Sword Daughter
I guess this is one where I wished steam had a number or star rating rather than a good/bad option. I bought it some time ago, didn’t particularly like it so put it down for a while and picked it up again recently but found more of the same. Overall I’m coming down on the negative side of neutral with regards to it being a game book written in the 80’s. It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen but it has some significant problems with the story.
Firstly some of the graphics are nice. They’re in a consistant style that suits the game book. I didn’t find the music that intrusive (although I turned it right down after a while and it got repetative) and the sound effects are ok.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
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The first line of this story really should have been: Once Upon a Time. Had it started this way I doubt there would have been so many comments/complaints about character development and short storylines. Truthfully what fairy tale really does have in-depth character development or that much of a plot?
Storyline: Tyrna, a young woman (a maiden) has been trained by her father all her life to be a warrior. On the way to the Warrior Games (a tournament to basically earn the right to be called a warrior) the caravan is attacked by orcs. She is knocked unconscious fighting orcs and because of this is the only remaining survivor of the massacre her father dies in. Gavin, a half-elf/half-human ranger (on patrol) comes upon the carnage and revives her before the orcs return or wild animals find her. Of course it is love at first sight, what fairy tale does not have love at first sight. The adventure and mild romance (mostly of the happily ever type) begins here.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
The Dragon and the Djinn
Everyone knows the story. The young man who came out of nowhere to become the Emir of Ghariba when the previous ruler went missing. The djinn who helped him by granting wishes. The Grand Vizier Jaafar, whose noble birth and political skill placed him in the palace at the Emir’s right hand.
What they don’t know is what happened next - and that’s where you come in.
The Dragon and the Djinn is a 620,000 word interactive epic fantasy novel by Athar Fikry, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
A dragon has appeared, threatening the safety of Ghariba and its new emir’s precarious reign.
You have a destiny. You’re not sure yet what it will be: perhaps you will protect the city, or become the greatest wielder of magic in the land, or gather enormous wealth.
You also have a sister. She believes that it is her destiny to slay the dragon, with a magic sword made by the warrior Iskander who has traveled from a far-off land in search of legendary creatures to fight.
Most importantly of all, you have a djinn, given to you by Jaafar himself. Your djinn will help you achieve your destiny by granting your every wish…or so you hope.
Navigate the politics of palace, court, and city; make allies - or enemies - among the people; all while the dragon soars overhead, threatening Ghariba more with every passing day. To find your way forward, you’ll have to use your magic, your wits, your courage, your faith, and of course, your djinn.
Will you help your sister slay the dragon? Will you try to slay it yourself? Or will you try to befriend it, learning deeper secrets of magic and the city’s past? Or will you simply take advantage of the chaos to make yourself the richest person in Ghariba?
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Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, or bi; asexual, aromantic, or both; cis or trans.
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Achieve your destiny as a dragon-slayer, a silver-tongued poet, the protector of the realm, or something even greater
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Wish for more wishes! (No, sorry, you can’t actually do that.)
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Secure the reign of the current emir, or scheme to depose him and replace him with another ruler - perhaps even take the throne yourself
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Fly on a magic carpet
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Find love with a dragon-slaying warrior, a charming court poet, an idealistic prophet, a lofty priestess, a wealthy noble - or even your djinn!
Be careful what you wish for…
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Angels with Scaly Wings / 鱗羽の天使
Somehow managed to kill two love interests and a few children in under 4 hours
Edit: Finished game, time for final thoughts
TL;DR edition:
Pros:
+Characters
+Interesting way of how dragons are presented
+Multiple Endings
+Depressing as fuck
+When allowed to show, the plot is interesting.
+THE SKIP MECHANIC
Cons:
-Some of the endings are too rushed or aren’t satisfying.
-The plot is jumbled
-Too much telling, not showing
-Writing seems a bit amateurish at times
-Could have used more art
– Real player with 114.6 hrs in game
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“So, what exactly is this VN?” you ask, watching the trailer and being absolutely confused on if you should use your ten dollars. Why you could get yourself some fast food with that. Maybe even fill a little bit of your car? Maybe to buy that one thing that’s on sale at your local grocery store?
Well, good sir or madam, what if I told you this VN purposely made the trailer and summary extremely vague? What if I told you I agree that the trailer doesn’t look all that compelling? I mean really, a dating game with dragons with visuals that contrast with each other through multiple artists? Seems like the sort of thing you would see on amateur furry Patreon sites.
– Real player with 87.0 hrs in game
Golden Treasure: The Great Green
I want to preface this review by saying: This is not merely a game, and in my opinion calling it such cheapens what it is. It is an experience, and I will refer to it as such.
This review is actually quite difficult for me to make, as from the moment I began it affected me very deeply. Never before have I seen the combination of gorgeous visuals, beautiful music, and masterful writing come together in such a way. Extricating myself from the material to be objective is impossible, but I will do my best.
– Real player with 119.4 hrs in game
The game is quite a bit better than I was expecting, starting with a rather simple story of a newly hatched dragon struggling to survive and grow, and then delving into more philosophical questions as to your dragon’s nature, the search for a great truth or greatest treasure. And for the journey and many possibilities, its great. A few times your decisions in earlier chapters influence or allow for additional findings, whether its from combining or trading an artifact found, even finding what could be described as your dragon’s first friend as an old man, while you have barely reached adulthood. So every aspect of the journey is fantastic.
– Real player with 74.1 hrs in game
Questr
I found QUESTR to be very entertaining. It is not much as a game, but what it lacks in gaming substance it makes up in content.
You start by inviting people to join your quest party. Many of the people lie on their profiles and some characters hate your other members so much that they quit right away.
Every quest has multiple events in which you need to select one characters idea how to solve them. For example you encounter a vampire. Will you send a) the Vegan to talk to him about being vegan b) the drunk to talk about drinking c) or the bro who says he got this as he had to watch vampire movies with his ex. Results might not be what you expect.
– Real player with 29.8 hrs in game
Questr is an RPG parody of dating apps similar to Tinder.
In a similar fashion, you swipe left and right to build the perfect RPG team. Every potential party member has likes and dislikes, levels, costs to hire, and personality traits as well as their own class, guild, and ancestry.
Personality traits determine the outcome of encounters throughout each quest. Beating an encounter raises morale, while failing lowers it. Party members also interact with one another between encounters, further raising or lowering morale depending on how well personality types get along and whether or not you paid attention to likes and dislikes. At the end of a quest, the morale level determines if you successfully complete it, giving you a reward and the possibility of having party members continue to quest with you.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
ARISEN - Chronicles of Var’Nagal
I like this game so far. Don’t get me wrong it is still early access and their are missing text on some parts, but I am entranced by the story lines and who I want to be with
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
If you spam-skip the game has a stroke.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Cemetery Warrior V
Great music, variety of opponents, not bad graphics, character leveling.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Just no
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Furry Shakespeare: Oops! All Dragons!
I do so enjoy these quirky little stories! Oh and I totally am not even slightly biased at all about the cast of this one all being dragons ; p
What can I say if you have played any of the games by Stegalosaurus and enjoyed them, this one will bring you more of what you have enjoyed in the past. Humor? Check! Strange unexpected plot twists? Check! The option to take things seriously and try to make the right choices, or say to Hades and blow it all up on purpose? You bet! Opportunities to meddle in other peoples lives and relationships, while pointedly ignoring your own? lol of course! hmmmm here’s a new one, love triangle???? Well some one does mention the idea…. But I havnt found it yet (although the two who “play” brother and sister would really make for an incredibly confusing one! lmao I can see it now….. but yeah that doesnt happen).
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
SHAKESPEARE? More like THIRSTspeare, amirite?
You know the drill. It’s a dating sim. But wait: not just any dating sim! One (or more) of your crushes like dating sims, and you, a humble programmer, have decided that is what you will make IN ORDER TO WIN THEIR HEART.
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Create a cast
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Write your dating sim over five acts
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Use various skills such as actually talking to your crush to figure out what they like, and then put that in the game!
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Navigate the new world as an independent developer!
Good luck! You’ll need it! Unless you’ve already played this game and have memorized what to do!
VoxStory - The Cinematic TTRPG
What is VoxStory?
VoxStory is the cinematic way to experience tabletop roleplaying. Keeping all of your favourite aspects of TTPRG’s and bringing them to the big screen, VoxStory is the modern way to roleplaying.
VoxStory remains true to the tabletop style of gaming, the gamemaster will set the scene while the roll of the dice determines your actions. But with VoxStory you can see the story play out on screen.
For the Gamemaster
World generation. Auto building. Climate management
World building is made easy with VoxStory. Each world is made up of a series of tiles that are generated from parameters you set. With multiple biomes, dimensions, and terrain options your base landscape can be generated instantly.
Once the Tile has been generated you can edit the landscape in more detail and begin adding buildings and objects. The Autobuild feature allows you to rapidly generate structures without the hassle of repetition, perfect for large settlements or less important buildings
You can control every detail, even down to the density of the fog or colour of the rain
For the Player
Character creation. Choices made easy. Inventory management. Control it from your phone
Character creation can be done on the free mobile companion app or in-game. 10 races and 12 classes at launch allows for plenty of choice for the player. After selecting the basics of your character like race and class, you can customise your character from their armour colour down to their eyes.
The gameplay itself is similar to traditional TTRPGs. Once the GM has set the scene, the players take it in turns to make actions, the results of which are determined by the roll of dice.
When entering a battle the players and enemies initiate turn-based combat. The turn order is based on several things including skills, spells and other actions.
