VERSUS: The Lost Ones

intollerably boring. Dreadful writing. Refund please

I didn't get too far in this, but had to gave up. There's just too many things thrown at you too quickly. It starts at the end, then goes back to the beginning allowing you to flesh out your character. The story starts to get interesting, then without warning you're taken to another place with too many new characters and new problems. You blackout and are somewhere new with another new character. A little while later this happens again where you're in someone else's memory. More new characters, more new problems. It jumps around and tries to tell several stories at once while not resolving anything. It's a madhouse! Maybe one day i'll come back to it, but right now there's other games to play.

This game could have been great, but greed is bad and the writer is greedy... It is well written, "gameplay" and game mechanics are indeed well designed, there are some good ideas, but... the game tries to sell you extra game mechanics, which seem to be a bit like cheat codes and, furthermore, it's only the first chapter... [b]you won't have the full story here[/b], be advised.

9/10 I love this series, just as I adored the Hero's Rise trilogy. It has to be one of the best adventure novel pieces I have ever picked. The story draws you in, giving you a look into a totally new and original galaxy with interesting beings and politics. The characters are well thought out and widely different, it is hard to choose who your favorite is and why. Similarly, such things can be said for the romances, which I found myself conflicted upon picking between any one character. Every choice has a consequence and it is very easy, yet also challenging, to paint yourself as any singular sort of being. Are you a manipulative and evil jerk bent on achieving his own desires? Are your decisions based on love, or a singular political focus? I won't divulge anything about the story itself, spoilers would be heart breaking when considering such a interesting piece of work. The only reason I hesitate on giving it a full ten stars is simply due to my desire to see the romances flushed out just a little more. But, hey, that is my own pickiness showing, I due tend to favor handsome characters and sweet words. Try it out, you will probably like it.~

I've played a lot of choice of and hosted games. They are some of the relatively few games to be accessible to blind and visually impaired people like myself. I also read a lot of books. I often find the worldbuilding and writing in many of these games to be less developed than one would find in a traditional story. This felt like one of the most gamey COGs I've played, while not sacrificing one bit of story quality. This easily makes it to my top 5 gamebooks.

Banger game

Disappointing. Silly plot - ineffective alien descriptions. Very weak writting. Give this one a miss.

It took a little while to get into the heavy sci-fi jargon (like Clockwork Orange light) but I liked it. The whole gender neutral pronouns can get a little jarring as your reading if you're not used to it (I'm not), but I've enjoyed everything by this author so far and got more of the same from this one -- though with a fresh, new world and perspective. Same motifs, different world. And once again, everyone finds me inherently super attractive (most of them not creepers!). How flattering! Give me your heart, Oli! I kicked that freaking death slug to death for you! Well, I would've. You know what i mean. WHATEVER.

Je viens de terminer ce jeu. Il m'arrive rarement de prendre le temps d'écrire une évaluation de ces derniers mais là, c'est différent. Ce jeu est vraiment plaisant et l'imaginaire développé est vraiment intéressant. La suite est déjà sortie et je ne sais pas ce qu'elle vaut mais le premier opus vaut déjà le coup en tant que jeu à part entière. Accrochez-vous au début car l'univers est un peu perché et il faut un temps d'adaptation pour bien comprendre. Mais après, il suffit d'être attentif. Par contre, je conseil un bon niveau d'anglais. :) Bon jeu!

Great reading and interacting! A living universe full of surprises. Not to miss!