cool game that was greatly improved by the latest update that added a lot of stuff. All the different power sets get their own special mentors and the storylines are influenced by it, with some really neat moments for all of them, even if the game's last act is greatly influenced by time travel and thus fit Chronomancy best, Elementalist is still my favorite power set personally. Would love a sequel. Just a shame that COG run their business like a discord server or a subreddit.

I have a few problems with Unsupervised. Don't really feel like meandering around, so here they are: 1. Stat checks don't apply in situations where they should matter most. Building a character up to fight supervillains and not allowing any stat-checks in combat with these people sucks big time. The game doesn't have smart enough writing to negate the need for this like Fallen Hero's more limited usage of checks. 2. The game has too many endings with too much variation. When creating an IF with a clear sequel in mind like Unsupervised, you gotta limit your scope in what you allow the player to do, so that the sequel doesn't necessitate double the wordcount whilst giving the player roughly the same amount of time in-game as the original. IF authors already have to write at much higher word counts, spare your players the need to wait an extra three years on the sequel and just remove some branching in favor of more covert factions and storytelling. 3. This game absolutely NEEDS a sequel, not in that I loved this one or found it unique, but to give us the rest of the story. So many things are built up to in this game without satisfying payoff. The villains just attack, there's a quick variation on the ending depending on your actions throughout the game and what power you have, and the plot threads are just sort of swept under the rug in favor of telling the player what happened because of their actions. With the threat the author built up from the opposing forces, I highly suspect we will get a sequel to this game, but until then I have to mention that until then it's just the opening act of a much greater story. I still gave a recommendation for this game because despite its faults, I enjoyed the foundation built here. Everything is competent. Sure the ROs got scenes way too late and time powers are the only *real* choice, but hey, you can be a cool superhero. I respect that the author executed that fun little premise and let us do some superhero stuff for a bit. Even if it does end at the first game, I enjoyed what was here.