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Loved every minute of it. Fun story and challenging (but not insanely hard or unfair) puzzles, and a versatile parser where one can try out all kinds of silliness - just like the old days, but without the deadends, finally.
Oh, and although I summon Greek
60385371
23 hours
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I played only a few text adventures (aka interactive fiction games) before to completion, because either the interface annoyed me or the story couldn't keep me interested, but Thaumistry was different: I enjoyed the story a lot, the forgiving parser combi
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22 hours
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Fantastic game. Well-written and well-crafted. Thank you, Bob Bates!
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14 hours
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I thoroughly enjoyed Thaumistry: In Charm's Way. It reminded me of when I was a teenager and played Infocom's text adventures. The game was developed by an Infocom veteran - Bob Bates.
A very well thought out and cleverly designed game for anyone who e
73673189
11 hours
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Two thumbs up.
This is a text adventure game, which is very much like a HOG game but without graphics, so I recommend this to all puzzle lovers who enjoy looking for keys to open doors to get scissors to cut paper, etc etc. As a text adventure, it is
73742118
10 hours
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Thumbs up! This reminded me of classic text adventures by Infocom. Text adventures are something of a lost art these days, but they were very popular in the 80’s. If you haven’t tried text adventures before, this is a good introduction. It’s a fun g
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9 hours
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Really fun text adventure by an Infocom alumni. Feels similar to games from that era but also very modern. No dead ends, deaths, and has an in-game map and hint system.
138169130
9 hours
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An enjoyable story, with puzzles of the right difficulty, making me feel like I'm smarter than I am while guiding me along.
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8 hours
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Okay, I kickstarted this game, so I'm not sure if I got this game for free. Technically I'm backing the project and got the game as a result. Anyway...I just love these old games. This is a love letter to the throwback text based games of old. I've lo
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7 hours
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A well written, funny and very accessible interactive fiction (text adventure). It therefore possesses a very good flow for the genre.
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7 hours
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This was my first experience with a text-based adventure game, and I must say that it was a very enjoyable one. A game like this is clearly not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed all the reading and puzzle solving. The game features a great hint syste
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You're a magician trying to sabotage technology expo and everything about it is absolutely gentle. Humour, puzzles, bit bonkers yet fully intuitive logic of this world... all done with utmost tenderness. Text adventure from old school not due to difficult
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6 hours
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This game is great.
It's a text adventure. There's no sound, no music. No mouse needed.
In this game you are a failed inventor who is approached by a secret society of magicians. There is currently a convention of strange inventions in progress, and
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если вы любите читать
если вам нравятся шапочки и фольга
если вам нравятся треш и сай-фай (но я бы предпочла сплаттерпанк хХ)
если вы хотя бы
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Back in my day, games like this were called "text adventures", nowadays it's "interactive fiction".
"Thaumistry" is a nice call-back to the Infocom games of yore, made by an industry veteran. The humor and the slightly obtuse puzzles (one is based on a g
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4 hours
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This is a really good example of interactive fiction (IF). The primary input is text.
It was primarily written by Infocom and Legend Software-alumnus Bob Bates. It is not particularly serious. There is a lot that is funny in this game. It is not as
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Wenn man einmal in den Genuss von Interactive Fiction gekommen ist, und, wie Sheldon Cooper sagen würde, "den leistungsstärksten Grafikprozessor der Welt" nutzen möchte (sein Gehirn), dann ist dieses Spiel wärmsten zu empfehlen. Ich bin nicht mit dies
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1 hours
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I'm taking it slow, but I'm enjoying it so far. If you're a fan of Infocom and Steve Meretzky type games, this one's for you. I'll update if the game takes any radical turns, but so far it's been nothing but that, and I want to ensure it lands well and is
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Only the second text adventure I ever played, but I enjoyed every minute of it (first playthrough was outside of Steam, so please disregard my playtime). The game has a funny and interesting story, excellent writing as well as logical puzzles. It is way w
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What a cool game! And what a crazy trailer too. They've got Al Lowe, Tim Schafer, and Steve Meretzky...in the trailer, not all involved with the game, haha. But if you read those names and you imagine a certain type of humor, then you're pretty close to w
