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Originally Posted by Ascovel
To be honest I hated Everybody Dies - weak writing, poor gameplay, and it felt pretentious as well.
Personally, I think a great IF to try for something new to the genre is Lost Pig - great detail, superb NPCs, short, smart, cheerful, very funny, and has an amazing number of unusual actions to try. Can be played from the browser as well.
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Cool, I'll give
Lost Pig a try.
I felt the complete opposite in regards to
Everybody Dies. I thought the crude writing suited the character's and mood of the story, in a way that most other styles of writing wouldn't have. What felt pretentious to you? Was it the "void" sections with the visual metaphors? I didn't find them particularly interesting (maybe I'm missing something), but it didn't really come across as pretentious, either. I thought more could've been done with the idea of interacting with the game based on your reactions to a still image.
I can see how the "game-play" in
Everybody Dies (although I'm not quite sure it qualifies as such) could be seen as basic compared to other IFs, but I enjoyed the simplicity of it. Less frustration.
*edit* - Ahh,
A Mind Forever Voyaging is the one I was looking for. I heard about it a while back. Neat. Thanks for the reminder, traz.