I suppose I also want to say that ref 333 arguably sets up a bit of a false expectation. You know, the ref with this paragraph.

"The books are set in a plain black binding. They are written in a strange, unfamiliar language, somewhat similar to Latin, as far as you can tell. Flipping through the pages, you spot several disturbing illustrations - faceless beings, writhing on the ground as if in great pain; an opened box with a whirlpool of ghastly clawed things (demons?) springing out; and one of a robed man holding a star shaped crystal that seems to be shooting out a bolt of searing light straight at a group of hideous and evil looking beings standing nearby."

From that, I really assumed that

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RueWii
Mon Sep 23 13:22:15 2024
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Whoa, came here cuz I love Fighting Fantasy and I love the concept of choose your own actions/path type books, I've always liked them since I was a kid.

FF books are expensive in my country, so as I was desperately searching for a FF alternative, I came across this website. The authors have done a fantastic job from what my brief scanning over here told me, but this was the first book I tried and played. So here are my thoughts;

The writing, language use and story are all absolutely fantastic - as I said, this was the first story I clicked on and I genuinely thought it was a FF book that I'd missed, till I took a look at the rest of the books and realized that they were all fantastic models of authors' own versions of the FF concept. The writing of this one got me hooked instantly - and also prevented me from not completing the book (I've had that problem with other books, probably cuz I have ADHD and my attention sometimes wonders/needs a change) despite the story being quite hard for me, personally.

I liked the characters, they were quite different from one another and memorable. I don't think they were too hard to battle, (though some people found so), they weren't easy of course but I liked that challenge.

About, the story, I personally found it quite hard. I died many times over fear, or just dead ends that got me killed, rather than through battles. I had to have the comments help, but not too much (since I still wanted a challenge), and that's when I realized that it was a OTP (One True Path) type story. That clicked all the pieces of the puzzle in my head - for some reason I thought it WASN'T an OTP, and was very puzzled and frustrated as to why I kept dying, LOL. The OTP is pretty specific which is why it proved to be hard.

After I learnt this, I managed to find my way; however,

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Even with the actual FF books, I wasn't much a fan with the OTP style books; it wasn't that I disliked them, I just preferred the other type (idk what its called), but that's my personal opinion. Regardless, this was super super enjoyable and I'm looking forward to read more of your books even if they are OTP.

All in all, writing was great, characters were memorable, story was great (ESPECIALLY once I found out it was OTP, haha), even the choices and path differences with their endings were pretty cool, amazing adaptation/spinoff of House of Hell (I'm sorry, idk what exactly).

Cheers to the author and Good Luck to everyone who's giving this a go!

Gaetano
Wed Sep 25 18:14:40 2024

@RueWii-

Thanks for the kind words and feedback! I'm so gland you're enjoying the adventure.

You do need to find a special item to succeed in the adventure. It's a good idea, as you've been doing, to scroll through the other comments for hints. But if you ever decide that you need a complete walk-through, feel free to send me an email (see the message at the very start of the adventure).

Cheers!

RueWii
Thu Oct 10 05:53:08 2024

@Gaetano

Hi, yes I'd love one, I'll email you!

Daniel
Sat Nov 2 18:31:57 2024
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Scared to death and killed in the blink of an eye!

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