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Shrine Of The Salamander
A Flame In The North
A Shadow In The North
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Any Port In A Storm
Below Zero Point
Tales From The Bird Islands
The Ravages Of Fate
Nye's Song
A Knight's Trial
Return To G15-275
Devil's Flight
Above The Waves
The Curse Of Drumer
The Word Fell Silent
A Strange Week For King Melchion The Despicable
Sharkbait's Revenge
Tomb Of The Ancients
A Midwinter Carol
The Dead World
Waiting For The Light
Contractual Obligation
Garden Of Bones
The Hypertrout
The Golden Crate
In The Footsteps Of A Hero
Soul Tracker
Planet Of The Spiders
Beggars Of Blacksand
The Diamond Key
Wrong Way Go Back
Hunger Of The Wolf
Isle Of The Cyclops
The Cold Heart Of Chaos
The Black Lobster
Impudent Peasant!
Curse Of The Yeti
Bad Moon Rising
Riders Of The Storm
Bodies In The Docks
House Of Horror
Rebels Of The Dark Chasms
Midnight Deep
Lair Of The Troglodytes
Outsider!
The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb
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Gaetano
Sun Jul 10 22:24:45 2016
@ Yaztromo-

Thanks for the compliments! No, I've never thought about converting it to an RPG- I wouldn't have any idea how to go about it. But I think (if I do say so myself) that there's probably enough material there to make an interesting game.

Haramir
Fri Sep 30 15:58:01 2016
Skull - non-optimum ending reached
Greetings fellow readers! I just loved the way things are conducted in this book. Congratulations on the writer, and thanks for sharing this amazing work.

Gaetano
Fri Sep 30 21:48:11 2016
@Haramir

Glad you're enjoying it!

hannes
Thu Dec 15 18:06:45 2016
Skull - non-optimum ending reached
it was grate but is there a seaqule

bluejuice915
Sun May 14 00:02:20 2017
Skull - non-optimum ending reached
Good. I think I won, but it didn't congratulate me. This was tough, because it wasn't easy to map. The plot was good though. The Sixth Sense meets Independence Day. I liked how the unique gameplay was designed. There could have been more subplot/background. Overall awesome though.
Grade: 97

Gaetano
Sun May 14 20:53:30 2017
@ blueuice915

Glad you liked it, but I don't think you found the successful ending.

Joel
Mon Jan 8 16:58:20 2018
Skull - non-optimum ending reached
Yea I can't seem to get any ending besides the world going to hell and the portal opening permanently. Any help?

Rio Aryo W R
Fri Mar 17 06:09:42 2023
Skull - non-optimum ending reached
ah, somehow I'm very dissatisfied with the ending that I got.

YARD
Sat Aug 26 15:12:08 2023
Star - optimum ending reached
FINALLY!

Out of all the gamebooks I played on here, this stands out even next to the similar-sized ones that are also labelled "hard" - Outsider!, The Trial Of Allibor's Tomb, A Princess Of Zamarra and Rise Of The Night Creatures (that last one technically smaller in terms of overall reference count, yet greater linearity makes its "true route" feel as long as the one in its 400-500 ref peers) for how obscure the options to reach the true ending really are, and how easy it is to think yourself on the right path until you hit the same DEFEAT: 3 and DESTRUCTION: 3 walls yet again. In most of the aforementioned ones, it is at least quite clear what you were lacking whenever you fail near the end, and what you should be searching for next time. (Though Rise Of The Night Creatures makes some of those searches dependent on literal LUCK rolls.) Outsider! does share in the dubious honour of having a fail ending which gives basically no hint what you should have done differently - though it is at least offset by having easier alternate endings which I honestly consider superior to the intended ones. Both here and there, you essentially have to rely on out-of-narrative logic to find the way to win.

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(Continued below.)

YARD
Sat Aug 26 15:13:10 2023
I suppose that another similarity between the two is that both are bombastic, featuring a lot of "badass" sequences of deeply variable plausibility, yet are tempered with some moral and socioeconomic insights as well. This one certainly goes much heavier on the former, often very clearly styled after a Hollywood action movie: Outsider! did have more than a few scenes where the right thing to do was the quiet one, which is all-but-unthinkable here - and here, even the wrong, or completely skippable sequences are quite exciting. (I.e. I had no idea the motorcycle chase was that good for most of my runs, since I usually just went in with the weapons which mopped them up quickly and obviated the need for that.)

On the other hand, the scenes of the election rally are fun, but nowhere near as extensive as paragraphs and paragraphs of Altgarten's socioeconomic development. (Or with Zamarra's own wry observations interleaved throughout, for that matter.) However, it does have an unexpected parallel on the true path

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And while I'm not exactly enthused about noir-style protagonists having to have "Max Payne backstories", HELPLESS: 1 and the subsequent ref was genuinely well-done. While I hate the path you needed to take to get there, LOVE: 1 was also excellent, as are a few other "narrative" refs I can't quite name. On the other hand, Darkheart Enterprises is about on par with CabalCo from Blood: The Chosen, and along with the protagonist's name, it feels rather too much.

Here are some sorta-spoilery things I'll just describe as NARRATIVE LOGIC

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Altogether, still a cool experience, though personally less satisfying than it could have been.

YARD
Sat Aug 26 15:15:03 2023
Finally, proofreading:

ARRIVAL: 1

and it isn't friendly. (missing quotation mark.)


ARRIVAL: 2
"in the middle of hundreds or rioting football fans."

ASCENSION: 2

"from the bowl of soup that Angela has place before him"

BLOOD: 3
"The only thing else you find is a laminated card with the man's picture and the name "Neil Hampton" emblazoned underneath the letters DH."

BORDER: 4
"She's quite headstrong, aint she?"

CONSOLATION: 3

" "What a day," you breath(e?)"

CRYPTIC: 2
"is a stone stature of a winged woman"

DESTRUCTION: 3

"changed to an off-white hue.The pallor"

ENERGY: 2
"As he gets closer, you see that his is wearing a long leather jacket similar to your own."

FEAR: 2

"The fiend's claws rake your shoulder and you grunt in pain - lose 2 Life Points.However,"

GREED: 2

"by wondering why there need be" (?)


HUNTED: 2

"You keep you eyes peeled" + "a rapid increase in humidity; - but you don't notice anything unusual." + "are approaching in a "wing" formation- the leader"

IMPLORE: 1
"I believe that it just might case"

INFIRMARY: 4
"She covers the dolls "ears" "

KERNEL: 1
"although you notice several crushed autos on the street, no doubt accidents caused by panicked individuals running into traffic." (did crowds crush entire cars? Or should it be crushed BY autos?)

KERNEL: 3

"Here's flier with information" + "they're the gentleman attired in the red overcoats."

LUST: 3
"Drago reaches gown,"

MEMORY: 1
"and fells one of them" (?)


NIGHTSTALKER: 4
"a pair of marble statues depicting a youth and maiden" + "man in a business suit that (who?) doesn't seem"

OMNIPOTENT: 2
"You nod slowly to Angle."

OMNIPOTENT: 4

"This book came form the central library,"

ORPHIC: 1
You immediately begin thinking about possible ways to circumvent your next obstacle; as you do, the screech of an SN drifts down to you. Glancing up, you see its red form floating lazily against the sun; as it doesn't appear to be an immediate threat you are just about to turn back to the roadblock when something catches the corner of your eye,


QUARTER: 4
"a risky move for all concerned ?" (extra space).

QUELL: 4

"You list perilously low to port - indeed, your knee momentarily scrapes the ground- but then"


REGENERATION: 1
" "Wait, he's coming around."Your eyes"

REVENGE: 3
"makes full contact- your senses"



TORMENT: 1
"it dispenses a high a high voltage shock to your system."


URBAN: 2

"waddling towards you as fast its meaty limbs will carry it."



WITHER: 2
"the dirt parched and cracked form lack of moisture."

WITHER: 3
"One group of older men sitting on a stone bench men playing chess look up " + " A moveable kabob stand"

YOKE: 1
"Question is, how's he dong it?"

ZEPHYR: 3

"the venom in is tone"

ZODIAC: 3

"We've just got get over there and take care of business,"



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