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Post by CharlesX on Jun 8, 2024 18:19:05 GMT
After having some interest in Outsider! for a while, I got around to a few goes. Here is my thoughts\nutshell review:
I was pleased from the outset with the pictures and atmospheric writing, slightly gothic and reminiscent of something written a long time ago. The game system is original and creative. Most of the fights and tests aren't outrageous, and are no harder than you'd find in most FF. Greenspine warned me at one point Outsider! had been mentioned as too difficult by the author. I didn't find specific fights too difficult, what I did find was a Jackson\CYOA tendency towards cruel, out-of-the-blue instant deaths and unfair fights (albeit a nuanced one). It's long, daunting and dark\sadistic at times, if well-written, so I'd recommend if you were in the mood. I might not bother playing it through to completion.
Thanks Gavin Mitchell (the author) for writing this amazing thing. Being turned off by cruel gamebooks it might not be 100% me.
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Post by Per on Jun 8, 2024 18:42:43 GMT
I can flesh this thread out a bit with my old review. I think the adventure was in Word format with no pictures at the time, so if it's been updated, the linking errors may have been fixed.
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Post by CharlesX on Jun 8, 2024 18:58:30 GMT
Thanks Per, Outsider! is an FF project, I don't know about any distinction for a registered project. Yes, Outsider!'s 'exuberance' reminded me of something a relatively talented school student or undergrad might play, which I only half-like. The exclamation mark is far too colloquial, and doesn't work. One thing I will say is, Outsider!'s reputation as one of the better amateur FFs is well-deserved, because it seems to have easily some of the better writing.
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