Asteroid Run: No Questions Asked

This one is pretty good as far as the "chose your own adventure" aspect goes, you truly get to define your character, pursue multiple solutions to the obstacles, befriend your crew and other characters and play though the way you want, even when it makes little sense to do so (yes, I should totally throw my life as capitan away and join Solib after just hearing about them the second time!). Despite that I cannot recommend it as it fails as an engaging story. There is hardly any character development in the cast, the adventure seems more like a series of quick time events then a cohesive story filled with action, mystery and drama. There is A LOT of going on but the narration moves so quickly that none of the events that should be impactful have any time to land. Good story should keep you speculating, agonizing over your choices and exited, instead here you drift through the space waiting for something to go wrong, you pick the solution that fits best with you skill set and get rewar...

At first I thought I wouldn’t buy it because I read in the description that the choices seemed to be: you either be ruthless and don’t care about your crew or you have to align yourself with the rebels. I had a problem with that because lately I played some game that were a bit too much railroaded towards the rebel side just because it’s cool to fight against the rules and I found them annoying… expecially when rebels are an abusive bunch obsessed with self righteousness. I decided to give it a try anyway and boy, I did the right thing! The game is really well written and I love the mood so far, so congratulations to Fay Ikin!

Really good entry to the the COG roster. Running the ship and interacting with your crew is very satisfying. I didn't realize that I needed a starship management simulator, but I do. I didn't like every character, but none of them felt cliche and the overall story was well written and branched in some interesting ways. + Interesting story premise + Solid interactions with your crew + Branching plot + Good world building - Not every character is a winner - Depending on your character build, both of the main "villains" can be pretty weak

This is one of my hesitant recommendations. A yes BUT scenario. The story is fine, I see some room for different scenarios and allies over different playthroughs but I'm not especially compelled to try them at the moment. This story is less about managing resources than I personally wanted it to be. I wanted real difficult choices about supplies, fuels, ship condition, schedule and morale, but I made it through with some to spare. I was even generous with use a couple times so that surprised me. This is not a grim survival tale. There's a bit of crew management but It's honestly not enough to be the focus of the game either. Then there's the political factions, which I feel act more like roadside attractions as you kind of progress from dealing with one to the other etc. So I found the game...fine. It's okay, it kept me playing for almost four hours which I think is acceptable especially for one playthrough with replay potential. It just isn't among my top CYOA games. When it came to...

Some how this one got past me for a few days, and I only got lucky it popped up in my que that i usually run through once or twice after checking the new releases everyday (yeah i know i need a life!) Glad it popped up though (thank you Steam) as it is a real gem. Plenty of interesting characters, alot of sub plots and politics going on just below the surface of everyones everyday actions. Player choice really seems to matter, and there are consequences (fair ones at that) to all your choices. Who the people are that you interact with depends Alot on how you choose to interact with them. And no one is what they seem to be. If you enjoy CYAs and you like SciFi this is pretty much a must have.

Solid 7/10, though that shouldn't be too surprising since it's a straight ripoff of season 1 of [i]The Expanse[/i]. The style is great, author's voice is good, but it promises way more than it delivers. Too many factions, too many locations, too many characters, and far too little time spent on all of them to flesh them out at all. I also have some issues with the way the political issues are portrayed, but that's less of a problem than the author not fleshing them out (which, IMO, that extra development would have solved my other problems with the politics since they'd have to think it through.) Basically, lots of great ideas borrowed from a lot of places (The Expanse, Firefly, Alien) but not enough time invested to make them interesting. The skills system could also use some work for clarity, but was probably above average for COG style games.

I have criticisms for this game only because I am absolutely in love with it and want to see it do better. 1 HUGE GLARING CON: Absolutely no save/load system, not even quicksaves. It saves your spot when you close it so you can resume without issue, but accidentally making the wrong choice - whether by accidentally pressing the wrong choice or misunderstanding what that choice means - you have to restart the game completely from the beginning. I've wasted hours doing this. It.. also could really use a more in-depth lore/notes menu so if I miss a line or two of dialogue I'm not completely lost. If this game at least had some sort of system to look at the backlog of what's happened so far, it'd be so much more helpful. It's well written but I feel like the people who made this weren't much into programming - I also don't really understand how my choices lead to certain stats sometimes - In the main story I'll be told that 'most of my supplies were taken', then look to the menu and see ...

It is relatively linear but an all together great story. I really enjoyed the characters the world - in both factors I felt like there was a breath of fresh air breathed into the regular space opera setting. The amount of choices within the events and wiggle room to be as saintly or greedy as you could want to be was refreshing. I liked not being forced into certain decisions or moral choices, though I usually am always good anyway. Overall I recommend this game for literally anyone that enjoys good characters, a nuanced plot, and the space opera genre. A firm 8 out of 10 as far as 'choice of' games go.

By far my favorite out of all the "Choices" games I've played. So many different choices and the story is always changing after every game play. I really felt like I was "building" the main character rather than putting in my input from time to time. Very well made and definitely recommend.

I'll be honest, when I saw this in my recommendations, I didn't expect much. I'd never heard of it, and with Choice of Games, that usually means it's a hit or a miss. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised. Positives: -Decent world building, if you can say "world building" when you're in space. -Story wasn't too hard to follow, yet was still interesting enough to keep me hooked. -Small set of well ranged characters that you can get to know. I liked most of the crew, and a certain space pirate. -There are enough factions that lead me to believe you can get a range of different endings, so there's replay value. Negatives: -It could've used some more character development, honestly. One character is meant to be quite older, and I didn't even realise until half way through the story when she said it herself. -Characters get upset and angry with you, but it doesn't seem to matter. They still behave the same and treat you like a friend. I enjoyed my play through, and I can see mys...